2nd Screening location announce for Leone Roadshow

There is no other town more iconic in the history of Spaghetti Westerns than Los Albaricoques, Spain. The whitewashed walls appear in dozens of films including DEATH RIDES A HORSE and Leone's masterpiece FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. Other than a few new power lines and an occasional paved road, the town still looks virtually the same as it did in 1965 when Clint Eastwood was dodging bullets from Indio's men.

For the second stop on the 2008 Rolling Roadshow Tour, we will be returning to Los Albaricoques, Spain for a free outdoor screening of FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. We are setting up the seating inside the stone circle that was the backdrop for the final showdown between Lee Van Cleef and Indio. Following the screening, we are hosting an after-party at the Hotel and Restaurant Alba, which houses a spaghetti western memorabilia collection and is within walking distance of the screen.

Complete map and details will be posted soon on www.rollingroadshow.com


The 2008 Rolling Roadshow Tour: The Sergio Leone Edition is presented by MGM Channel and Teuve.

Quentin Tarantino in attendance: Spain Rolling Roadshow

As you may know, the Rolling Roadshow Tour is heading to Spain this year for a screening of the Leone Dollars trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad and the Ugly) on location where the films were shot. Anyone who has recently picked up the new DVD of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly will have noticed the quote emblazened on the front: "My favorite movie!" attributed to Quentin Tarantino. Not only does that sell DVDs, it's also true. Quentin is currently writing and approaching pre-production on a new feature, but when he found out about this screening series, he committed immediately. Quentin will be in attendance at all screenings and will introduce at least one of the films. If you are a fan of the Leone trilogy, seriously consider following Mr. Tarantino's lead. Call time-out on your job and join us for what is almost surely going to be a historic weekend.

Full information about The Rolling Roadshow Tour: The Sergio Leone Edition is on the Rolling Roadshow website. All screenings are in the Almeria region of Spain; the dates are June 6-8.

The 2008 Rolling Roadshow Tour is presented by MGM Channel and Teuve

Hotel options for visitors to Spain

The Nijar Film Office has provided us with a list of hotels, motels and rural renting houses in the region near the 3 screening locations for the Rolling Roadshow Tour in Almeria Spain. Check out the complete list here. First on the list is the hotel of choice, the Cortijo el Sotillo, the screening location for our first film, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.

Click here for complete details on the 2008 Rolling Roadshow Tour, the Sergio Leone edition, in Almeria Spain, June 6-8.

Thinking about coming to Spain with us?

If you are considering joining us in Spain for the 2008 Rolling Roadshow Tour, you should check out this Conde Nast Traveller article from that waxes poetic about the serene beauty of the Almeria region. Not only were dozens of spaghetti westerns shot in this area, but also portions of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. The photo attached here. I scouted the locations for the Leone tour earlier this year and was amazed at how pristine and well preserved the region is. Expect some more news about the event very soon including information on special guests, VIP tickets and the limited-edition art poster series. The attached photo is the beach from INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE - only 15 minutes from the screening location of FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.

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Leone Roadshow on Jaunted: the pop culture travel guide

Jaunted.com : The Pop Culture Travel Guide, just picked up the story about the Rolling Roadshow's journey to Spain on June 6-8. I really like the brevity and succinctness of their event summary:

"Let's just recap: It's summer, it's the south of Spain, it's Clint Eastwood, it's free and after each screening there's a party to celebrate the life and times of Sergio Leone. Epic."

Epic. Come and join us.

Read the complete story here.

Fistful of Dollars location announced!

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS opens with a scene of "the man with no name" (Clint Eastwood) riding into frame and stopping for well water outside an adobe farmouse. On June 6, The Rolling Roadshow and a select group of Leone fans will be gathered around the very same well in front of that very same farmhouse to watch that very same movie. The farmhouse, pictured today to the left, is now the Cortijo el Sotillo, a charming boutique hotel. We have partnered with the Cortijo el Sotillo to present this free screening of A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, the opening film of the 2008 Rolling Roadshow Tour: the Leone Edition. Following the screening, attendees will gather at the same fireplace where Clint Eastwood so quickly "handles" Rojas men later in the film. The small hotel has only 20 rooms, so if you would like the rare treat of actually staying at the same lodging where Marisol was held captive, we recommend booking soon. Mention the Rolling Roadshow Tour and receive the promotional rate of 85€/night for a single room, 104€/night for a double room. Breakfast and taxes are included in that rate.

The Cortijo el Sotillo is a member of a boutique chain of hotels called "silence hotels." Their mission is to provide a natural and peaceful environment, offering rest and recreation in calm and tranquillity. Each hotel offers a warm welcome, stressing the quality of life and gastronomy, assured by the personal attention of the owners themselves who know how to make guests feel at home while still being entirely professional. The Cortijo el Sotillo also offers horseback riding for those who truly want to live out their Leone fantasies.

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Rolling Roadshow to pay tribute to Leone in Spain, June 6-8

ROLLING ROADSHOW TOUR TO PAY TRIBUTE TO SERGIO LEONE 'DOLLARS' TRILOGY WITH SPECIAL SCREENINGS IN SOUTHERN SPAIN PRESENTED BY THE MGM CHANNEL AND TEUVE

June 6-8 Event in Almeria, Spain Marks First-Ever
Rolling Roadshow Tour Held Outside the U.S.

Austin, TX April 18, 2008 The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema unveiled its plans today for the 2008 installment of the Rolling Roadshow Tour, the organization's annual traveling film screening series. This year's event takes place June 6-8 and will pay tribute to MGM's classic Sergio Leone “Dollars” Spaghetti Western trilogy, with screenings of Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, in Almeria, Southern Spain, the original location where all three films where shot. Leone's epics launched the career of four-time Oscar®-winner Clint Eastwood who set a precedent for the genre - and the generation - with his portrayal of the original anti-hero: “The Man With No Name.”

The Rolling Roadshow: Leone Edition is presented by The MGM Channel and Teuve in Spain. The screening schedule follows:

June 6: Fistful of Dollars
June 7: For a Few Dollars More
June 8: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

"For the past three summers, we have taken the Rolling Roadshow Tour across the United States, logging more than 30,000 miles traveling to the most famous movie locations in America," says Alamo Drafthouse Cinema founder Tim League. "This summer we are expanding the vision of the Rolling Roadshow Tour further than we ever imagined, to one of the most important cinematic locales of the 20th Century."

Admission to screenings are free to the general public and following each of the screenings the Rolling Roadshow Tour, The MGM Channel and Teuve will host a reception toasting Sergio Leone, a true maestro of cinema.

The Rolling Roadshow Tour
Every summer, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema takes to the road, departing from Austin, Texas on a whirlwind tour, hosting free 35mm screenings of famous movies in famous places. Known as The Rolling Roadshow Tour, the organization has been to the Field of Dreams in Iowa to show Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner live in person, Devil's Tower in Wyoming for a screening of Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind and Alcatraz Island for a screening of Escape From Alcatraz.

The Leone "Dollars" Trilogy
In 1964, Sergio Leone, an assistant director of Italian "sword and sandal" movies traveled to the Almeria region of Spain to shoot a small film based on Akira Kurosawa's samurai adventure Yojimbo. The leading man was an unknown American bit-part television actor who at 34 years old was well past his matinee-idol potential. The film, was A Fistful of Dollars; the actor, Clint Eastwood. No one could have imagined the explosive force of this seemingly modest film. Sergio Leone is now considered by many film historians to be one of the most influential directors of all time. Few films have reshaped the visual style of cinema more than Sergio Leone's quintessential "Spaghetti Western" trilogy, and even fewer films elevate the filming location to the status on par with lead actor. Like John Ford's American southwest, Leone's Almeria region plays a vital role in shaping the emotion and spirit of his films. Leone's stylistic and graphic depictions of the Old West elevated a marginalized genre to an art form and influenced today's filmmakers.

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About TEUVE
TEUVE has an eight-year career in the Pay-TV sector including an important involvement in digital TV platforms by satellite and DTT (Digital terrestrian Television). TEUVE has grown to become currently one of the most importants providers in the Iberian Pay-TV Market available on the main cable and IPTV platforms. It produces and distributes ten TV channels as well as their linked services: TV on demand offer, mobile contains offer.
TEUVE is one of the biggest thematic channels producers in Spain; it produces six cinema channels (CINESTAR, EXTREME, DARK, MGM, SOMOS, CINEMATK y CANAL 18) and five entertainment channels (PACHA TV, NATURA, BUZZ, KIDSCO & TELECORAZÓN). All of them are in the different cable network in Spain and are available in 1,8 million homes.
About The Alamo Drafthouse
Founded in 1997 by Tim and Karrie League in Austin, Texas, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema combines new release films, repertory programming and a variety of unique special events all under one roof, as well as full food and beverage menu served right to your seat. The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was named the "#1 Theater in America" by Entertainment Weekly Magazine. Founders Tim and Karrie League will be travelling with the Rolling Roadshow to Almeria to host the Leone Edition of the Rolling Roadshow Tour.

If you are planning to visit the area and stay for a while in the Almeria region, contact Tuco Tours (http://www.tucotours.com), who offer tours of all of the Sergio Leone locations.

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