The R.C. Raycraft documentary INCIDENT AT KICKAPOO CREEK is scheduled to play the Castle Theater in downtown Bloomington, IL, on Friday, July 14, 2006, 7 p.m.
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An Associated Press story on CNN.com reports that film critic Roger Ebert is in serious condition after emergency surgery to repair complications in the region from which cancerous growth was removed on June 16, 2006.
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The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, July 5, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.
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Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the Illinois Bureau of Tourism’s “Magnificent Movie Getaways” campaign, an effort to promote filmmaking in Illinois through location tours and on-line information.
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HEAVY, the new Lorenzo Goetz music video directed by Matt HarsH, will make its debut at The Canopy Club in Urbana, IL, on June 28, 2006.
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CRAB ORCHARD, directed by Michael Jacobs and produced by Robin Christian Peters for Champaign, IL-based Dreamscape Cinema, encores at the Piatt Co. Forest Preserve Park in Monticello, IL, on June 25, 2006.
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Roger Ebert waxes psychedelic over BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, new to DVD, while “Sirens of Cinema” magazine runs freelance words by your editor.
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Article in Champaign newspaper The Daily Illini about a new bill that will award film companies spending production dollars in Illinois a 20 percent tax credit.
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Profile in Champaign weekly “buzz” of local filmmaker Robin Peters, whose third feature DISCONNECT had its world premiere on June 17, 2006.
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Mongoose Productions has announced an open call for a Bollywood-style dance number to be shot on the Main Quad at the University of Illinois on Sunday, June 11, 2006.
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DISCONNECT, directed and written by Robin Christian Peters for Champaign, IL-based Dreamscape Cinema, will have its World Premiere at the University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium on June 17, 2006.
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The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.
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Article in Champaign weekly The Hub about the first day of shooting for WELCOME TO TOLONO.
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Illini Film & Video presses THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY into service via DVD, while SHOW and ANTIGONE arrive on DVD-R to soothe that burning local-film itch.
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The annual BN Film Fest returns to the Normal Theater in Normal, IL, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, and Wednesday, May 10, 2006.
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