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Digital video plays on the legitimate stage

Jan 12, 2003 0 Comment

Scott Parkinson (Cassius) in Julius Caesar. photography by Liz Lauren Synchronization of racing clouds and stars that move across five massive screens, with the pass...

Heart attack fatal to actor Rick Bauer

Jan 12, 2003 0 Comment

Rick Bauer was the quintessential actor, said friend and fellow actor Shirley Kelly. "I don't know anyone more dedicated to his craft than Rick.?He never had a bad day, never ...

Fitzgerald’s the venue for Lazzeretti films

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Ron Lazzeretti Spoke director Ron Lazzeretti is a man of many talents, says executive director Ed Amaya, referring to Lazzeretti's little known Tuesday night gig at F...

Burnett producer Basham rides ‘Man with a Van’ to Austin film festival

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John Ennis is the 'Man With A Van' Come March, "Man with a Van," a comedy short with sitcom ambitions, starts out on the festival route. The Aspen Comedy Festival w...

Could ‘Super Sucker’ usurp Super Bowl Sunday?

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Not everyone is a football freak glued to his TV set on Super Bowl Sunday, reasoned independent filmmaker Jeff Daniels and his managing partner, Bob Brown, of Purple Rose Fi...

Series launches new production house

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A new production company with "a healthy roster of clients" is bravely opening at a time when less intrepid producers are looking for another line of work.? Director Michae...

First state-funded film wraps

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Executive producer Brad Wells Cheeseburger Films' Brad Wells made history of a sort when the company's urban indie feature became the very first movie to be funded by...

WPA gets ‘SOUL!’ – all 40 show episodes

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Patti LaBelle After a year of tracking down lost episodes of "SOUL!" WPA Film Library assembled a remarkable collection of the African American TV series not seen in...

Digital video plays on the legitimate stage

Jan 12, 2003 0 Comment

Scott Parkinson (Cassius) in Julius Caesar. photography by Liz LaurenAs the players in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar look to the "stars" for guidance, before committi...

Stroke fatal to audio mixer Bill Reis

Jan 6, 2003 0 Comment

Bill Reis, considered to be Chicago's top audio mixer, died Jan. 1 of a stroke subsequent to what appeared to be successful heart surgery a week earlier at Highland Park hospi...

Festivals sweet on Taradash’s

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Editor Scott Taradash spent two years and close to $500,000 of his own money to produce "Honeyboy," a feature length doc about Chicago blues legend David "Honeyboy" Edwardsby....

SHORT TAKES

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BARBIZON LIGHTING doubled its space to 4,000-sq. ft. and added much needed storage space when it moved last month to 2525 N. Elston from 2356 N. Damen. The new separate war...

Three win Illinois screenwriting awards

Dec 12, 2002 0 Comment

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Sandi Stevenson, from Libertyville, a part-time copywriter with Vance Publishing, a finance attorney Richard Kohn and his writing partner Brian Adler, an L.A. producer/directo...

Lovett’s Large Band, Randy Newman on "Sound Stage"

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Ch. 11 stages will jump Dec. 18 when HD Ready captures its third "Sound Stage" show with Lyle Lovett's 20-piece Large Band and songwriter Randy Newman. The show is based ...

Sports celebs in commercial spotlight

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Stars of DDB's new "Power of Cheese" campaign are baseball Hall of Famers Sparky Anderson and Johnny Bench, manager and former catcher of the Cincinnati Reds, respectively. ...