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Learn how one of today's most prolific indie filmmakers got his break and see the film that started it all! The No Budget
Film Club, a screening series presented by the No Budget Film School, presents "An Evening With David Gordon Green."
Director David Gordon Green ("All The Real Girls," "Undertow") will discuss his career and give a preview of his newest film,
"Snow Angels," set to premiere at the Egyptian Theater on Thursday, February 28th, and open theatrically
in March. His first feature, the critically-acclaimed $40,000 film "GEORGE WASHINGTON," (2000, 90 min) will
be shown in its entirety and leading film consultant Peter Broderick will guide the candid discussion. A wine reception with David, Peter, and special guests will follow and everyone is invited
to attend. It's a very special evening you won't want to miss.
Hailed as the voice of a new generation of filmmakers when "George Washington" exploded onto the stage in 2000, Green is one
of indie filmmaking's busiest figures. Following the unprecedented critical success of his first feature "George Washington,"
Green was attached to a number of studio projects, including the long-gestating film adaptation of "Confederacy Of Dunces."
Unwilling to wait while that project sat in the mud, he made "All The Real Girls" for Sony, starring Zooey
Deschanel, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. He followed with the thriller "Undertow"
starring Josh Lucas, Jamie Bell, and Dermot Mulroney in 2004. His fourth feature, "Snow Angels," based on the novel by Stewart
O'Nan, featured Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, and Amy Sedaris and premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival; Warner Independent
releases it in March. His newest film, Columbia's "Pineapple Express," starring James Franco and Seth Rogen,
and written and produced by Judd Apatow, is already receiving tremendous buzz on the internet. The highly-anticipated comedy
is set to open in August 2008. In addition to writing and directing, Green has helped shepherd a number of successful features
by new filmmakers, including "Great World Of Sound" (Sundance 2007); "Low & Behold" (Sundance 2007); "Shotgun Stories" (Berlin
2007); and "Footfist Way" (Sundance 2006).
His dazzling debut "George Washington" follows several youths in rural North Carolina during a lazy summer that turns tragic.
Following graduation from North Carolina School of the Arts, Green moved to LA and was disillusioned with the whole film
scene there. He decided to get together with several of his friends from school and go back to North Carolina to make a different
kind of movie. Though he had very little money--he borrowed equipment and his cast and crew worked for free--he chose to
shoot anamorphic 35mm and eschew the typical low-budget aesthetic common to most no-budget films that were starting to shoot
on digital video at that time. He also made the decision to avoid all clichés in plot and characterization. This refreshing
depiction of the South struck a chord with festival programmers, audiences, and critics, leading Roger Ebert to describe Green's
style as Southern Gothic, a "poetic merging of realism and surrealism." The film premiered at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival
and won numerous festival prizes, including the Discovery Award at the Toronto Film Festival. It landed on several year-end
Top Ten lists and won Best First Film at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, in addition to four Independent Spirit Award
nominations, including one for best first screenplay.
TICKETS:
Tickets can be purchased at the box office for $10. No Budget Film Club members pay only $8 (membership is free).
To join the Club and get the discount, click here. Tickets are general admission, first come, first served. Film Club Members can use Fandango to purchase tickets
in advance. To purchase advance tickets, please visit the Fandango site and choose the "Student" price of $8.
If you buy tickets in advance, you will still need to join the No Budget Film Club to be entitled to the $8 price.
PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR FILM CLUB CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO THE BOX OFFICE for proof of membership. If
you are bringing a guest, your guest will also have to join the Film Club to get the discount, (that's the American Cinematheque's
rule). Please come early to insure a good seat. For more information on box office procedures, directions to the theater,
and parking, please visit the American Cinematheque site.
We cannot guarantee we will be able to process your membership in time for the screening if you sign up after 4pm
Tuesday, February 26th.
Click Here To Join the Club!
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