Joe Leydon

FILMS GONE WILD: Honoring Faye Dunaway among My Personal Happy Moments at this year’s Dallas International Film Festival

By John Wildman 9 years ago

And let me tell you, it is very hard to convince a famous director or movie star, etc. to leave their home in New York City or Beverly Hills or wherever to come spend a couple days at a film festival in Oxford, Mississippi, or Wichita, Kansas, or Birmingham, Alabama, or Dallas, Texas, so they can have film fans make a big deal over them, talk about a film or films they made 10 or 20 years ago, and receive a cool award and endless praise. It’s even harder to convince a personal publicist, or agent, or manager.

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS: The Dallas International Film Festival announces this year’s Dallas Film Society Star for Bill Paxton and Shining Star Honorees

By admin 9 years ago

James Faust, Artistic Director of the Dallas Film Society, said, “Our two Dallas Star Award honorees hail back to something this festival has done from its inception – honor cinema legends, icons, and the film artists that made a difference in our film viewing lives. Faye Dunaway has been at the center of a number of certifiably classic films, and we joined so many in being devastated by the recent loss of Bill Paxton, on so many levels.