INDUSTRY LEGEND DENNIS HOPPER AND ACADEMY AWARD ® WINNING DIRECTOR BOBBY MORESCO TO PRESENT EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF CRITICALLY LAUDED TV SERIES CRASH AT 13TH ANNUAL CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD – HONDA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Los Angeles, CA
PRESTIGIOUS INDUSTRY GATHERING TO BE HELD IN CAPRI BETWEEN DECEMBER 26TH THROUGH JANUARY 2ND
Dennis Hopper, the visionary actor who has starred in some of the most important films ever made and Oscar-winning screenwriter/director Bobby Moresco will present the European premiere of the TV series CRASH at The 13th Capri, Hollywood – Honda International Film Festival it was announced today by Festival Chairman and producer Mark Canton. Moresco, the Academy Award winning director of the film CRASH also directed the series premiere episode starring Hopper. This marks the first time that a television episode has been premiered in the festival’s 13-year history.
"The festival Board, its director Pascal Vicedomini and I felt that with the emergence of cable television as a cutting edge entertainment medium the time was right not only to present the European Premiere of a new groundbreaking series from Starz, but one that stars last year’s Capri Global Legend award-winner Dennis Hopper and is written and directed by long-time Capri Festival friend Bobby Moresco. We are delighted to announce not only the showing of CRASH, but also that Dennis and Bobby will be joining us as honored guests at this year’s Festival. "
From the producers of the Academy Award ® winning Best Motion Picture, CRASH is a provocative new 13-episode drama series that airs on the cable channel Starz Entertainment. With an ensemble cast led by film icon Dennis Hopper the series looks at the way different lives intersect and collide in the melting pot of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Times describes, Hopper’s character as "an aging wild-man Ben Cenders, a once-successful hip-hop music producer struggling to retrieve his top-dog status. Since this is pay cable viewers will be treated to his dark and self destructive habits, including drug abuse and sexual dysfunction. "
The “13th Capri, Hollywood – Honda International Film Festival” is an international gathering from December 26th through January 2nd of films leading international actors, directors, producers and financiers. It is produced by Pascal Vicedomini together with the Istituto Capri nel Mondo and Azienda Turismo di Capri, in association with Sangemini holding, Kimbo, Casinò di Venezia and with the support of the General Department of Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and of the Councillorship of Tourism and Cultural Assets of the Region Campania, the Chamber of Commerce of Capri and with the patronage of the City of Capri and the Municipality of Anacapri.