ReelStuff Update

VOLUME 2 DVD NEWS: this week we are wrapping up the rest of the extras and have added Richard Anderson and  Sylvia Lewis as audio commentators. Series regulars Bob Hoy and Abel Fernandez are also finally on board to record commentaries this week. Bob and Abel's wives have both had serious health issues recently and we wish them both speedy recoveries!

Volume 2 is officially late at this point and will be ready to ship sometime this month, hopefully by mid-March. We thank everyone for their patience and advise to watch for more details in our next post (within a day or two).

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The embroidered caps arrived late this past week from the manufacturer and have been shipped (yesterday, Saturday 2/28/09) to those that pre-ordered them. We have a few more...

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Here's a last minute update from our friends at the National Aviation Hall of Fame, which has the information on the Reception. It promises to be fun and I am looking forward to screening OPERATION INTERCEPT and meeting those of you who are able to attend! You can also go to the ReelStuff webpage to view a trailer for Operation Intercept!

Reel Stuff is almost here – reserve your tickets today!

Don’t miss thirteen star presenters screening thirteen great aviation movies, all in just four days

and all in the Birthplace of Aviation!

March 12-15, 2009

Tickets are $10 per movie at the door

or

Save $35 by purchasing your Full Festival Ticket Package at

www.reelstufffilmfest.com

(full schedule and venue listing posted online)

Also, plan on attending the

Reel Stuff Film Festival of Aviation

“Opening Night of the Stars Reception”

Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009

Place: Engineers Club of Dayton

Time: 6:00 PM- 7:30 PM

Cost: $35 per person (by advance registration only – deadline is March 5, 2009)

Reception features heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and admission to the 7:30 PM special screening of Steve Canyon: Operation Intercept episode, presented in the Engineers Club theatre by producer and restorer, John Ellis, representing the Milton Caniff Estate.

John Ellis prepares a miniature helicopter for filming for the feature film INVADER (1993)

Help the National Aviation Hall of Fame welcome its Reel Stuff Film Festival “star” presenters and patrons to Dayton at this historic venue

 

Meet the producers, writers, directors and other talented people that will present their exciting films throughout the four-day film festival

Learn more about Dayton native and Hall of Fame supporter, the late Milton Caniff, and the 1958 TV series based on his Steve Canyon comic strip.

All Reel Stuff proceeds support the 501(c)(3) non-profit National Aviation Hall of Fame Learning Center

Call or reserve your tickets online at:

(937) 256-0944 x11

www.reelstufffilmfest.com

Operation Intercept Screening

On Thursday, March 12, 2009 The National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) will be starting their annual 4 day aviation film festival ReelStuff Film Festival in Dayton Ohio, which will be featuring a whole bunch of classic films being presented by an impressive array of personalities...from their ReelStuff Press Release

"...Among Reel Stuff’s presenters are Cliff Robertson and Clay Lacy/The Pilot, Catherine Wyler/Memphis Belle, Nikolai Mullerschoen/The Red Baron, and Steve Hinton/Always. Robertson, who both starred and directed The Pilot, is an Academy Award-winning actor, pilot and 2006 enshrinee of the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Aerial cinematographer Clay Lacy and aerial coordinator Steve Hinton, both also pilots, are each nominees for enshrinement into the Hall of Fame.

Additional Reel Stuff Film Festival presenters and projects include Jeffrey Roth/The Wonder of it All, Paul Glenshaw/Barnstorming, John Ellis/Steve Canyon, Richard Hoerle/Captain Eddie, James Farmer/Twelve O’clock High and Strategic Air Command, Cliff & Cathy Fleming/We Were Soldiers, and Rocco DeVilliers/The Fly Boys.

Among our original film screenings in Dayton’s historic Victoria Theater is the Cold War classic, Strategic Air Command, starring Jimmy Stewart, who happens to also be a true-life aviation hero and one of our incoming Hall of Fame enshrinees this July,” explained Kaplan.

Catherine Wyler, daughter of Oscar-winning director, William Wyler, will screen both the 1944 documentary of her late father’s, the Memphis Belle, and the 1990 Warner Brothers action-drama of the same name, which she co-produced."

(NOTE that our very own James Farmer, who provides expert commentary on many episodes in our Steve Canyon DVD series, will be there presenting the WWII aviation epic Twelve O'clock High!)

"They look like snowmen!"...Scene from the Steve Canyon episode OPERATION INTERCEPT, arguably the most memorable show of the series (which will be included in Volume 3 DVD later this year) but will be shown at ReelStuff on March 12th.

You can get more info at "ReelStuff". including a movie clip from the episode.

Of special interest to Steve Canyon fans will be the rare public screening of OPERATION INTERCEPT at 7:30pm Thursday March 12th. The 28th episode filmed, this wildly popular episode will be screened (digitally projected) in the Engineers Club Theatre of Dayton (one of Milton Caniff's old haunts) and will be preceded by a reception (from 6:00pm to 7:30) and discussion/Q&A with me, John Ellis, Restoration Producer for Steve Canyon.

Admission to this presentation and screening (and all individual screenings) is $10.00, admission to the reception will be separate and is at this writing To Be Determined. Further information on tickets to all screenings and the special reception etc. is available at their website.

It is interesting to note that this episode premiered originally on NBC on Tuesday March 31, 1959, almost 50 years to the day of this rare public screening. Don't miss it!