Opening Night Gala Pre-Film Party
Friday, October 25 - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Opening Night and the Gala party just keep getting better and better! The Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort hosts this year's Reception with a sumptuous menu that is sure to satisfy every palette featuring:
Carving Station with Roast Turkey Baked In Sedona Red Rock Clay Natural Sauce
B.B.Q. Salmon Cooked On Hot Rocks, With Indian Fry Bread
Spicy Lime Crab Fritters
Arizona Orange Jicama
Coconut Mojo
Preserved Lemon
Salad Station
B.B.Q Chicken Salad
Machaca Salad
Tropical Fruit Skewers
International Coffee Station
Flambé Station Cherries and Bananas over Fried Ice Cream
Chef's Assortment of Petit Fours
Serrano Lime Spritz
Attendees will be treated to live jazz in the Grand Ballroom with the Jay Steinberg Trio - Triune, a wine and beer bar is provided by Dos Cabezas Wineworks and Beck's Beer - 2 complimentary drinks per opening night ticket holder. Location - 5401 North Scottsdale Rd. 1/2 mile from the Harkins Camelview 5 Theatre.
Very Annie Mary
Director: Sara Sugarman
Country: UK / France
Year: 2001
Runtime: 115 minutes
English
Awards: HBO Comedy Arts Festival - Best Screenplay and Best Actress
A winning ugly duckling tale from Wales, with a wonderfully droll sense of the ridiculous, VERY ANNIE MARY is another deft turn for the amazing, risk-taking Rachel Griffiths. Annie Mary is an awkward but lively 33-year-old whose confidence and opportunities have been stunted by her high and mighty father (an amusingly conceited Jonathan Pryce). Director Sara Sugarman has great sport with the famous Welsh love for singing - and more fun spoofing the movie fantasy of personal growth through show business. You can't get far in the tiny village of Ogw without running into a choir practice, small boys polishing their Full Monty routine, or Annie Mary's father broadcasting his Pavarotti impersonation as he delivers the daily bread. He's regarded locally as Wales' greatest tenor, all the more reason, apparently, for Annie Mary to abandon her own singing career, stay home and help out at the bakery… A house for sale and a karaoke competition are the catalysts for her long overdue emancipation. For all the high spirits, and occasional downright silliness, there's a truthfulness in Griffiths' performance that cuts to the heart. (Synopsis by the New Zealand Film Festival)
Principal Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Thomas
Writer: Sara Sugarman
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones
Cinematography: Stephen Warbeck
Music: Barry Ackroyd