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Son of Santini: Conroy on Film

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An encore presentation of a conversation with bestselling author Pat Conroy about his work from the page to the screen

Story and Photos by Mark Shaffer

October 29^th the �Pat Conroy at 70 Literary Festival� kicks off with a special screening of The Great Santini at the USCB Center for the Arts. The film was a cinematic landmark for South Carolina: the first major motion picture to shoot in Beaufort, the first of several Conroy adaptations, and the movie that put the state � and the Lowcountry � on Hollywood�s hot sheet. I�m set to moderate a post-screening panel with the author and some of the film�s stars, including Michael O�Keefe and David Keith. (Keith was also in The Lords of Discipline.) This is familiar ground and territory I never tire of covering.

Best. BIFF. Yet.

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The 9th Beaufort International Film Festival Shatters Expectations

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By Mark Shaffer markshaffer

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THE BIFF BUZZ

�A true gem on the festival circuit. I can only see it continuing to grow.�

�� Geoffrey Gunn, Best Director nominee, Last Night at the Ellington

"This film festival is legendary"

�� Melindi Fickle, Director Best Feature Nominee, �Suck it up, Buttercup�

Basement Bob Moves In

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By Mark Shaffer

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Four of us � VW Scheick, his wife and producing partner Uyen Le, Beaufort Film Society cofounder Ron Tucker, and myself � convene in the Lowcountry Weekly offices. Virtual Gary Weeks appears via a tablet screen on a corner table. Actual Gary Weeks sits in his car in Atlanta near a recording studio where he�s dubbing dialogue for a film he recently completed (Jurassic World perhaps?).

You Belong to Me

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This documentary about sex, race and murder in the South is getting big BIFF buzz.

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When three friends set out to find the truth behind a �true crime� tale set in 1950s Jim Crow Florida, they had no idea how difficult their task would prove . . . or how long it would take. Billed as a story of �Sex, Race and Murder in the South,� You Belong to Me is finally finished, and it�s getting big BIFF buzz.

Meet the Filmmakers

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By Mark Shaffer

Each year we reach out to a group of filmmakers via email to get the story behind their films and find out why the Beaufort International Film Festival is such an important stop. This year a trio of directors in the Feature Film Category responded. Malindi Fickle�s Suck it up, Buttercup comes to Beaufort by way of Hawaii with a trail of film festival success in its wake while Tim Driscoll�s The Lengths barely made it out of the editing room in time for the submission deadline. Making the cut was especially sweet for Greenville, SC filmmaker Chris White.

Steel Magnolia

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A Conversation with BIFF honoree Andie MacDowell

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By Mark Shaffer markshaffer

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The Beaufort International Film Festival pays special tribute this year to Palmetto State native, Andie MacDowell. The former Elite model and long time face of L�Oreal grew up in Gaffney. MacDowell�s breakout performance in Steven Soderbergh�s debut feature, Sex, Lies and Videotape earned widespread critical acclaim and a slew of awards. The film helped to redefine American independent cinema. She is best known for films like Groundhog Day, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Michael and Short Cuts. She�s shared the screen with an A-list of leading men including Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Liam Neeson, Michael Keaton and Bill Murray.

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