FLICKS FILM & VIDEO FILE : Double Feature : Family Film Night in Port Hueneme will focus on a girl on an all-boys baseball team, and a Turkish folk tale.
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The Ray D. Prueter Library in Port Hueneme will offer a double feature on Family Film Night Wednesday at 7 p.m.
First on the schedule is “Rookie of the Year,” a film about a girl who gets a shot at being on an all-boys baseball team. Her parents are supportive, but her brother, friends and other players and their parents are against the idea.
The other movie, “Just Say Hic: A Turkish Folktale,” is based on a book. It’s about a boy sent to get salt at a Turkish bazaar, the people he meets along the way and the advice that each offers. Hic, by the way, is the Turkish word for salt.
Admission, as always, is free.
Dan and Mike Colwell, co-owners of Ventura-based Colwell Productions, have played important roles in the productions of a number of films and television programs. Only trouble is, few people have any idea of what exactly it is they do.
That’s because the brothers are grips.
“When I tell people I’m a key grip they say, ‘What is that? What does he do?’ ” Mike Colwell said. From his explanation, it seems as though he does a lot. “The grip does the rigging for lights, lays dolly tracks, sets up different effects on the walls.” Among many other things.
Dan and Mike just finished work on a television pilot called “Eerie, Indiana.” They also worked on the Public Broadcasting System production “Darrow,” about the life of trial lawyer Clarence Darrow, which aired Wednesday night. And beginning June 24 they will be in Los Angeles working on a film called “Illicit Behavior.”
The brothers have been running the company for about 2 1/2 years, taking over the operation from their father Chuck, who ran it for 10 years and has partial ownership. Chuck Colwell, who lives in Arizona, was director of photography for “The Terminator” and “La Bamba.”
Thousand Oaks’ Arts Festival ’91 will turn to the movie screen Tuesday night with a two-hour program featuring films about today’s artists and the techniques they use. “It’s an educational evening for people to see what has happened in the art world within the last ten years,” said Barbara Jay, who hunted down the hard-to-find films. “It’s information and inspiration from contemporary artists.”
Place: Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331-A Borchard Road, Newbury Park. Show time: 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5. Popcorn will be served.
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