Durango Film Welcomes Celebrities to the 9th Annual Festival

Judge Reinhold and Wes Studi To Join In Panels and Special Screenings

Durango, CO – Durango Film – An Independent Film Festival – has announced that Judge Reinhold of Fast Times at Ridgemont High fame and Wes Studi a star in the film The Last of the Mohicans, will be in Durango for this year’s independent film festival. The popular festival, now in its 9th year, takes place February 26 through March 2, 2014.

Judge Reinhold:
A special screening of Fast Times At Ridgemont High will be presented at the Animas City Theater on Friday. Special guest Judge Reinhold will be available for Q&A following the showing.
Judge Reinhold has been seen in over seventy-five motion picture and television roles and enjoys a 25-year relationship with an international audience of all ages. His many films include STRIPES, the multi-generational hit, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, and Disney’s hit Christmas franchise, THE SANTA CLAUSE 1,2,3. Paramount Pictures’ BEVERLY HILLS COP 1, 2, 3 have played continually internationally over the past 25 years, making Judge a familiar presence worldwide. His cumulative box office ranks him the 50th highest grossing actor of all time (the-movie-times.com), and both FAST TIMES and BEVERLY HILLS COP were voted by the American Film Institute as two of the “Top 100 American Comedies.” He received an Emmy nomination for his performance as “The Close Talker” on Seinfeld and both his guest star appearance in Seinfeld and Arrested Development received two of the highest ratings on both series.

Wes Studi:
Wes will be attending the Native American Film Reception on Thursday, February 27, at Sorrel Sky Gallery. He will also be a guest at the Lying to Tell the Truth panel on Saturday, and at the screening of his film “The Only Good Indian” on Saturday, March 1 at Noon.

From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi credits his passion and multi-faceted background for his powerful character portrayals that forever changed a Hollywood stereotype.
Drawing from his rich life experience, Wes moved audiences with unforgettable performances in “Dances with Wolves,” “The Last of the Mohicans,” “Geronimo: An American Legend,” and “Heat,” as well as James Cameron’s “Avatar” and Paul Weitz’s “Being Flynn.” Breaking new ground, he brought fully-developed Native American characters to the screen, and then took his craft a step further highlighting the success of Native Americans in non-traditional roles.
In 2013, he was inducted in to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Great Western Performers. Throughout his 30-year career he’s won numerous awards, including several First Americans in the Arts awards and the 2009 Santa Fe Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award.

Festival passes are available for sale online or at the Durango Downtown Welcome Center.

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