One for our US readers, be there or be square:
The First Los Angeles Spaghetti Western Festival will take place Saturday, March 19th, 2011 at the historic El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, California. The all-day event will feature films, live music and special guests, including:
CLASSIC SPAGHETTI WESTERN FILMS
* A Fistful of dollars – Sergio Leone’s ground-breaking classic!
* Dead Men Don’t Count – The World Premiere Screening of Wild East Productions newly-remastered release!
* Gatling Gun – One of Quentin Tarantino’s Top 20 favorite spaghetti westerns, courtesy of Dorado Films.
* Ultra-rare spaghetti western trailers, compiled by Wild East exclusively for the festival!
* Films and trailers will be presented in DVD-projection format.
SPECIAL GUEST PANEL
Join us for a panel discussion with actors who were there during the heyday of spaghetti westerns. Robert Woods, Michael Forest, Brett Halsey, Dan van Husen, Richard Harrison, Jack Betts (Hunt Powers) and Neil Summers will share their stories and reminiscenses in a conversation moderated by Tom Betts, of the highly-acclaimed “Westerns…All’Italiana!” blog.
Hey Tom, you kept this quiet!
I was going to mention it once everything was finalized. There are several big name guests that John invited that we were waiting to hear back from. We still have a couple of surprises that may happen that I’m not at liberty to mention.
We are all set to go tomorrow. Final panel members will be Edd Byrnes, Mark Damon, Michal Forest, Brett Halsey, Hunt Powers, Dan van Husen and Robert Wooods. We’ve already gotten interest for a second festival and have started working on two big names from Italy.