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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-04-08, Page 11Spring Fling a hit with cinema lovers Dominique Milburn signal -star staff A weekend filled with a power outage and a blustery blast of snow wasn't enough to bring down the ex- citement of the Livery's Spring Fling Film Festival. The lighting inside Goderich's Park Theatre threatened audience mem- bers with a slight flicker on Friday evening as the fifth annual cinematic installment opened with The Stone of Destiny. "We got lucky and dodged a bul- let," said festival committee member Brigitte Wolf, noting that unlike many Goderich homes and businesses, the theatre retained its electricity during the Friday evening outage. With the lighting dimmed, but working, the festival officially got underway and according to Wolf, enjoyed one of its best years yet. It's thanks in no small part, she added, to the attendance of feature One Week director Michael McGowen, who sat in on the film's screening and took part in a lively 20 -minute question and answer period immediately fol- lowing the film. ' How did he get the big -name ac- tors? How did he finance the feature? Was that really the Stanley Cup? Photo submitted Henry and Michael McGowan with Livery Film Fest committee members Brigitte Wolf and Nina Reynolds. Audience members were privy to the answers to these questions and more as McGowen offered an inti- mate peek inside the the film. "It was amazing to see the film fea- ture so many recognizable things and places that are. truly Canadian," said Wolf. "It's almost as if it was his hom- age to Canada and the landscape that really hung on the story, and I think that inspired some great spontaneous questions from the audience." McGowen and his son, 10 -year- old Henry, both stuck. around after the festival to attend the wrap party, where Wolf said Henry was thrilled to have been recognized from his bit parts in the film. While ticket package sales were slightly down this year, Wolf said that the overall attendance was good. The top three drawing films of the festival were One Week, The Stone of Destiny and The Reader. "I thought things went really well. We had good feedback, the gala was great, and One Week was our best attended film yet," Wolf said of the weekend. "I heard from a lot of peo- ple, including Michael McGowen, that it was nice to attend such a well - organized festival, so that's a nice pat - on -the -back for the committee." The Livery's FilmFest commit- tee works in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festi- val's Film Circuit Board to pres- ent current, award winning films from the film festival circuit to rural Ontario audience. Director aims to promote rural film festivals Denny Scott signal -star staff If you had one week to live, would you take a chance at treatment or do - something memorable with your re- maining time? That's the question director Michael McGowan attempted to answer in his film One Week; and the answer he came up with was to take a trip across Canada on a Norton motor cycle. One Week, was written and di- rected by McGowan, and stars Joshua Jackson. He was invited to attend Goderich's Livery Film Fest and came to promote his film and help promote film festivals. "1 was invited here and I came. The film circuit has helped [get the film Sava lip to 300 In Manufacturer's Rebates \VI\ G.\� I.( )k .\ Beauty that is blinding out there], so I'm doing a lot of these festivals to help out," McGowan ex- plairied. The film's story -line focuses around a trip that Jackson's character takes across the country from Toronto to Tofino, B.C.,. Having made more than 20 stops, and having travelled across the country multiple times, McGowan could claim to know the trip well. The film took about five weeks to shoot according to McGowan, and cost $1.9 million (Canadian). "If I had more money, we would have had a bigger crew, but smaller turned out to be better, we were able to get a lot of places and get a lot of shots we wouldn't have been able to get," he said. Featuring many icons, the movie Energy efficiency meets design innovation. Duette' nrchlteHa" stades transform the way your home looks and feels. The patented cell -within -a -cell design significantly reduces heat loss through the window and can cut heat loss by up ' to 5014' or more — and that means lower heating costa uFEfIIt 'GUARANTEE, OF COURSE. ' ,°d eludes. 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