WesternMovieFest
Old Tucson
March 20-21, 2015
The ReadWest Foundation, Inc. presents...
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Cast & Crew
Where: Old Tucson Studios
When: Saturday, March 21, 2015
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Who? Glad you asked!
CHRISTOPHER MITCHUM
With an impressive filmography, and the son of the legendary Robert Mitchum, Christopher Mitchum has quite a story to tell to fans of Western film. Starring alongside John Wayne in "Big Jake," "Rio Lobo," and "Chisum," Mitchum will share his acting memories from an that bygone era that we all loved. Chris was also doubled in "Big Jake" and "Rio Lobo" by one of our other guests, Cowboy Stuntman Dean Smith.
MILES HOOD SWARTHOUT
The screenwriter for the adaptation of his father Glendon's novel, The Shootist, Miles Hood Swarthout is also the author of two novels, the award-winning The Sergeant's Lady, and The Last Shootist, which will release October 14, 2014. Miles will be performing "The Shootist Show" at the Saturday Old Tucson event, and will also be on the Cast & Crew panel Friday evening.
Steven Law
The author of six novels, including the Amazon.com #1 bestseller Yuma Gold, Steven Law is the emcee of the inaugural Western Movie Fest ceremonies. Steven is also the founder and president of the ReadWest Foundation, Inc, a nonprofit organization and sponsor of Western Movie Fest, and the creator of the Facebook group Western Movie Fans, which has over 23,000 members world wide.
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Bill Markley
Bill Markley has been in films such as "Dances With Wolves," "Son of the Morning Star," "Far and Away," "Gettysburg," and "Crazy Horse." Author of the best-seller, DeadWood Dead Men, Markley has also written Dakota Epic, Experiences of a Reenactor during the filming of Dances With Wolves, and Up the Missouri River with Lewis and Clark. He writes for South Dakota Magazine, Roundup, True West, and Wild West.
"Yuma Gold is a great debut western of the best new Western writer of the 21st century. Steven Law is destined to become the Louis L'Amour or Elmer Kelton for the newest audience of western fiction readers"―Brigadier General Robert W. Enzenauer
"Deadwood Dead Men is a lively recreation of the wild days of the West’s most famous mining camp... part rousing western, part detective story, and a thoughtful study of character, told with the pace of a thriller."—Loren D. Estleman, Author of The Confessions of Al Capone
"The stories are real, the lawmen are presented in the unvarnished reality of who they were and the things they did—up to and including losing their lives for their jobs.
This is a fast and enjoyable read. It is well written and well edited, but above of all, it is a definite 5-Star adventure."—D. B. Jackson, Author of They Rode Good Horses
J. R. Sanders
J. R. Sanders writes on the history and culture of the American West. His most recent book is Some Gave All: Forgotten Old West Lawmen Who Died With Their Boots On.
J.R. has written feature articles for a variety of publications including Law & Order and Wild West Magazine, and is an active member of the Western Writers of America, Western Fictioneers and the Wild West History Association.
Don Bendell
Don Bendell is an amazon.com best-selling western author whose style has been likened to Louis L’Amour and Zane Grey, a disabled Green Beret Vietnam veteran, and a 1995 inductee into the International Karate and Kickboxing Hall of Fame. He co-starred, wrote, produced, and directed the successful action feature The Instructor (Shapiro Entertainment/Vestron, 1984), which was sold and shown in 164 countries worldwide, and there is a very special “Thank You” to Don in the tail credits of Walt Disney’s Danny Glover - Ray Liotta - Denis Leary feature film Operation Dumbo Drop. Don also starred in and directed the TV pilot Cowboy, guest-starring Buck Taylor and Rex Allen, Jr. A widower, Don owns the Strongheart Ranch in southern Colorado, named for his number one best-selling western, and is the author of the sequel Blood Feather (Berkley-Penguin, Aug, 2013) with over 3,000,000 copies of his 27 books in print.
"If you liked Louis l'Amour, you will really love Don Bendell!"－ The Late-Asa Baber, former Men's Editor, Playboy magazine