Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Miami Beach Cinemateque - August 2007 schedule
August 02 THU 8pm: Miami Advance Screening!
The newest film of Leon ICHASO
El Cantante (Leon Ichaso/2006)
With Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez and produced by Julio Caro, Simon Fields,
Jennifer Lopez, and David Maldonado. Director of Photography Claudio Chea
El Cantante is the dramatic-biography of Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector
Lavoe. The film follows Lavoe’s (Anthony) passionate relationship with
Puchi (Lopez) and his skyrocket to international fame. But even when he
has it all, Lavoe is unable to escape the allure of drugs and his personal pain.
Toronto Film Festival and New York Latino Film Festival Official Selection
DIRECTOR LEON ICHASO WILL BE PRESENT FOR Q&A
At the REGAL SOUTH BEACH Cinema
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE at MBC ONLY at Ichaso screenings!
By attending any Ichaso film (the last one is Sat. July 28), you get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
With Afterparty at GEMMA Lounge
529 Lincoln Road
featuring complimentary TEN CANE RUM and MAHOU BEER!
AUGUST at MBC!...
The Wrath Of WERNER HERZOG, & more!
“We comprehend... that nuclear power is a real
danger for mankind, that over-crowding of the planet is the greatest danger
of all. We have understood that the destruction of the environment is another
enormous danger. But I truly believe that the lack of adequate imagery is a
danger of the same magnitude. It is as serious a defect as being without memory.
What have we done to our images? What have we done to our embarrassed
landscapes? I have said this before and will repeat it again as long as I am
able to talk: if we do not develop adequate images we will die out like dinosaurs.”
-Werner Herzog
AUGUST At A Glance:
The Wrath Of WERNER HERZOG (FRI 03, 10, 17, 24, 31)
A Night Divine: MSFF Preview and FRANCES, A Mother Divine (SAT 11)
Jazz On Film #1: Dream Supreme with Leo Casino World Premiere (WED 15)
Conscious Cinema: Kamp Katrina (THU 16)
August 03 FRI 8:30pm:
The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG:
Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
(Germany/1972) “A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness”
With Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Ruy Guerra
The first of five stormy collaborations with madman-actor Klaus Kinski, Aguirre,
The Wrath Of God is a spectacularly horrifying chronicle of imperialism gone amok,
set in the mid-1500s. A Spanish expedition searching the Amazon for the mythical
city of El Dorado falls into the hands of Don Lope de Aguirre (Kinski), a power-
driven lunatic who dreams of stealing an entire continent. Stunningly photographed
by Thomas Mauch, Herzog's masterpiece takes the viewer on a mad voyage, with a
typical Herzog anti-protagonist proclaiming to be above the laws of nature,
only to find out he is not. In German with English subtitles.
Critics Award Best Foreign Film French Syndicate of Film Critics
Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics
“NOT TO BE MISSED! A film of such self-assured hallucinatory clarity and
ingenious visual invention that it has no equal… One of the best films of the 70s!”
– Bruce Bennett, The New York Sun
August 10 FRI 8:30pm:
The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG:
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Germany/1974)
“Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence?”
With Bruno S., Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira
Based on a bizarre 19th century true
story, with fiction and reality blurring as in all Herzog films, once again the story
focuses on a man out of tune with his environment. A young man is released from
the sixteen year mysterious imprisonment that left him totally unable to communicate
in the outer world. The Nuremberg townspeople take an immediate interest in the
novelty placed among them, and Kaspar (Bruno S.) is studied, “adopted”, made a
cause celebre, and “educated”. In Herzog’s eyes, the real freaks are the ones who
have been corrupted by society or who corrupt society, and Kaspar is “full of basic
uncontaminated human dignity”. The German title reveals a bit more about the
all-powerful effect of nature over the entire fable-like scenario: “Every Man For
Himself, and God Against All.” In German with English subtitles.
Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Prize, Ecumenical Jury Prize
Best Production Design German Film Awards
August 11 SAT 8:30pm: “A Night Divine”...
Featuring a preview of the Miami Short Film Festival,
and the new feature documentary:
FRANCES, A Mother Divine (Tim Dunn & Michael O’Quinn/2007)
FRANCES, A Mother Divine is a touching, humorous docu-dramedy about Frances
Milstead, the mother of the late actor/drag queen superstar DIVINE (star of John
Waters films such as Pink Flamingos, Polyester, and the original Hairspray). This
documentary champions human rights by capturing a glimpse of the life of Frances
and her courageous humanitarian spirit while she tells her love story to her deceased
son (originally named Harris Glen Milstead), and becomes a mother to an entire community.
Meet Divine’s mother FRANCES, in person!
"Of course the last thing my parents wanted was a son who wears a cocktail
dress that glitters, but they've come around to it."--Divine
Complimentary Admission by INVITATION ONLY
For MBC MEMBERS and Cast and Crew
MBC Members please RSVP to info@mbcinema.com
(You can become a member at www.mbcinema.com)
August 15 WED 8:30pm: JAZZ on Film #1:
World Premiere! Dream Supreme (Jane Carroll/2007)
With Leo Casino, Jasmine Akash,
Adora, Dr. Ali Tyson Cool, Taffy, Maria Sanchez, Dorothy Sims, Marge Whitman
Written by Jasmine Akash and Leo Casino, Original music by Leo Casino
Dream Supreme is a musical fantasy about the chance affair between two of
America’s most loved icons, Marilyn Monroe (played by Jasmine Akash, the
former Miss Universe from Russia) and jazz legend John Coltrane (played by
another jazz legend Leo Casino). Jasmine and Leo perform some of the most
popular songs recorded by Marilyn and Coltrane. The entire film (which
originated as a stage play and is now under the direction of the great Jane
Caroll) takes place in the bedroom of John Coltrane. It is love at first sight,
and a roller coaster of emotions follow throughout as Marilyn is entranced
by Coltrane’s seductive charms.
A LIVE concert will follow with the fabulous duo of Leo Casino & Maryel Epps
And other musical guests!
August 16 THU 8:30pm:
CONSCIOUS CINEMA: Be Prepared!
Presented in collaboration with Hands On Miami
Kamp Katrina (Ashley Sabin/2007) Return engagement!
Kamp Katrina is set post-Hurricane
Katrina in New Orleans where Ms. Pearl, an Upper 9th Ward resident offers
her backyard to 14 displaced people to make a self-made tent community,
“Kamp Katrina.” Confronted with limited resources, they attempt to create
a community for the residents of Kamp Katrina. Ms. Pearl is forced to wear
as many hats as she does costumes providing construction jobs and basic
resources to help assist in rebuilding the city.
“A Standout movie—Kamp Katrina is a snapshot of the slowly evolving human
dramas in the aftermath of the hurricane”—Austin American Statesman
“Bizarrely entertaining, refreshing, and revealing”—Baltimore City
COMPLIMENTARY Admission
August 17 FRI 8:30pm:
The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG:
Stroszek (Germany/1977)
With Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Eva: “Well, taking a boat to New York and Florida... Isn't there a park there?
What's it called? Where the bears run around free?”
Bruno: “That's the Grizzlies.”
Capitalist America is the modern corrupted society, with the same actor Bruno S.
(from Kaspar Hauser) in a newly alienated position in a newly developed land:
Wisconsin. His move from Germany to escape an alcoholic life goes nowhere,
since for starters he brings along his neighbor and a village prostitute. Like
Aguirre searching for his “Holy Grail” El Dorado, Bruno finds that America is
not what it seems from afar, but Herzog sees the film not so much as a critique
of American ideals, but a “eulogy” amidst the American Dream. It could happen
anywhere. Written in four days, and shot in unadorned documentary style with
the actors basically playing versions of their own lives, the film is a natural gem
that proves some of the most successful ideas are the obvious ones.
In German and English with English subtitles.
“Without a doubt, one of the greatest movies ever made”—New York Press
"Werner Herzog is the most visionary of contemporary German filmmakers.
Whatever he does is interesting. "--Joseph Gelmis, Newsday
August 24 FRI 8:30pm:
The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG:
Fitzcarraldo (Germany/1982)
With Klaus Kinski, José Lewgoy, Claudia Cardinale
The power of the cinematic image as well as Herzog’s intense determination in
filmmaking is displayed in Fitzcarraldo, one of his most well known and magestic
films. Klaus Kinski plays a “Conquistador of the Useless”, a wealthy industrialist
who dreams of bringing the European opera to the Amazonian jungle. In order for
it to come to fruition financially, his plan is to haul a full sized riverboat over a
mountain to create a new port for utilizing valuable remote rubber trees. The
actual outrageous idea is accomplished by the film crew and the film’s character
with the help of the Peruvian natives, in a spectacular historical feat that was too
perfect for a making-of documentary (Burden Of Dreams, which is as amazing as
the fiction film). Like Herzog’s crazy protagonist, the director’s life depended on
the project, for four years. And like life, it inevitably does not all go as planned.
In German with English subtitles.
Best Director Cannes Film Festival
Outstanding Feature Film German Film Awards
“I live my life or end my life with this film”—Werner Herzog
August 31 FRI 8:30pm:
The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG:
Little Dieter Needs To Fly (Documentary/1998)
(The documentary that Herzog’s latest feature, Rescue Dawn, is based on.)
“Men are often haunted...they seem to be normal, but they are not”
With Dieter Dengler
Before his latest film Rescue Dawn, which was based on the true harrowing
experiences of German-American pilot Dieter Dengler, Werner Herzog made
this documentary about his life. Dieter Dengler re-enacts for Herzog the grueling
trek from captivity he endured in Vietnam, as well as the thoughts and emotions
associated with it—the real ones.
Special thanks to the Werner Herzog Film Office, Munich Germany
“Inspiring, charming, sad and all but tragic, in a Greek-literary sense —
and a character that might have sprung from the brow of Herzog, if not Zeus.”
– John Anderson, Newsday.
“Positively is not to be missed!” –-Time Out New York
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
FILMS: $10 or $6 MBC Members and Students
Cine-IMPROV $12 and $10 MBC Members
Doors open 1/2 hour before screenings
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Miami Beach Cinemateque - end of July 2007 schedule
Tonight: When The Levees Broke, Parts III & IV
FRI: BITTER SUGAR with Cuban poetry, SAT: PIÑERO!
Coming next week: "The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG"
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The on-going film festival where you don't just watch films, you experience them!
512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Tonight! CONSCIOUS CINEMA: Be Prepared!
Presented by Hands On Miami
Spike Lee’s When The Levees Broke
26 THU 8:30pm: Parts III & IV
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on
August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television
news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster,
but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and
recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy,
a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is
WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS. The film is
structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events
that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans.
COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION!
27 FRI 8:30pm:
The “Crossover Cinema” of Leon ICHASO
Bitter Sugar (Azucar amarga) (1996)
With René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez
Director of Phtography: Claudio Chea
Somewhere between hope and despair, a beautiful relationship triumphs and
despite the odds, two people discover the true meaning of love in BITTER
SUGAR. Set against the volatile backdrop of modern-day Havana, Gustavo,
an idealistic honor student, Cuba's "new man" and Yolanda, a realistic and
beautiful young dancer, share little in common, especially their radically
opposing political views. But despite their differences they fall madly in love
while the world as they know it crumbles before them. Inspired by actual events,
director Ichaso, who co-wrote the film with Orestes Matacena, based the
screenplay on several people's lives, weaving fact and fiction into an emotional
compelling story. The result is a moving, gritty and realistic look at two
people whose passion and intensity cannot overcome their struggle.
International Press Academy Satalite Award Nominee
“Profoundly moving!”—Rene Jordan Cosmopolitan
“Blazing White Hot Emotion...Magnetic!”—Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald
The first 20 people at each ICHASO screening get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
The film will be preceded by:
the Cuban-American experience poetry
of Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco
28 SAT The “Crossover Cinema” of Leon ICHASO
Piñero (2001)
With Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto, Giancarlo Esposito, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin
Director of Photography: Claudio Chea
Benjamin Bratt stars in this true story of ‘Nuyorican’ (Puerto Ricans living
in New York) poet Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a
precursor to rap and hip-hop music. This explosive Latino icon wrote the
1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes, which stemmed from his experience
of doing time in the hard-core Sing-Sing prison for petty thefts and drug
dealing. Pinero’s gift and success was hampered only by a fierce addiction
to heroin that was caused by his inability to deal with the sudden fame.
This habit eventually caused him to contract AIDS which led to his death in 1988.
WINNER: American Latino Media Arts Awards
Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Screenplay
Berlin International Film Festival C.I C.A E Award
Montreal World Film Festival Grand Prix des Amériques
“A dizzying, constantly moving ride through an exciting decade in the
blossoming of “Nuyorican” culture, with its most flamboyant figure as our focus”
—A. Klein New Times
The first 20 people at each ICHASO screening get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
August 02 THU 8pm: Advance Screening!
The newest film of Leon ICHASO
El Cantante (Leon Ichaso/2006)
With Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez and produced by Julio Caro, Simon Fields,
Jennifer Lopez, and David Maldonado. Director of Photography Claudio Chea
El Cantante is the dramatic-biography of Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector
Lavoe. The film follows Lavoe’s (Anthony) passionate relationship with
Puchi (Lopez) and his skyrocket to international fame. But even when he
has it all, Lavoe is unable to escape the allure of drugs and his personal pain.
Toronto Film Festival and New York Latino Film Festival Official Selection
DIRECTOR LEON ICHASO WILL BE PRESENT FOR Q&A
At the REGAL SOUTH BEACH Cinema
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE at MBC ONLY at Ichaso screenings!
The first 20 people at each ICHASO screening (FRI & SAT) get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
With Afterparty at GEMMA Lounge
529 Lincoln Road
featuring complimentary cocktails
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
FILMS: $10 or $6 MBC Members and Students
Cine-IMPROV $12 and $10 MBC Members
Doors open 1/2 hour before screenings
Also...The July MBC photographic exhibition is:
"Auteurs and Iconoclasts" Photos of Industry Artists by Tom LeGoff
including portraits of Spike Lee, John Waters, Darren Aronovsky,
Christina Ricci, Ang Lee, Vincent Gallo, Phillip Seymour Hoffman...
Spike Lee by Tom LeGoff
FRI: BITTER SUGAR with Cuban poetry, SAT: PIÑERO!
Coming next week: "The Wrath of WERNER HERZOG"
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The on-going film festival where you don't just watch films, you experience them!
512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
Tonight! CONSCIOUS CINEMA: Be Prepared!
Presented by Hands On Miami
Spike Lee’s When The Levees Broke
26 THU 8:30pm: Parts III & IV
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on
August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television
news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster,
but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and
recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy,
a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is
WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS. The film is
structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events
that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans.
COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION!
27 FRI 8:30pm:
The “Crossover Cinema” of Leon ICHASO
Bitter Sugar (Azucar amarga) (1996)
With René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez
Director of Phtography: Claudio Chea
Somewhere between hope and despair, a beautiful relationship triumphs and
despite the odds, two people discover the true meaning of love in BITTER
SUGAR. Set against the volatile backdrop of modern-day Havana, Gustavo,
an idealistic honor student, Cuba's "new man" and Yolanda, a realistic and
beautiful young dancer, share little in common, especially their radically
opposing political views. But despite their differences they fall madly in love
while the world as they know it crumbles before them. Inspired by actual events,
director Ichaso, who co-wrote the film with Orestes Matacena, based the
screenplay on several people's lives, weaving fact and fiction into an emotional
compelling story. The result is a moving, gritty and realistic look at two
people whose passion and intensity cannot overcome their struggle.
International Press Academy Satalite Award Nominee
“Profoundly moving!”—Rene Jordan Cosmopolitan
“Blazing White Hot Emotion...Magnetic!”—Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald
The first 20 people at each ICHASO screening get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
The film will be preceded by:
the Cuban-American experience poetry
of Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco
28 SAT The “Crossover Cinema” of Leon ICHASO
Piñero (2001)
With Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto, Giancarlo Esposito, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin
Director of Photography: Claudio Chea
Benjamin Bratt stars in this true story of ‘Nuyorican’ (Puerto Ricans living
in New York) poet Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a
precursor to rap and hip-hop music. This explosive Latino icon wrote the
1974 Tony-nominated play Short Eyes, which stemmed from his experience
of doing time in the hard-core Sing-Sing prison for petty thefts and drug
dealing. Pinero’s gift and success was hampered only by a fierce addiction
to heroin that was caused by his inability to deal with the sudden fame.
This habit eventually caused him to contract AIDS which led to his death in 1988.
WINNER: American Latino Media Arts Awards
Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Screenplay
Berlin International Film Festival C.I C.A E Award
Montreal World Film Festival Grand Prix des Amériques
“A dizzying, constantly moving ride through an exciting decade in the
blossoming of “Nuyorican” culture, with its most flamboyant figure as our focus”
—A. Klein New Times
The first 20 people at each ICHASO screening get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
August 02 THU 8pm: Advance Screening!
The newest film of Leon ICHASO
El Cantante (Leon Ichaso/2006)
With Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez and produced by Julio Caro, Simon Fields,
Jennifer Lopez, and David Maldonado. Director of Photography Claudio Chea
El Cantante is the dramatic-biography of Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector
Lavoe. The film follows Lavoe’s (Anthony) passionate relationship with
Puchi (Lopez) and his skyrocket to international fame. But even when he
has it all, Lavoe is unable to escape the allure of drugs and his personal pain.
Toronto Film Festival and New York Latino Film Festival Official Selection
DIRECTOR LEON ICHASO WILL BE PRESENT FOR Q&A
At the REGAL SOUTH BEACH Cinema
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE at MBC ONLY at Ichaso screenings!
The first 20 people at each ICHASO screening (FRI & SAT) get a FREE El Cantante ticket!
(patrons must arrive EARLY for the El Cantante screening. See ticket for details).
With Afterparty at GEMMA Lounge
529 Lincoln Road
featuring complimentary cocktails
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
512 Española Way at Plaza de España (305) 67-FILMS (673-4567) www.MBCINEMA.com
FILMS: $10 or $6 MBC Members and Students
Cine-IMPROV $12 and $10 MBC Members
Doors open 1/2 hour before screenings
Also...The July MBC photographic exhibition is:
"Auteurs and Iconoclasts" Photos of Industry Artists by Tom LeGoff
including portraits of Spike Lee, John Waters, Darren Aronovsky,
Christina Ricci, Ang Lee, Vincent Gallo, Phillip Seymour Hoffman...
Spike Lee by Tom LeGoff
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Message from Michael Moore: Sicko
"Sicko" in Top 5 Grossing Docs of All Time -- This Weekend it's "'Sicko' Night in America!"... from Michael Moore
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Friends,
Good news! "Sicko," after less than three weeks in national release, has become one of the top five grossing documentaries of all time! So, this coming weekend, the distributor is expanding the movie by opening it in nearly 500 new theaters in small cities all over the country (for a total of nearly 1,200 screens nationwide)! From Rapid City to Carson City, from Gettysburg to Pearl Harbor, from Juneau to Battle Creek -- they're all getting "Sicko" tomorrow (Friday). Scores of cities that never have a documentary come to their local theater will now be able to see this one. It's happening all thanks to you who live in the larger cities and have supported "Sicko" so strongly. It's led the studio to say, "Let's make more prints and ship them to Oshkosh (and Beaverton and Brattleboro and Sault Ste. Marie and...)." The entire country goes "Sicko" in less than 48 hours! (Check here for the complete list of theaters showing "Sicko" in North America.)
So, friends, this is it. This is the weekend to go see "Sicko" if you haven't seen it. I get a lot of letters from people saying they plan to "get around" to seeing it "soon." Well, soon is here! Trying to get theaters to give us screens when we are up against huge summer blockbusters is an almost impossible task. "Sicko" won't be around forever. And if you're waiting for the DVD, ask anyone who's seen "Sicko" -- this is a movie you want to see with a crowd of people in a theater.
So let's pack the movie houses this weekend! Send an email to everyone you know, call your friends and tell them, "It's 'Sicko' Night in America!"
And, to show my thanks to all of you who'll go see "Sicko" this weekend, I'm going to send one of you and a guest on a free weekend to the universal health care country of your choice! That's right. You'll get to pick one of the three industrialized countries featured in the movie where, if you get sick, you get help for free, no matter who you are. All you have to do is send us your ticket stub (make sure it says "Sicko" on it and has the name of the theater and this weekend's date on it -- Friday, Saturday or Sunday - July 20th, 21st, 22nd). Attach the stub to a piece of paper with your name, address, phone number and email and send it to: 'Sicko' Night in America, 888c 8th Avenue, Suite 443, New York, NY 10019. (Yes, you have to use that old 18th century device called the U.S. Postal Service, and it has to be postmarked on or by Tuesday, July 24th). First prize is a weekend in the city of your choice: Paris, London or Toronto. This includes airfare, hotel, meals and, most exciting, a representative from their fine universal health care system who will give you a personal tour so you can see how they treat their fellow citizens. You'll meet people who pay nothing for college and citizens who are in the fourth week of their six-week paid vacation. Oh, and you'll have time to see the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben or whatever they have in Toronto that is old and tall. (If you don't have a passport, we'll pay for that, too!)
Canadians who are reading this -- you're probably thinking, "Hey, what about us? Where do we get to go?" Quit complaining! You're already there! But just to make it up to you -- and to prove we don't hold it against you for smugly walking out of a hospital with the same amount of money in your wallet that you went in with -- we'll let you participate in the drawing, too.
Thanks again to everyone who has gone to see "Sicko." Take a friend or two this weekend and celebrate "'Sicko' Night in America."
Yours,
Michael Moore
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Friends,
Good news! "Sicko," after less than three weeks in national release, has become one of the top five grossing documentaries of all time! So, this coming weekend, the distributor is expanding the movie by opening it in nearly 500 new theaters in small cities all over the country (for a total of nearly 1,200 screens nationwide)! From Rapid City to Carson City, from Gettysburg to Pearl Harbor, from Juneau to Battle Creek -- they're all getting "Sicko" tomorrow (Friday). Scores of cities that never have a documentary come to their local theater will now be able to see this one. It's happening all thanks to you who live in the larger cities and have supported "Sicko" so strongly. It's led the studio to say, "Let's make more prints and ship them to Oshkosh (and Beaverton and Brattleboro and Sault Ste. Marie and...)." The entire country goes "Sicko" in less than 48 hours! (Check here for the complete list of theaters showing "Sicko" in North America.)
So, friends, this is it. This is the weekend to go see "Sicko" if you haven't seen it. I get a lot of letters from people saying they plan to "get around" to seeing it "soon." Well, soon is here! Trying to get theaters to give us screens when we are up against huge summer blockbusters is an almost impossible task. "Sicko" won't be around forever. And if you're waiting for the DVD, ask anyone who's seen "Sicko" -- this is a movie you want to see with a crowd of people in a theater.
So let's pack the movie houses this weekend! Send an email to everyone you know, call your friends and tell them, "It's 'Sicko' Night in America!"
And, to show my thanks to all of you who'll go see "Sicko" this weekend, I'm going to send one of you and a guest on a free weekend to the universal health care country of your choice! That's right. You'll get to pick one of the three industrialized countries featured in the movie where, if you get sick, you get help for free, no matter who you are. All you have to do is send us your ticket stub (make sure it says "Sicko" on it and has the name of the theater and this weekend's date on it -- Friday, Saturday or Sunday - July 20th, 21st, 22nd). Attach the stub to a piece of paper with your name, address, phone number and email and send it to: 'Sicko' Night in America, 888c 8th Avenue, Suite 443, New York, NY 10019. (Yes, you have to use that old 18th century device called the U.S. Postal Service, and it has to be postmarked on or by Tuesday, July 24th). First prize is a weekend in the city of your choice: Paris, London or Toronto. This includes airfare, hotel, meals and, most exciting, a representative from their fine universal health care system who will give you a personal tour so you can see how they treat their fellow citizens. You'll meet people who pay nothing for college and citizens who are in the fourth week of their six-week paid vacation. Oh, and you'll have time to see the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben or whatever they have in Toronto that is old and tall. (If you don't have a passport, we'll pay for that, too!)
Canadians who are reading this -- you're probably thinking, "Hey, what about us? Where do we get to go?" Quit complaining! You're already there! But just to make it up to you -- and to prove we don't hold it against you for smugly walking out of a hospital with the same amount of money in your wallet that you went in with -- we'll let you participate in the drawing, too.
Thanks again to everyone who has gone to see "Sicko." Take a friend or two this weekend and celebrate "'Sicko' Night in America."
Yours,
Michael Moore
Monday, July 16, 2007
IFC Free Film Fest July 24 to July 26
For Immediate Release
IFC AND COMCAST SELECT MIAMI AS DESTINATION FOR NATIONAL TRAVELING FREE FILM FEST
Uncut Versions of Indie Favorites Raising Arizona, The Princess Bride and Napoleon Dynamite Will Be Featured on a State-Of-The-Art Outdoor Video System
Event offers opportunity for local filmmakers to showcase their work; local residents encouraged to “Donate a DVD” as part of special collection for Holtz Children’s Hospital “Movie Library”
Drawing will be held for HD Camera
Miami, FL – July 16, 2007 – IFC and Comcast announced today that Miami has been selected as a destination for the IFC Free Film Fest – a state-of-the-art, multimedia 10-city independent film tour. IFC and Comcast are inviting local residents to enjoy a three-day, fun and multifaceted independent film experience at Bayfront Park, beginning on July 24 and running through July 26. Open to the public at no cost, the tour will screen uncut Indie films within a high-tech outdoor mini-entertainment complex in ten total cities across the country. Miami will be the third stop on the tour which kicks off in Philadelphia on July 10.
The event will also include: important opportunities for local filmmakers; an on-site collection of new and used DVDs which will be donated to a local Miami hospital; and a chance for attendees to win an HD camera:
Local Miami filmmakers will have the opportunity to have their shorts showcased at the IFC Media Lab Lounge. Free and open to the public, the Media Lab Lounge is an on-site venue for local filmmakers who have submitted shorts to IFC's online user-generated program at www.ifc.com/medialab
IFC and Comcast are partnering with Kid Flicks, a non-profit organization founded in 2002 by two teenaged girls, the Barta sisters, to collect DVDs to donate to hospitals. Local residents are encouraged to bring to the festival new and/or used DVDs that appeal to the age groups of toddlers through teenagers. The videos collected at the on-site donation box will be donated to Holtz Children’s Hospital.
HD Camera Giveaway -- Event-goers visiting the Media Lab Lounge can enter to win a new JVC HD camera by filling out a simple form and dropping it in the designated locations when exiting the lounge. Forms will be available each night. The winner will be randomly selected from the entries and notified within several days of the event.
The IFC Free Film Fest adds a new dimension to the network's mission to make Indie films more accessible to movie-goers across the country and seek new ways to expand the audience for independent filmmakers. IFC’s ‘tv,uncut’ mantra will ring true with uncut screenings of each of the three films including the Coen Brothers cult hit, Raising Arizona; the family-friendly fairy tale classic The Princess Bride; as well as the unconventionally humorous Napoleon Dynamite. All films will be shown on a 40’ x 20’ inflatable air screen constructed specifically by IFC for the tour. The films will begin at dusk, following a variety of pre-show activities, including musical entertainment.
“With this traveling Film Festival, IFC and Comcast bring great, uncut, independent films out of the theater and under the stars - for film fans of all ages," said Evan Shapiro, EVP and General Manager, IFC. “In addition to three great Indie films, we'll be showcasing young, undiscovered digital filmmakers in our Media Lab Lounge, where people can check out short films by local directors. This tour literally brings the IFC brand to life.”
“We’re excited to bring this one-of-kind type of summer entertainment to South Florida. This is such a unique opportunity for couples and families to pack a picnic dinner and enjoy a movie on the shores of Biscayne Bay and in the midst of one of the most scenic skylines in the nation,” said Filemon Lopez, Comcast’s regional senior vice president for South Florida. “IFC has been a very innovative partner. In 2006, the network added IFC in Theaters to our ON DEMAND lineup, bringing, for the first time ever, independent theatrical movies to customers across the country so they can enjoy them from the comfort of their own homes, on the same days the movies are released theatrically.”
The event kicks off each night at 6:00 PM with a host of pre-show activities including an old-fashioned bouncing ball onscreen sing-along to a song from one of the movies that will screen during the event; the films will begin at sunset. Event-goers should use the park entrance at 301 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami and may bring food and beverages.
IFC AND COMCAST SELECT MIAMI AS DESTINATION FOR NATIONAL TRAVELING FREE FILM FEST
Uncut Versions of Indie Favorites Raising Arizona, The Princess Bride and Napoleon Dynamite Will Be Featured on a State-Of-The-Art Outdoor Video System
Event offers opportunity for local filmmakers to showcase their work; local residents encouraged to “Donate a DVD” as part of special collection for Holtz Children’s Hospital “Movie Library”
Drawing will be held for HD Camera
Miami, FL – July 16, 2007 – IFC and Comcast announced today that Miami has been selected as a destination for the IFC Free Film Fest – a state-of-the-art, multimedia 10-city independent film tour. IFC and Comcast are inviting local residents to enjoy a three-day, fun and multifaceted independent film experience at Bayfront Park, beginning on July 24 and running through July 26. Open to the public at no cost, the tour will screen uncut Indie films within a high-tech outdoor mini-entertainment complex in ten total cities across the country. Miami will be the third stop on the tour which kicks off in Philadelphia on July 10.
The event will also include: important opportunities for local filmmakers; an on-site collection of new and used DVDs which will be donated to a local Miami hospital; and a chance for attendees to win an HD camera:
Local Miami filmmakers will have the opportunity to have their shorts showcased at the IFC Media Lab Lounge. Free and open to the public, the Media Lab Lounge is an on-site venue for local filmmakers who have submitted shorts to IFC's online user-generated program at www.ifc.com/medialab
IFC and Comcast are partnering with Kid Flicks, a non-profit organization founded in 2002 by two teenaged girls, the Barta sisters, to collect DVDs to donate to hospitals. Local residents are encouraged to bring to the festival new and/or used DVDs that appeal to the age groups of toddlers through teenagers. The videos collected at the on-site donation box will be donated to Holtz Children’s Hospital.
HD Camera Giveaway -- Event-goers visiting the Media Lab Lounge can enter to win a new JVC HD camera by filling out a simple form and dropping it in the designated locations when exiting the lounge. Forms will be available each night. The winner will be randomly selected from the entries and notified within several days of the event.
The IFC Free Film Fest adds a new dimension to the network's mission to make Indie films more accessible to movie-goers across the country and seek new ways to expand the audience for independent filmmakers. IFC’s ‘tv,uncut’ mantra will ring true with uncut screenings of each of the three films including the Coen Brothers cult hit, Raising Arizona; the family-friendly fairy tale classic The Princess Bride; as well as the unconventionally humorous Napoleon Dynamite. All films will be shown on a 40’ x 20’ inflatable air screen constructed specifically by IFC for the tour. The films will begin at dusk, following a variety of pre-show activities, including musical entertainment.
“With this traveling Film Festival, IFC and Comcast bring great, uncut, independent films out of the theater and under the stars - for film fans of all ages," said Evan Shapiro, EVP and General Manager, IFC. “In addition to three great Indie films, we'll be showcasing young, undiscovered digital filmmakers in our Media Lab Lounge, where people can check out short films by local directors. This tour literally brings the IFC brand to life.”
“We’re excited to bring this one-of-kind type of summer entertainment to South Florida. This is such a unique opportunity for couples and families to pack a picnic dinner and enjoy a movie on the shores of Biscayne Bay and in the midst of one of the most scenic skylines in the nation,” said Filemon Lopez, Comcast’s regional senior vice president for South Florida. “IFC has been a very innovative partner. In 2006, the network added IFC in Theaters to our ON DEMAND lineup, bringing, for the first time ever, independent theatrical movies to customers across the country so they can enjoy them from the comfort of their own homes, on the same days the movies are released theatrically.”
The event kicks off each night at 6:00 PM with a host of pre-show activities including an old-fashioned bouncing ball onscreen sing-along to a song from one of the movies that will screen during the event; the films will begin at sunset. Event-goers should use the park entrance at 301 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami and may bring food and beverages.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Palm Beach Film fest- July 07
The Palm Beach International Film Festival has a limited number of complimentary tickets available for "Introducing the Dwights", opening in theatres July 20. These tickets are available for pick-up at the Festival office, Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM. Please call 561-362-0003 to hold tickets.
All screenings are at 7:30PM.
Wednesday, July 11: Regal Cinemas, Delray Beach
Wednesday, July 18: Muvico Parisian, CityPlace (West Palm Beach)
Synopsis:
"Introducing the Dwights" is a heartfelt Australian comedy about a mother who tries to come between her son and his coming of age. Tim's mom, Jean is a bawdy and risqué comedienne still hoping to make it big. His brother Mark helps their mother rehearse for shows. Together, they inhabit a non-traditional household where chaos is the norm, the music is always on, and Jean's larger-than-life personality takes center stage. When Tim meets and falls for Jill, his home becomes a combat zone as his mother fears this new girl, whose name she refuses to remember, will "break up" the family unit she's tried so hard to keep together. In this hilarious, quirky, and oftentimes touching tale, Tim must learn to manage the emotions of the women of his life without losing himself in the process.
Directed by Cherie Nowlan, "Introducing the Dwights" is written by Keith Thompson, and stars Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittendon, Emma Booth, Richard Wilson, Frankie J. Holden, Rebecca Gibneu, Philip Quast, Katie Wall and Russell Dykstra
Website: http://wip.warnerbros.com/introducingthedwights/
Laurie Wein, Festival Coordinator
Palm Beach International Film Festival
289 Via Naranjas, Suite 48
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561-362-0003
561-362-0035 (fax)
laurie@pbifilmfest.org
All screenings are at 7:30PM.
Wednesday, July 11: Regal Cinemas, Delray Beach
Wednesday, July 18: Muvico Parisian, CityPlace (West Palm Beach)
Synopsis:
"Introducing the Dwights" is a heartfelt Australian comedy about a mother who tries to come between her son and his coming of age. Tim's mom, Jean is a bawdy and risqué comedienne still hoping to make it big. His brother Mark helps their mother rehearse for shows. Together, they inhabit a non-traditional household where chaos is the norm, the music is always on, and Jean's larger-than-life personality takes center stage. When Tim meets and falls for Jill, his home becomes a combat zone as his mother fears this new girl, whose name she refuses to remember, will "break up" the family unit she's tried so hard to keep together. In this hilarious, quirky, and oftentimes touching tale, Tim must learn to manage the emotions of the women of his life without losing himself in the process.
Directed by Cherie Nowlan, "Introducing the Dwights" is written by Keith Thompson, and stars Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittendon, Emma Booth, Richard Wilson, Frankie J. Holden, Rebecca Gibneu, Philip Quast, Katie Wall and Russell Dykstra
Website: http://wip.warnerbros.com/introducingthedwights/
Laurie Wein, Festival Coordinator
Palm Beach International Film Festival
289 Via Naranjas, Suite 48
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561-362-0003
561-362-0035 (fax)
laurie@pbifilmfest.org
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