http://tennessean.com/celebrities/archives...ent_ID=67251774Festival draws Peter, Paul — and Al Gore?
We're only weeks away from this year's Nashville Film Festival, an event that has drawn quite the random collection of celebs in years past.
This year is no different, and the stars will be Paul Reiser (Mad About You), Peter Falk (Columbo) and Al Gore (the real West Wing).
Paul and Peter are coming to support their new indie comedy film, A Thing About My Folks, where the two play father and son on a road trip. Think of a family Sideways, without the wine. The two will be there April 14, opening night of the weeklong festival.
Now, why Al Gore? Well, he invented cinema, ya see.
OK, not really. Seems Gore was at a Sundance Film Festival screening and the guy in front of him just so happened to be Nashville Film Festival artistic director Brian Gordon. Brian took the opportunity to tell the former VP about Nashville's film festival.
''Ooooo, do you show documentaries?'' Gore asked.
This question led to what is now being called the Al Gore documentary award. (It'll be renamed later for a new indie cable network.) The former VP himself chooses what he deems to be the festival's best documentary.
The festival gave Gore DVD copies of the five documentaries to be shown, but he didn't get one kernel of free popcorn. This year's recipient of the Al Gore award is for an organic farming film called The Real Dirt on Farmer John.
See the magic happen at 3:30 p.m. April 16 when Gore presents an environment-friendly trophy to the film's producers.
Tickets for all this film fun go on sale Thursday. Go to nashvillefilmfestival.org for all the ticket info.