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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Myers, 845.810-0131 or press@hvpg.org Click here for photo download |
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| HUDSON VALLEY PROGRAMMERS GROUP PRESENTS SPECIAL “PLYMPTOONS” COLLEGE TOUR featuring OSCAR®NOMINATED ANIMATOR BILL PLYMPTON (Woodstock, NY) – April 1, 2009 TOUR DATES, LOCATIONS AND TIMES Bill Plympton is recognized as one of America's foremost illustrators, cartoonists and animators. His highly successful films have appeared with frenzied frequency at film festivals, on television and online. His work has received countless honors, including several Academy Award® nominations. In 1997, Plympton received his first Oscar® nomination for his short Your Face. In2005, he was nominated for Guard Dog. Other select shorts from Bill Plympton inlcude How To Kiss, 25 Ways To Quit Smoking, Plymptoons, Eat, Parking, Guard Dog, The Fan & The Flower, Guide Dog, Shuteye Hotel, Hot Dog, Mexican Standoff. In addition to his many shorts, Bill Plympton has made seven feature films, (five of them animated) including The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, and Hair High. His most recent feature Idiots and Angels has won two prizes at the Fantasporto Festival in Oporto, Portugal for Best Film and Best Screenplay. ABOUT THE HUDSON VALLEY PROGRAMMERS GROUP The Hudson Valley Programmers Group (HVPG) is a non-profit dedicated to creating, curating, and administering a touring road show program that brings internationally renowned filmmakers and artists to the region, and providing them with the opportunity to exhibit their work and interact with the community. Filmmakers introduce their work, and speak at length about the ideas behind their films, and describe their experiences making the films, as well as their experiences within the film industry. An in-depth audience question-and-answer session follows each screening. HVPG is administered by the Woodstock Film Festival, a non-for-profit organization. |
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