Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Finish Dennis Hopper's Last Film (Exclusive) — hollywoodreporter.com

When Dennis Hopper’s prostate cancer recurred five years ago, he died abruptly at 74, just before postproduction of his last movie, a fond satire of the industry called The Last Film Festival. But on March 10, writer/director Linda Yellen launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the last $90,000 she needs to finish the film.  Yellen, who began as a film critic earning $25 per review at The Hollywood Reporter, earned a third-place award at the New York Film Festival up against George Lucas’ THX 1138 and Martin Scorsese’s Italian American, and directed 12 films and TV hits Playing for Time and The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana.

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