Hey folks, Harry here - ack! You know - living in Austin is pretty great. We have more than our fair share of holy shit cool screenings. I'm in on most of them at some level planning, making it happen - but every now and again there's a screening that just kicks my ass and makes me feel like a kid. This is one of those screenings. I was having a nice geek lunch with Jason Reitman, Quint, Kraken, Father Geek and Peter from Slash Film at the Salt Lick here in town - when Jason said something completely counter and actually offensive. He said he'd just seen THE WILD BUNCH for the first time... and he didn't like it. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? It is THE WILD BUNCH. It's as great a film as you're ever likely to see in your entire existence and how does a smart quality filmmaker dismiss it? I can't conceive of that. And like many of you, I just moved past the statement. Then today I get a press release for this WILD BUNCH screening with the remaining members of the cast in attendance along with all the other folks and frankly. That is where to be. This is an AWESOME screening. And THE MILLION DOLLAR THEATER is a cool place. If you're in L.A. - do not hesitate for a second picking up your tickets. This is one helluva opportunity for classic cinema perfection!

A STAR-STUDDED EVENT bringing

THE GREATEST WESTERN OF ALL TIME
BACK TO THE BIG SCREEN!

LIVE ON STAGE:

Academy Award Winner ERNEST BORGNINE
BO HOPKINS, L.Q. JONES AND MANY CELEBRITIES!

“My mom took me to see THE WILD BUNCH when I was a kid.
It changed my perception of cinema.” — Quentin Tarantino

40th ANNIVERSARY OF SAM PECKINPAH’S THE WILD BUNCH

A JULES VERNE LÉGENDAIRE AWARD CHARITY EVENT

Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ 7pm - Million Dollar Theater - 307 S. Broadway. Los Angeles, CA 90013

Jules Verne Festival creators Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné (www.julesverne.org) proudly
announce THE WILD BUNCH IS LOOSE AGAIN, welcoming to the stage Ernest Borgnine, Bo Hopkins,
L.Q. Jones and more! THE WILD BUNCH (1969) revolutionized cinema arts and technique and has remained
a tremendous influence on some of the greatest modern directors/screenwriters worldwide. It returns to the big
screen for its 40th anniversary at the historic 2,000-seat Million Dollar Theater in Downtown Los Angeles.

Hollywood Legend Ernest Borgnine (Poseidon Adventure, From Here to Eternity…) will accept the Jules
Verne Légendaire Award for outstanding performance in The Wild Bunch.

Melissa Peckinpah will accept the Jules Verne Légendaire Award to The Wild Bunch on behalf of her
father Sam Peckinpah, who passed 25 years ago.

Camille Fielding will accept the Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award to late film score composer
Jerry Fielding on his behalf.

Some of the movie stars and celebrities confirmed in attendance: Ali MacGraw, Chad McQueen, Keith
Carradine, Billy Bob Thornton, Lalo Schifrin, Melissa, Sharon, Mathew & Lupita Peckinpah, Nancee
&Cris Borgnine, Walter Hill, Malcolm McDowell, Bernie Taupin and more!

And for the first time ever: the after party will be held on the very stage of the theatre!

“It will be the last great ride of the movie, with major movie stars attending. We wish to give over 2,000 people
an opportunity to fall in love at first sight with this movie—or fall in love again.” Jeauffre and Dieudonné say.

>>>THE WILD BUNCH IS LOOSE AGAIN is the 5th installment of the JULES VERNE LEGENDAIRE
AWARDS series that has already feted The Blade Runner, The Birds, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Some Like it Hot,
and hosted George Lucas, James Cameron, Tippi Hedren, Harrison Ford and many more!

General admission: $15 / VIP tickets: $30

INFO & TICKETS AVAILABLE AT WWW.JULESVERNE.ORG