"Kiss the Bride” August 12th “We thought we would end the series with a light, fun, romantic comedy that is sure to entertain and delight our audiences,” said Patrick Schweiss, film festival director. “It has been a hit at festivals around the country and in its over-seas release.” “Kiss the Bride” follows the impending nuptials of happy, heterosexual couple Ryan (James O’Shea) and Alex (Tori Spelling). Their happiness is disrupted by the arrival of Ryan’s old high school friend, Matt (Philipp Karner), with whom Ryan had a fling in his teenage years. “Kiss the Bride” was directed by C. Jay Cox from a Ty Lieberman script. Cox is perhaps best known for writing the Reese Witherspoon sensation “Sweet Home Alabama”, which became Witherspoon’s highest grossing movie and holds the record for the biggest September opening ever. He has subsequently written projects for Bette Midler and Antonio Banderas, as well as The Walt Disney Co., Columbia Pictures and New Line Cinema. MORE Click here for link to Festival Page on this film
Monday,08/11/2008
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Phoebe In Wonderland
Take action, I have updated the date and it's sooner than later....
Have you ever watched a beautiful film under the stars among happy revelers at a magical ranch in the sweet summer night air? Do join us at the annual Reelin' at the Ranch Saturday, August 23rd. Leave it to Pat Schweiss to invite us into a fairyland of film, friends, food, and fun to support our special film festival. There are only 225 seats, so please reserve yours right away! Click here for the fabulous details of the featured film with Patricia Clarkson and Felicity Huffman!!!
Old Time Sock Hop! 50's and early 60's rock n' roll with the Sedona DJ's!!! Canyon Moon Theater is opening its doors and dressing its stage for an evening of energy and laughter. Come to dance or come to watch!Friday August 22nd from 7-9pm for only $6!!! If you've never been to Canyon Moon, it's in the Outlet Mall and is an important space of arts and culture in Sedona/VOC. Come to experience a dance party there! More info Click Here 282-6212
Will you do the 50/50 with me? It's the 50/50 challenge for the Sedona Film Festival. Now is the time to give because your donation will go twice as farwith matching grants!Look at how much enjoyment we get from having this treasure of culture in this little town. Please click here for how you can be an important part of keeping the film festival as amazing an achievement as it is.
Face the audience for a change, have you always wanted to try????
If so, here are:
Acting Classes ( or actually, how not to act... but to seem perfectly normal as someone else.)
We have two inspiring teachers teaching at Yavapai College on the Sedona Campus. Robert Bays and Sagan Lewis.
I just took a class from Robert Bays at Canyon Moon Theater and loved it. So entertaining just being in the class, too. Bob is an excellent teacher of acting for the theater. He was very successful as an actor in NYC, before he went on to be an inspiring speaker along side Tony Robbins for many years. He is a treasure and I highly recommend taking his theater acting class, or his Shakespeare Class!!!!Sagan Lewis teaches the very popular Acting for Film class. She was a television and stage star before moving to Sedona and teaching at ZGI. Call Yavapai 928-649-4266 for more information and to register.
Canyon Moon Theater is offering Acting for all Levels starting in September. It's very special to work in the theater and on the stage. Robert Bays is the teacher. 282-6212
Coming up at Sedona Film Festival Showings!
For the next 3 weeks, every Tuesday will be a screening of "Best of the Fest" selections.... winners of Film Festivals around the country.
at August 12th Second Tuesday Cinema Series
Romantic comedy rounds out Sedona film festival’s six-week “Best of Fest” series
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Arizona premiere of the romantic comedy feature “Kiss the Bride” as the finale of its six-week “Best of Fest” film series. There will be two screenings of the film at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Aug. 12 at Harkins Sedona Six Theatres.
“We thought we would end the series with a light, fun, romantic comedy that is sure to entertain and delight our audiences,” said Patrick Schweiss, film festival director. “It has been a hit at festivals around the country and in its over-seas release.”
“Kiss the Bride” follows the impending nuptials of happy, heterosexual couple Ryan (James O’Shea) and Alex (Tori Spelling). Their happiness is disrupted by the arrival of Ryan’s old high school friend, Matt (Philipp Karner), with whom Ryan had a fling in his teenage years.
When Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised – especially by the fact that Ryan is marrying a woman. Matt interrupts his ideal life in San Francisco to return to his hometown. He plans to rescue his former love from whatever "she-devil" has trapped him into this huge mistake.
Ryan's perky fiancé, Alex, on the other hand, takes quite the liking to Matt. As Matt tries to rekindle the old flame, Ryan is intent on putting out any sparks. Ryan dismisses their old romance as just a high school tryst, but Matt realizes Ryan may still be the love of his life. All the while, Matt must deal with "his new best friend" Alex, their two families and a hometown he thought he had left entirely in the past.
“Kiss the Bride” was directed by C. Jay Cox from a Ty Lieberman script. Cox is perhaps best known for writing the Reese Witherspoon sensation “Sweet Home Alabama”, which became Witherspoon’s highest grossing movie and holds the record for the biggest September opening ever. He has subsequently written projects for Bette Midler and Antonio Banderas, as well as The Walt Disney Co., Columbia Pictures and New Line Cinema.
“Ty Lieberman’s script struck me as having the makings of a really fun romantic comedy. I immediately loved the premise of the wedding movie with a twist,” said Cox. “The situation in which these characters find themselves was compelling – on the verge of marriage, our groom must choose between his fiancée and his first love.”
“I felt there was a delightful paradox in the fact that his first love was a man. It is both crucial to the story and yet incidental; this could happen to anyone. Thematically, I liked how the screenplay took sexual identity out for a spin,” added Cox.
The title sponsor for the event is Bliss Extraordinary Floral, owned by Amy Mills, and Sedona Sweet Arts/Sedona Wedding Cakes, owned by Donna Joy Varney. Mills and Varney have a surprise “wedding reception” in store for the audience as they leave the theater.
The series is also made possible by a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Sedona. CLICK HERE TO SEE A TRAILER OF THE FILM
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- Coming up at Future Studios Cinema
(free on your birthday with valid ID), discussion following
Doors Open 7:00 p.m. Shows Begin 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, August 17 -
Edgar Cayce: The Beautiful Dreamer - By popular demand, Future Studios Cinema continues showing Edgar Cayce: The Beautiful dreamer. This award-winning 2005 documentary has recently been re-released with an added 30 minutes of footage. Edgar Cayce (1877 - 1945), a simple Christian family man, was the most phenomenal psychic of the 20th century. Cayce was dubbed "the Sleeping Prophet" and "the Father of Holistic Medicine" because he was able to bring forth incredible information from a deep, self-induced trance. His extraordinary trances also gave in-depth information and guidance on human's relationship to God, past lives, the laws of cause and effect, the idea and ideals of an Atlantis, and the history and future of humankind and the universe. Winner, "Most Thought-provoking Documentary" Sedona International Film Festival, 2005
Free bottle of Edgar Cayce's Aura Glow Skin Oil for film-goers!
Recommended all ages www.edgarcayce.org
83 min.; All ages; www.soulmastersmovie.com
Friday, August 15 - Arranged
Back by Popular Demand! True Friendship Reaches Across Cultural and Religious Boundaries
Two young womenone an Orthodox Jew, the other Muslimmeet and become friends as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common, not least of which is that they are both going through arranged marriages.
CRITIC'S PICK: "A surprisingly winning indie drama ... the understated, natural performances by leads Zoe Lister-Jones and Francis Benhamou lend the film a sense of intimacy that serves it well." - New York Magazine
89 min.; Recommended ages - 12 & up; www.arrangedthemovie.com
Friday, August 22 - The Dhamma Brothers
East Meets West In The Deep South. An ancient form of Buddhist meditation called Vipassana is used as rehabilitation in one of the toughest prisons in the U.S. with amazing results.
"The stories of the Dhamma Brothers ring with the truth and power of their experiences, and offer the hope for renewal and rehabilitation within a dismal and punishment-oriented correctional system. It gives you hope for the human race."
~ Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, and recipient of the 1996 Pax Christi Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award.
76 min.; Recommended ages - 12 & up; www.dhammabrothers.com
Friday, August 29 - The Great Match
Indigenous tribes of Mongolia, the Amazon, and the Sahara Desert get very inventive in figuring out how to watch the World Cup soccer match when they all live about 500 kilometres away from the next townand the next television. The cinematography alone makes the film worth seeing, but the unique characters keep you spellbound.
"A visually breathtaking, gently comic homage to the indigenous communities that are its subject and to soccer's power to penetrate lives" ~ Jonathan Holland, Variety.com
88 min.; All ages; www.filmmovement.com
What else is playing at the Harkins' Sedona, etc. that's well reviewed (tho' not an indie film)
as well as at the Camelview in Scottsdale? Click here
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50's & Early 60's ROCK and ROLL
Canyon Moon Theatre
Highway 179, Village of Oak Creek
Oak Creek Factory Outlets next to Cody's Pet Store
928-282-6212
Old Time Sock Hop
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
yeah yeah yeah yeah
THE SEDONA DJ'S
Will be spinning the most memorable music from the 50's & early 60's for your dancing and listening pleasure!
Tickets Available at Rycus' Corners or Marketplace Cafe in VOC, Clothing Reflections near Bashas' in West Sedona, or at the door.
$6.00 per person
(Purchase your tickets now so you don't miss this fun filled evening!)
Soft drinks and munchies are available for purchase.
Shake Rattle and Roll Night
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