Fantastic Fest 2008

With actor Bill Pullman live in person! A surreal fantasia -- part grindhouse mutant and part arthouse object -- that imagines a day in the summer of 1974 when America's greatest science-fiction writer, William J. Frick (inspired by the public life of Philip K. Dick and portrayed by Bill Pullman) wakes up to discover he is living inside his own paranoid science fiction. A brilliant explorer of the tenuous borders between reality, fantasy, memory and hallucination, Frick is also a speed-snorting nervous wreck with two ex-wives, a houseful of skanky bikers, and a 'you-are-served' letter from the IRS. On the brink of completing his masterpiece -- an account of his encounter with God at a Boyle Heights taco stand -- Bill does a bump of magic powder, passes out, and comes to only to discover he's living in an alternate reality.and then another...and another...and another. "A tragicomic maelstrom of psychic disintegration, shot on Roger Corman means and cast with a cult-movie dream team, Matthew Wilder's head-scrambling flea circus fever dream of the recombinant life and work of Philip K. Dick is easily the most audacious biopic since CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND and I'M NOT THERE." - Jim Ridley, The Village Voice

BRIEF SUMMARY: Lifelong platonic friends Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) look to solve their respective cashflow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought. FULL Description I've got a warm and fuzzy "soft spot" for Kevin Smith films. Our very first box office hit after opening up our inaugural movie theater in Bakersfield, California back in 1994 was CLERKS. We were the only theater in that conservative town willing to pick up the very first film ever to earn an NC-17 with absolutely no nudity or violence. In the past few years, we've been seeing a renaissance in adolescent and young adult films featuring lovable losers with hearts of gold and mouths of filth. Judd Apatow and his gang are the new Hollywood hit machine with a formula for turning shocking humor involving nerdy guys into 100 million dollar franchises. All of that success, however, is built upon the foundation of the View Askewniverse, and the legacy of CLERKS. Narrowly avoiding the NC-17 once again for lewd dialogue and subject material, ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO follows two lifelong platonic friends Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) who try to solve their respective cashflow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought. Following the screening and subsequent Q&A with director Kevin Smith, join us for the Air Sex World Championships on the stage at the Paramount Theater, the official after-party of ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. (Tim League) Lesson One of making a porno is "it's all about the tease." Here's a little tease from the movie. There are less than 100 tickets available for this film! Get yours today at Gettix.com.

Brief Summary: Emily Hagins is making a zombie movie. It’s feature-length, it’s bloody, and the zombies don’t run. Just like it should be. But there’s just one difference between her film and every other zombie movie you’ve ever seen. Emily is twelve. Full Description: Most twelve-year-olds are busy with friends, homework, and online chatting. So is Emily Hagins, but Emily found time to write and direct a feature-length zombie movie as well. Zombie Girl: THE MOVIE covers the two years it took her to make it. With the help of her mother as agent, crew, and biggest fan, Emily launches an epic adventure in genre filmmaking, complete with decapitations, disembowelments, and as many brain-sucking zombie sixth-graders as she can muster. Along the way, she battles the typical challenges of independent filmmaking, from budget shortfalls to self-doubt, all while coming of age as a teenager. As if making a film isn’t already hard enough, she has to do it without a driver’s license. Her journey is an enlightening look into a growing world of young moviemakers, bursting with enthusiasm and empowered by the digital age. She isn’t making her film for box office receipts. Her love of movies is the sole motivation. This is indie filmmaking at its purest. Directors Aaron Marshall, Eric Mauck and Justin Johnson as well as Emily, her parents and members of the cast will be in attendance at the show. Also note that starting at 3pm on Sunday 9/21 members of the effects team will be set up in the lobby to make up audience volunteers as zombies! This film is sponsored by The Long Center.