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BE THERE!!!!! FOR THE DRIVE-IN SHOWING OF THE MOVIE
IN MIDLAND AT THE BIG SKY DRIVE-IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proposal for UF2010
What I have in mind is the following: PROPOSED DATES.....JULY 15, 16, 17, 2010 Everyone that can, will fly or drive to Midland on Thursday, July 15th. We have an International airport ( MAF ). If you check a Southwest Airlines flight, check going in to Albuquerque and then to Midland. Some flights are not direct. Here is a link to a route map http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/routemap_dyn.html I can probably get some special room rates if enough commit. Thursday night, we have a showing of the movie. I have talked with Lamont (he worked on the Fandango film crew and manages the local Drive-in Movie) and he will show it at his drive-in. In the summer in Texas, the sun goes down about 9:30, so movies don't start till after 10 p.m.. Friday morning, we head on down that lonesome highway in a 9 passenger van (or 2 if needed. we can ride along and BS about the movie and share stories) with a first stop at the Monahans Sand Hills(while it is cool), then on to Pecos Parachute School. Lunch in Pecos and then to Chata Ortega's and Toyah for what is left of the school. Next to the Marathon gas station and then the Alpine Sonic for three chili dogs and a malt. Spend Friday night in Marfa( A night in Marfa ain't so bad) here........... http://www.riatainn.com/ Saturday morning on to Dom Rock(again, while it is cool).Then to the Cemetery, the Giant Set, the Landing Site and end up at San Eli and spend the night in Clint, ( I found a great Motel in Clint (SEE BELOW)get a conference room, get pictures taken and just general BS. Then everyone can get home on Sunday or continue the pilgrimage............We can return you to Midland for a flight out Sunday afternoon. Please feel free to tweak it or comment. MAP LINK FOR DAY ONE http://www.mapquest.com/mq/7-KMs19ahuVxwK MAP LINK FOR DAY TWO http://www.mapquest.com/mq/9-3ihxbd83
Sorry, but I lost some suggestions in an edit.... These I remember...... 1. A wedding at St. Eli 2. Find the closing scene location.....it is on a hill overlooking Alpine. 3. Head south out of Toyah down to Fort Davis and end up in Marfa. I remember driving through the mountains there right after sundown and thought it would have been so much better during the day time.(Day One Map Revised) 4. Have some T-shirts made to honor UF 2010....I need suggestions for the artwork. 5. I have been asked about border safety on UF 2010 and I feel as safe as I do at home in any of the sites we will visit. The only sites really close to the border are Dom and San Elizario and there is no reason for a "bandit" or the drug cartel to be at either site. I would suggest that anyone continuing the pilgrimage stay away from the border towns especially Juarez/El Paso. On a scale of 1 to 10....a 10 for safety.
UPDATED MOTEL INFO 10/14/2009
Here are the Hotels for UF 2010. Reservations need to be made ASAP....These motels/hotels fill up every night during the summer. Get Your rooms early!!!! The Riata has limited rooms, and the Super 8 has a possibility of filling up. Mention Fandango movie tour and ask for these rates. Southwest flights available to Midland International Airport(MAF)
For Thursday July 15th 2010: Clarion Hotel Midland Tx 432-697-3181 And Sunday July 18th if needed. $69.99++ rate for the Kings and for the Doubles. About making the reservations thru email that is fine as long as it goes thru Maria or Myself and not Choice Central and that is only because that is the only way they can get the $69.99 rate. The same goes for the call in reservations just tell them to ask for the sales dept and one of us will take care of the reservation. Our office hours are 830am-500pm Monday- Friday. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact us either thru email or the phone. Thank You Jaclyn Jennings jaciclarionmid@gmail.com Maria's email is mariaclarionmid@gmail.com
For Friday July 16th 2010. Riata Inn, Marfa, Tx. 432-729-3800 The Riata does not have an email address so you can respond thru the email listed below. ratcreasy@hotmail.com All of the rooms for your group will be $71.00 + tax per night. And I guess the easiest way for all of us, is that each person in your group can either email or call with their own Credit card information. That way we will have a list of each person coming in. Now, we only have 6 King size bedrooms and of course the other 14 rooms have 2 queen size beds in them. We are looking forward to this movie tour coming and want to thank you in advance for choosing our motel. If there is anything we can do or answer any questions please feel free to call or email. Now as far as another hotel/motel in the area, there is The Thunderbird and Hotel Paisano. They are both a little bit more expensive then we are, but you can try them. Rick Creasy Manager Riata Inn
For Saturday July 17th 2010 Super 8 Motel Clint Tx. 915-851-2882(Office) 915-526-2797(Cell) Thanks for choosing our hotel for your future stay. our hotel is just one year old and have 32' lcd TV, hi speed internet, morning breakfast and 24 hr coffee service. our price is as follow. ...................Standard............. With Fridge/Micro Single: .....$49.99+TAX .....................$59.99+TAX Double: .....$59.99+TAX ....................$69.99+TAX Suite: ................................................$94.99+TAX We have 23 single and 24 Double and 2 suite. if you are booking more than 10 room we will offer 10% off on above price. For booking you can email the information or you can go online www.super8.com and look by city CLINT, TX , our address is 1570 Clint cut off Rd, Clint, TX.
Thanks Kishor Koladia (General Manager) super8clint@yahoo.com
Got some quotes on the UF 2010 Chata Ortega shirts shown. If we try to complicate the order with changes, the price goes UP. Please be satisfied with this shirt. 144 shirt order.. Small, Medium, Large......$10... XL, .2XL, 3XL....$12 White T-shirt with Chata logo on back, "We gotta dig up DOM" on the front.. Fandango script on sleeve ASH Grey shirts add $1 per shirt. This includes the set up fees for 4 color, etc...... Please let me know how many you would want and the sizes and I will keep track. Remember that this is probably a one time order, so get several while you can. We need the 144 order or the price goes up about $3 per shirt. I guess we could use Paypal or send a money order. Let me know....
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The Austin Film Festival and Bob Bullock Texas Museum have teamed up to present six best of the best made in Texas, by Texans. Kevin Reynolds will be at the screening for Q&A.
Lamont Furlow, Suzanne and I went to this great event and all I can say is that is was great, just not long enough. For those who have not seen the movie on the big screen....find a way. It is sooooo much better. On that note....no copies available in FILM...we watched the DVD. I got a chance to ask Kevin about a copy and there is only one known copy in some archive and unavailable. I also ask him about a sequel and there will never be one. He hates sequels. I ask him what happened to the Groovers and he didn't have an answer. I commented that he knew all of them and he said they were a composite of people he knew. I gave him a card with our site on it and an invitation to UF 2010. I also ask him if he knew that we visited the locations and he was aware that we did visit and dug up or buried a bottle of DOM. Told the story of picking Chuck for Dorman at the 7-11 with less than 48 hours to go before shooting started and how Chuck was a little apprehensive and really didn't believe him when asked to be in the movie. He said Kevin Costner was easy to cast as Gardner, and had auditioned for the part in PROOF and didn't get it, but after reading two or three lines, he knew he was right for the part. . Judd Nelson was a natural for Phil, Sam was easy. He also talked about the music and how the songs he picked really determined how the scene was shot instead of the other way around. He was very DOWN on the movie making business because of all the comic book, blue screen movies being made and the studio gurus ONLY looking at the bottom line and not the creative process and life stories that were made into movies in the past. He did a little stand up moment right before the movie started and said that he always included a body part in his movies. My mind raced through our trivia questions and different scenes to no avail, then he told us that when Gardner runs out and jumps onto the rock overlooking the Rio Grande, there is a shot of his arm and elbow in the lower left corner of the shot. I looked for it during the movie and have concluded that he was jerking our chain, unless it is in the wide screen FILM version. More when I get a chance to digest everything. Oh yeah, got my photo signed....Very glad we went. fandangoJeff
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Special thanks to Luca Ciardelli for bringing this to us:
SCREEN: 'FANDANGO,' COMING OF AGE IN 1971
By JANET MASLIN Published: January 25, 1985 New York Times
THE GROOVERS, a pack of college buddies, turn graduation into the occasion for one last blowout in ''Fandango,'' which takes place in the shadow of the Vietnam War. The year is 1971 and draft notices have arrived for several of the group's members, so their antics have both fraternity-house humor and a hysterical edge. Kevin Reynolds, who wrote and directed ''Fandango,'' is for the most part making just another coming-of-age film. But at its best, his debut feature has an appealing boisterousness, and it successfully walks a fine line between sensitivity and swagger.
''Fandango,'' which opens today at the Gemini, takes place in Texas, which means the characters drink endless beers and call one another ''son.'' Chief among them is Gardner Barnes, played dashingly by Kevin Costner, who suggests what the Tom Cruise of ''Risky Business'' might look like after a six-month bender. Gardner and four friends - one who's a scold (Judd Nelson), one who's just canceled his wedding (Sam Robards), one who's nearly comatose (Brian Cesak) and a huge, quiet one who shows equal interest in ''The Prophet'' and ''The Incredible Hulk'' - embark on a long, dusty journey.
They sleep beside the wreckage of an old movie set, because Gardner thinks James Dean was there to shoot ''Giant.'' They bathe in a car wash. They force one Groover to take parachute-jumping lessons from a hippie (Marvin J. McIntyre) whose habit of talking with his mouth full is one of the film's low points and whose casual, utterly indecipherable diagram of flight instructions is about its highest.
The note of hip nihilism on which ''Fandango'' begins is eventually balanced out by sentimentality. And there are moments, particularly those revolving around a speechless character known only as ''The Girl'' (Suzy Amis), when Mr. Reynolds goes way overboard on the sentimental side. Gardner used to love her; we know that from a sequence in which he frolics with her in a field of wildflowers. Then he lost her; we know that when we see him leave her on a sand dune, holding a kite string.
Mr. Reynolds isn't adroit with this sort of thing, but he does have a way with the sight gags and off-the-wall humor that make this a notable debut. And he brings a good deal of feeling to the moments in which the film's twin specters - Vietnam and maturity - intrude upon the frantic festivities.
''Fandango'' is rated PG (''Parental Guidance Suggested''). It contains brief nudity on the part of the story's various practical jokers.
FANDANGO, directed and written by Kevin Reynolds; director of photography, Thomas Del Ruth; film editor, Arthur Schmidt; music by Alan Silvestri; produced by Tim Zinnemann; released by Warner Bros. At Gemini Twin, 64th Street and Second Avenue. Running time: 91 minutes. This film is rated PG. Gardner BarnesKevin Costner Phil HicksJudd Nelson Kenneth WaggenerSam Robards DormanChuck Bush LesterBrian Cesak JudyElizabeth Daily The GirlSuzy Amis Truman SparksMarvin J. McIntyre
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