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2008 Bel Air Film Festival presents US Premiere of "The Jill and Tony Curtis Story"

Beverly Hills, CA

2008 Bel Air Film Festival presents US Premiere of

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2008 Bel Air Film Festival presents US Premiere of "The Jill and Tony Curtis Story"

Date: November 17th, 2008

Time: Start 7:00pm

Tickets: $20.00 per person (25% of the gross proceed will go the Shiloh Ranch in Las Vegas, NV)

Location: The Charles Aidikoff Theater 150 South Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills, 90212

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The Jill & Tony Curtis Story proves the key to fulfillment comes from something much more rewarding than fame or fortune. Screen legend Tony Curtis himself claims he’s never been happier than he is now. Meeting the young, beautiful Jill Vandenberg in 1992, he could not have imagined how much she would change his life. An award-winning equestrian, Jill grew up loving horses and broke down in tears at her computer one day upon discovering how each year over a 100,000 horses of all ages, often in the best of health, are being brutally slaughtered for human consumption overseas. Right then and there Jill knew her life’s purpose. And when she told Tony—who rode in many films—the terrifying fate of these horses, he offered to do all he could to help her rescue them. Jill and Tony Curtis are a fascinating couple whose double-life adventures, though non-stop, never distract them from what matters most. Join them in a great variety of experiences, including an actual slaughter auction in Utah (never before filmed, since cameras are forbidden); Tony’s private art studio in Nevada, where the acclaimed painter transforms a blank canvas into a work as colorful as his conversation; a celebrity convention in Los Angeles that includes Debbie Reynolds and Angie Dickinson; the many happenings at Shiloh, the horse rescue they founded in a desert valley not far from Las Vegas; and their visit to the nation’s capitol—where, along with Bo Derek, Jill and Tony share their compassion to persuade representatives and senators to vote for a bill to stop the slaughter of horses in America. Whether feeding an infant burro with a giant baby bottle or telling anecdotes about Marilyn Monroe to captivated students, Tony never loses his legendary humor. All leads up to Jill and Tony truly knowing fulfillment as they celebrate the rescue of their 400th horse.

   

TONY CURTIS, born Bernard Schwarz on 3 June 1925 in Bronx, New York, is an icon of 20th century Hollywood cinema and the darkly handsome star of several classic movies, including, The Sweet Smell of Success (1957, with Burt Lancaster) and Some Like it Hot (1959, with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe). In 1959 he earned an Oscar nomination for The Defiant Ones (1958, handcuffed to Sidney Poitier). He also portrayed the killer in The Boston Strangler (1968, with Henry Fonda) and starred in Sextette (1978, with Mae West), as well as the TV cult favorite The Persuaders (1971, with Roger Moore).

Tony Curtis has appeared in over 100 films since 1949, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His first wife was the actress Janet Leigh (1927-2004), to whom he was married for 11 years, and with whom he fathered actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis. Since at least the early 1980s, Tony Curtis has become an accomplished painter who has had art shows all over the world. To experience the art of Tony Curtis, visit: www.tonycurtis.com.

Curtis is also a poet and writer. In 1977 Doubleday published his first book, Kid Andrew Cody & Julie Sparrow: A Novel. And in 1993 William Morrow & Co. published his second book, Tony Curtis: The Autobiography. His latest book will be released this year. As for awards, Tony Curtis received France’s honor, the Order of Arts and Letters in 1995. In March 2006 he received the Sony Ericsson Empire Lifetime Achievement Award. Tony Curtis currently resides with his beautiful wife, Jill Vandenberg-Curtis, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Together they rescue horses from slaughter and abuse through their Shiloh Horse Rescue Sanctuary. If you would care to help stop the ghastly tortures and killings of thousands of horses each year, or would like to know more about the greed and indifference behind such horrible suffering, please visit: http://shilohlasvegas.com.