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Rare Looks Behind-The-Scenes of “Paint Your Wagon” In 1968

November 21, 2017 Oregon Film #OregonMade 50th Anniversary, Baker City, Baker Heritage Musuem, Kickass Oregon History, Paint Your Wagon3 Comments

Thank you to the Oregon Historical Society‘s KOIN Collection, and specifically to the Archivist for Photography and Moving Images, Matthew Cowan, and based on research done by Kickass Oregon History, we have some very rare and interesting footage to share about a film which found itself in the wilderness outside of Baker City in 1968.

Last week we were lucky enough to screen the film to a packed house at The Hollywood Theatre in Portland and we were excited to see so many people who had a direct connection to the actual shooting of the film. Continue reading... “Rare Looks Behind-The-Scenes of “Paint Your Wagon” In 1968”

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Portland Exposé (Harold Schuster, 1957)

November 18, 2017 Oregon Film Uncategorized1 Comment

This week, continuing in the Noirvember theme, our world takes on a distinctly darker tone and embraces illegal pinball machines the corrupted Portland that found its way into hearing rooms in D.C. before the likes of J. Edgar Hoover and Bobby Kennedy (under the aegis of the McClellan Committee). This is decades before The Polybius Conspiracy took hold of the local gaming world and with much more visceral and evil intents. Raider/Contributor Phil Oppenheim takes us behind the dark and dirty veil of Portland Exposé. Continue reading... “RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Portland Exposé (Harold Schuster, 1957)”

“Paint Your Wagon” and Its Place in Oregon’s Cinematic History

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 Oregon Film Uncategorized anne richardson, Baker City, baker county, Oregon Film, Oregon film history, Paint Your Wagon1 Comment

On Thursday, Nov. 16, Oregon Film, Kickass Oregon History, the Baker Heritage Museum and the Hollywood Theatre screen PAINT YOUR WAGON (1969), one of the most spectacular movies in Oregon’s long, rich, and varied film history.

As the story goes – Gov. McCall appointed Warren Merrill, Oregon Film’s first director, in 1968 specifically to ensure that the permitting and transportation process for the Paramount feature shooting in Baker County went as smoothly as possible. This means as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the production of the film, we also celebrate 50 years of the Oregon Film Office. Continue reading... ““Paint Your Wagon” and Its Place in Oregon’s Cinematic History”

#OregonMade “Brown’s Canyon” To World Premiere At Portland Film Fest

November 2, 2017 Ryan Davis Acting, Events, Film Festivals, Independent Films, Movies, Portland, Uncategorized Brown's Canyon, Made In The Northwest, world premiereLeave a Comment

BROWN’S CANYON – Official Trailer

A group of friends, a mudslide, and a tainted bowl of chili. What could possibly go wrong? Find out this Friday at 6:30pm when Brown’s Canyon, the new indie drama from director John Helde, makes its world premiere at the 2017 Portland Film Festival.More information, trailer, and advance tickets available.

In this smart comedy-drama, two life coaches head into the Utah wilderness to launch a women’s mindfulness retreat, only to have their own lives unravel over one awkward weekend. Continue reading... “#OregonMade “Brown’s Canyon” To World Premiere At Portland Film Fest”

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Halloweentown (Duwayne Dunham 1998)

October 27, 2017November 2, 2017 Oregon Film Uncategorized archive film, Film History, Halloween, Raiders of the Lost ArchiveLeave a Comment

This week’s Hooray for Horregon RotLA edition comes with two truly great ingredients: Debbie Reynolds and St. Helens. If you haven’t seen HBO’s Emmy nominated “Bright Lights” (full disclosure, it was produced and directed by friend, former business partner and Astoria-filmed “Short Circuit” actor Fisher Stevens and his life-partner baby[ies]-mama Lexy Bloom), and, if you haven’t visited St. Helens (at Halloween or, as a seasonal alternative, by boat to the town dock in August for a riverside lunch and a beer), you need to do both. Continue reading... “RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Halloweentown (Duwayne Dunham 1998)”

“Who Killed Jim Thompson The Thai Silk King” premieres at LCC in Eugene

October 16, 2017 Oregon Film Uncategorized2 Comments

“Who Killed Jim Thompson The Thai Silk King” premieres at LCC, Friday, October 20th, 7:00 PM, Ragozzino Performance Hall. Paris based Director Neil Hollander will be present as will Seattle based Producer Barry Broman. Be sure to read the BBC and Newsweek stories linked below.

OSS agent Jim Thompson was rich. He founded the Thai Silk Company following WWII and in 1967 disappeared without a trace. The company he founded continues today as Jim Thompson Fabrics. Continue reading... ““Who Killed Jim Thompson The Thai Silk King” premieres at LCC in Eugene”

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Unhinged (Don Gronquist, 1982)

October 13, 2017 Oregon Film UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Continuing on under the sub-heading “Hooray for Horregon,” our intrepid Raider/Contributor leads us up to the top of the SW Hills over Portland to celebrate an #OregonMade Filmmaker who the Willamette Week called “Portland’s most important forgotten filmmaker:” Don Gonquist.

The trailer pretty much sets the tone from there. “It began as an idyllic outing….”

On a clear day you can see for miles, or on the darkest night you can encounter Hitchcock-esque dysfuntionality in a true 80’s fashion. Scream-like slasher rules apply. Continue reading... “RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: Unhinged (Don Gronquist, 1982)”

Spotlight On #OregonMade Locations Scout – Dave Schelske

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Locations Dave SchelskeLeave a Comment

Surveyors Ridge south of Hood River (photo: Dave Schelske, NW Locations) — Location is Surveyors Ridge south of Hood River (Photo: Dave Schelske)

Dave Schelske is a local photographer, scout and certified drone operator in the Portland area with over 20 years of location experience. Schelske – “Most of my work has been with outdoor recreation client for national print ad campagins and TV. I have a large library of backcountry locations both here in the NW and around the country. On location is where I love to be, so when I’m not out on a job, you can usually find me out exploring new places, shooting stock images and mentally logging in new locations for future projects.”

EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL • EIGHT YEARS STRONG

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Eastern Oregon Film Festival Film Festivals, Independent Films, Movies #EOFF2017, Eastern Oregon Film FestivalLeave a Comment

La Grande, Ore. – Eastern Oregon Film Festival will present its eighth annual edition October 19-21 in La Grande, Oregon. Fifteen feature films, nearly fifty short films, and multiple special events will be presented throughout the three-day event. Recently hailed as one of the “Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World”, festival-goers will enjoy an intimate and ‘down-home’ style of events and after-parties.

The festival will open and close with fiction and nonfiction offerings that explore possibilities of the near-future. Continue reading... “EASTERN OREGON FILM FESTIVAL • EIGHT YEARS STRONG”

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: The Possessed (Jerry Thorpe, 1977)

September 29, 2017October 2, 2017 Oregon Film UncategorizedLeave a Comment

This week’s trek into Oregon’s dark and eclectic cinematic woods marks a (literal) transition from “Back to School” to a month of horror themed posts leading up to Halloween. Raider/Contributor Phil Oppenheim is calling this slashy little sub-series “Horregon.” In this installment, we find ourselves with not only a pre-Star Wars (post-American Graffiti) Harrison Ford but also a pre-Stripes (post-Carrie) PJ Soles skulking around a dimly lit (and therefore mostly unidentified) Reed College campus trying to soak up some of the devil’s blood left behind in the boffo box office red wake of The Exorcist. Continue reading... “RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARCHIVE: The Possessed (Jerry Thorpe, 1977)”