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Austin Studios Tenth Anniversary
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Austin Studios to the local movie industry. Or the value of Austin Film Society, which manages the former airplane hangar complex, now part of the Mueller redevelopment. Without the two resources, Austin might as well be merrier, more progressive Shreveport, La. or Albuquerque, N.M.
Laura Villagran and Chris Johnson
So it’s no wonder more than 1,000 people showed up to salute the studios on Friday night. Winds whipped across the tarmac as folks gathered for a community photograph near an outside stage. Vendors supplied the food. Leaders delivered a few congratulatory announcements. I moseyed inside to chat with friends.
Frankie Frankovis and Rachel McGruder
Honors went to property master Moody Anderson, whose career goes back at least as far as “Giant.” Oh, how I wish Internet Movie Database documented crews as carefully as they do casts. I’d love to peek at his entire resume. He made a dignified speech as the sun set and the party mood really began to take hold.
Kathy Scoggin and Jill McGuckin
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