University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook

“IN YOUR OPINION ... Celebrity guest Ernest Borgnine and founder George Lindsey take time to field questions during a Festival work- shop. TIME TO BREATHE. Bobbie Hurt and Ernest Borgnine steal some break time amid the busy schedule of the Festival. lany films he has made. He also presented the olden Lion awards to the winners at a final gala. It takes a lot of people with a love for students I ho want to offer the best for students to do this. llany, many people helped with this festival. It ' s pwarding to see how the professors and staff work ard to make something like this become a success - especially because it ' s all on a volunteer basis. Several years ago, Lindsey presented the UNA oilier Library with the original scripts Irom the ndy Gri[fith Show to be studied by anyone who light be planning a career in script writing, acting. • filming. These scripts showed actual instructions i " how the series was filmed for an audience. And ince films from those entering the 1998 and 1999 ; stival could be useful to students studying televi- on and film, it was decided to create a place where these valuable scripts and amateur films could be easily accessible. Happily, a place was created and set aside to house the scripts and films for students to study at the Collier Library, and dedicated to George Lindsey. Marking the place in the library is a plaque, which reads, " The George Lindsey Film Library, dedicated to all those who dream and all those who choose to learn. " In a highlight of the sec- ond film festival, Ernest Borgnine made the UNA library a gift of the leather -bound, original scripts of all the movies in which he has appeared. With this gift, and that of Lindsey, and other filmmakers, the film library and the film festival have a firm foundation, and film students have an excit- ing future at the University of North Alabama. — Bobbie Hurt ”