PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Film Festival has announced the third and final clue to the identity of the 2015 special guest in its Guess the Guest contest.
The first to identify the guest celebrity correctly will win a film festival T-shirt, hat and photo opportunity with the special guest when he or she arrives at the Sept. 25-27 festival.
The 2015 festival — the 16th anniversary of the celluloid celebration — will screen about 80 films throughout its three days at a variety of venues in Port Townsend.
Each year, an acting or directing star is invited to be the special guest at the festival.
Past guests have included John Sayles, Karen Allen, Bruce Dern, Dyan Cannon, Debra Winger, Malcolm McDowell, Tony Curtis, Eva Marie Saint and Cloris Leachman.
The Guess the Guest contest encourages participants to filter through often difficult and obscure hints to claim a bragging-rights prize, Halliday said.
Three clues are released — one each week in print and on the film festival website.
The special guest and the winner of the contest will be announced June 10, along with publication of an exclusive interview in the Peninsula Daily News.
Here is the third clue:
Boldly done, his father said
Everyone now knows your fame
Acting I bequeathed to you
Unto you I gave my name
But higher than my fame you rose
Rightly so, the son’s ascent
In favor you have won your own
Dazzling star in firm cement
Gone now are the Hidden Hills where
Em and Zeke no longer play
Sweet Wendy kisses me goodnight
And I return them every day
This joins the first and second clues:
From May 20:
While hunting clues
I’m sure you’ll see
Sherman’s March
Did far portend
Where ashes from
Such spectral fire
Birthed that which
You now desire.
From May 27:
Now riddle this, a Sphinx-like clue:
It stands alone but touches, too
Water, earth and air abide
St. Louis is the king described
Side by side the songs are played
Sighs Eliot, “Men hollow fade”
The story’s old and still so true
Don’t let her come ‘tween me and you
Boldly done, his father said
Everyone now knows your fame.
The clues are created by the film festival and refer to the guest’s past accomplishments.
Guesses can be sent to guess@ptfilmfest.com or mailed or hand-delivered to the film festival office at 211 Taylor St., Suite 401-A, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Entries require a name, mailing address, daytime phone and email address.
For more information, visit www.ptfilmfest.com or phone 360-379-1333.
