“Loren Cass,” the World's Most Dangerous Film…
…will be making it's official US Premiere at the World's Most Dangerous Film Festival, Dennis Hopper's CineVegas 2007!
The 9th annual festival will be held June 6-16th, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort and will combine the excitement of world premiere films and celebrity tributes with the allure of Vegas nightlife. CineVegas highlights up and coming filmmakers, as well as masters of the craft, and has attracted the likes of Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Christina Ricci, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Stacy Peralta, Ann-Margret, Helen Mirren, Takashi Miike, Hunter S. Thompson and David Lynch in years past. This year the festival will be opening with a screening of Steven Soderbergh's “Oceans 13”.
Under the direction of Festival President Robin Greenspun and Director of Programming Trevor Groth, a senior Sundance programmer, CineVegas has established itself as one of the hottest and fastest growing film festivals in the world, with recent profiles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and TIME Magazine. CineVegas was recently mentioned as one of the top 5 small fests to visit by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper and was also named one of the top 5 gem festivals in the world by Variety, one of the top 12 film festivals in North America by San Francisco Magazine and one of the top 7 events occurring in Las Vegas in 2007 by LA Weekly.
Chris Fuller's “Loren Cass” will be screening twice on opening weekend in the Jackpot Premieres section, reserved for highly-regarded independent films currently without distribution deals. The film will also be eligible for the $10,000 Grand Jury Prize, which is awarded to the best film in this section. All showings are open to the public and the filmmakers will be in attendance, but get your tickets early as they're expected to go fast. Also attending the premiere will be: actress Kayla Tabish, actor Jacob Reynolds, Ultimate Fighter Din Thomas, Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves and director of photography William Garcia. Visit CineVegas.com for details, festival passes and/or individual tickets.
The “Loren Cass” filmmakers have also signed with Sales Agent Glen Reynolds who will be representing the film for international distribution at CineVegas.
Where? CineVegas Film Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada in the Brenden Theatres of the Palms Casino Resort
When? Saturday, June 9th at 1:00pm (premiere) & Sunday, June 10th at 7:30pm
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