PORT TOWNSEND — Limericks are the clues in the 10th annual Port Townsend Film Festival “Guess the Guest” contest.
The annual contest leads up to the multiple film screenings at the festival, scheduled Sept. 24-27 this year, which also hosts an honored guest each year.
Three clues will be provided to the identity of the 2009 special guest. In addition to guessing the identity of the guest, it also is necessary to name both the roles the person played and the productions the person appeared in.
The first clue is:
“Here’s a clue you may ponder and fiddle
“To deduce my identity riddle —
“I vas krazee olt folk
“Mit en accent I spoke
“To my grandson, the lad in the middle.”
The second clue is:
“In selecting a name for your charge,
Take a lesson from Mme. DeFarge
“And don’t be so numb
“Like her friends, the dumb scum.
“Name her something more bland. Name her Marge.”
The third and final clue will be published next Wednesday.
The winner of the contest, as well as the name of the special guest of the 2009 Port Townsend Film Festival, will be announced Aug. 10.
The winner of the contest will be the first person to name the guest and provide the other information.
The winner will receive an invitation for two to the reception for the guest after the screening of a film featuring the guest, an introduction of the honored guest and a photograph taken with the guest.
Entries can be e-mailed, snail-mailed or hand-delivered.
Each entry must include name and telephone number as well as the name of the honored guest, role played and production title.
Entries can be e-mailed to info@ptfilmfest.com, subject: Guess the Guest Contest.
Entries also can be written on an 8-by-11-inch sheet of paper and mailed to PTFF Contest, P.O. Box 594, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Hand-deliver entries to 211 32-A Taylor St. (Mount Baker Block) in downtown Port Townsend. If no one is in the office, use the mail slot in the door.
Clues are also posted on the festival’s Web site at www.ptfilmfest.com.
All regular festival passes are now on sale for members as well as nonmembers of the festival for $150 at the Port Townsend Farmers Market or at The Food Co-op, 414 Kearney St., on Wednesday, Aug. 5; Tuesday, Aug. 11; Wednesdays, Sept. 2 and Sept. 9; and Tuesday, Sept. 15; or at the Uptown Street Fair on Saturday, Aug. 15.
Regular passes cost $175 when purchased from the festival.
Previous guests have included Tony Curtis in 2000, Eva Marie Saint, 2001; Patricia Neal, 2002; Shirley Knight, 2003; Jane Powell, 2004; Debra Winger, 2005; Malcolm McDowell, 2006; and Elliott Gould, 2007.
Each is celebrated by the screening of one of his or her more noted films, followed by an interview and question-and-answer session.
