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| From | MarkP <youamwho@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Fwd: * MC5 Film NEWS - SF & NY * April 03 |
| Date | Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:13:29 -0700 (PDT) |
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> From Future/Now Films, Chicago
> For Release - April 2003
>
> * * * * *
>
> "...an absorbing portrait ...genuinely exciting" - Variety
> "...fascinating ...deemed a must-see" - Entertainment Weekly
> "...hilarious and sobering" - Toronto Globe & Mail
> "...a scorching, hard-driving trip" - International Documentary
> Magazine
>
>
> MC5 * A TRUE TESTIMONIAL, the critically-acclaimed documentary that
> celebrates the trials and triumphs of the Motor City's greatest rock
> band,
> MC5, will be screening at film festivals in San Francisco, New York
> City and
> Australia:
>
>
> 46th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
> April 17 - May 1, 2003 San Francisco, CA
> http://www.sfiff.org/festival/
> Wednesday, April 23, 9:30 PM, Castro Theatre
> Friday, April 25, 3:45 PM, AMC Kabuki 1 Theatre
>
>
> 2nd TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
> May 3 - 11, 2003 New York, NY
> http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org
> Wednesday, May 7, 10:45 PM, UA Five Theatre
> Friday, May 9, 3:45 PM, UA Eleven Theatre
>
> A PRESS Screening of MC5*ATT has been added to the Tribeca schedule.
> Please check with the Press Office for details and accreditations.
>
>
> 52nd MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
> July 23 - August 10, 2003 Melbourne, Australia
> http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
> Screening Dates To Be Announced
>
>
> Critics who have seen MC5 * A TRUE TESTIMONIAL at previous festivals
> in
> Chicago, Toronto, Woodstock, London, Amsterdam and Göteborg are
> unanimous in
> their praise:
>
> http://www.creemmedia.com/BeatGoesOn/MC5.html
>
> http://home.wanadoo.nl/chiswick/Cap_LogarchiveNOV2002.html
>
> http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/features/index.php?id=8
>
> http://www.filmfestival.org/draken/03/artikel.asp?dag=0130&artikel=3
>
> http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2002/09/1314.cfm
> http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2002/09/1624.cfm
>
> http://www.exclaim.ca/common/display.php3?articleid=1190
>
> http://www.mc5japan.jp/futurenow/fnowframe.html
>
> http://www.nme.com/news/103382.htm
>
> http://www.trakmarx.com/2002_05/15mc5.htm
>
> http://www.eye.net/tiff/02/index.asp?film=125
>
> http://www.i94bar.com/gigreviews/fivefilm.html
>
> http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-09-05/movie_reviews.php
>
>
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-09-20/screens_feature.ht
> ml
>
> Steve Rosen's article on MC5 * A TRUE TESTIMONIAL is in the current
> issue of
> Harp magazine (page 35 of the February issue with Chan Marshall of
> Cat Power
> on the cover) along with color photos ...... many disappointed fans
> were
> turned away from a February one-off screening of MC5*ATT in Chicago.
> Organized by the Independent Feature Project and the Directors Guild
> of
> America, the Facets Multimedia screening sold out in minutes ...... 4
> SRO
> screenings of MC5*ATT at the recent Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden
> were
> followed by a rockin after-party with celebrity DJs from The Hives,
> Sahara
> Hotnights & The Hellacopters. See photos of the week's events at the
> Japanese MC5*ATT website or read the Swedish report at the Draken
> site
> ...... White Panther Party Chieftain John Sinclair fielded questions
> following a screening of MC5*ATT at the International Documentary
> Festival
> Amsterdam in November. Seems the IDFA coincided with Amsterdam's
> infamous
> 'Cannabis Cup' and John "just happened" to be in town ...... Steve
> Van Zandt
> has been playing lots of MC5 and other Detroit stuff on his
> syndicated radio
> show, 'Little Steven's Underground Garage.' Check local listings
> ......
> Watch for an upcoming U.K. re-release of the 3 MC5 LPs in vinyl
> Limited
> Editions ...... Sundazed Records recently released vinyl versions in
> the
> U.S. ...... The MC5 made it on the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame's ballot
> in
> August. It was the first time the MC5 appeared on the ballot in the
> 14-year
> history of the Cleveland institution, though they were passed over in
> the
> induction voting in favor of The Police. Something about "hanging
> chads"...... NPR has been re-running Terry Gross's 'Fresh Air'
> interview
> with Wayne Kramer recorded last summer while he was promoting his
> latest
> release, 'Adult World' ...... Arsenio Hall and Eric McCormack both
> recently
> uttered the phrase 'Kick Out the Jams' on prime-time American TV.
> Seems the
> phrase has entered the mainstream vernacular, even if the source has
> not
> ...... but wait ...... S-Bomb Shawnee Smith of L.A. band Fydolla Ho
> appeared in an MC5*ATT t-shirt for a recent episode of the CBS-TV
> sit-com
> 'Becker.' The four minutes of prime network screen time included an
> extended
> spit-swapping scene. She looked hot-hot-hot in her MC5 * A TRUE
> TESTIMONIAL
> girlie-T, available from the filmmakers at:
> http://futurenowfilms.com/stuff.htm
>
> ......and controversy once again swirls around bad boys Wayne Kramer,
> Michael Davis and Dennis Thompson as a result of their decision to
> participate in a recent Levi-Strauss promotional campaign. Even
> Justin
> Timberlake, Darius, (and now Jennifer Aniston too!) are part of the
> exciting
> action as the debate amongst fans and writers (Problem? or Solution?)
> rages!
> You decide:
>
> http://www.freep.com/entertainment/namesandfaces/names13_20030313.htm
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,912932,00.html
>
> http://www.NME.com/news/104425.htm
> http://www.NME.com/news/104475.htm
> http://www.NME.com/news/104521.htm
>
> http://www.playlouder.com/feature/1280mc5/
>
>
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/story.jsp?story=389260
>
> http://www.i94bar.com/rant/jeans.html
>
> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470616/20030318/story.jhtml
>
> http://www.waynekramer.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.shtml
> http://www.waynekramer.com/report.shtml
>
>
http://www.velvetrope.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=288
> 631&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MC5_1967/
>
> http://www.garagepunk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=780
>
>
> For ticket info on the upcoming festival screenings of MC5 * A TRUE
> TESTIMONIAL in San Francisco, New York and Melbourne visit the
> respective
> festival sites. Members of the PRESS should contact the festival
> PRESS
> Offices to arrange for accreditation, obtain MC5*ATT Press Packages,
> view
> screeners, or arrange for interviews with the filmmakers.
>
> http://www.sfiff.org/festival/
>
> http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org
>
> http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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