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      <title>Film:Billy the Kid</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Billy the Kid<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2007<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Jennifer Venditti<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Filmmaker Jennifer Venditti crafts a cinema verite-style coming of age story with this portrait of a small-town teen from Maine who struggles to embrace his outsider status while still being shaped by the tragic events of his childhood. It was while casting the Carter Smith film <a href=/films/278668/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Bugcrush</a> that Venditti first encountered the boy named {Billy- his eccentric wisdom leaving an immediate and lasting impression on the filmmaker. Later, after casting Billy in the film and preparing to craft a documentary about everyday heroes, Venditti and her crew returned to Maine to spend some five days with the troubled young boy who had commanded her attention. Shunned by his classmates and categorized as a "special needs" student by his teachers, Billy boldly refuses to be victimized by his individuality in an environment obsessed with labels and conformity. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 21<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 4<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 36<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 1<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:26:32 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Billy the Kid</spout:Title><spout:Year>2007</spout:Year><spout:Director>Jennifer Venditti</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Filmmaker Jennifer Venditti crafts a cinema verite-style coming of age story with this portrait of a small-town teen from Maine who struggles to embrace his outsider status while still being shaped by the tragic events of his childhood. It was while casting the Carter Smith film &lt;a href=/films/278668/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Bugcrush&lt;/a&gt; that Venditti first encountered the boy named {Billy- his eccentric wisdom leaving an immediate and lasting impression on the filmmaker. Later, after casting Billy in the film and preparing to craft a documentary about everyday heroes, Venditti and her crew returned to Maine to spend some five days with the troubled young boy who had commanded her attention. Shunned by his classmates and categorized as a "special needs" student by his teachers, Billy boldly refuses to be victimized by his individuality in an environment obsessed with labels and conformity. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>21</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>4</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>36</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>1</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Billy_the_Kid/324626/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: BILLY THE KID On DVD Today</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/10/28/36739.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/19702/default.aspx'>Karina</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/28/2008 5:00:35 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Back when Billy the Kid hit theaters last December, I wrote an essay calling Jennifer Venditti’s non-fiction feature  “The Anti-Juno.” The films begged to be compared at the time, not just because they were both, as I wrote, “films about the inner lives and social stumbling blocks of precocious, ‘outsider’ teenagers,” but because they were actually opening in New York on the same day. Juno came riding in with the best indie cred that Fox Searchlight could buy, so it’s a no-brainer that the eventual Oscar winner would outshine the truly indie Billy on a short timeline. But on a long tail, Billy has a huge advantage, if only because, as Cullen Gallagher put it today at /Hammer to Nail, “Jennifer Venditti has managed the incredible feat of both finding and conveying cinematically a character who is absolutely singular and unique, and at the same time exists as an “everyman” who sums up our collective adolescence.” Honest to blog.
Billy, which I named as one of my favorite films of 2007, comes out on DVD today, in a special package including a commentary track by director Venditti with Ryan Gosling, and a liner notes essay by Miranda July. If you go to the film’s official website and click on the DVD flag on the bottom right, you can actually get 25 percent off your purchase. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:00:35 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Karina</spout:postby><spout:postto>Karina on SpoutBlog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/28/2008 5:00:35 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Back when Billy the Kid hit theaters last December, I wrote an essay calling Jennifer Venditti’s non-fiction feature  “The Anti-Juno.” The films begged to be compared at the time, not just because they were both, as I wrote, “films about the inner lives and social stumbling blocks of precocious, ‘outsider’ teenagers,” but because they were actually opening in New York on the same day. Juno came riding in with the best indie cred that Fox Searchlight could buy, so it’s a no-brainer that the eventual Oscar winner would outshine the truly indie Billy on a short timeline. But on a long tail, Billy has a huge advantage, if only because, as Cullen Gallagher put it today at /Hammer to Nail, “Jennifer Venditti has managed the incredible feat of both finding and conveying cinematically a character who is absolutely singular and unique, and at the same time exists as an “everyman” who sums up our collective adolescence.” Honest to blog.
Billy, which I named as one of my favorite films of 2007, comes out on DVD today, in a special package including a commentary track by director Venditti with Ryan Gosling, and a liner notes essay by Miranda July. If you go to the film’s official website and click on the DVD flag on the bottom right, you can actually get 25 percent off your purchase. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: BILLY THE KID On DVD Today</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/28/2008 5:00:24 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Back when Billy the Kid hit theaters last December, I wrote an essay calling Jennifer Venditti’s non-fiction feature  “The Anti-Juno.” The films begged to be compared at the time, not just because they were both, as I wrote, “films about the inner lives and social stumbling blocks of precocious, ‘outsider’ teenagers,” but because they were actually opening in New York on the same day. Juno came riding in with the best indie cred that Fox Searchlight could buy, so it’s a no-brainer that the eventual Oscar winner would outshine the truly indie Billy on a short timeline. But on a long tail, Billy has a huge advantage, if only because, as Cullen Gallagher put it today at /Hammer to Nail, “Jennifer Venditti has managed the incredible feat of both finding and conveying cinematically a character who is absolutely singular and unique, and at the same time exists as an “everyman” who sums up our collective adolescence.” Honest to blog.
Billy, which I named as one of my favorite films of 2007, comes out on DVD today, in a special package including a commentary track by director Venditti with Ryan Gosling, and a liner notes essay by Miranda July. If you go to the film’s official website and click on the DVD flag on the bottom right, you can actually get 25 percent off your purchase. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:00:24 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/28/2008 5:00:24 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Back when Billy the Kid hit theaters last December, I wrote an essay calling Jennifer Venditti’s non-fiction feature  “The Anti-Juno.” The films begged to be compared at the time, not just because they were both, as I wrote, “films about the inner lives and social stumbling blocks of precocious, ‘outsider’ teenagers,” but because they were actually opening in New York on the same day. Juno came riding in with the best indie cred that Fox Searchlight could buy, so it’s a no-brainer that the eventual Oscar winner would outshine the truly indie Billy on a short timeline. But on a long tail, Billy has a huge advantage, if only because, as Cullen Gallagher put it today at /Hammer to Nail, “Jennifer Venditti has managed the incredible feat of both finding and conveying cinematically a character who is absolutely singular and unique, and at the same time exists as an “everyman” who sums up our collective adolescence.” Honest to blog.
Billy, which I named as one of my favorite films of 2007, comes out on DVD today, in a special package including a commentary track by director Venditti with Ryan Gosling, and a liner notes essay by Miranda July. If you go to the film’s official website and click on the DVD flag on the bottom right, you can actually get 25 percent off your purchase. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: FIlmCouch #48</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/paul/archive/2007/12/21/23102.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2132/default.aspx'>paul</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/21/2007 4:16:23 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It’s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina’s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated.

(Subscribe to FilmCouch in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday.)
FilmCouch #48

Billy the Kid, No Country for Old Men

 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:16:23 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>paul</spout:postby><spout:postto>paul on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/21/2007 4:16:23 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It’s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina’s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated.

(Subscribe to FilmCouch in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday.)
FilmCouch #48

Billy the Kid, No Country for Old Men

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      <title>Spout Post: New in Theaters: Atonement, Juno, Billy</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/7/22608.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/7/2007 1:00:41 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Here at SpoutBlog, we’re pretending like The Golden Compass doesn’t exist (and, if Nikki Finke is to be believed, come Monday morning New Line will be scrambling to spin the fact that we’re not the only ones). But here’s a look at three films that are newly out this weekend that we *have* covered, and can, to one extent or another recommend.

Atonement: “Big, classy, Oscar-bait World War II dramas don???t really get much better,” I wrote from Toronto. And in the three months since, I haven’t come across anyone who has anything seriously negative to say about this film…beyond the fact that the so-literal ending is like something out of Scooby Doo.?? I say, pull a Selma and leave the theater the second Vanessa Redgrave pops on screen, thereby claiming willful ignorance to the last-minute bubble bursting.  
Juno: It’s better than Little Miss Sunshine, but I maintain that Fox is doing its reputation a huge disservice by marketing it like that piece of shiteating Oscar bait, instead of admitting that it’s a shameless teen sex com. If the very thought of that stripey stomach doesn’t send you cowering under your desk, check out my review from Telluride, and endless coverage at our Juno tag page.
Billy the Kid: Kevin and Paul have been all up on Billy’s jock since Day One. See their SXSW coverage here, read my review from earlier this week here, and listen to this week’s podcast for a new interview with Jennifer Venditti here.

 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:00:41 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/7/2007 1:00:41 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Here at SpoutBlog, we’re pretending like The Golden Compass doesn’t exist (and, if Nikki Finke is to be believed, come Monday morning New Line will be scrambling to spin the fact that we’re not the only ones). But here’s a look at three films that are newly out this weekend that we *have* covered, and can, to one extent or another recommend.

Atonement: “Big, classy, Oscar-bait World War II dramas don???t really get much better,” I wrote from Toronto. And in the three months since, I haven’t come across anyone who has anything seriously negative to say about this film…beyond the fact that the so-literal ending is like something out of Scooby Doo.?? I say, pull a Selma and leave the theater the second Vanessa Redgrave pops on screen, thereby claiming willful ignorance to the last-minute bubble bursting.  
Juno: It’s better than Little Miss Sunshine, but I maintain that Fox is doing its reputation a huge disservice by marketing it like that piece of shiteating Oscar bait, instead of admitting that it’s a shameless teen sex com. If the very thought of that stripey stomach doesn’t send you cowering under your desk, check out my review from Telluride, and endless coverage at our Juno tag page.
Billy the Kid: Kevin and Paul have been all up on Billy’s jock since Day One. See their SXSW coverage here, read my review from earlier this week here, and listen to this week’s podcast for a new interview with Jennifer Venditti here.

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      <title>Spout Post: FIlmCouch #48</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/7/22604.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/7/2007 9:01:06 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It’s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina’s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners, and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated.

(Subscribe to FilmCouch in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday.)
FilmCouch #48

Billy the Kid, No Country for Old Men

 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:01:06 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/7/2007 9:01:06 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It’s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina’s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners, and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated.

(Subscribe to FilmCouch in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday.)
FilmCouch #48

Billy the Kid, No Country for Old Men

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      <title>Spout Post: FilmCouch #48 - Jennifer Venditti, The Coen Brothers revisited</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/FilmCouch_48_Jennifer_Venditti_The_Coen_Brothe/302/22603/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2132/default.aspx'>paul</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/7/2007 8:52:01 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It&#39;s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina&#39;s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners, and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated. FilmCouch #48<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:52:01 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>paul</spout:postby><spout:postto>FilmCouch</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/7/2007 8:52:01 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The return of Billy the Kid and Jennifer Venditti. The story of a first time filmmaker that began with an interview at SXSW in March concludes in a conversation with Jennifer this week. Spoiler: It&amp;#39;s a happy ending. Revisiting No Country for Old Men. Karina&amp;#39;s beef with the Coen Brothers caused a stir among listeners, and we pick up the debate again. It only gets more heated. FilmCouch #48</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Billy the Kid: The Anti-Juno</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/12/4/22544.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/4/2007 3:01:23 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
In what appears to be more of an honest accident than a work of cunning marketing strategy, two films about the inner lives and social stumbling blocks of precocious, ???outsider??? teenagers are set to hit theaters tomorrow. Jason Reitman???s Juno has been widely praised for its flashy script (which marries bloggish snark to the kind of mawkish morality melodrama that???s been in short supply since the demise of The O.C.), and for the work of lead actress Ellen Page (whose proficient puppeting of Diablo Cody???s detached slanguage Looks Like Acting).
Though hardly the revelation some of the rapturous reviews have made it out to be, Juno is the rare mainstream film that might allow a teenage girl to feel as though her desires have been recognized, and for that alone, it deserves praise. But anyone who tries to defend it against charges of overwritten, over-embellishment hasn???t seen Jennifer Venditti’s Billy the Kid, which begins its official theatrical run tomorrow with an exclusive engagement at the IFC Center in New York.
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In what appears to be more of an honest accident than a work of cunning marketing strategy, two films about the inner lives and social stumbling blocks of precocious, ???outsider??? teenagers are set to hit theaters tomorrow. Jason Reitman???s Juno has been widely praised for its flashy script (which marries bloggish snark to the kind of mawkish morality melodrama that???s been in short supply since the demise of The O.C.), and for the work of lead actress Ellen Page (whose proficient puppeting of Diablo Cody???s detached slanguage Looks Like Acting).
Though hardly the revelation some of the rapturous reviews have made it out to be, Juno is the rare mainstream film that might allow a teenage girl to feel as though her desires have been recognized, and for that alone, it deserves praise. But anyone who tries to defend it against charges of overwritten, over-embellishment hasn???t seen Jennifer Venditti’s Billy the Kid, which begins its official theatrical run tomorrow with an exclusive engagement at the IFC Center in New York.
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      <title>Spout Post: BILLY THE KID on Tour</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/8/28/18984.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/28/2007 10:01:04 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Matt Dentler points to this post on the official Billy the Kid blog, with details on the film’s upcoming 13-city Oscar-qualifying tour. New academy rules (which AJ Schnack has covered in depth at his blog) state that a film has to screen in at least 14 cities, in addition playing for one week in Los Angeles, in order to qualify for a Best Documentary Oscar nomination. Billy, which just took the top documentary prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival, already completed its LA week, but starting this weekend it will embark on a tour through 12 unlikely locales, such as Grass Valley, CA and Montpelier, VT. The first stop is Bantam, CT, where Billy the Kid screens tomorrow through Friday at the Bantam Cinema. For more on Billy the Kid, check out Kevin and Paul’s podcast about the film, which lives here.

      
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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:01:04 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/28/2007 10:01:04 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Matt Dentler points to this post on the official Billy the Kid blog, with details on the film’s upcoming 13-city Oscar-qualifying tour. New academy rules (which AJ Schnack has covered in depth at his blog) state that a film has to screen in at least 14 cities, in addition playing for one week in Los Angeles, in order to qualify for a Best Documentary Oscar nomination. Billy, which just took the top documentary prize at the Edinburgh Film Festival, already completed its LA week, but starting this weekend it will embark on a tour through 12 unlikely locales, such as Grass Valley, CA and Montpelier, VT. The first stop is Bantam, CT, where Billy the Kid screens tomorrow through Friday at the Bantam Cinema. For more on Billy the Kid, check out Kevin and Paul’s podcast about the film, which lives here.

      
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      <title>Spout Post: FILMMAKER 25 New Faces Includes Surprise for Orson Welles Fans</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/7/18/15199.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s324626.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/18/2007 3:00:42 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The new issue of FILMMAKER Magazine hits stands this week, and in it you'll find their annual picks for the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. A few of these faces might look familiar to SpoutBlog readers: Billy the Kid director Jennifer Vendetti made the cut, as did Craig Zobel, the mastermind behind Sundance/SXSW hit The Great World of Sound. But the list also serves as a kind of early warning signal for a number of previously under-the-radar projects that I simply can't wait to get a look at.

First and foremost among them is Prodigal Sons. On the surface, it's a personal documentary in which filmmaker Kim Reed journeys back to her hometown for her father's funeral, and documents her subsequent attempt to repair a fractured relationship with her adopted brother. But it's also got a couple of great, additional hooks. To quote from the story: "Reed is a transsexual, and her trip back home was her first as a woman. And, while making the film, Reed and her brother Marc discovered that he was the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth."

Orson Welles' fans have a tendency to be a bit obsessive, especially when it comes to Welles' tempestuous relationship with Hayworth (um, Jack White?), so news of a surviving Welles/Hayworth descendant is bound, in some circles, to be a really big deal. I did some digging on this, and found this message board thread on WellesNet, dated October 2004, about the death of Marc's biological mother, Rebecca Welles. A poster by the name of Christopher notes that "it's a great comfort for the dwindling family of Orson Welles to know that Rebecca had a son and that he and his children will carry on the line... it is so wonderful to know that the looks, the genes and maybe even the genius of Orson Welles will continue." According to the FILMMAKER story, Reed's film includes footage shot in "Croatia, where she filmed Marc 'inheriting his legacy' in a meeting with Oja Kodar, Welless ex."

If this sounds half as exciting to you as it does to me, you can check out an extended synopsis of Prodigal Sons at the film's website. The producers are also soliciting donations and looking for volunteers to help push the film through post-production. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:00:42 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/18/2007 3:00:42 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The new issue of FILMMAKER Magazine hits stands this week, and in it you'll find their annual picks for the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. A few of these faces might look familiar to SpoutBlog readers: Billy the Kid director Jennifer Vendetti made the cut, as did Craig Zobel, the mastermind behind Sundance/SXSW hit The Great World of Sound. But the list also serves as a kind of early warning signal for a number of previously under-the-radar projects that I simply can't wait to get a look at.

First and foremost among them is Prodigal Sons. On the surface, it's a personal documentary in which filmmaker Kim Reed journeys back to her hometown for her father's funeral, and documents her subsequent attempt to repair a fractured relationship with her adopted brother. But it's also got a couple of great, additional hooks. To quote from the story: "Reed is a transsexual, and her trip back home was her first as a woman. And, while making the film, Reed and her brother Marc discovered that he was the grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth."

Orson Welles' fans have a tendency to be a bit obsessive, especially when it comes to Welles' tempestuous relationship with Hayworth (um, Jack White?), so news of a surviving Welles/Hayworth descendant is bound, in some circles, to be a really big deal. I did some digging on this, and found this message board thread on WellesNet, dated October 2004, about the death of Marc's biological mother, Rebecca Welles. A poster by the name of Christopher notes that "it's a great comfort for the dwindling family of Orson Welles to know that Rebecca had a son and that he and his children will carry on the line... it is so wonderful to know that the looks, the genes and maybe even the genius of Orson Welles will continue." According to the FILMMAKER story, Reed's film includes footage shot in "Croatia, where she filmed Marc 'inheriting his legacy' in a meeting with Oja Kodar, Welless ex."

If this sounds half as exciting to you as it does to me, you can check out an extended synopsis of Prodigal Sons at the film's website. The producers are also soliciting donations and looking for volunteers to help push the film through post-production. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Billy the Kid, August Evening Win LAFF</title>
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<strong>Body:</strong> Via indieWIRE comes news that Jennifer Vendetti's Billy the Kid has won Target-sponsored Best Documentary jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. If you're keeping score, that makes two big festival awards for the controversial doc, which might be enough to conquer its brutal Variety review. Meanwhile, August Evening won the LAFF jury prize for Best Narrative Feature. The immigration-themed drama was acquired earlier this week by Maya Entertainment. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:00:24 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/29/2007 3:00:24 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Via indieWIRE comes news that Jennifer Vendetti's Billy the Kid has won Target-sponsored Best Documentary jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival. If you're keeping score, that makes two big festival awards for the controversial doc, which might be enough to conquer its brutal Variety review. Meanwhile, August Evening won the LAFF jury prize for Best Narrative Feature. The immigration-themed drama was acquired earlier this week by Maya Entertainment. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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