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the dying gaul
SHOW DATE: 11/20
SPEAKER(S): Gavin Witt
Here's some information about the film:
Written and Directed by Craig Lucas based on his own play. Starring Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott and Peter Sarsgaard. Rated R 2005, USA. 101 minutes.
Synopsis: An aspiring screenwriter (Sarsgaard), haunted by the memories of his dead boyfriend, gets tangled up in a love triangle with a bisexual studio exec (Scott) and his wife (Clarkson). Things get complicated when the exec offers the writer a million bucks for his script but also demands that the story's protagonist, based on the writer's late ex, be changed from male to female.
official Site: http://www.thedyinggaul.com/
Here’s the trailer: http://www.thedyinggaul.com/
Cinema Sundays is pleased to present the Baltimore Premiere of The Dying Gaul. Playwright and director Craig Lucas’ (The Secret Lives of Dentists, Reckless and Prelude To A Kiss) latest effort. We leave the world of dysfunctional families behind and begin exploring the world of dysfunctional Hollywood with an interesting threesome to boot. A great cast and a very interesting narrative. It should provoke much discussion.
Our Guest Speaker this week is Gavin Witt the dramaturge from Center Stage. It’s a pleasure to welcome him back and I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about the film.
Bee Season
SHOW DATE: 11/13
SPEAKER(S): Beth Williams Plunkett
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. Screenplay by Naomi Foner based on the novel by Myla Goldberg. Starring Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Kate Bosworth, Max Minghella and Flora Cross. Rated PG-13 2005, USA. 104 minutes.
Synopsis: A wife and mother begins a downward emotional spiral, as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11 year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling bee champion. 11-year-old Eliza Naumann comes from an odd family; they all divert their emotional frustrations into secret channels. When Eliza unexpectedly begins winning spelling bees, what had been a stable dynamic within the family becomes disrupted; long held secrets emerge, and a latent spiritual yearning is awakened in her withdrawn father Saul and compulsive mother Miriam. As Eliza moves closer and closer to the national spelling bee, the Naumann family finds itself in a spiral of surprising discovery and jarring uncertainty...
official Site: http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/beeseason/site/index.php
Here?s the trailer: http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/beeseason/site/index.php
Cinema Sundays is pleased to present the Baltimore Premiere of Bee Season. Where else can you see a combination of fine spelling and kabalistic lore?we throw in the bagel just for good measure. Scott McGehee and David Siegel most recently directed The Deep End a rather compelling thriller starring Tilda Swinton? Nu! So come on down. By the way, I don?t give a hoot if you eat the tops off the bagels?stick it to the man!
Our Guest Speaker this week is Beth Williams Plunkett a Psychologist in private practice who has dealt with many therapeutic issues through an approach involving the arts.
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