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EL PASO DE ROBLES, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IN COWBOY WINE COUNTRY JUST SOUTH SIDEWAYS OF SUNDANCE A WILD WEST DIGITAL FILM FEST WILL TAKE PLACE JUST OUT OF TOWN IN THE WINE COUNTRY...
Wow, how do we top this? Eastwood and Cox...
Festival Producer Benford Standley, Clint Eastwood and Joel Cox Photo by Richard Bastian |
It is all about the film, the music and the wine...
Take a digital ride with us to the first Wild West Digital Film Fest this year will knock your boots off here in cowboy wine country, just South and Sideways of Sundance |
Wine, Wine and Wine
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EL PASO DE ROBLES...Found in the hills of the upper Salinas River Valley. One has the feelings of the early days of Santa Fe, NM, Austin, Texas...laid back and beautiful, artistic, picturesque, undiscovered feeling...Victorian-era charm. For untold centuries Salinas Indian People enjoyed the area and the thermal springs in the area that has been called "Heaven's Spot." Might say looking at history, it is the hot springs that is why Paso Robles is here. And now we have the wine...
Rancho Paso de Robles (Spanish for "Pass of Oaks"), was created by a land grant in 1844. Couple years after the Civil war, a half interest in the town site was purchased by Drury James, the uncle of outlaw Jesse James. He envisioned an elegant city offering first-class amenities, with the hot sulfur springs serving as the main attraction. The stagecoach line brought customers for the new bath- house, hotel, and some small cottages built for the bathers. When the Southern Pacific Railroad brought the railway to town in 1886, plans for the town went into high gear.
Stay tuned to the Jesse James Paso Saga, and more about hot springs and the Salinas people, underground rivers and more magic here in Paso. Even talk that the fly-in restaurant at the airport is the best fly in restaurant in the West, and James Dean was headed her on that fateful ride, and Marlin Monroe and Joe Demagio ran away on their weddin' day to hide out...from the press, here in PASO...
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STAY TUNED FOR THE AUCTION OF THE FENDER GUITAR SIGNED BY THE BACON BROTHERS RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT and other items... |
TRAVEL to PASO info
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email us to be part of the Film and Wine Festival as a Winery or as a Sponsor...high website traffic |
Panel discusses Clint Eastwood's Company Malpaso, with some close friends and associates...see on the DVD |
Photo by Richard Bastian
Clint Eastwood arrives alone at the Paso Robles Inn Ballroom...what an honor. |
HELP THE KIDS
Stay tuned for locations around
Paso Robles where you can
see some independent films
in special settings, including
Franklin Hot Springs...suggest
locations to us and we will help
you with films to screen... |
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Kevin and Michael Bacon with the ladies from the Paso Robles High School Resource Program |
The Jesse James & the Paso Saga MORE AT THE FESTIVAL... |
LET'S MAKE SOME MOVIES IN PASO
Besides bringing a huge soft industry (the movie and music business) to the area and assisting the business people to grow and capitalize on this, thePDFF will serve as a point of communication and networking of the people who are already here in Paso Robles that are in the "biz"and all the support and service businesses here that could potentially have a co-beneficial relationship with the music/film business such as businesses that support festival production, restaurants, wine tasting rooms and wineries, locations, etc...
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“Transformers 3 , will put $20 million into the Chicago economy and create 200 jobs, including ten internships for inner-city students.
SAVE THE FOX more coming soon |
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SOAK IN THE HEALING WATERS & MANY NIGHTS DURING THE SUMMER SEE A MOVIE WHILE YOU SOAK AND HEAL...ALSO A VENUE DURING FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE THIRD YEAR... |
NEW YORK TIMES LISTED PASO ROBLES IN THE TOP PLACES TO VISIT THIS YEAR...YA'LL COME NOW...
Sulfur/Geothermal Spas: Paso Robles has long been known for its hot sulfur springs. In the 19th and 20th Centuries many visitors came to Paso Robles for what they believed to be the curative powers of the geothermal waters. The Salinan Indians—the most historical inhabitants of the area— were here thousands of years even before the mission era. They knew this area as the “Springs” or the “Hot Springs.” The Indians, and later the Mission Fathers and their congregations, found relief from various ailments in the therapeutic waters and soothing mud baths, later cam the tourist and the the famous, even baseball teams would come to heal in the springs.
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An earthquake struck several miles from Paso Robles on December 22, 2003, The quake registered 6.5 magnitude on the Richter Magnitude Scale. The dormant underground springs that had once been used for the spa were brought back to life by the quake, causing flooding and a sink hole in the parking lot of the city hall/library. The sinkhole still requires pumping to move the water from the center of the city to the riverbed, where it is allowed to flow unimpeded. The sinkhole has also continually released sulfur gas since the earthquake, creating an odor that occasionally lingers over the area surrounding the hole. Seems the city is not sure what to do with this...seems to me being next to a library and with the city shooting for tourist, this could be made a great stop for tourist and a learning place for kids. Go figure, why they want to spend millions to cover it up... some cities would pay millions for a hot spring in the middle of town... |
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stay tuned for 2010 schedule
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Festival Express was a magic time in music |
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thePDFF TO HELP KIDS OF PASO AND THE NATION
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Other Area Attractions: Paso Robles is the gateway to the scenic and historic attractions of the Central Coast.
From convenient lodging in Paso Robles a visitor can enjoy the wild country side, travel just few miles to the
ocean and return for a relaxing dinner in the downtown area:
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Rex Pickett, author of SIDEWAYS, the book that became blockbuster movie, is at a wine festival, and I had a great time with him that night and next morning, there is the story about drinking wine in the trunk of car...I love livin' sideways in cowboy wine country. Rex thank you for the SIDEWAYS frame of mind. |
Ramblin Jack Elliott, Bernie Taupin, Justin McBride, John Andrew Parks and Jack Tempchin...what a bunch Photo by Richard Bastian
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