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"Beat the Devil" — (2002, 10 minutes)  As a young, unknown musician in 1954, "the Godfather of Soul," music legend James Brown, sold his soul to the Devil (Gary Oldman). Now Brown is old and wants to renegotiate because of a contract loophole. So the Devil pits his demon driver against Brown's human driver (Clive Owen) in an all out, hell-burning race for *both* human souls! (Directed by Tony Scott).

"The Call of Cthulhu" — (2005, b&w, 47 minutes)  They said H.P. Lovecraft's first Cthulhu Mythos story was unfilmable. But the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, which produced this faithful adaptation, achieved a brilliant success by filming the story as if it was a silent film made in 1926, the year this horror tale was first published. The style and constraints of silent era films proved a perfect match to the limitations of a story which contains no dialogue. A multiple award-winning film with a full music score, adapting one of the most famous tales from a master of horror.

Copyright © 2007 by Aardman Animations Ltd.

Shaun the Sheep: "Shaun Encounters" — (2007, 7 minutes)  From Aardman Animations, the creators of the Oscar-winning "Wallace & Gromit" series, comes the stop-motion adventures of Shaun the Sheep. In this episode, Shaun and his barnyard pals experience irritating Close Encounters of the alien teenagers kind.

Intermission (about 10 minutes)

NOTE: The Vince Koehler Film Fest has sold concessions in the past, but not this year. We invite you to bring your own drinks and snacks!

"Duck and Cover" — (1951, 9 minutes)  The hilarious early-'50s Civil Defense film that tells kids they'll be perfectly safe from the Atomic Bomb — if they just follow these simple rules...

"The Wizard of Speed of Time" — (1988, 95 minutes)  From the incredible stop-motion wizard Mike Jittlov comes his comedic masterpiece. A special effects "wizard" (Jittlov) tries to fulfill his dream of making a full-length fantasy film, but faces many comic trials and tribulations (and an evil movie studio) as an independent movie maker working around the heavily-controlled Hollywood film Industry.

Website extra! The following very entertaining version of the original five minute short "The Wizard of Speed and Time", with enhanced special effects, will not be shown at our film festival!