BAFE Brings 007 Back to the Big Screen!

Author: Bob Johnson Official Site: Bay Area Film Events Join Bay Area Film Events on Memorial Day Weekend (May 26-28, 2007) for a 007 Weekend to Thrill! Celebrate 2-007 with James Bond at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, featuring 7’ 2” tall Richard Kiel, “Jaws” from THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and MOONRAKER. Richard Kiel is courtesy of Antiquities of California at Pier 39. Bay Area Film Events brings classic Bond films back to the big screen where these movies are meant to be seen. The Hollywood blockbusters will be around all summer, but there’s only one chance to catch some of the most explosive action ever to hit the screen! In addition to movies and our special guest, attendees will have a chance to win James Bond collectibles through daily door prizes and a special MI6 raffle. The Stunt People return to the Castro stage to thrill the audience with a one of a kind 007 stunt show and to celebrate the Caribbean locales of DR. NO, we present live calypso music by Apocalypso Now. And of course, the best of Bond, including the movies DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL, ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME plus rare shorts and trailers. Bond fans can go to Antiquities of California at Pier 39 or Chronicle Books in the Metreon to enter drawings for free weekend passes to the show. Advance tickets available at Ticketweb and additional information available at the Bay Area Film Events webpage. RICHARD KIEL: Towering 72" tall actor who has cornered the market on playing giants, intimidating henchman, bayou swamp monsters and steel toothed villains! Kiel worked in numerous jobs including as a night club bouncer and a cemetery plot salesman, before breaking into film & TV in several minor roles in the late 1950s / early 1960s. Noted amongst these was the alien "Kanamit" in the classic THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1959) episode "To Serve Man", and terrorizing Arch Hall Jr. while clad in a loincloth in the prehistoric caveman meets virile teenage drama EEGAH! (1962). Kiel turned up in two episodes of the classic horror TV series KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974). However, his biggest break came in 1977 when he was cast as the unstoppable, steel toothed henchman "Jaws" in the finest Roger Moore film of the Bond series THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977). Such was Kiels popularity with movie audiences, that his character was brought back for the next Bond outing MOONRAKER (1979). Over the next few years, Kiel appeared in comedy or fantasy type films taking advantage of his physical stature and presence. Kiel then decided to try his hand behind the camera and co-wrote and produced, plus took the lead role, in the well received family THE GIANT OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN (1991). Kiel reprised his "Jaws" character in the Matthew Broderick film INSPECTOR GADGET (1999). Recently, Kiel penned his informative autobiography entitled Making it BIG in the movies. THE STUNT PEOPLE: The Stunt People, a group of talented martial artists and filmmakers, return to a BAFE show for the first time since their popular Ultraman stunt show in 2005. The Stunt People have since set out to make a film that would entertain people with martial arts and comedy. Spearheaded by the team leader, Eric Jacobus, CONTOUR began production in December of 2004 and was completed in June 2006. The film was shot digitally for a budget of under $5,000. APOCALYPSO NOW: Apocalypso Now is a local calypso band that plays regularly at Oakland’s Conga Lounge. Tropical steel drums, exotic guitar and Latin percussion set the mood for the events they play. The motto of the band is to play locally and think globally. BAY AREA FILM EVENTS: Bay Area Film Events screens the classic and cult films from yesterday and the limited release, independent and hard to see films of today. Anyone can screen a film, but BAFE makes it an event! Through the use of guests, displays, on-stage talent and multi-media support, BAFE presents movies as a complete show and not just a movie screening. BAFE provides the live support, promotions and extra, added showmanship that will excite audiences and get them out of their living rooms and back in the theaters where movies were meant to be seen! # # # Press Contact: Bob Johnson, Bay Area Film Events This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.