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January 15, 2020 Vol. 16 No. 5
‘Standing Up, Falling Down’ Director Matt Ratner, Actors Ben Schwartz, Billy Crystal, and Eloise Mumford Story and Photos by Pat Krause During the PSIFF, many time’s major actors, actresses, and directors often come to show their films for the first time or maybe just before it gets released to the public. One of those films, Standing Up, Falling Down, brought significant movie stars to the screening of the Film. Comedian and actor Billy Crystal along with fellow actor Ben Schwartz and actress Eloise Mumford arrived on the
Red Carpet before the Film for photos and interviews about the Movie. They were joined by the Director Matt Ratner and local dignitaries on the Red Carpet. They were thrilled the Film was chosen to show at the PSIFF. A lot of people involved with the Film were part of the audience. The Film is about a stand-up comic whose dream crashed, and he had to move back in with his parents until he could find his way back to his career. He
Story and Photos by Pat Krause The Fred “the Hammer” Williamson Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament is in its 10th year. This tournament benefits the Wounded Warrior Project, which is a charity closest to his heart. Fred”The Hammer” as he is lovingly called was a former football player for the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas Chiefs. That is where he earned the title, The Hammer. Like many other athletes, their careers are over in football while still young men because of age. Fred was also a former Marine serving for 6 years, where I am sure he got his desire to work with and for Wounded Warriors Project. You may have
seen him on TV promoting Wounded Warriors Project. Fred became an actor in Hollywood, where he starred in many films. He did a lot of television appearances and is still acting to this day with upcoming roles in new projects. He once appeared in the iconic TV show MASH. Fred and his wife Linda are local residents, and you might see him at local charity or golf events. His wife Linda is well known for fashioning Christman Trees for Act for MS and the Christmas Tree Lane Gala. Wounded Warrior Project helps our most severely wounded. Veterans
meets a very unlikely alcoholic Doctor that becomes a great friend. Both men find courage in facing their failures with their like and compassion for each other and each other’s lives. These two characters mesh together so nicely that they make the Film seem like you are part of it. They bounce the characters’ words off each other non-stop. You can tell their continued friendship and similar ideas they have shown in the Film. The
Film is funny, tragic, emotional, sad, and great; I loved it. Many films have a Q&A after where they speak about their Film, and the audience gets to ask questions. In the case of this Film, the Q&A was almost as good as the Movie. The actors worked off each other like comedians do. One person was leaving when Chrystal yelled at him and told him this stuff was the free. Schwartz chimed in and told him they would meet him
in the lobby to finish the Q&A if he had to leave. Such things had the audience in stitches. There were a few questions, but at the end of the movie, there was a standing ovation with loud clapping. I didn’t hear one person say they didn’t love the Film. Billy Crystal noted that the funeral scene was shot in his hometown just around the block from his old house where he grew up. Little tidbits like that are always part of a Q&A.
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The Hammer” and Linda Williamson, Mandi Witower, Local Celebrity Dan McGrath, Actor Ron Masak, and Dave Shelton. Photo by Pat Krause.