Summer 2004 Season

Spring 2006 Series Recap

5/22 Loverboy -Season Closer

"An unsound mother surrounds her only son with a magical world for two, filled with art, games and bottomless devotion. When the boy longs to attend a school with other children, outsiders threaten their world."

Cast:
Kyra Sedgwick,
Matt Dillon,
Ashley Judd,
Oliver Platt,
Marisa Tomei

Produced by:
Danny Dimbort,
Trevor Short (II),
John Thompson
Directed by: Kevin Bacon.

Writers:
Victoria Redel: Novel
Hannah Shakespeare: Screenwriter

GUEST:DIRECTOR/STAR - KEVIN BACON

KEVIN BACON

HOST - PETER TRAVERS

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5/15 - COASTLINES

"Sonny (Tim Olyphant) is reunited with hometown best friends Dave (Josh Brolin), and Ann (Sarah Wynter) after spending three years in prison for running drugs in a small Florida town. Dave and Ann have taken a very different path in life—getting married and settling into a quiet, predictable routine with their two daughters. But Sonny's not content with leaving things the way he finds them. He's got a debt to settle with the drug boss he protected when he went to prison. He also has an attraction to Ann that could tear apart her marriage to Dave."

Cast:
Timothy Olyphant
Sarah Wynter
Josh Brolin
Scott Wilson
Angela Bettis
Josh Lucas
Robert Wisdom
Daniel von Bargen
Blake Lindsley
Robert Glaudini

Executive Producer: Jonathan Sehring
Executive Producer: Caroline Kaplan
Producer: Jody Patton
Co-Producer: Sam Gowan
Associate Producer: Heidi Levitt
Producer: Victor Nunez
Executive Producer: John Sloss
Executive Producer: Eric Robison

GUEST - PRODUCER CAROLINE KAPLAN

CAROLINE KAPLAN

HOST - LAURA BLUM

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BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE:

Peaceful Warrior

"Dan Millman (Scott Mechlowicz) is a gifted young athlete bound for Olympic gold who will do anything to be the best. Driven by success, Dan has got it all: trophies, fast motorcycles, fast girls, and wild parties. But Dan's world is turned upside down when he meets a mysterious stranger in a gas station (Nick Nolte) who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. The young man discovers that he has much to learn and even more to leave behind in order to master this new vision of greatness in this moving tale about the power of human will. Based on the semi-autobiographical book loved by millions, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman."

Cast:
Scott Mechlowicz,
Nick Nolte,
Amy Smart

Directed by Victor Salva
Screenwriter: Kevin Bernhardt

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5/8 - WAH-WAH

"A coming-of-age story told through the eyes of young Ralph Compton, the son of a Minister of Education, who is about to lose both his wife and his position in government. Set during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland in 1969, it focuses on the dysfunctional Compton family whose gradual disintegration mirrors the end of British rule."

Cast:
Miranda Richardson,
Julie Walters,
Emily Watson,
Nicholas Hoult,
Gabriel Byrne

Directed by: Richard Grant

Produced by:
Jeff Abberley
Julia Blackman
Chris Curling
Pierre Kubel

Guest: GABRIEL BYRNE

Host: Peter Travers

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5/1 - One Last Thing

A funny and heartbreaking story of Dylan and his mother, Carol, as they struggle with the boy's terminal illness. Invited onto local television by an organization that grants last wishes to dying children, Dylan surprises everyone by making an eyebrow-raising request. As Dylan gleefully prepares to have his final wish fulfilled, Carol struggles with the idea of losing the most precious thing in her life.

Crew:
Cynthia Nixon,
Michael Angarano,
Sunny Mabrey,
Gina Gershon,

Produced by:
Todd Wagner,
Mark Cuban,
Jason Kliot

GUEST: Director Alex Steyermark

"Alex Steyermark wrote and directed several awardwinning short films and music videos and has worked as a music supervisor and music producer for directors Spike Lee, Ang Lee, Robert Rodriguez, Jonathan Demme, Mira Nair, Paul Schrader and Barry Sonnenfeld. He has also written librettos and directed the contemporary opera “Red Rubber” in Antwerp in 1993. His first feature, Prey for Rock & Roll (03), screened at the Festival and was widely acclaimed on its release. One Last Thing… (05) is his second feature film. "

HOST: CHARLEY TAYLOR

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4/24 - Water (2006)

Set in the 1930s, 'Water' is the story of a young girl, Chuyia, who is widowed and sent to live in penitence in a widow's ashram. Her feisty presence begins to affect the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist, forcing the widows to question their future and faith.

Cast:
Lisa Ray,
Seema Biswas,
Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Waheeda Rehman,
John Abraham

Directed by: Deepa Mehta
Produced by: David Hamilton ,
Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures

GUEST : Laura Blum is producer of the independent thriller The Cry and former Head of Development at Sony BMG Music Entertainment, where she created television shows, feature films and DVDs on the company’s recording artists. Prior to joining (the then unmerged) BMG in April 2003, she developed documentaries and TV shows for Sir David Frost’s production company, David Paradine Television, and served as Vice President of Development for Jade Films, Inc., under whose auspices she wrote and produced Comercio con el Diablo, a documentary on Mexican witchcraft for Canal Once. Please read Laura's Review for WATER here

HOST: GODFREY CHESHIRE

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4/17 - SWEETLAND

Set at the end of World War I in the exquisite landscape of Minnesota farm country, SWEET LAND tells a small yet powerful tale of immigrants struggling to establish homesteads and new lives. It is a story of the land ? beautiful, fertile land that has attracted generations of hardworking Norwegian settlers ? and of the people in a fearful, war-weary America that is quick to judge and slow to embrace outsiders. Based on the Will Weaver short story ?A Gravestone Made of Wheat,? SWEET LAND flashes back, from a present-day setting and conflict over what will become of the family farm, to the farm?s beginning, focusing on recent Norwegian immigrant Olaf (Tim Guinee) and his bride-to-be, Inge (Elizabeth Reaser - Cast: Alan Cumming (Frandsen), Lois Smith (Old Inge), Ned Beatty (Harmo), Alex Kingston .(Brownie), John Heard (Minister Sorrensen), Elizabeth Reaser (Inge), Tim Guinee (Olaf) Tom Gilroy (Karl Vik), Charlotta Mohlin (Else Jorgensdatter), Patrick Heusinger (Lars in 1968), Patrick Coyle (Martin), Sage Kermes (Mae)Director: Ali Selim.

Cast:
Alan Cumming,
Ned Beatty,
Lois Smith,
Tim Guinee,
Elizabeth Reaser

Directed by: Ali Selim
Produced by:
Lillian Lasalle,
Terry Moore (II),
Ed Driscoll

GUEST - DIRECTOR ALI SELIM
PRODUCER - GILL HOLLAND
ACTOR: ALAN CUMMING

("The L Word", Pride & Prejudice,Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, X2, Nicholas Nickleby, Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, "Sex and the City", The Anniversary Party, Josie and the Pussycats, Spy Kids, Get Carter ,Titus ,Eyes Wide Shut, Plunkett & Macleane, Spice World ,GoldenEye ,Second Best)

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BONUS DBL FEATURE:

AKEELAH AND THE BEE - the first film ever to be released in the theaters and on the same day exclusively on DVD at every STARBUCKS across the country (approx 6000).

Akeelah and the Bee is the inspirational story, co-presented by Lionsgate Films, 2929 Entertainment and Starbucks Entertainment, of a precocious eleven-year-old girl (Keke Palmer) with a gift for spelling. Despite objections from her mother (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah’s aptitude wins her a spot in the national spelling bee, and her determination instills all those who help her with a sense of neighborhood pride as they witness the courage and inspiration of one amazing little girl.

4/10-Kinky Boots

Charlie Price faces the impending shut down of the Northampton shoe factory that his family has owned and operated for generations. Just when he feels that all is lost, he has a chance encounter with Lola, a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star. Lola's desire for stylish, kinky boots for herself and her colleagues provides a glimmer of hope for the factory and its employees. Distributors: Miramax Starring: Linda Bassett, Josh Cole, Gwenllian Davies, Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Cast:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Joel Edgerton
Sarah-Jane Potts
Jemima Rooper
Ewan Hooper
Linda Bassett
Nick Frost
Josh Cole
Robert Pugh

Directed by: Julian Jarrold

HOST: PETER TRAVERS
GUEST: JOEL EDGERTON

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4/3-THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE

The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation.

Cast:
Gretchen Mol,
Lili Taylor,
David Strathairn.

Directed by Mary Harron (AMERICAN PSYCHO, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL)

Produced by: Pamela Koffler, Katie Roumel , Christine Vachon, John Wells - KILLER FILMS