AFS & THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA CELEBRATE THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ‘SLACKER’ WITH RICHARD LINKLATER

AFS & THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA CELEBRATE THE
20th ANNIVERSARY OF
‘SLACKER’ WITH RICHARD LINKLATER
For Immediate Release
June 9, 2011
Contact: Agnes Varnum, Director of Marketing, Austin Film Society or Brandy Fons, Fons PR for The Alamo Drafthouse
               agnes@austinfilm.org or 512-322-0145 x3213                       brandy@fonspr.com or 310-809-8882
(Austin, TX)—The Austin Film Society and The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will present a Rolling Roadshow screening of SLACKER with writer/director Richard Linklater in attendance on Wednesday, June 22 at Austin Studios (1901 E 51st Street). Doors open at 8 PM, screening at 9 PM. Guests should bring camp chairs or blankets. Proceeds benefit the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund.

About SLACKER
SLACKER is a loving extended-family photo album, an insider’s ethnographic study of (mainly) 20-somethings trying to make sense of their world at the dawn of the 1990s. With an intriguing style inspired by Ophuls and Bresson, Richard Linklater’s break-out film follows an array of characters talking about ideas from books, movies, TV shows, music, and occasionally from direct observation and analysis. There is no “disorder” or “deficit” in this A.D.D-structured film. Instead, just like flipping through multiple channels on cable TV, we move from one person to another, walking around Austin, picking up bits and pieces of views, thoughts, fears, delusional certainties, and paranoid fantasies from dozens of post-punk, post-college young adults who are avoiding 9-5 jobs, families, commitments, and growing up. SLACKER may very well encapsulate the last time that many young people had the time and desire to contemplate the meaning of life and enjoy a pressure-free existence. Read more on the film by Chale Nafus, Director of Programming and Co-Founder of AFS >>
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TRIBECA FILM ACQUIRES SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE

Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitch Deprey in
"Shut Up Little Man" distributed by Tribeca Film.
Photo Credit- Mitchell Deprey.


Feature Documentary premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the International Documentary Competition
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“Alternately hilarious and discomfiting, and finally rather poignant.”- VARIETY

New York, NY – June 9, 2011 – Tribeca Film announced today that it has acquired select US distribution rights, including VOD, theatrical, digital, DVD and festival, to Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure from Closer Productions, written and directed by Matthew Bate and produced by Bate and Sophie Hyde. Shut Up Little Man! will be released nationwide on VOD August 25, 2011, and theatrically the same day (expanding on September 9), by Tribeca Film, a comprehensive distribution label operated by Tribeca Enterprises. The documentary premiered in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and has played in New Directors/New Films and the True/False Film Festival.
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THE WRITERS GUILD FOUNDATION ANNUAL SUMMER CRAFT EVENT - JUNE 25


The Writers Guild Foundation invites you to our annual summer craft event - June 25.
The Craft of the Screenplay - A Master Class
Saturday June 25, 2011
Writers Guild Foundation
7000 W. Third Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Intensive, in-depth, and practical lessons on storytelling in the screenplay format, taught by masters of the craft, with application to today's marketplace.
9:15 am: Check In, doors open
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TAYLOR SWIFT TO MAKE SPECIAL APPEARANCE WITH THE BLACK EYED PEAS AT THE CHASE PRESENTS “CONCERT 4 NYC” TO BENEFIT ROBIN HOOD ON JUNE



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(New York, NY June 7, 2011) – Four-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift will make a special appearance with The Black Eyed Peas at the historic Chase presents the “Concert 4 NYC” in Central Park on June 9th. In addition to Taylor Swift, Natasha Bedingfield, MC Hammer, Debbie Harry, LL Cool J and Carole King will perform to support the Robin Hood Foundation and its mission to fight poverty in New York City. Robin Hood has enlisted celebrity friends to help bring awareness and raise funds for the Foundation including Zach Braff, Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Smits and others who will make special appearances throughout the evening. Chase, the largest private-sector employer in New York City, is the presenting sponsor. Clear Channel is the event’s exclusive radio partner.

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