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Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday\/Saturday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n MILESTONES | Happy Birthday to You!<\/strong><\/p>\n 8\/1: Jed Brian (segment director, 13 SLAYS TILL X-MAS, Scream Team Releasing, Clayville, PA) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n PASSINGS | You Will Be Missed<\/strong><\/p>\n 7\/19: Steven R. Swords, 67 (associate professor, English, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, retired) \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n FIELD REPORT DU HQ | From Wherever It May Be Said<\/strong><\/p>\n Since I\u2019m attempting to renew the life of writing outside the Calendar<\/strong>, it\u2019s time to reign in the Reports<\/strong> for a while and stress points of interest over lengthy pontification. This week, that\u2019s that.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n CONFIDENTIAL ALMANAC | Dates in Film Culture History<\/strong><\/p>\n 25 Years Ago<\/strong> \u2026 July 1997:<\/em> Location filming commences and wraps in Champaign County<\/strong> on the feature-length drama COYOTE\u2019S HONOR<\/strong>, a project spearheaded by Urbana<\/strong> native Michael Wiese<\/strong> to experiment in micro-budget movie production. As an author and publisher at an imprint dedicated to instructing readers on various aspects of the filmmaking process<\/a><\/span>, Wiese is using the opportunity to develop a screen story (with recent University of Illinois<\/strong> graduate Doug McCord<\/strong>) based on available resources and talent in the Champaign-Urbana area while also testing prosumer MiniDV<\/strong> video gear and post-production software that is relatively new to the marketplace. English literature major Eric Wippo<\/strong> plays the \u201ccoyote\u201d of the title, a wily drifter who does his best to disrupt a nucleus of friends and frenemies in a Midwest college town; mostly drawn from the current pool of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts<\/strong> summer stock players, the cast also includes John Maclay, Mike Kuehl, Will Ransom, Kelly Cooper, Heather Saliny, Emily A. Parks, Heather Lamb, Dustin Wilkinson<\/strong>, and UI acting instructor Richard Barrows<\/strong>. WILL-TV<\/strong> producer Tim Hartin<\/strong> and Southern Illinois University<\/strong> cinema student Chris Dowell<\/strong> form part of the tiny crew. Although Wiese will soon chronicle the lessons learned with COYOTE<\/strong> in an article series for Videography<\/span><\/strong> magazine and as an appendix in the second edition of The Independent Film and Videomaker\u2019s Guide<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> (Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA<\/strong>, 1998), COYOTE<\/strong> itself has remained lost in the cornfields and all but absent from the Internet wilds despite initial plans to set it free on the festival circuit. [R]<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area<\/strong><\/p>\n @ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL<\/strong> @ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL<\/strong>
\n8\/2: Jeff Kacmarynski (writer\/director, ESSENCE, Refractive Error Media, Champaign, IL)
\n8\/3: Laura Richter (production manager, FIELDS OF GOLD, Spencer Films, Springfield, IL)<\/p>\n
\n7\/22: Aaron Davidson, 48 (actor, WEREWOLF CEMETERY, BrainSmart Productions, Champaign, IL\/Portland, OR)<\/p>\n
\nDC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, RAMARAO ON DUTY (in Telugu), VENGEANCE, THE BLACK PHONE, ELVIS, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, NOPE, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7\/29 on), BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY (8\/4 on)<\/p>\n
\nDC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS, VENGEANCE, THE BLACK PHONE, ELVIS, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK, NOPE, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, TOP GUN: MAVERICK, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (7\/29 on), UFC 276: Julianna Pe\u00f1a vs Amanda Nunes rematch, more (mixed martial arts; 7\/30, 9 p.m., simulcast), Studio Ghibli Fest 2022: KIKI\u2019S DELIVERY SERVICE (anim\u00e9; 7\/31, 3 p.m., English dub; 8\/1, 7 p.m., Japanese with English sub; 8\/3, 7 p.m., English dub), SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (7\/31, 3 & 7 p.m.; 8\/3, 7 p.m.), PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE, MINIONS (8\/2-8\/4, 10 a.m., free), The Metropolitan Opera Summer Encore: La Boh\u00e8me (8\/3, 1 & 6:30 p.m., recorded), BULLET TRAIN, EASTER SUNDAY (8\/4 on)<\/p>\n