Movie Madness
Last-minute bulletins from this week's Nashville Film Festival
Starting Thursday, for the next eight days, the 2005 Nashville Film Festival turns Regal's Green Hills megaplex into a roiling sea of celebrities, visiting filmmakers and moviegoers. If you haven't purchased advance tickets, hurry—either to the downstairs lobby at Green Hills, or to www.nashvillefilmfestival.org. Some last-minute notices:
♦ Filmmaker John Singleton (Boyz N the Hood) joins Thursday's hot-ticket 9:30 p.m. gala screening of the Memphis-set rap drama Hustle & Flow with writer-director Craig Brewer, actor DJ Qualls and composer Scott Bomar. Tickets are left also for the Thursday gala at 6:30 with Peter Falk and Paul Reiser in The Thing About My Folks—but don't wait.
♦ Got a song that begs to be soundtrack music? Pitch it to industry veterans at "Face the Music" 2 p.m. Friday, where songwriters can talk directly to a formidable panel: TV producer Peter Casey (Frasier), TV writer/producers David Isaacs and Ken Levine (Cheers, M.A.S.H.), and film producers Alan Greenspan (Fever Pitch) and Brad Yonover (In the Bedroom). Entertainment attorney Robin Mitchell Joyce of Bass, Berry & Sims organized the panel and moderates.
♦ Saturday's screening of the Nashville-produced drama Dear Mr. Cash is the festival's first sell-out. Tickets remain for the 2 p.m. show April 21. Festival coordinator Mandy McBroom says the following programs are almost sold out: The Real Dirt on Farmer John, with former Vice President Al Gore in attendance (3:30 p.m. Saturday); Asia Argento's The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (9:45 p.m. Saturday); the Tennessee Film Nights I & II (6:30 and 9 p.m. Monday); and the festival's many blocks of animated programming.
♦ Can't decide what to see? Our in-depth preview of the Nashville Film Festival is here. And visit our "Pith in the Wind" blog online throughout the festival for more tips and updates.
—Jim Ridley
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