Borrego Film History With "Desert Rats"
FREE!
Special Film Presentation | January 11th
5:30 Local History Film Lecture | 6:30 Intermission | 6:45 Feature “The Desert Rats”
LOCAL History Film Lecture
Celebrate the 10th annual Borrego Springs Film Festival during our “pre-festival” presentation hosted by Fred Jee.
Fred starts the evening by discussing the most famous regional locations used by Hollywood. Travel over 100 years into the past and discover the some of the numerous productions that were filmed here since the 1920’s.
This lively discussion highlights the movies with actual film clips —from early silent films to episodic TV shows streaming online.
Will you recognize Borrego Springs and the surrounding environs featured during this talk? Join Fred and find out!
Feature Presentation | THE BSFF FILM SERIES
10 years ago the very first BSFF was initiated by a faithful group of Borergo Springs cinema aficionados. They chose to screen the iconic war films (shot near Borrego Springs) “Desert Rats” and “The Desert Fox.” The idea was to gauge whether or not a film festival was a viable option for our community.
It was a huge hit and here we are a decade later!
In homage to those early festival days, the BSFF is re-screening “Desert Rats,” one of the films that started it all! Watch this Hollywood classic war movie, shot right here in our backyard!
The Desert Rats
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel (James Mason) and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts (Richard Burton). The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
