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with specialwith guests special Kumar guest Pallana author Matt author ZollerMatt Seitz Zoller! Seitz! with special guests Kumar Pallana author Matt Zoller Seitz! NovemberNovember 7, 2013 7, 2013 7:00pm 7:00pmSeating begins at 6:00pm NovemberSeating begins7, 2013at 6:00pm 7:00pm The Texas Theatre Seating begins at 6:00pm The Texas231 W.Theatre Jefferson Blvd in Oak CLiff 231 W. Jefferson(Street parkingBlvd., Dallas meters free; Bank of Texas lot at Centre/Madison) The Texas(Street parking Theatre meters free; Bank of Texas lot at Centre/Madison) 231 W. JeffersonTICKETS Blvd in Oak CLiff (Street parkingTICKETS meters$5 Screening free; only Bank of Texas lot at$30 Centre/Madison) Screening + 1 copy of $5 ScreeningTHE WESonly ANDERSON COLLECTION $30 ScreeningLimited & copy availability of - Pre-order TICKETSTHE WES ticketsANDERSON through COLLECTION the Festival office by calling 214-821-6300 $5 ScreeningLimited onlyavailability(Advance tickets- available until November 6th) $30 ScreeningPre-order +tickets 1 copy through of THE WES theANDERSON FestivalTickets office COLLECTIONatby the theatre box office Limited availabilitycalling 214-821-6300DAY OF Pre-orderSHOW ONLY beginning at 5:00pm.- tickets through(Advance tickets the availableFestival until officeNovember by6th) calling 214-821-6300Tickets at the theatre box office (Advance ticketsDAY OF SHOWavailable ONLY beginninguntil November at 5:00pm 6th) An on-stage Q&A with Tickets atauthor the Matt theatre Zoller Seitz box will followoffice An on-stage Q&A with Kumar Pallana and author Matt Zoller Seitz DAY OF SHOWthe screening ONLY moderated beginning by at will follow the screening moderated by Robert Wilonsky, Digital Managing Editor, The Dallas Morning News 5:00pm. Robert Wilonsky, Digital Managing Editor, The Dallas Morning News
THE USA FILMIn FESTIVAL 1993, screened the BOTTLE ROCKET in 1993, then a short lm helmed by a young Wes Anderson, shot in Dallas, and starring several area friends including the Wilson brothers Owen, Luke and Andrew. A few years later, the short was expanded to a feature-lengthUSA lm, and twentyFilm years Festival down the road, the lm claims cult status. We celebrate by screening both the short and feature lms to commemoratescreened the publication BOTTLE of Matt Zoller ROCKET Seitz’s terri c, new a book, short THE filmWES ANDERSON helmed COLLECTION. by a young Wes Anderson, shot in Dallas, and e USA Film Festivalstarring honors severalKUMAR PALLANA area – friends Born in India including in 1918, Kumar thePallana Wilson began his entertainment brothers career Owen, as a Luke and Andrew. A few years juggler and singer, touring nightclubsAn on-stage around the world Q&A before his 30-yearwith stay Kumar in Dallas. At thePallana youthful age ofand 78, Pallana author began a Matt Zoller Seitz movie career workinglater, for theWeswill Anderson short follow as wasthe dawdling the expanded safecrackerscreening in to BOTTLE a feature-lengthmoderated ROCKET (1996), Mr. Littlejeans film,by Robert in RUSHMOREand twentyWilonsky, years Digital down Managingthe road, the films (1998) and Pagoda,can the claimfamily butler cult in THE status. ROYAL TENNENBAUMS We celebrate (2001). by Pallana screening has appeared in overboth 20 lms, the including short and feature films to commemo- Anderson’s THE DARJEELINGEditor, LIMITED The(2007), asDallas well as THE TERMINALMorning (2004), NewsROMANCE & CIGARETTES (2005), and Matt ZollerANOTHER Seitz EARTHrate (2011). the Whetherpublication juggling and of spinning Matt plates Zoller on television’s Seitz’s Captain terrific Kangaroo and new e Mickey book, Mouse THE Club, WES ANDERSON COLLECTION. performing mind-blowing chair handstands as “Kumar of India,” bringing the rst known yoga studio to Texas, or presiding over eclectic salon nights at his former co ee shop in Dallas, e Cosmic Cup, Kumar Pallana has always known how to steal the show.
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The USA Film Festival is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Support for this program has been provided by The Texas Theatre, the Dallas Film Commission, ABRAMS Books and The USA Fim FestivalBuffalo isCasting. supported Special in thankspart byto Jeremythe City Spracklen, of Dallas Don Office Merritt, of Chris Cultural Durbin Affairsand Andy and Valentin, the Texas reservoir Commission geeks. on the Arts. Support for this program has been provided by The Texas Theatre, the Dallas Film Commission, Buffalo Casting and ABRAMS Books. Special thanks to Jeremy Spracklen, Don Merritt, Chris Durbin and Andy Valentin, reservoir geeks.