Variety’s 2007 Screening Series Calendar
November
This schedule will be updated frequently, so please return to this website for details on new events as they are added.
Los Angeles Screening Series
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No Country for Old Men ALREADY SCREENED Location: Fine Arts 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Q&A: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Kelly MacDonald Studio: Miramax Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen Writer: Joel & Ethan Coen Cast: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin |
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Before The Devil Knows You're Dead ALREADY SCREENED Location: Fine Arts 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Q&A: Sidney Lumet Studio: ThinkFilm When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelery store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax. Dir: Sidney Lumet Writer: Kelly Masterson Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei |
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium ALREADY SCREENED Location: Fine Arts 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Q&A: Writer/Director Zak Helm Studio: 20th Century Fox Molly Mahoney is the awkward, insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium. Dir: Zak Helm Writer: Zak Helm Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman, Natalie Portman |
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ALREADY SCREENED Location: Fine Arts 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 Q&A: Dir. J. Schnabel, Prods. Kathy Kennedy & Jon Kilik, Wr. R. Harwood & Cast Studio: Miramax The story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind. Dir: Julian Schnabel Writer: Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on novel by Jean-Dominique Bauby Cast: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze |
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The Simpsons Movie ALREADY SCREENED Location: ArcLight 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028 Q&A: James L. Brooks, Matt Groenig, Mike Scully, Al Jean, David Silverman, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith Studio: Fox After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons family are declared fugitives. Dir: David Silverman Writer: James L. Brooks, Matt Groenig, Al Jean, Mike Scully, More Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith |
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The Savages ALREADY SCREENED Location: ArcLight 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028 Q&A: Writer/Director Tamara Jenkins, Laura Linney Studio: Fox Searchlight A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father. Dir: Tamara Jenkins Writer: Tamara Jenkins Cast: Laura Linney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman |
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The Band's Visit ALREADY SCREENED Location: ArcLight 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028 Q&A: Writer/Director Eran Kolirin Studio: Sony Pictures Classics A brass band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in a foreign city. Dir: Eran Kolirin Writer: Eran Kolirin Cast: Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz, Sasson Gabai |
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The Bucket List ALREADY SCREENED Location: ArcLight 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028 Q&A: Director Rob Reiner Studio: Warner Bros. Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die. Dir: Rob Reiner Writer: Justin Zackham Cast: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes |
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Zodiac: The Director's Cut ALREADY SCREENED Location: ArcLight 6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028 Q&A: Director David Fincher Studio: Paramount Based on the real life notorious Zodiac- a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s. Dir: David Fincher Writer: Screenplay: James Vanderbilt, based on book by Robert Graysmith Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo |
New York Screening Series
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No Country for Old Men ALREADY SCREENED Location: TBD Q&A: Javier Bardem Studio: Miramax Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen Writer:Joel & Ethan Coen Cast: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin |
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I’m Not There ALREADY SCREENED Location: AMC Loews West 34th St. Q&A: Todd Haynes Studio: The Weinstein Company Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where seven characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work. Dir: Todd Haynes Writer:Todd Haynes & Oren Moverman Cast: Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger |
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Margot at the Wedding ALREADY SCREENED Location: Chelsea West Cinemas Q&A: Writer/Director Noah Baumbach & Jennifer Jason Leigh Studio: Paramount Vantage Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets. Dir: Noah Baumbach Writer: Noah Baumbach Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black |
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ALREADY SCREENED Location: Chelsea West Cinemas Q&A: Dir. J. Schnabel, Prods. Kathy Kennedy & Jon Kilik, Wr. R. Harwood & Cast Studio: Miramax The story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind. Dir: Julian Schnabel Writer: Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, based on novel by Jean-Dominique Bauby Cast: Emmanuelle Seigner, Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze |
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The Savages ALREADY SCREENED Location: Loews Kips Bay Theatre Q&A: Writer/Director Tamara Jenkins, Laura Linney & Phillip Bosco Studio: Fox Searchlight A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father. Dir: Tamara Jenkins Writer: Tamara Jenkins Cast: Laura Linney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman |
