The champions of 'overlooked' cinema

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA -- In many respects, returning heroes served asthe theme of the sixth annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival.

Once again the festival, which concluded here Sunday, offered itsusual complement of above-the-title attractions: director ErrolMorris, fresh off his best documentary Oscar win for "The Fog ofWar"; legendary director Werner Herzog; director-writer Gregory Navaand producer Anna Thomas; director-writer-actor Tim Reid and producer-actor Daphne Maxwell-Reid.

There were special surprise guests, including the star of "My DogSkip" (2000), better known as Eddie the Jack Russell terrier fromNBC's long-running series "Frasier." And via a remote …