In Back to the Future, Part II, Marty McFly visits October 21, 2015. So hop on your hoverboard and go to the CALS Ron Robinson Theatre tonight to see the 1989 film.
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson all recreate their roles from the 1985 first film. Elisabeth Shue, Billy Zane and Casey Siemaszko join in the time travel fun for this film.
The future will arrive at 7pm. Admission is $5 (which is $2.24 in 1985 dollars).
The final day of the 2012 Little Rock Film Fest starts with a flash back to the 80s as Some Kind of Wonderful is screened with actor Lea Thompson in the audience. At 3:20 on Sunday afternoon Thompson will participate in a discussion of Women in Film.
The Closing Night Film is Stella Days which will be screened at 8:30pm at Riverdale Cinema.
Prior to Stella Days will be the Arkansas Times Closing Night Awards Gala at the Clinton Presidential Center. After the closing film, a Wrap Party will be held at Crush Wine Bar.
Jeff Nichols, who will be one of the honorees at the gala will participate in a conversation earlier in the day.
Films screened on the sixth and final day of the LRFF with filmmakers present include A Sister’s Call; Eating Alabama; Leave Me Like You Found Me; The Gleaning; Tchoupitoulas; First Winter; Think of Me; Wolf; The List; Conlon Nancarrow: Virtuoso of the Player Piano; Running the Distance; and Go the Distance: Helping End Homelessness. Other films screened include Town of Runners and The Dynamiter.
Several series of shorts will be shown. Best of the Little Rock 48 Hour Film Project, and LRFFYOUTH! Shorts will both be screened with filmmakers present.
The Ark Shorts screened on the final day are (in the Road Most Traveled grouping) “Tree,” “John Wayne’s Bed,” “The Proposal,” and “StillLife.” Filmmakers will be present for these as well.
The World Shorts which will be screened are (in the Let’s Talk About It grouping) “Crossing,” “Lost Night,” “Contra el Mar,” and “The Sea Is All I Know”; (in the Closing In grouping) “The Carnival Is on Fire,” “Infinity,” “Abigale,” “Homecoming,” “The Darkness Is Close Behind”. Filmmakers will be present at the screenings.
The Central Arkansas Library System is playing host to a Family Day of family friendly films on Sunday afternoon.
The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute will host its first film forum called “Adventures in the Art of Filmmaking.’
The forum will be held March 8-11 at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain. It’s open to everyone, from film professionals, students, to enthusiasts.
The forum will bring together a long list of actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and acting coaches including Robert Walden (Happily Divorced, “Lou Grant”), Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, “Caroline in the City”), director Howard Deutch (Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful), director and teacher Joan Darling (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; M*A*S*H; Mary Tyler Moore Show); acting coach and teacher Sandra Seacat; screenwriter Bill Svanoe (Six Million Dollar Man); Oscar-winning producer, Fred Roos (The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now), and documentarian Craig Renaud (On the Front Lines of Film Journalism), who founded The Little Rock Film Festival.
Those interested in taking part in “Adventures in Filmmaking” have four different pricing options. A full package with lodging for $750 (single occupancy) or $650 (double occupancy); full package without lodging for $450; a university student package (a current student identification is required) with lodging for $500 or without lodging for $250; and, a la carte tickets for each Show Barn Panel Discussions for $35.
Advanced online registration is required at www.livethelegacy.org. For more information, visit the website or contact Angie York at 501-727-6257.
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