{"id":7791,"date":"2022-07-27T18:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T00:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2022-07-27T19:31:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T01:31:27","slug":"extra-extra-read-all-about-et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2022\/07\/27\/extra-extra-read-all-about-et\/","title":{"rendered":"EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT ET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re root- tootin over the moon about &#8220;<strong>Night of the Cooters<\/strong>&#8221; <strong>WORLD<\/strong> premiere! Come take a ride with us, as iconoclast Howard Waldrop&#8217;s story about extraterrestrials invading Pachuco, TX debuts TOMORROW at\u00a07:30pm during the LA International Shorts Festival. \u00a0And if that wasn&#8217;t enough to get your mother-in-law smiling, the <strong>WORLD<\/strong> premiere screening is followed by a Q&amp;A with Joe Lansdale (<em>Bubba Ho-tep, Hap and Leonard<\/em>) and cast.<\/p>\n<p>This peach of a tale features up and coming talent and some familiar old<em> hats<\/em>. Ramin Djawadi&#8217;s musical stylings immediately transport the viewer into the old west, while Trioscope&#8217;s proprietary animated drama engine that fuses live-action with animation make the pages of a graphic novel come to life on the silver screen. Director Vincent D&#8217; Onofrio&#8217;s rendition of Sheriff Bert Lindley is like a tall glass of sweet-tea on a dusty day while Hopper Penn&#8217;s walk like his talk has that feeling of a slow, Texas drawl. The talented ensemble cast is rounded out by Martin Sensmeier, Elias Gallegos, Cristin Mcclearry, Harrison Page, Luce Raines, Jazzy Kin O&#8217;Brian, and Darius Eteeyan.\u00a0Produced by Lumenscape in association with Trioscope and Fevre River Packet Co. Directed by Vincent D&#8217; Onofrio. \u00a0<strong><em>Run<\/em><\/strong>, don&#8217;t walk to reserve your seat now!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for &#8220;Night of the Cooters&#8221; PROGRAM 42 available at the venue link \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.laemmle.com\/festivals\/la-shorts-international-film-festival\">https:\/\/www.laemmle.com\/festivals\/la-shorts-international-film-festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;It was beyond a treat writing the screenplay for Night of the Cooters.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Always a favorite Waldrop story, and George Martin and Howard Waldrop<\/em><br \/>\n<em>and I have known each other for a lot of years. A collaboration<\/em><br \/>\n<em>between us all in our individual roles was a dream come true, an<\/em><br \/>\n<em>absolute delight.&#8221; Joe R. Lansdale<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information about LA International Shorts Festival visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lashortsfest.com\">https:\/\/www.lashortsfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7785 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NOC_Poster_v11_color-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NOC_Poster_v11_color-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NOC_Poster_v11_color-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NOC_Poster_v11_color-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NOC_Poster_v11_color-1104x1536.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/NOC_Poster_v11_color.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>THIS POST BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re root- tootin over the moon about &#8220;Night of the Cooters&#8221; WORLD premiere! 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