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UPCOMING EVENTS
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February 10, 2010
The Fort Lauderdale Culture Club
This month featuring Author Gerald Posner
FREE for Producer, Executive Producer, and Superstar FLIFF members
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February 12, 2010
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Monthly at Cinema Paradiso
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February 12, 2010
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Now monthy at CInema Paradiso
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February 13, 2010
The Opera Goes to the Movies at Cinema Paradiso
Up Next:
Wagner's Siegfried Performed live at Valencia, Spain
Please note special noon start time
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February 13, 2010
The Auteur Explosion
A night of local film, art and music
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February 17, 2010
Senses of Cinema
Monthly reception, film and discussion hosted by Shelly Isaacs
Next
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February 28, 2010
Cafe Cinematheque International
This month "Police, Adjetive"
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February 28, 2010
CP Rocks presents
A night of live music and more
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March 1, 2010
An Evening with Xaviera Hollander
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March 3, 2010
Cinema A La Mode
Cooking class and a movie!
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March 6, 2010
FAB! Films for Kids!
This month March Madness with "Air Bud"
FREE
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March 7, 2010
FLIFF Oscar Party
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Ongoing
Around the World in 80 Nights African Experience
Visit 18 African Countries on a 3 day FREE Cinematic excursion
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March 14, 2010
Diving into Spring
A fundraiser for FLIFF, presented by Entre Nous
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ADVISE AND CONSENT
Film and Discussion
Saturday, September 13, 2008
SPECIAL GUESTS: Advise and Consent star Don Murray and film scholar and Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch will introduce the screening and discuss the fascinating story of the film's production.
ADVISE AND CONSENT (Columbia Pictures, 1962), Otto Preminger's outstanding political drama, was described by one reviewer as a "brisk whirl on the Washington merry-go-round."
The film is based on Allen Drury's novel of the same name which spent 104 weeks on the bestseller lists and garnered the Pulitzer Prize. The story examines the darker side of American politics as a dying President asks the Senate to "advise and consent" on a nominee for Secretary of State, resulting in a variety of tactics including "back-room" deals, blackmail and character assassination.
For the film version, Otto Preminger assembled an all-star cast including Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, George Grizzard, Inga Swenson, Will Geer, and Burgess Meredith. Betty White even makes an appearance as Senator Bessie Adams. Preminger gained unparalleled access to the Capitol for research and filming. Additionally, the film marked the first time that a gay bar was shown in a major Hollywood production. Upon its release, the movie attracted both supporters and critics, some of whom called the film un-American for its frank portrayal of our political system!
Join us at Cinema Paradiso for a special election-year screening of this riveting political classic.
FREE to FLIFF Members / $5.00 General Admission
SPECIAL THANKSCo-sponsored by The DeSantis Center for Motion Picture Industry Studies at Florida Atlantic University's Barry Kaye College of Business.
Special thanks to Victoria Preminger and Otto Preminger Films, Ltd. for granting permission for this screening and special thanks to the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort for providing accommodations for our special guests.
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We have to let our elected officials know that they need to "Hold the Line"and not make any more cuts to the arts.
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