Nashville, TN -- APRIL 24, 2008 -- The 39th Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) ends today, smashing all previous attendance and ticket sales records after once again setting up shop for eight days at the Regal Green Hills Cinemas and spreading out throughout city with over 200 films and dozens of events. Steven Schachter's THE DEAL kicked off the festival on Thursday, April 24 with Schachter and the film's star William H. Macy in attendance. The festival closes tonight with Denny Tedesco's THE WRECKING CREW and a party at the Cannery Ballroom. In between, festival goers witnessed Al Gore present the Reel Current Award to Michael O'Connell's MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL; Lyle Lovett give the 2008 Nashville Lifetime Achievement Award to Patricia Neal; and NaFF board president Stacy Widelitz surprise Kimberly Williams-Paisley with the President's Award. Read the Rest.

The 2008 NaFF Closing Night Film, "The Wrecking Crew" is sold out.  (You can still come 30 min. beforehand to see if tickets become available due to no-shows.)  You can still enjoy the "Wrecking Crew" experience after the film at the NaFF Closing Night Party at the Cannery Ballroom.  Tickets are $35.  You can purchase tickets on this site or at the door.  Party begins after the film, approximately 9:00-9:30pm.

Confirmed to entertain us are "Crew" members Don Randi, Al DeLory, Lyle Ritz and Mike Deasy plus Al Kooper, Kim Ritchie, Bill Lloyd, Craig Krampf, Chuck Mead, Carmella Ramsey, Henry Gross and other surprise guests.

We can't confirm the set list but expect Mead, Richey, Ramsey, Gross and Deasy to take turns at the mic with Deasy, Kooper, Randi, DeLory, Ritz, Krampf and Lloyd forming the house band. Did we say to expect some surprise guests?

Remember that tomorrow night is a party and a celebration of the end of a successful festival. Have a drink, eat some food, have your mind blown when Al Kooper plays the organ on "Like A Rolling Stone." Try to fully absorb just how amazing a song "Be My Baby" is.  You'll be glad you did!

See you at the party!

Added Screenings:

Phantom Love - 4/22 at 4:15 p.m.

Mountain Top Removal - 4/24 at 4:30 p.m.

Prophets Rising - 4/24 at 9:15 p.m.

Throw Down Your Heart - 4/24 at 9:45 p.m.

Additional tickets are also now available for "In the City of Sylvia" -- the screening has moved to Theater 15.

Songwriter Dennis Lambert who co-wrote the '70s "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Ain't No Woman Like the One I've Got" among many others, and is profiled in the prize-winning documentary OF ALL THE THINGS, will play live at the Bluebird this Monday at 9:30pm following the 6:45pm screening of the film at the Green Hills Cinemas. OF ALL THE THINGS, which recently won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at both the Sarasota and Palm Beach International Film Festivals, looks at Lambert - now selling real estate in Florida - getting the music bug once again when he tours the Phillipines, where his obscure 1972 LP "Of Bags and Things" was a big hit. Lambert will play a short set, and we look forward to hearing those great hits again.

Country Singer Josh Turner and R&B artist Anthony Hamilton put on a special showcase for guests of the Nashville Film Festival on Saturday, April 20. Check out the photostream.