The Camelot Theatre was packed for an evening of star-studded shorts on Saturday night. Jessica Beil and Kirsten Dunst garnered the spotlight before the show, with Beil's beau Justin Timberlake sneaking into his front row seat so as not to distract from her moment.
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Dunst sat in the middle of the theatre, accompanied by the producer of her ghost story film, "Welcome," starring Winona Ryder and Jason Clarke (and featuring a nice little remake of "Happy Together" by pal Jason Schwartzman). Her first foray in the director's chair was compliments of the Glamour Reel Moments series, which brings readers' stories to film and allows actresses a new role in an attempt to up the minuscule 7% female population of the Directors' Guild. At last year's ShortFest, GRM put Bryce Dallas Howard behind the camera with "Orchids" and Jennifer Aniston co-directed "Room 10." This year also witnessed Kate Hudson's first writing and directing experience with the charming GRM film, "Cutlass" (co-starring dad Kurt Russell in a wicked 70s 'stache).
Ric Halpern and Justin Wells, directors of the Tony Shaloub-staring short "LA Actors" about the fake world of Hollywood, revealed that it's a good idea to keep contacts close so that they may scratch your back later (Halpern helped Shaloub out with a previous project). Halpern plans to co-direct Commander and Chief, a film that allows a future George Bush to frustratingly reflect on how his presidency was ultimately written into history.
Beil produced and co-starred in "Hole in the Paper Sky," a moving film about an intellectual introvert (Jason Clarke, again) whose shell is broken by a lab dog. Director Bill Purple revealed that all of the actors devoted their services for free, but the dog (previously seen in Bruce Almighty) had the only paying role. Proving once again that it's a dog's life.
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