Gumby, “Hairspray” and monsters at SLO film festival
Gumby, “Hairspray” and monsters at SLO film festival
As you no doubt read in The Tribune last week, the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has begun.
The festival kicked off Friday with a train-themed gala at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch.
On Saturday, organizers offered a host of features and documentaries from “The Little Red Truck,” a look at one far-reaching children’s theater group, to a sing-along version of “Hairspray.”
(Unfortunately for female fans, star Zac Efron couldn’t make the screening. He’s off filming in England, undoubtedly the period flick “Me and Orson Welles.)
One of the afternoon’s highlights was “Gumby Dharma,” which chronicled the fascinating life and times of “Gumby” creator Art Clokey.
Clokey himself was present at Downtown Centre Cinemas in San Luis Obispo. Moviegoers spotted the claymation pioneer and Los Osos resident being wheeled around in a wheelchair with son Joel by his side.
I caught a screening of “Monster Camp,” filmmaker Cullen Hoback’s documentary about the weird, wonderful world […]
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