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The Golden Rat. That's
what was on everybody's mind at the Slum throughout the day.
Who will win the Golden Rat? Filmmakers were tense in
anticipation when they saw a Vagrant walk in with the
freshly painted awards.
At 10 p.m., the ceremony
began. The Vagrants pushed extra pillows and chairs into the
Screening Lounge to accommodate the overflow.
Two Vagrants came out as
emcees and immediately spent several minutes casually
dropping the names of celebrities who had stopped by the
Slum: Tim Robbins, John Cusack, Tori Spelling, John Waters,
Alex Winter, others.
The Ceremony began with
the presentation for Best Actor. The nominees were a cat
from a short called RED FISH, a monkey from a short called
HURDY GURDY and David James from the film HANG YOUR DOG IN
THE WIND. After much waiting, the result was announced: A
tie between the cat and the monkey.
David James jumped up out
of his chair, cursed the emcees, threw a beer can at them,
screamed "Slumdance is bullshit!" and stormed out of the
room. Later, James said: "I worked really hard on that role,
and I did a good job. Fuck Slumdance."
The Vagrants powered
through other fake awards, including Best Sex Scene, and
finally announced Best Picture. The honored film was a
stunner:
STAR WARS won the Golden
Rat for Best Picture. A Vagrant accepted the Rat for George
Lucas, saying, "George got burned by the Academy in 1978,
and he's been waiting a long time for an honor like
this."
After the Ceremony, the
party started, and it was the biggest Slum bash yet. Every
inch of the 6000-square-foot Slum was filled with revelers.
But the really interesting
action was going on in the Slum office. First, the principal
figures of Slamdance showed up to talk about next year.
Nothing was decided.
And then a contingent of
Sundance people arrived. They seemed to want to hang
out in the office, but we couldn't figure out why.
Trevor, a programmer of
Sundance, agreed to pose with a Slumdance programming
Vagrant:
The party raged on until
daylight. The Screening Lounge was packed to near-capacity
for a 4 a.m. showing of STAR WARS. Tent City hosted many
romantic entanglements. A pleasant aroma filled the Smoking
Lounge. The beer ran out early, and nobody seemed to
care.
A horde of acquisitions
executives from New Line Cinema and Miramax showed up, along
with some vaguely recognizable stars. Still, a good time was
had by all.
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