
With Help From Facebook Friends, 'back To The Future' Fan From Ireland To Attend Film Festival
Feb. 16, 2010
Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@una.edu, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033
FLORENCE, Ala. - With a little help from his Facebook friends, Cian Hennigar, of Limerick, Ireland, has finally booked his plane tickets to next month's George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his favorite movie, "Back to the Future." The festival will include several of the film's stars: actors Lea Thompson, James Tolkan and Claudia Wells and screenwriter Bob Gale.
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