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THE 26TH OLYMPIA FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS NEW, INDEPENDENT, RARE, INTERNATIONAL, AND FANTASTIC FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD!

OCTOBER 21st, 2009 – OLYMPIA, WA. The curtains part as the Olympia Film Festival hosts several concert-worthy guests including Dame Darcy and Death By Doll, and a very special visit from Steven Severin of the famed Siouxsie and the Banshees in his only Northwest performance with his original score for the classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. With generous support, in the form of a $5,000 grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, we’re bringing several exciting guests to create stronger relationships between filmmakers and the Olympia community.

Several Northwest premieres are spotlit including the adorable Etienne!, as a man takes his terminally ill pet hamster on a bicycle trip up the California coast; the British crime comedy Down Terrace featuring cast from the original The Office; and the ‘lost’ feature Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth starring Glenn Shadix of Beetlejuice and Heathers.

Contemporary documentary cinema shakes the house with Henry Rollins biting hard on American waste-ism in H for Hunger; Jennifer Maas unveiling ‘60s and ‘70s Seattle soul musicians with Wheedle’s Groove, and the colorful creation Sissyboy, based on the legendary Portland performance troupe, with a special one-night-only performance!

Of special note for Olympians is Simone Bitton’s somber documentary, Rachel, an investigative report into the untimely passing of peace activist Rachel Corrie..

Cinema classics are here with a 60th Anniversary fully restored presentation of Orson Welles in The Third Man, and our opening night Gala featuring Saturday Night Live’s Tom Schiller honoring the 25th Anniversary of his long-lost Nothing Lasts Forever starring Bill Murray, Imogene Coca, and Eddie Fisher. More not-on-DVD gems include the Barry Gifford adapation Perdita Durango featuring James Gandolfini, Rosie Perez, and Academy Award–winner Javier Bardem; Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi starring in the 1932 classic Island of Lost Souls; the 1933 Paramount production of Alice in Wonderland, featuring Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, and W.C. Fields; and Paul Newman’s directorial debut of Ken Kesey’s tale of Oregon loggers in Sometimes a Great Notion.

Fans of challenging cinema will not want to miss the special 3-D presentation of Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein in 3-D presented by star Udo Kier, nor our ultrarare screening of Ken Russell’s confrontational classic, The Devils, the longest-known print in the world. And of course, there’s All Freakin’ Night 2009!

Many guests from near and far, and many more wonderful surprises are in store, ready to overwhelm you in the fantastic city of the mind known as the Capitol Theater. Come enjoy with us! This festival belongs to YOU.

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Contact: Shade Rupe, shade@olympiafilmfestival.org, 360-754-6670 ext. 13

Shade Rupe
Olympia Film Festival
416 Washington Street SE
No. 208
Olympia, WA 98501

Programming Director
26th Olympia Film Festival
at the historic Capitol Theater
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