Alamo Village - Brackettville (Highway
674, 6 miles north of town) - Alamo Village is a movie set that has been turned
into a tourist attraction. Some of the films shot here were: Arrowhead, Bandolero,
Barbarosa, Last Command and Two Rode Together. Each year is also presented
a reenactment of the battle of the Alamo.
Plaza Theater of Wax - San Antonio (across
from the Alamo, 301 Alamo Plaza) - has a movie section with exhibits including
Ben Hur, the King and I and Doctor Zhivago.
University of Austin - has set up a the
first movie studio to create 8 independant films utilizing both regular actors
and crew and university students. Each film with a $1-3 million budget with
hopes of generating profit to continue the program. The first film (called
'Dot') to be released in 2005.
University of Texas - Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center - has a large Gloria Swanson Archive and a collection from
Steve Martin.
Windmill Museum - Nederland (1500 Block
of Boston Ave.) - has all types of memorabilia of Tex Ritter.
Honored in Texas
Buddy Holly - musician - Lubbock
- has a bronze statue in center of town where part of the film was made (although
most was shot in Canada)
Mary Martin - famous as Peter Pan - Weatherford
- Weatherford Library - statue of Peter Pan honoring Weatherford native
in front of the library.
Audie
Murphy - movie star and most decorated war hero - Austin
- Texas Military Forces Museum (West 35th Street and Loop 1 - MoPac Blvd)-
has a bronze statue at the entrance plus a large display. Farmersville
- Charles J. Rike Library (203 Orange Street) - bronze
statue plus large display and research - also a large memorial in the center
of town - plus numerous highway markers in Hunt County - Greenville
- Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum (600 Interstate 30 East) - large
display of Audie Murphy memorabilia and home of the Audie L. Murphy Hunt County
Veteran’s Exhibit - also the W. Walworth Harrison Library (I-30 exit
94B) has a room dedicated to Audie Murphy with numerous items of memorabilia.
San Antonio - Audie Murphy Veterans Memorial
Hospital - bronze statue outside of hospital.
Film Fests
Austin Film Festival - Austin, Tx. - Oct. 20-27, 2005.
http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/site/content/news/index.htm
Austin Gay & Lesbian Internationa Film Festival
- Austin, Tx. - Aug. 25 - Sept. 5, 2005 - http://www.agliff.org/
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival - Austin,
Tx. - Sept. 14-18, 2005 - http://www.cinematexas.org/
Dallas Video Festival - Dallas, Tx. - Aug. 3-7, 2005
- http://www.videofest.org/2005_pre/
Deep Ellum Film Festival - Dallas, Tx. - Oct. 14-21,
2005 - http://www.def2.org/
Desert Reel Film Festival - Midland, Tx. - April 21-24,
2005 - http://www.desertreel.com/
fest•EYE•ful - Texarkana, Tx. - April 22-24,
2005 - http://www.festeyeful.org/
Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival - Houston, Tx. -
Sept. 16-18, 2005 - http://gulfcoastfilmfest.com/
KidFilm / USA Film Festival - Dallas, Tx. - Jan. 10-23,
2005 - http://www.usafilmfestival.com/
No Name Film Festival - Tyler, Tx. - Nov. 19, 2005 -
http://www.nonamefilmfest.com/
Out Takes Dallas Film Festival - Dallas, Tx. - early
November, 2005 - http://www.outtakesdallas.org/index.asp
Q Cinema Fort Worth's Gay and Lesbian International
Film Festival - Fort Worth, Tx. - May 19-22, 2005 -
http://www.qcinema.org/
San Antonio Underground Film Festival - San Antonio,
Tx. - July 22-24, 2005 - http://www.safilm.com/
South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)
- Austin, Tx. - Mar. 11-20, 2005 - http://2005.sxsw.com/
Spindletop / Lamar University Film Festival - Beaumont,
Tx. - April 15-17, 2005 - http://dept.lamar.edu/advancement/spinfest/
Texas Film Festival - College Station, Tx. - Mar. 28-April
2, 2005 - http://www.txfilmfest.org/
WorldFest Houston International Film and Video Festival
- Houston, Tx. - April 22-May 1, 2005 - http://www.worldfest.org/
