New showings of Crash Gordon
Update -
Local filmmaker Bill Richardson won awards in two different film festivals recently. His movie Crash Gordon won a Gold Award in the Comedy Feature category at the Worldfest International Film Festival. This festival is older than Sundance,
Toronto or Tribeca and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world. It also helped launch the careers of such filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and David Lynch.
Crash Gordon also took away an award at the Appalachian Film Festival. This festival focuses on filmmakers in the 13 state Appalachian region – which includes
New York. It won 2nd place in the Feature Film category.
http://www.appyfilmfest.com/pages/winners.htm
Bill Richardson, the award-winning filmmaker from Williamson, will have three showings of his feature film “Crash Gordon.” It will be shown in Huntington, April 19th, 3 PM next Saturday as part of the Appalachian Film Festival. It was just shown at the First Take Film Festival in Augusta, Georgia. Finally, it is a finalist for an award in the Worldfest International Film Festival in Houston. This festival is older than either Sundance or Toronto and bills itself as the oldest independent film and video festival in the world. It also touts itself as discovering luminaries such as Spielberg, George Lucas and others.
The film had its world premiere a few years ago at The WV Intl. Film Festival.
Bill has worked on many other films including “Smilin’ Sid” with Daniel Boyd, and directed “Feud” and “Mine Wars,” two of the best films about WV ever made. Lately he has been working in other art forms including graphics - he was in the 2007 WV Juried Art Show that recently opened.
