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ACT OF VALOR with Q & A (Los Angeles)
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ACT OF VALOR with Q & A (Los Angeles) Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 @ 6:30 PM
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Followed by a Q & A with

Cinematographer - Shane Hurlbut


An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure.

Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.

Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the cunning terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight whose outcome has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America.

Rating:     Not Rated

Runtime: 101 minutes






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Prior Screenings

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THE ARTIST with Q & A, Extra Screening Opportunity (Los Angeles) Monday, January 23rd, 2012 @ 7:30 PM
Followed by a Q&A with
Executive Producer - Richard Middleton
Casting Director - Heidi Levitt
Actress - Missi Pyle

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bernice Bejo), it seems the sky is the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

Running Time 100 Minutes

Rated PG-13

The Egyptian Theater 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA (between Las Palmas & Highland) Parking behind the theater at 1607 N. Las Palmas Ave. (not validated) Hollywood and Highland, $2.00 with validation (purchase anything in the complex)
WAR HORSE with Q & A, Extra Screening Opportunity (Los Angeles) Friday, January 13th, 2012 @ 4:00 PM

Followed by a Q&A with

Director of Photography – Janusz Kaminski,

Production Designer – Rick Carter,

Editor – Michael Kahn, A.C.E.,

Make-up Designer – Lois Burwell

DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert (Jeremy Irvine), who tames and trains him under the watchful eye of his farmer father (Peter Mullan, My Name is Joe) and mother (two-time Academy Award © nominee Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves, Hilary and Jackie).  They are forcefully parted when the war breaks out and Joey heads to the front as the mount of the dashing British Cavalry officer Captain Nichols (Tom Hiddleston).  The film follows Joey's extraordinary journey as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer (Niels Arestrup, A Prophet) and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.  The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure.  The cast also includes David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch and Toby Kebbell.  

Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present an Amblin Entertainment/Kennedy/Marshall Company production of a Steven Spielberg film, “War Horse.”  The film is directed by three-time Academy Award © winner Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List).  Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, the screenplay is by Academy Award © winner Lee Hall (Billy Elliott) and Academy Award © winner Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral).  The film is produced by Steven Spielberg and six time Academy Award © nominee Kathleen Kennedy (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Munich, Sea Biscuit, The Sixth Sense, The Color Purple, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial) and the executive producers are Frank Marshall and Revel Guest.   Spielberg’s close-knit artistic crew, most of whom he has worked with through several decades, includes three-time Academy Award © winning editor Michael Kahn (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark),  two-time Academy Award © winning director of photography Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List), Five-time Academy Award © winning composer John Williams (Schindler's List, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, Star Wars, Jaws, Fiddler on the Roof), Academy Award © winning production designer Rick Carter (Avatar) and costume designer Joanna Johnston (About a Boy). 

Running Time: 146 minutes

MPAA Rating: PG-13



Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Avenue (at San Vicente) West Hollywood, CA 90069 Parking is validated - Entrance on Melrose
THE ARTIST with Q&A, Extra Screening Opportunity (Los Angeles) Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 7:30 PM
Followed by a Q&A with
Executive Producer - Richard Middleton
Actress - Penelope Ann Miller

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bernice Bejo), it seems the sky is the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

Running Time 100 Minutes

Rated PG-13

Landmark Theater 10850 W Pico Blvd Suite 520 Los Angeles, CA 90064-2131 Parking is validated for 3 hours
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES With Q & A, Extra Screening Opporunity (Los Angeles) Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 7:00 PM

Preceded by a Q & A with

Director – Rupert Wyatt

Actor – Andy Serkis

Supervising Sound Editor – John A. Larsen

Supervising Sound Editor – Chuck Michael

In this origins story set in present day San Francisco, a scientist’s tampering with the laws of nature take him to the brink of a medical revolution, but also leads to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings broke new ground, creating a CGI ape that delivers a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence, and epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of man and primate.  Starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo and Andy Serkis.



Zanuck Theater Twentieth Century Fox 10201 W. Pico Blvd.(at Motor)
THE ARTIST with Q&A, Extra Screening Opportunity (Los Angeles) Friday, January 6th, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with

Writer/Director/Editor – Michel Hazanavicius

Executive Producer – Richard Middleton

Production Designer – Laurence Bennett

Costume Designer – Mark Bridges

Set Decorator – Robert Gould

Makeup Department Head - Julie Hewett

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bernice Bejo), it seems the sky is the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

Running Time 100 Minutes

Rated PG-13



Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Avenue (at San Vicente) Los Angeles Parking is validated. Enter the lot via Melrose Ave.
THE ARTIST with Q & A, Extra Screening Opportunity (New York) Thursday, January 5th, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with

Actor – James Cromwell

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bernice Bejo), it seems the sky is the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

Running Time 100 Minutes

Rated PG-13



DGA Theater 110 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019
THE HELP with Q&A, Extra Screening Opportunity (Los Angeles) Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with:

Tate Taylor - writer/director

Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC – director of photography

Mark Ricker – production designer

Hughes Winborne, A.C.E. – editor

Based on the best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, THE HELP stars Academy Award © nominee Viola Davis (“Doubt”) as Aibileen, and Emma Stone as Skeeter, two very different, extraordinary women who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them both at risk at the height of the civil rights movement in 1960’s Mississippi. When Aibileen enlists the help of her best friend Minny (Octavia Spencer), their improbable alliance fosters a remarkable sisterhood, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed—even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times.  Deeply moving, filled with poignancy, humor and hope, THE HELP is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change.


The ensemble cast includes Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Academy Award © Winner Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter), Acadmey Award Winner © Mary Steenburgen (Melvin&Howard), Academy Award © Nominee Cicely Tyson (Sounder) and Mike Vogel. Written for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor and produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan. The ensemble cast includes Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel. The behind-the-scenes team includes Two-time Academy Award © Winning Director of Photography Stephen Goldblatt, ASC, BSC (BATMAN FOREVER, THE PRINCE OF TIDES), Production Designer Mark Ricker (JULIE & JULIA), Academy Award © winning Editor Hughes Winborne, A.C.E. (CRASH), Two-time Academy Award © nominated Costume Designer Sharen Davis (RAY, DREAMGIRLS) and Ten-time Academy Award © nominated Composer Thomas Newman (THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, AMERICAN BEAUTY). The film features an original song, “The Living Proof,” performed by Mary J. Blige and written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr.

 

Running Time: 137 minutes


Running Time: 137 minutes

MPAA Rating: PG-13

 



DGA Theater 7920 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles
THE ARTIST with Q & A (Los Angeles) Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with

Executive Producer - Richard Middleton

Production Designer - Laurence Bennett

Costume Designer - Mark Bridges

Hair Stylist - Cydney Cornell

(Other possible crew panelists TBD)


Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bernice Bejo), it seems the sky is the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.

 

Running Time 100 Minutes

Rated PG-13



Landmark Theater 10850 W Pico Blvd Suite 520 Los Angeles, CA 90064-2131 Parking is free for 3 hours
WAR HORSE with Q & A, Extra Screening Opportunity (Los Angeles) Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 @ 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with

Director of Photography – Janusz Kaminski,

Production Designer – Rick Carter,

Editor – Michael Kahn, A.C.E.,

Make-up Designer – Lois Burwell

DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert (Jeremy Irvine), who tames and trains him under the watchful eye of his farmer father (Peter Mullan, My Name is Joe) and mother (two-time Academy Award © nominee Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves, Hilary and Jackie).  They are forcefully parted when the war breaks out and Joey heads to the front as the mount of the dashing British Cavalry officer Captain Nichols (Tom Hiddleston).  The film follows Joey's extraordinary journey as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer (Niels Arestrup, A Prophet) and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.  The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure.  The cast also includes David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch and Toby Kebbell.  


Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present an Amblin Entertainment/Kennedy/Marshall Company production of a Steven Spielberg film, “War Horse.”  The film is directed by three-time Academy Award © winner Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List).  Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, the screenplay is by Academy Award © winner Lee Hall (Billy Elliott) and Academy Award © winner Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral).  The film is produced by Steven Spielberg and six time Academy Award © nominee Kathleen Kennedy (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Munich, Sea Biscuit, The Sixth Sense, The Color Purple, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial) and the executive producers are Frank Marshall and Revel Guest.   Spielberg’s close-knit artistic crew, most of whom he has worked with through several decades, includes three-time Academy Award © winning editor Michael Kahn (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark),  two-time Academy Award © winning director of photography Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List), Five-time Academy Award © winning composer John Williams (Schindler's List, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, Star Wars, Jaws, Fiddler on the Roof), Academy Award © winning production designer Rick Carter (Avatar) and costume designer Joanna Johnston (About a Boy). 


For additional information about the film please visit www.DreamWorksGuilds.com



Directors Guild of America Theater #1 7920 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Parking available in underground garage