Spring 2007
The turn-of-the-century voyage of a poor family from rural Sicily through the "golden door" of Ellis Island and into America. On a perilous steamship journey from his Sicilian village, the widower Salvatore Mancuso encounters a ravishing, mystery-shrouded Englishwoman, Lucy, Amid a harrowing crossing, an unexpected love story unfolds all the way to the halls of Ellis Island, where both Salvatore and Lucy will stop at nothing to make it to the America of theirimaginations
Cast:
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Vincenzo Amato,
Aurora Quattrocchi,
Vincent Schiavelli,
Francesco Casisa
Directed by:
Emanuele Crialese
Produced by:
Bernard Bouix (II),
Tommaso Calevi (II),
Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Host: Stephen Whitty - Star Ledger
Official Site Link
Miramax
5/14 - GRACIE
GRACIE: Living in South Orange, New Jersey,
15 year old Gracie Bowen (Carly Schroeder) is the only girl in a family
of three brothers. Their family life revolves almost entirely around soccer:
her father (Dermot Mulroney) and brothers are obsessed with the sport,
practicing in the backyard's makeshift field every day from morning until
night. Tragedy unexpectedly strikes when Gracie's older brother Johnny
(Jesse Lee Soffer), star of the high school varsity soccer team and Gracie's
only protector, is killed in a car accident. Struggling with grief over
her family's loss, Gracie decides to fill the void left on her brother's
team by petitioning the school board to allow her to play on the boy's
high school varsity soccer team in his place.
Cast:
Elisabeth Shue,
Carly Schroeder,
Andrew Shue,
Dermot Mulroney
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Produced by:
Andrew Shue,
Lemore Syvan,
Elisabeth Shue,
John Shue,
Davis Guggenheim
HOST - MARSHALL FINE
GUEST - Lemore Syvan .... Producer
GRACIE JUST went live on MySpace - here's the link
THE GRACIE MOVIE website is www.graciemovie.com
Zach Braff and Peter Travers on 5/7
5/7 - THE EX
theEx - Tom Reilly (Zach Braff) and his wife Sofia (Amanda Peet) are in for
some major changes now that they have a newborn. As a lawyer, Sofia has always
provided a comfortable living while Tom has contributed love, support and
the occasional paycheck. When Sofia decides to be a stay-at-home mom all
that changes. Tom moves the family to Ohio to work for his father-in-law
(Charles Grodin) as an ‘Assistant Associate Creative’ for “Sunburst
Communications.” His boss Chip (Jason Bateman) happens to still carry
a torch for Sofia from their high school days. Each time Tom gains some ground
at the firm, Chip wheels in and steals his thunder. Dirty tricks and sabotage
abound creating an atmosphere of fierce paranoia that eventually threatens
Tom and Sofia’s relationship.
Cast:
Zach Braff,
Amanda Peet,
Jason Bateman,
Mia Farrow,
Donal Logue
Directed by:
Jesse Peretz
Produced by:
Marc Butan,
Mark Cuban,
Todd Wagner
Guest - ZACH BRAFF
Host - Peter Travers
Offical Site: Link Studio
Photo Courtesy of: Dan Molyneux
Keri Russell and Cheryl Hines
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Keri Russell
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Cheryl Hines
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Keri Russell and Cheryl Hines with Producer
Michael Roiff
4/30 - Waitress
The film follows Jenna (Keri Russell), a poor
southern waitress trapped in an unhappy marriage to a jealous man named Earl
(Jeremy Sisto). Whatever turns her life undertakes Jenna reflects in the pies
she bakes, and such is the case when she learns of her unexpected pregnancy,
and bakes an "I don't want Earl's baby" pie. Jenna longs to run away from her
dismal situation, but lacks both the personal strength, and financial means
to do so. But, after Jenna meets Dr. Pomatter Nathan Fillion), the town's
new gynecologist, her life begins to brighten as they start a passionate affair.
In the end it's a letter written by Jenna to her unwanted child, that unexpectedly
leads her towards a new lease on life, and love.
CAST:
Keri Russell,
Nathan Fillion,
Cheryl Hines,
Adrienne Shelly,
Jeremy Sisto,
Eddie Jemison,
Lew Temple,
Andy Griffith
Directed by:
Adrienne Shelly
Produced by:
Todd King
Jeff Rose
Michael Roif
Written by:
Adrienne Shelly
STUDIO: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Guests:
Keri Russell,
WireImage.com - Image
Michael Roiff,
Cheryl Hines
Host: PETER TRAVERS
Official Site: Link Foxsearchlight
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Sigourney Weaver with our host Peter
Travers
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Sigourney Weaver
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Sigourney Weaver with our host Peter
Travers
4/23 - SNOW
CAKE (2007) -
Set in the middle of winter in Wawa, Ontario, "Snow Cake" is an engaging
and original story which explores the odd friendship between a high-functioning
autistic woman named Linda (Weaver) and Alan (Rickman), a quiet, brooding
man traumatized after being involved in a fatal car accident. Alan comes
into Linda's life following a personal twist of fate.
Cast:
Alan Rickman,
Sigourney Weaver,
Carrie-Anne Moss,
Emily Hampshire (II),
James Allodi,
Directed by: Marc Evans ,
Produced by: Steve Coogan, Henry Normal, David M. Thompson.
Host: Peter Travers
4/16 - THE VALET (2007)
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Tale of a billionaire industrialist who is caught
on camera with his mistress by paparazzi. To avoid a messy divorce, he invents
an outrageous lie and asks his mistress to pose as the sweetheart of a valet
parking attendant.
Cast:
Dany Boon,
Gad Elmaleh,
Virginie Ledoyen,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Alice Taglioni
Directed by: Francis Veber
Produced by: Patrice Ledoux.
Host: Pete Travers
Sony Pictures Classics
Offical Site: Link
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Joe Pantoliano
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Director: Joseph Greco and Joe Pantoliano
Photo Courtesy of: Dan Molyneux
Director: Joseph Greco and Host Marshall Fine on 4/9
4/9 CANVAS -
CANVAS - A remarkable movie that
works the local communities beautiful surroundings into a film that accepts
the challenge to deal with mental illness in today's family lifestyle.
Written & Directed by Joseph Greco. Starring Joe Pantoliano & Marcia
Gay Harden.
Cast:
Joe Pantoliano
Marcia Gay Harden
Devon Gearhart
Sophia Bairley
Marcus Johns
Antony Del Rio
Director: Joseph Greco
Writer: Joseph Greco
HOST
- MARSHALL FINE
GUEST: JOE PANTOLIANO
Photo Courtesy of: Dan Molyneux
Critic Marshall Fine and Producer Josh Maurer discuss the FOLLOWING about THE HOAX:
THE INSIDE SCOOP:
Clifford Irving’s book wound up in the hands of producer Josh Maurer, who found himself drawn not only to the story of one of the first earth-shaking media scandals of our recent times, but to the idea of Irving as an wonderfully funny, unpredictable and irreverent movie character. He could, Maurer, realized be the ultimate “unreliable protagonist,” a man so brilliant at lying, he started to buy his own falsehoods. He also provided an intriguing path into a period in American history when both personal trust and the national trust were being shattered by changing lifestyles and political corruption. Unbelievably enough, Maurer stumbled upon the book while cleaning out the estate of his deceased father.
Maurer saw right away that Irving’s hoax would be rich material for the right screenwriter to mine. “On the one hand, the story is hysterically funny, it’s great black comedy, but it also has elements of a very suspenseful thriller. It’s very much about the nature of obsession – obsession for storytelling, obsession for passion, obsession for money and obsession for fame and recognition,” he says. “Then there is the whole interesting dynamic between reality and illusion, another major layer in the tale.”
Maurer brought the project to producer Mark Gordon, who was equally intrigued by the bevy of comical characters and complex themes the story presented. “There have always been con men and hoaxsters in America and there’s something about human beings that I think will always be fascinated by those who dare to pull the wool over other people’s eye,” Gordon says.
He continues: “Clifford Irving was just so incredibly audacious. Each thing he did was more outrageous than the next. The fact that he was willing to go to the lengths he did to pull this off, going deeper and deeper into deception and duplicity, plays like fiction, but it’s true.”
Producers Maurer, Gordon and Betsy Beers then approached rising screenwriter William Wheeler, who – after getting over his shock that the story of Clifford Irving was based in reality – couldn’t wait to explore the story deeper. Having been a telemarketer himself (his first film, THE PRIME GIG, starred Vince Vaughn as a shady telephone salesman), understood the slippery nature of the sophisticated con. Wheeler and Maurer began with intensive research into the story’s many layers, from delving into Howard Hughes’ strange exiled existence to probing the ties between Howard Hughes, Clifford Irving and another historical person famed for unfortunate lies: Richard Nixon. Next the team brought the project to Bob Yari. Together, they decided to make the picture independently through Gordon’s partnership at the Stratus Film Company.
Series Opening Night:
4/4 - The Hoax
'Hoax' is inspired by true events in the life of Clifford Irving (Richard
Gere), the writer who nearly pulled off one of the most audacious media scams
in history, when his "autobiography" of Howard Hughes was published.
Irving, claimed the book was based on in-person interviews with the reclusive
billionaire, which were in fact completely bogus. Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay
Harden and Hope Davis also star.
Cast:
Richard Gere,
Alfred Molina,
Hope Davis,
Marcia Gay Harden
Directed By: Lasse Hallström
HOST - MARSHALL FINE
GUEST - PRODUCER JOSH MAURER
