Shoot. Looks like I’ll be missing a great movie and a swell party.
If you’re like me, and can’t go to the Bodacious Boot “sneak peak” showing… all is not lost. The folks at AMS Production Group are planning one (or more) star-studded premiere screenings of Bodacious Boots once it’s finished and rendered in all its high-def grandeur.
Stay tuned for more info.
P.S. The next screening will be on a weekend to make travel plans easier. See you there!
Yeehaw! “Bodacious Boots” is almost done. Come sneak a peek at the first-cut of “Bodacious Boots” on opening night at the 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival.
This high-spirited ode to the cowboy boot is directed by Tim Wylie and produced by Laura Neitzel.
Through interviews with boot makers, collectors, and aficionados like Lyle Lovett, Kelly Le Brock, Dr. Laura, Chef Dean Fearing, Kinky Friedman (and yours truly) …Bodacious Boots takes a broad look at the art, history, and culture of the Western cowboy boot, and explores the qualities that elevate this humble piece of functional footwear into an object d’art and quintessentially American icon.
What:
“Bodacious Boots” screening
at the 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival
(Ticket info at videofest.org.)
When:
Tuesday, July 31 7:30 pm
Where:
Angelika Film Center
5321 E. Mockingbird Lane (Dallas, TX)
You are also invited to the official opening night party of the Dallas Video Festival, featuring the spaghetti-western surfer-twang of The Big Guns (also featured in Bodacious Boots.)
When:
9 pm to midnight
Where:
AllGood Café
2934 Main Street (east end of Deep Ellum) Dallas
…Kindly rsvp to lneitzel@amspg.com.
Think 117. Watch the entire program or fast forward 18:03 minutes into the segment for an interview with Laura Neitzel and a clip from the upcoming film, Bodacious Boots.
In this short clip…you’ll catch a glimpse of bootmakers Dave Wheeler, Lee Miller, and the hard working folks at Rocketbuster. The film also includes interviews with talented boot collectors Lyle Lovett and John Tongate.
The 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival begins Tuesday July 31st and runs through August 5th. Laura Neitzel’s film “Bodacious Boots” opens the festival on July 31st at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas at 7:35pm. More information about purchasing tickets, theaters, and films being shown during the festival is available at www.videofest.org.
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Click the Gabcast play button to hear more about those great eagle boots on page 250 of my book, Cowboy Boots: The Art & Sole. Click back to read an earlier blog entry about the very same boots.
Recently, I was interviewed by Miss Meghan Cleary, America’s shoe expert on her stylish weekly podcast, “Shoe are you?”
You can listen to the podcast and view a few photos on Miss Meghan’s blog. 
Meghan is the author of The Perfect Fit: What your shoes say about you
(You can listen to this and Meghan’s other podcast episodes on iTunes or PodShow.)
