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Friday, March 5, 2010
Hanks gives nod to “The Last Truck”
Film star Tom Hanks has described the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Last Truck: The Closing of a GM Plant” as a “backbreaking piece of work.”
Appearing on the Friday morning, March 5, MSNBC news show “Morning Joe,” Hanks asked host Tom Brokaw and other guests if they had seen the film, which was made by Yellow Springs directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.
Hanks described how the filmmakers heard on the news that GM was “going to close these plants and there’s the plant just down the street… They just went down with their high-def cameras and got the stories of the people.”
Reichert, a previous two-time Academy Award nominee, is a member of the motion pictures faculty at Wright State University. Bognar is a 1986 graduate of the program. Most of the crew consisted of WSU alumni and faculty members, who performed jobs such as camera operation, grip and post-production.
For a clip of the interview with Hanks, go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/vp/35723940#35723940.
“The Last Truck” is about the closing of GM’s Moraine truck assembly plant in 2008. It’s in the running for the documentary short award at the Oscars, which will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 7, on ABC.
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FilmDayton Festival doubles up
Year two of The FilmDayton Festival will have twice as many films and locations.
Set for May 14-16 with a theme of “Dayton and Beyond,” it will focus on films with local connections — some made locally; others made elsewhere by filmmakers with local ties.
The lineup has not been announced. Screening sites will be the Neon Movies and the nearby Gilly’s nightclub.
“We’ll be showing the work of young, emerging filmmakers who work in Dayton, trained here or used their hometown as their subject matter,” said Ron Rollins, FilmDayton board president. “At the same time, we’re scouring top national festivals, such as Sundance and True/False, to find movies that Dayton audiences deserve to see without traveling across the country. Many of these films will only be shown locally at the FilmDayton Festival.
Opening night will be part of the May 14 Urban Nights, a downtown-wide even highlighting arts, entertainment, dining, shopping and residential offerings.
FilmDayton director Eva Buttacavoli said there will be opportunities during the festival to meet filmmakers, pitch ideas, learn tricks of the industry trade and attend parties.
The first year’s fest included “45365,” which has gone on to win three film festival awards.
For more information, and to purchase advance tickets, visit www.FilmDayton.com.
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Local actor on ‘Whisperer’ tonight
Dayton native Joey Luthman, 13, will be seen at 8 p.m. today, March 5, on the 100th episode of the series “The Ghost Whisperer.”
Series star Jennifer Love Hewitt directed the program, which can be seen on WHIO TV, Channel 7, and was originally scheduled for Feb. 5. It was moved to accommodate the Winter Olympics.
Luthman, a former Oakwood resident, will also be seen on the upcoming season finale of ABC’s “The Forgotten.”
Joey Luthman and Jennifer Love Hewitt
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