We stayed in the Comfort Inn by the Stars Walk of Fame, which was about 10 minutes walking distance from the theaters that were showing movies, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel was the mainstay of the Festival. We drove down on Wednesday (scenic California with all the fruit and cow farms :p) and saw a trailer on the freeway for a cast member from "Rizzoli & Isles" (The closest thing to seeing anything related to the movies). (1928) Buster Keaton Silent Film with a live orchestra musical score accompaniment, a close second choice that I wanted to see, "Roman Holiday" (1953) Audrey Hepburn (her 1st big movie) and Gregory Peck, need I say more? Once of the best Romantic Comedies, Saturday - "The Apartment" (1960) One of Billy Wilder's best, Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacClaine. So our planned schedule of films we wanted to see were: Thursday - The Sound of Music (1965) - A long shot from the get go, I knew it would be popular | Friday - "Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - The one I wanted to see most, it's one of those epic films to see on the silver screen aside from it's a brilliant film all around, "Steamboat Bill, Jr.
We knew pass holders have priority seating, but it's still a queue up of first come, first serve basis. Something I felt the website didn't make exactly clear (and I've never gone to any festivals/conventions before so I don't know how this varies from thing to thing) was that certain passes have clearance for certain events (cocktail hour and mix and mingle stuff, which respectfully we weren't interested in), but also certain theaters, which means certain films. So we figured we'd wing it, and not buy any passes, which started at $200 and went up to $1000+.
My Dad and I decided we defiantly needed a break from cleaning my Grandma's house, so he suggested the TCM Fest after seeing the commercials. Hello! I realized I haven't posted on this blog in quite a few years, but here is my update on my experience at the Turner Classic Film Festival 2015 (March 26th-29th to be exact).
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