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State and Main
SHOW DATE: 01/07
SPEAKER(S): Jack Gerbes & Catherine Councill-Batavick
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State and Main is a hilarious new satire about the movie industry by writer/director David Mamet. It stars Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Sarah Jessica Parker, Phillip Semour Hoffman, and William H. Macy.
About the Speakers: Maryland Film Office's Jack Gerbes (Deputy Director) & Catherine Councill-Batavick (Project Manager/Locations) will share their thoughts about this film and tell stories about their real life experiences working with Hollywood film productions shooting on location in Maryland.
About the film: Cinema Sundays at the Charles launches the 2001 Winter Series #20 (Join) with a screening of the Oscar contender, State & Main, the latest film by David Mamet (director of Winslow Boy, CSC 5/23/99; screenwriter of Wag the Dog, CSC 12/15/97). The film's ensemble case includes Alec Baldwin (who made notable roles in the Mamet scripted Glengarry Glen Ross and The Edge), Charles Durning (who appeared in the Baltimore-based film Home for the Holidays), Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City; L.A. Story), Phillip Semour Hoffman (Magnolia, CSC 12/19/99; Happiness, CSC 11/1/98; The Big Lebowski, CSC 3/15/98), and Mamet stalwart William H. Macy (Happy Texas, CSC 9/26/99; Magnolia, CSC 12/19/99; Wag the Dog; CSC 12/15/97; and Fargo).
Director Walt Price (William H. Macy) is in trouble: shooting on his film The Old Mill is set to begin in a matter of days. And he needs a new location--one that won't cost a lot of money and can reasonably pass for the 19th Century, when the film is set. When the crew decides to move the production to the sleepy little town of Waterford, Vermont, it seems perfect--Waterford not only has a firehouse and supportive citizens eager to meet and mingle with Hollywood glitterati, but it even has an old mill. At least, that's what it says on a brochure. Unfortunately, the brochure is wrong. The big-budget movie crew descends upon this quaint New England village, sowing a bumper crop of corruption, vanity and greed. In the days that elapse before the cameras finally roll, money will change hands, careers will be jeopardized and love will bloom in the small-town soil.
Chocolat
SHOW DATE: 12/17
SPEAKER(S): Christine Polillo
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NOTE: On Sunday, December 17th, Cinema Sundays at the Charles will offer a single bonus screening. This screening was added in deference to those who couldn't make to the show on Rosh Hashanah. It is free and open to everyone with a CSC membership, (whether all the chads have been punched out or not). Individuals are welcome for the single screening rate of $15.
About the Film: Cinema Sundays at the Charles concludes the 2000 Winter Series #19 with a screening of the early Oscar contender, Chocolat, the latest film by Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules) starring Juliette Binoche (Blue, The English Patient), Johnny Depp (Donnie Brasco, Dead Man), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love), and Victoire Thivisol (Ponette).
In the 1950's, single mother Vianne Rocher (Binoche) and her 6-year-old daughter move to the small French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes. Against the wishes of the pious mayor, they open a chocolate shop across from the town's church. The temptation of her seductive chocolate draws many away from their Lenten fast. She further angers the mayor by remaining open on Sundays. As you'd imagine in a small town, her wares are soon adored and consumed by the locals, but not without some resentment and opposition. In addition to Vianne's story, Chcoclat tells the story of the many locals who frequent the shop and of the drifters known as "River Rats" who further shake up
the quiet villa. It all culminates with Vianne's "Grand Festival of Chocolate"... on Easter Sunday.
About the Speaker: Christine Polillo, a native of France, lives in Baltimore, and teaches at Roland Park Country School. Each summer she returns home to family and friends and never fails to visit her favorite cousin, chocolatier Bernard Dufoux, who was awarded a prestigious 1st place medal for "best artisanal chocolate maker," last year.
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