Sundance Filmmaker Wins Mercedes C240

    MONTVALE, N.J., Jan. 26 Bestor Cram, director of "An
Unfinished Symphony," a film currently being screened at the 2001 Sundance
Film Festival in the Independent Feature Film Competition, was the lucky
winner of a 2001 Mercedes-Benz C240 donated by Mercedes-Benz USA.  Cram won
the vehicle in a drawing held in conjunction with the Independent Filmmakers
Luncheon held yesterday at the Yarrow Hotel in Park City.  Cram's entry into
the competition, "An Unfinished Symphony," is a documentary that focuses on a
three-day protest in the form of a march staged by newly returned veterans of
the Vietnam War.
    MBUSA donated the vehicle, one of its all-new C-Class model line which
debuted this past fall, for the drawing among all 36 filmmakers of the
dramatic and documentary films which make up the Independent Feature Film
Competition.  In addition to being the sole sponsor of the Independent Feature
Film Competition, Mercedes-Benz is also a presenting sponsor of the entire
2001 Sundance Film Festival, the outgrowth of over a decade's involvement with
the Festival.
    On hand to draw the winning film was actress Jacqueline Bisset who is
herself starring in a dramatic film entered in the Independent Film
Competition.  The film, "The Sleepy Time Gal," directed by Chris Munch, is the
story of a onetime radio DJ whose show brought happiness to countless people
while eluding her.
    The 2001 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-28.  Winners of the
Independent Film Competition will be announced at the 2001 Sundance Film
Festival Awards Ceremony on Saturday, January 27.