Billy Bob Helps Celebrate "Goober"

Posted by amyclark on 08/24/2008
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2/28/2008 Stephen L. Betts Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton will be the special guest for the 2008 George Lindsey UNA (University of North Alabama) Film Festival. The 11th annual festivities, celebrating the beloved actor/comedian better known as “Goober,” will take place March 6-9 at the University of North Alabama and across the surrounding Shoals area. Billy Bob – who calls himself “the world’s biggest fan” of The Andy Griffith Show and its colorful Mayberry characters – is scheduled to appear at the festival March 7. Highlights of Billy Bob’s UNA visit will include a retrospective tribute to his career and a celebration of his Oscar-winning work on Sling Blade, the groundbreaking film that earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. “I’m honored to be a part of the George Lindsey Film Festival at UNA, and I look forward to seeing everyone there,” says Billy Bob. “I’m such a big fan of George.” Billy Bob is scheduled to participate in a question-and-answer session covering his career on March 7 in the Performance Center at UNA’s Guillot University Center. The program will be moderated by Terry Pace, who teaches English at UNA and has written extensively on film history and the Muscle Shoals music industry. Billy Bob will also join Donnie Fritts and the Muscle Shoals rock-and-soul band The Decoys for an all-star jam session on the Shoals Theater stage. For more information on the 2008 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, visit www.lindseyfilmfest.com