The seventh annual Pacific Palisades Film Festival got its seventh annual off to a star-studded start last night with a lifetime achievement award for acclaimed actress and former resident Frances Fisher, and moves forard tomorrow with a screening of the never-seen expanded preview of El Viaje Musical de Ezekiel Montanez: The Chris Montez Story along with a rare, intimate performance by Montez himself.
Bob Sharka kicks off the 7th annual Pacific Palisades Film Festival
Frances Fisher accepts her Lifetime Achievement Award
The opening night event took place outdoors at a bluffside mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and featured tributes from Fisher's acting coaches and Actors Studio colleagues, including Renee Taylor. Festival founder Bob Sharka hosted and emceed the event, as he will the Montez evening which begins at 6:30 pm at another residence nearby.
Tickets for the outdoor screening, cocktail party and Chris Montez performance can be found at the Friends of Film website.
The film about the legendary, influential and many-faceted Mexican-American musician, rock legend and pop star from Hawthorne, California, has been in production over the past year by our pals at Frozen Pictures.
The film preview will be screened outdoors at a home on Toyopa Drive in The Palisades. The evening kicks off at 6:30 p.m.
Ticket information for the Saturday, May 15th event can be found at the Friends of Film website.
The Frozen team opened last year's Palisades film fest with their Neil Innes musical comedy, The Seventh Python, which is set to be released by The Little Film Company.
Bob Sharka kicks off the 7th annual Pacific Palisades Film Festival
Frances Fisher accepts her Lifetime Achievement Award
The opening night event took place outdoors at a bluffside mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and featured tributes from Fisher's acting coaches and Actors Studio colleagues, including Renee Taylor. Festival founder Bob Sharka hosted and emceed the event, as he will the Montez evening which begins at 6:30 pm at another residence nearby.
Tickets for the outdoor screening, cocktail party and Chris Montez performance can be found at the Friends of Film website.
The film about the legendary, influential and many-faceted Mexican-American musician, rock legend and pop star from Hawthorne, California, has been in production over the past year by our pals at Frozen Pictures.
The film preview will be screened outdoors at a home on Toyopa Drive in The Palisades. The evening kicks off at 6:30 p.m.
Ticket information for the Saturday, May 15th event can be found at the Friends of Film website.
The Frozen team opened last year's Palisades film fest with their Neil Innes musical comedy, The Seventh Python, which is set to be released by The Little Film Company.
Best news EVER! Have been an admirer for years, and understand the large part this wonderful man has played...in the creation of OUR music heritage. Now, MORE will know.
ReplyDeleteAs USUAL...y'all have a mighty fine knack of kickin' the unwary, and prodding the unknowing.
You often DRAG us to your dinner table, to share a meal. A meal we often don't know we're STARVING for.
THANKS FOR COOKIN'.
WE'RE GREATFUL TO BREAK BREAD WITH YOU.