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October 25, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

THE LARRY HANKIN FUNNY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

AND DVD RELEASE PARTY OF

10 FUNNY FABLES +1

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, CINE-SPACE AT 8PM. INVITATION ONLY!

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL AT 7:30PM. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

         Hollywood, CA…Writer, performer and Oscar nominee Larry Hankin, will hold The Larry Hankin Funny Short Film Festival on Tuesday, November 30th at Cine-Space at 8pm, and on Thursday, December 2nd at the Los Angeles Film School. For reservations call 310/314-6862.

         The film festival and DVD release party for 10 Funny Fables +1 will debut Hankin’s “Revenge of the Ring Thing,” a comic short focusing on the life of Randalf, the long lost younger brother of Gandalf the Great Grey Wizard. The program also features Hankin’s Academy Award nominated live action short, “Solly’s Diner,” which he wrote, directed and starred in, debuting his character ‘Sometimes Jones.’ His current alter ego is Emmett Sagittarius Deemus (Hankin’s feuding biker uncle), who is featured in other shorts that include “My Uncle Emmett” with Fred Willard and Jeff Garland. Additional programming, starring Hankin, include “The Last Tape of Osama bin Laden,” with Howard Hesseman, “The Independent” with Janeane Garafolo and Jerry Stiller, “Frogs Never Lie,” “Sometimes Jones and the Magic Credit Card” and “Quicksand Hero,” filmed live at The Checca Club, among others.

         Larry Hankin is best known for his recurring role as Mr. Heckles, the downstairs neighbor on “Friends,” and for his portrayal as ‘the Other Kramer,’ who stole the raisins  on “Seinfeld,” in the ‘TV Show within The Show’ episode. He has also co-starred in “Escape From Alcatraz,” as the tall skinny con, with Clint Eastwood.

         Mr. Hankin’s comedic shorts have appeared at the Santa Cruz, Pasadena, San Francisco Independent, Chicago International, Venice, Montreal Just For Laughs and Marin County Film Festivals, as well as the Method Fest and on IFILM.com’s Hit Parade. To order copies go to www.LarryHankin.com.

         Cine-Space is located at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard (southwest corner of Hollywood and Ivar), The Los Angeles Film School is located at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA.

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LARRY HANKIN’S 10 FUNNY FABLES +1

 

QUOTABLE QUOTES

“Sometimes Jones is funny, sometimes I’m Sometimes Jones.” -- George Carlin

“I laughed, and then I cried and then I choked and then I laughed again. It was the darnest thing.” -- Paul Reiser

“Sometimes Jones is a hoot…” -- San Francisco Examiner

Sometimes Jones is “an amalgam of Lewis Carroll stories, Grimm fairytales, all starring Buster Keaton.” -- LA Weekly

“…sad-faced Chaplin…with charm and pathos.” -- LA Weekly

“Hankin’s (Emmett Demus)…eccentric, homeless street philosopher is a delight.” -- Los Angeles Times

“Emmett is a Don Quixote.” --  Los Angeles Times

 “…an underclass Will Rogers, spouting yarns, witticisms and …erudition.” -- LA Weekly

“…classic slapstick…pleasant deadpan philosophizing.” -- Los Angeles Reader

 

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

Film Festivals:

The Last Tape of Osama bin Laden:   

Official Selection                       Santa Cruz Film Festival                                    2002

Pick of the Week                      IFILM.com      

Just For Laughs Film Festival/Montreal 
 

The Lost Tapes of Emmett Deemus:

Official Selection                       San Francisco Independent Film Festival             2002

Audience Award                       Best Narrative Short Film Pasadena Methodfest

IFILM.com

Solly’s Diner:

Live Action Short Nomination    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences   1980

Official Selection                       French Film Festival (Lumiere/Paris)               1980

Award of Merit                         Chicago International Film Festival                    1980

Official Selection                       Los Angeles International Film Exposition         1980

Official Selection                       Goteborg Film Festival (Sweden)                         1981                

Venice Film Festival                                                                                            1992

Revenge of the Ring Thing:                

Official Selection                       Chicago Film Festival                    2004

Official Selection                       Bahama Film Festival                   2004