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08/03/2006Traverse City Film FestivalOuttakesOne of the movie industry dignitaries from California made hotel reservations for his visit to the Traverse City Film Festival a while back and told one of the festival organizers he would be staying at Great Wolf Lodge. The staffer reminded the visitor that Traverse City is located on Lake Michigan and suggested maybe he would want to stay at the beach. But the guest, who has young children, responded, "But they've got caves." The Lodge's Wolf Den Suites include cave-like structures with bunks inside. --- Panelists on Tuesday panned "The Da Vinci Code" and "Brokeback Mountain," two recent movie hits. Terry George, director of "Hotel Rwanda", called "Da Vinci" "unwatchable." Actor Malcolm McDowell said Tom Hanks was the last person he would have cast in that role and that Ron Howard is the most boring director in Hollywood. Both McDowell and Michael Moore both said they disliked "Brokeback." Panelists also said two of their favorite films of the past year were "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "The Squid and the Whale." Actor Jeff Daniels, who was in both of the movies, was also seated on the panel. Coincidence? Director Terry George, however, rated "Crash" the best film of last year. --- Michael Moore said he's never been served a lawsuit that a soldier who was featured in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11" was reportedly filing against the director and NBC. Sgt. Peter Damon was reported to have filed the suit May 25 in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston claiming Moore used clips without his permission that misrepresented the veteran and his sentiments about the war. While stationed in Iraq, the National Guardsman lost both arms when a tire exploded on a Blackhawk helicopter he was servicing. "NBC Nightly News" footage of him being interviewed was subsequently licensed to Moore's film. In the movie, Damon is shown on a hospital stretcher saying he feels like he is "being crushed in a vice." He was reportedly claiming the suit made it seem he was anti-war. Moore wonders if the suit was actually filed since he still hasn't been served. --- Moments before the showing of "Jurassic Park" was expected to begin on the big screen at the Open Space Tuesday night, Michael Moore addressed the crowd of thousands to update them about the incoming storm. As he spoke, several people snapped photos of the festival founder and a young boy interpreted their flashbulbs reflecting off the inflatable screen behind Moore as lightning. As the boy, who was about 6 or 7 years old, nervously trailed his mother, he whimpered a simple threat, "If lightning hits the screen one more time, I'm going to run away and scream like a little girl."
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