The only reason the story below didn't contain a name-dropping is that Larry Flynt is paralyzed, lives in California, and it is probably very difficult for him to travel.
Otherwise, you can betcha that like all the "stories" that Barry relates to us on this forum in which celebrities are involved he would have both met and broke bread with them. Barry, why don't you make a list here of all the celebrities and important people you know? --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because I have a press pass to this festival, > I've gotten to see more of it than in previous > festivals, where I was only there to see the > movies. And one of the things I have discovered > is that the majority of the people at film > festivals are there for business reasons, look- > ing to buy or sell something. > > I mean, you got yer producers and directors look- > ing to hook up with money for their next magnum opus, > and you got yer distributors looking to pick up > the rights to some low-budget horror flick before > anyone else. You got yer actors and actresses who > are trying to sell their current movie and try to > make sure it's not their last. > > It's a zoo. But this makes for an interesting > crowd at the bars, which explains to some extent > this next story. I was sitting earlier today at > the same hotel bar I am sitting at now, waiting > for the next film, reading about Sarah Palin in > The Observer, and at the next table I overhear > some guy say the words, "Nailin' Palin." > > I listened closer. I glanced over and noticed the > promo literature on the table, and the name of the > film is really something like "Nailin' Paylin." I > look up, at the guys around the table, and my first > thought is, "These look like the kind of guys who > would work for Hustler." These were, in fact, the > kind of guys who work for Hustler. > > Larry Flint has supposedly commissioned a porn > film starring a Sarah Palin lookalike. These guys > are here pre-selling the European rights to it. > At a fantasy, horror, science fiction film festival. > Go figure. > > Go figure indeed. Good luck. I've got my hands full > trying to figure out whether Sarah Palin would fit > better into the category of fantasy, horror, or > science fiction. So far science fiction is winning. > > Gotta run. Next film starting... >
