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Michael Moore plans
Traverse City comedy festival
By JOHN FLESHER, Associated Press Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, August 1, 2009 (AP): Oscar winner Michael
Moore has more big plans for his adopted northern Michigan
hometown of Traverse City, where he's already established a film
festival.
Moore said Saturday that he and comedian Jeff Garlin, a star and
executive producer of the HBO series ``Curb Your Enthusiasm,''
will organize the Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival. It will
run over a weekend and feature movies, stand-up and sketch
comedy and other entertainment. A date has not been chosen yet
for next year's kickoff event. |
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``We've actually talked to some great people—I don't want to
mention any names right now—who are going to come to Traverse
City for this first comedy festival,'' said Moore, a filmmaker,
author and Michigan native. ``I think you'll be very pleased.''
He and Garlin revealed their plans during a standing-room-only
panel discussion at the fifth annual Traverse City Film
Festival, which ends Sunday. A formal announcement with more
details will be made soon, Moore said.
Moore, who won an Oscar for his 2002 documentary ``Bowling for
Columbine,'' said that if the comedy festival goes well, he'll
look into starting a local book festival in fall 2010. |
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