Hal Holbrook News

Late in an enviably long career, 84-year-old Hal Holbrook is still making new strides.

I had the privilege of playing Hal Holbrook's gay lover in the landmark TV film "That Certain Summer." His character was a divorced father with a teenage son, and in one powerful climactic scene, the boy rejects him when he discovers he's gay.

Looks like 2010 will be the year of Mark Twain in Hartford. In one of the most extensive program collaborations among city arts, cultural and corporate groups, The Hartford, Hartford Stage and the Mark Twain House & Museum will be celebrating throughout the new year the centennial of Mark Twain's death, the 175th anniversary of his birth and the ...

Looks like the year 2010 will the year of Mark Twain in Hartford. In one of the most extensive program collaborations among city arts, cultural and corporate groups, The Hartford, Hartford Stage and Mark Twain House & Museum will be celebrating throughout the new year the centennial of Mark Twain's death, the 175th anniversary of his birth, the ...

But also because they're fun In Contention the animated shorts finalist list Movie Line interviews Hal Holbrook for That Evening Sun .

It took Hal Holbrook more than 40 years, but he's finally starting to feel comfortable acting in movies - and he has Sean Penn to thank for that.

Ever since Ed Sullivan noticed his theater performance as Mark Twain in 1954, Hal Holbrook has enjoyed a steady career onscreen and off .

"People tell me it's the longest-running show for any actor, but I'm always suspicious of records - there could always be someone hiding out there who's been doing a role longer," he said with a chuckle.

In a oeThat Evening Sun,a the story of a feisty Tennessee farmer who flees a nursing home to return to his rural homestead, where he discovers that another family has taken up residence, Hal Holbrook strips the stereotype of the grumpy old man of sentimental shtick and cutesy old-codger mannerisms.

Dance-a-lorus pairs choreography with film, and this year's Cucalorus Film Festival features nine collaborations on its opening night Wednesday at City Stage.

That Evening Sun In theaters: November 6, 2009 Abner Meecham , an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace.

Tonight, the Indie Memphis Film Festival begins proper, with a screening of That Evening Sun at 7 p.m. . Directed by Scott Teems and shot near Knoxville, That Evening Sun stars Hal Holbrook as a man who escapes a nursing home so that he can return to his homestead and live out his days in the place of his choosing.

For those of you who were fortunate enough to experience Hal Holbrook's decades-spanning incarnation of Mark Twain at Hanover Theatre on Friday evening, it's hoped you read what follows with some degree of affirmation.

Actors Mitch Rouse, Elaine Hendrix, David Dwyer and Natalie Canerday will join independent filmmakers from across America at this year's Secret City Film Festival, Oct.

What do The Wizard of Oz, Brenda Lee, Carol Burnett, Curious George, Sleeping Beauty, Mark Twain and the Vienna Boys Choir all have in common? They will all be making their way to the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, during the course of the 2009-10 season.

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One of my all-time favorite movies is All the President's Men. The best line in the movie is when Deep Throat meets with Bob Woodward and hears him explain how his investigation has hit a dead end.

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Actor Hal Holbrook will perform his one-man tribute to Mark Twain at the Clemens Center in Elmira next year on the 100th anniversary of the death of that great American author and humorist.