the hamptons film fest
THE 17TH ANNUAL
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8TH - MONDAY OCTOBER 12TH 2009
The HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is proud to announce the films, programs and special events that will make up the 2009 season. Now in its 17th year, this East Coast favorite comes to life against the fall back-drop as talent, industry and audiences participate in what has now become a premiere International Film Festivals.
The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to celebrate independent film and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to our audiences.
This year’s Festival features 107 films including – 15 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres, 18 US Premieres, 14 East Coast Premieres and 10 New York Premieres.
SpotonLI.com will be previewing the following films…
The Greatest, the directorial debut by Shana Feste starring Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan, who is the producer and star of the film and will be in attendance. It’s the story of a family that’s disintegrating as they deal with the death of their child and their surviving son’s drug use. The Greatest explores the ways in which love can persist and life can re-assert itself in the face of seemingly all-consuming tragedy.
DIRTY OIL, (Canada, US, England, World Premiere) Dir. Leslie Iwerks with Neve Campbell (narration), Lester Brown,Kevin Timoney, Andrew Nikiforuk. The oil sands in the Canadian Providence of Alberta are a source of a vast supply of petroleum, but the effects of extracting it are highly controversial. This probing documentary explores the environmental,health and moral ramifications of this booming business, offering hard statistics, sobering forecasts and frightening cautionary tales.
Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags (US Premiere) Director Marc Levin with Bruce Raynor, Charles Kernaghan, Joe Raico, Stan Herman, Irving Rousso – Produced by HBO Films, filmmaker Mark Levin chronicles the century-long story of the American garment industry, from its Lower East Side sweatshop beginnings to its booming post-WWII rise as an emblematic American/New York City institution and its devastating fall at the hands of a post-Reagan global economy.
Out Here in the Fields: The Field on Beach Lane (World) Dir. Alec Hirschfeld
A Conversation With…Past guests have included the late Robert Altman, Gena Rowlands, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and more. This year the Hamptons International Film Festival is thrilled to announce four conversations. “A Conversation with…” Sharon Stone (Casino, Basic Instinct), Alan Alda (The Aviator, M*A*S*H), Steve Buscemi (Saint John of Las Vegas, The Messenger)and Martin Bregman (Carlito’s Way, Dog Day Afternoon) interviewed by Alec Baldwin.
PAPER MAN (USA, East Coast Premiere) Dirs. Michele Mulroney & Kieran Mulroney with Jeff Daniels, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Kieran Culkin, Hunter Parrish, Lisa Kudrow. Richard Dunn is a failed writer, husband and adult who adjourns to a cottage in the Hamptons to complete his latest novel. Unfortunately, he’s followed everywhere by Captain Excellent, an imaginary friend he has been unable to shake since childhood. Richard finds comfort in an unlikely friendship with a neighborhood teen. A darkly comic “coming-of-middle-age” story set against the picturesque backdrop of Montauk in winter.
Among those expected to attend…
Alan Alda Alba Rohrwacher Alec Baldwin Cyron Melville
Emmy Rossum Pierce Brosnon Rooney Mara Sharon Stone
Ethan Hawke Cheryl Hines Steve Buscemi Zach Gilford
Bryce Dallas Howard IM Pei Neve Campbell Trine Dyrholm
Josh Lucas Liya Kebede Luke Wilson Rachel Dratch
Bob Balaban Marty Bregman Mira Nair Paprika Steen
For a full list of films or to purchase tickets please visit www.HamptonsFilmFest.org
Festival Venues:
c/o The Maidstone – Festival Headquarters – East Hampton – 207 Main Street
Guild Hall – 158 Main Street, East Hampton
United Artists Cinemas – 30 Main Street, East Hampton
Bay Street Theatre – Corner of Bay & Main (on the Long Wharf, opposite the Windmill), Sag Harbor
Gurneys Inn – 290 Old Montauk Highway, Montauk
Festival Headquarters& Press Office – c/o The Maidstone – 207 Main Street, East Hampton
First Presbyterian Church Session House, 120 East Main Street, East Hampton
Montauk Movie – 3 Edgemere Road, Montauk
Southampton Regal Cinema – 43 Hill Street, Southampton
Photographed: the late Heath Ledger in his last film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
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Michael Uys, 2 years ago
THE GOOD SOLDIER
Storied Vietnam Veterans Will Williams and Perry Parks will be traveling from Wisconsin and North Carolina to speak after the Hamptons Film Festival World Premiere Screenings of THE GOOD SOLDIER (Friday 11:15AM, Saturday 4:30PM) Perry Parks flew 3,000 hours of combat flying time and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Will Williams served for 10 years including two tours of Vietnam. This clear-eyed, heartbreaking documentary employs the experiences of veterans of several American wars. THE GOOD SOLDIER is implicitly anti-war, but not didactically so.
http://www.thegoodsoldier.com
http://www.tribecacinemas.com/filmguide-hamptons/The_Good_Soldier.html
Gurneys, 2 years ago
We are celebrating the annual Opening Night Party of the Hamptons International Film Festival right here at Gurney’s Inn and we hope that you call can make it. If this is your first time, don’t miss the HIFF’s signature event; though packed, you may purchase your tickets at the door. The Party starts at 8 and goes far past midnight. Oh yes and please dress up if you like; it’s a glamorous event, but anything goes! “007 Pierce Brosnan” is said to give us the honor.