Marfa in the Movies

[rlovinggood]

Link to article about Marfa in the movies on our local television web
site:

http://wral.com/entertainment/story/2448050/

Ok, nothing about soaring in the article, but it is still about Marfa.


Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

[Burt Compton - Marfa]

Yep, we gave glider rides to several of the movie crew of "No Country
for Old Men", as well as "There Will Be Blood". Chip Love, who played
the "man in Ford" in "No Country" is our local bank president and a
pilot. He gets up from his desk to give my dog "Cozy" treats for her
tricks when we walk into his bank. Yes, you are allowed to bring your
dog (but not your Harley) into the Marfa bank lobby.

We also flew many of the folks who visited during the 50th anniversary
celebration of the movie "Giant" filmed here in 1955. For movie
buffs, it was James Dean's last movie, Dennis Hopper's first major
movie, and also starred Eleizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson.

Marfa has recently found favor as a location for many TV commercials
and music videos.
Apparently the fees and permitting are simple here and we leave the
working film folks alone. Along with our year-round good weather,
bright west Texas skies, renovated main street, and perhaps because
Marfa has evolved into an artists' and writers' community, we are
attracting the attention of location scouts.

The movie for soaring enthusiasts shot at Marfa would be the "Sun Ship
Game", the film of the 1969 US Nationals shot in cinema verite' style
featuring George Moffat, Gleb Derujinsky and Wally Scott.

The dedication of Marfa, Texas, as a National Landmark of Soaring by
the National Soaring Museum will be April 4 & 5, 2008. George Moffat
will speak at our banquet, and some of the pilots from the 1960's
contests will attend, including Ben Greene, "Big John" Brittingham,
Dick Johnson, John Byrd, Bill Holbrook, Ed Byars, Bill Snead, and many
more. Details on this event at our website www.flygliders.com Click
on the "Landmark" button.

Burt
Marfa, TX USA

[Jesper Thomsen]

"Burt Compton - Marfa" > wrote in message
...

>
> The movie for soaring enthusiasts shot at Marfa would be the "Sun Ship
> Game", the film of the 1969 US Nationals shot in cinema verite' style
> featuring George Moffat, Gleb Derujinsky and Wally Scott.
>
>
> Burt
> Marfa, TX USA
>
>

Any idea where one would go about getting a copy of that film?

/J

[Tony Verhulst]

>> The movie for soaring enthusiasts shot at Marfa would be the "Sun Ship
>> Game", ....

> Any idea where one would go about getting a copy of that film?


That will be a problem. You'll need to find some one with the VHS tape
and copy it.

I understand that the problem Direct Cinema has with releasing the video
is that there are copyright problems with the Bee Gee's music on the
film. I recently had a discussion with a professional film producer with
connections to Direct Cinema. He's trying (with little success) to
encourage them to replace the "offending" music and to re-release the
video on DVD. Newer technology should enable them to clean up the poor
video quality on the original VHS production.

Start writing those letters


Direct Cinema Ltd., Inc.
P.O. Box 10003
Santa Monica, CA 90410-1003


Tony V.

[Tony Verhulst]

Found the email to Direct Cinema that I sent in early 2005 - and their
(cryptic) response.

Tony
> Dear Direct Cinema,
>
>Several internet sources list you as the distributor of The Sunship Game
>but I do not see it in your catalog. Do you, indeed, have this movie for
>sale?


regrets it is no longer available.
it has been pulled.
direct cinema

[Jesper Thomsen]

"Tony Verhulst" > wrote in message
. ..
> Found the email to Direct Cinema that I sent in early 2005 - and their
> (cryptic) response.
>
> Tony
> > Dear Direct Cinema,
> >
> >Several internet sources list you as the distributor of The Sunship Game
> >but I do not see it in your catalog. Do you, indeed, have this movie for
> >sale?
>
>
> regrets it is no longer available.
> it has been pulled.
> direct cinema

Bugger - thanks anyway :)

/J