Arizona Centennial Film Festival Just Around the Corner!

The Prescott Film Festival is thrilled to add to the festivities surrounding the Arizona Centennial Film Festival with the Arizona Centennial Film Festival, (AZCFF.)

AZCFF will be held during the AZ Best Fest September 16 – 18th at Hendrix Auditorium, which will be right next door to the Native American Village, on the campus of Prescott Mile High Middle School.

The festival has spent the last few months combing through the approximately 2,500 films and television shows shot in Arizona over the years and came up with an entertaining cross-section of films from the silent era forward. Here are some of the highlights of the festival;

Historic movie posters on display in the lobby: Local film historian Tom Slaback is loaning the festival part of his vast collection of movie posters from Tom Mix to Murphy’s Romance! All the posters are from films made in Arizona. This will be in the lobby of the theatre, and open for viewing whenever the AZCFF is open.

Film commentaries: Several films will have discussions before or after their screenings:
1. Tom Slaback will talk about: The Law and the Outlaw a silent film from 1913, filmed in Prescott and starring Tom Mix
2. Pride of the Bowery filmed in Prescott in 1940 (Much of it filmed downtown Prescott)
3. Arizona Bound filmed in Prescott in 1941

4. Gayle Gardner worked on the film Wanda Nevada and she will take part in a Q&A after the screening of the film

5. Gail Steiger will discuss his film, Ranch Album, after the screening, along with participants from the film. Made in 1987 the film is a snap-shot of ranch life in Yavapai County that year.

Cowboy Poets:
1. Mike Dunn will give the audience a short selection of Cowboy Poetry before the screening of Murphy’s Romance
2. Gail Steiger will also share some of his Cowboy Poetry before the screening of his film, Ranch Album

Books on movie-poster art throughout the years will be given away in between each film

· If you are in the movie Junior Bonner; even as an extra, attend the September 16th screening and be eligible for a drawing for a free 10-pack of tickets to the Prescott Film Festival in Nov!

Tickets are a $5 donation available only at the door.
ARIZONA CENTENNIAL FILM FESTIVAL
Schedule
Friday September 16:
5:00PM
¡Three Amigos! (104 min): 1986; Coronado National Forest, Old Tucson; Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short

7:15PM
The Law and the Outlaw (45 min): 1913; Prescott; Tom Mix; Yavapai County film historian Tom Slaback discussion

8:45PM
Junior Bonner (100 min): 1972; Prescott; Steve McQueen

Saturday September 17:
9:00 AM
Angel and the Badman (100 min): 1947; Sedona, John Wayne

11:15AM
Pride of the Bowery (61 min): 1940; Prescott, Leo Gorcey; Yavapai County film historian Tom Slaback discussion

1:30 PM
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (90 min): 1989; Tempe, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale; Keanu Reeves

4:00 PM
3:10 to Yuma (92 min): 1957; Texas Canyon, Triangle T Guest Ranch, Wilcox, Sedona, Old Tucson, Amerind Foundation; Glenn Ford

6:00 PM
Murphy's Romance (107 min): 1985; Florence, Tubac, Tucson; James Garner, Sally Field
Cowboy Poet Mike Dunn, (Preceding film)

8:30 PM
Wanda Nevada (107 min): 1979; Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Henry Fonda; Prescott, Page; Gayle Gardner Discussion

Sunday September 18:
12:30PM
Arizona Bound (57 min): 1941; Prescott; Buck Jones; Yavapai County film historian Tom Slaback discussion

2:15 PM
Lust for Gold (90 min): 1949; Superstition Mountains; Glenn Ford

4:15 PM
Ranch Album - 1987 (65 min): Yavapai County, discussion with Producer/Director Gail Steiger, and any participants from the documentary he can "round up" for the discussion
Cowboy Poet Gail Steiger (Preceding film)



CONTACT:
Helen Stephenson
Prescott Film Festival
(928) 448-7209
helen@prescottfilmfestival.com