Hal Holbrook

On the evening of Friday, Hal Holbrook, as Mark Twain, would go before the viewers for the 2,298th time.

The one-man show of iconic actor, "Mark Twain Tonight!", would be showed on the Paramount Theater’s stage. The presentation is a showpiece of the 27th yearly Virginia Film Festival that opens Thursday and works through the 9th Nov.

Additionally to Holbrook, celebrity guests of this year comprise Frank Langella, Barry Levinson, Richard Roundtree, Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Katie Couric, and Jasmine Guy. The fiesta will start with the Virginia-made film’s world premiere "Big Stone Gap," that is completely based on the famous series of books by Adriana Trigiani, who would be in turnout with Judd and some other cast members.

Over 100 movies will be screened throughout the event of four-day, varying from comedies to documentaries like "Dumb and Dumber To."

The director Jody Kielbasa of the festival as well as vice provost for the arts at the Virginia University, has placed a guest’s lineup unparalleled in the history of festival.

It is actually an unusual year for them, declared Kielbasa, at the present in their 6th year as director. It is a dramatic array of best directors, legends of movie and actors and stage.

They also have a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning personally contributing this year. And they are very excited regarding their film program that they think is one of the most excellent during their time here.

They have invested in keeping a try to bring in rising talents this year with their movies. The common audience cannot be conscious of whom these artists are, but they are starting to make the name for themselves, and they adjoin to a huge mix of films and artists for the fiesta this year.