Zoltar, the wish-granter from "Big," will be at the Open Space before tonight's screening of the movie to field wishes.
Also before the movie, there will be a helicopter fly over for a photo. As the chopper hovers over the crowd, movie-goers will be asked to stand in letter outlines that read "TCFF."
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Michael Moore, while going through a list of countries represented by visiting filmmakers during Friday's meeting of the Michigan Film Office advisory council, was gently reminded of yet another one by a person in the front row. "Oh yeah, Canada," Moore said. "My wife just reminded about Canada, where we almost had to live."
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The "Winnebago Man" himself, Jack Rebney, was patched through on speaker phone for a Q-and-A with director Ben Steinbauer after the midnight screening at the Old Town Playhouse early Friday morning. In the words of Rebney himself, it was ... wait. We can't print that.
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The weather held for Thursday night's Open Space movie, but the wags at the Record-Eagle had a headline ready in case there was a rainout: Bad "Hair" Day.
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Suttons Bay, the new hotspot for celebrities? A Hilary Swank sighting last weekend was followed up Friday by a Larry Charles sighting. Granted, he's a board member of the film festival, which explains his presence in our region, but lunch at 45th Parallel must have been his getaway. He still wears orange Crocs.
