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| The Royal Theater in Archer City |
Here’s the schedule:
June 3: The Searchers at Old Fort Parker in Groesbeck. The film was inspired by the true story of a young girl’s kidnapping in 1836 by Comanches during a raid on Fort Parker.
June 4: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at Junction House in Kingsland. This is the house where the film was shot, although it has since been moved 80 miles from the original shooting location in Williamson County and now houses a restaurant serving Texas cuisine.
June 5: Blood Simple at Dessau Hall in Austin. Dessau Hall, one of Austin’s many live music joints, doubled as Marty’s bar in the Coen Brothers’ film debut.
June 11: Hud along the railroad tracks running through Claude. I finally understood why Oscars were given for sound editing when I heard Hud Bannion’s white Cadillac driving over the railroad tracks in this film.
June 17: Red River at the Fort Worth Stockyard Exchange because where else would you show the all-time great cattle-drive movie?
June 18: Bonnie and Clyde at Farmers and Merchants Bank Building in Pilot Point where the movie’s first major heist scene was filmed.
June 19: Tender Mercies at the Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie. According to a long-standing rumor, Robert Duvall prepared for his Oscar-winning role in this movie by playing guitar with musician Mike Daniel on the steps of this court house in the town square of where most of the film was shot.
June 24: No Country for Old Men somewhere in Marfa.
June 25: Giant at the Paisano Hotel in Marfa. The hotel was where the cast and crew stayed during the film’s lengthy Marfa shoot.
July 1: The Last Picture Show at, where else, the restored Royal Theater in Archer City. Of all the screenings, this is the one I would most like to attend.
You can get more details on the festival here and here.
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