Robert Osborne Film Festival

I know I write a lot about the festival, but what I can I say it’s the greatest thing ever! The festival was April 10-13 and it was amazing. I was there everyday working handing out programs, selling t-shirts, and my favorite job- playing Vana White with Robert. Every show you could enter to win a gift basket from TCM by filling out a ticket. After the movie Robert and I would come out with the bowl of tickets and we would draw names, it was heavenly being on stage with Robert!

I was most looking forward to the screening of The Way We Were, and it did not disappoint (more to come on that amazing evening in another post) I also really loved Lawrence of Arabia. I had seen the movie before, but this was a flawless print on the big screen and my description would not to it justice. Anne Coates, who had edited the film was there to talk about the film and to hear her talk about Peter O’toole and Omar Sharif was a once in a lifetime experience. I actually ended up sitting next to her during the lunch that we had during the intermission of the film and she is a delight.

Overall it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. The weekend reinforced my love for classic movies and how much I enjoy being able to work with an event or organization that promotes these great films. As I head off into the work world, I really do hope that I will be able to work on something that I am as passionate about as I am classic films.

I know I keep saying pictures are coming but I promise they are. Professional photographers seem to take awhile!

~ by kendelwhite on April 25, 2008.