Past meeting
Movie Night
(2 ratings)
Meeting Description
Who
- Movie buffs interested in original films.
Why
- The more people that show up, the warmer the theater will be. Bring your coats and hats! Blankets are free :)
Organized by
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"We will meet to the left of the concession stand. It is a Newport Film Festival Event so there will be a lot of people."
--Paula
Details
Newport Film Festival Website
NIFF Second Monday Series
Monday 7PM
'Then She Found Me' screens May 12th
POSTED ON: April 29, 2008
Actress Helen Hunt's directorial debut is the featured film for May's "Second Monday Cinema Series" on May 12.
Adapted from Elinor Lipman?s novel of the same name, THEN SHE FOUND ME, a touching story of schoolteacher April Epner (Hunt) and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother (Bette Midler), who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students (Colin Firth), only to find that the mystery to life?s questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation.
The screening starts at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 12, at the Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro St., Newport. Tickets are $10, or $8 for Film Newport members, and can be purchased at the door starting at 5:30 pm on the 12th.
Attending the screening to answer questions will be Elinor Lipman, who wrote the novel upon which the screenplay is based
Fil Fortes
"I ended up not going! Bummer!!!"