Marin Movie Buffs May 2006

Membership: Lifetime memberships are $20 per person. Make checks payable to Dave Cowen, Treasurer, 23 Scenic Drive, Novato CA 94949. To get your newsletter e-mailed, e-mail Judy Burns at jnburns@pacbell.net or Maureen Galliani at mdgalliani@comcast.net. If you want a paper copy, send self-addressed stamped envelopes to Maureen Galliani, 30 Sierra Ave., San Anselmo CA 94960.

MARIN MOVIE BUSINESS
Clubhouse hosts desperately needed, as well as hosts for other events. We’ve had a shortage of clubhouse hosts, and that’s a shame; please think about volunteering to host a movie! If you’re unsure about hosting by yourself, Maureen Galliani would be willing to co-host a movie. Cathi Aradi (456.6449 or (cscsoftball@value.net) is also open to co-hosting. Please don't be intimidated by the refreshment aspect; food doesn't need to be elaborate. Call Saundra to reserve the clubhouse (454.0114) and Judy (492.0185) or Maureen (457.0117) to get it into the newsletter.

UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS
MAY CLUBHOUSE MOVIE - Wednesday, May 10,7pm Mostly Martha
For Martha Klein (Martina Gedeck), a thirty-something chef, food is work and work is life, with no room for fripperies like love, music or laughter. When her sister dies and leaves her as the temporary guardian of a willful eight-year-old girl, Lina (Maxime Foerste), Martha finds her life turned upside down. For, while she is an expert in the kitchen, Martha has no idea how to deal with other people let alone children. More tumult is added to her life when she suddenly finds her workspace invaded by the new hire: a flamboyant, charismatic Italian sous-chef, Mario (Sergio Castellito), with whom she is instantly at odds. Over time, however, Mario's clever charm wins little Lina over, and Martha herself finds a quiet peacefulness and love and the beginnings of a new recipe for life. Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. 109 min. 2001/ German w/English subtitles. Hosted by Joe Cillo and Mary Buttaro; please call or email (457.5425; joe@maxbiz.com).

DINNER AND A MOVIE AT MAUREEN'S - Saturday, May 13, 6pm Gloomy Sunday *FULL*
Join Maureen for a movie and potluck dinner. Gloomy Sunday is an atmospheric, deeply felt love story played out in Budapest, 1935 to 1945, between a prologue and epilogue set in our own day. A beautiful woman and the men who love her, set against the backdrop of war, set the pace for this erotic, lush, and absolutely fascinating drama. Gloomy Sunday has such an ardent following the film played at a theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand for 80 weeks straight! In German w/English subtitles. Please call or email Maureen (457.0117, mdgalliani@comcast.net) to reserve a spot and to find out what you can bring.

May 16th, Tuesday evening at 7pm, $4 at the door - Movie Night at Nancy's
Come join us for the film version of Paint Your Wagon with Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg. It is written by Lerner and Lowe with additional songs by Andre Previn. The music is thrilling, the California mining town tough and the scenery great. Besides you get to hear Clint sing so come along. Call Nancy Davis to reserve a seat by May 14th at 415 924 8004.

JUNE CLUBHOUSE MOVIE - Wednesday, June 14, 7pm - Take the Money and Run
Start the summer with some big-time laughs. Woody Allen's first film as director/writer/star is full of funny ideas, telling in a documentary-style, the life story of a compulsive thief. This is a non-stop parade of jokes; SUCH funniness! Starring Janet Margolin, Jackson Beck, Louise Lasser, Jacquelyn Hyde. 1969/85 min. Hosted by Rita Shroeder (479.8218) and Maureen Galliani (457.0117, mdgalliani@comcast.net). Please let the ladies know if you will be coming.

MMB MISCELLANY
Oscars are moving back to February. The 79th annual Academy Awards will be held Feb. 25, 2007 — the last Sunday of the month — at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. It will be televised by ABC-TV. This year's show was moved to the first Sunday in March to avoid going head-to-head against NBC's broadcast of the Winter Olympics' closing ceremonies. Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, noted that the February show means nominations and the balloting process will take place earlier than they did this year. Oscar nominees will be announced Jan. 23 . Final ballots will be mailed Jan. 31 and will be due Feb. 20.

A Japanese cinema showing The New World will screen the Colin Farrell movie in 'Smellovision' to enhance the viewing experience. 7 smells will be emitted by machines placed under seats at the back of the theatre, depending on what kind of scene is playing during director Terence Malick's film at the time. Love scenes will be accompanied by a floral scent, while a peppermint and rosemary smell will waft through the cinema during emotional sequences.

Eddie Fisher's three-bedroom penthouse in the Fontana in SF is up for sale, for $2.95 million. Real estate agent Maureen D'Honau and Nancy Frank of Coldwell Banker on Lombard Street are fairly mum about the details, but D'Honau says he may be interested in a "smaller place here in S.F. and another in Monaco.'' There's an open house on Sunday, but don't think you're going to see Fisher's cheese grater or memorabilia lying around. The listing says the place has been "elegantly staged.''

Do Great Books Make Great Movies? Test yourself!
1. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy took Peter Jackson 7 years to complete. How long did it take writer J.R.R. Tolkien to complete his books? a)one year b)three years c)The exact same amount of time it took to make the movies--7 years! D)over 10 years
2. In the 1994 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (1868-69), Winona Ryder played Jo March. Who played Jo in the 1933 version of the film? a)Bette Davis b)Katharine Hepburn c)Judy Garland d)Joan Crawford
3. Which award-winning war film was based on Joseph Conrad's book Heart of Darkness (1902)? a)The Bridge on the River Kwai b)The Great Escape c)Apocalypse Now d)The Deer Hunter
4. There have been several movie versions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Which of the following actors has not played the role of Hamlet in a movie? A)Richard Burton b)Kenneth Branagh c)Sir John Gielgud d)Laurence Olivier
5. Clueless, the 1995 film starring Alicia Silverstone as the teenage heroine Cher, is based on which classic novel? a)Sense and Sensibility b)Emma c)Great Expectations d)My Antonia
6. Which actor made his motion-picture debut as the reclusive Boo Radley in the 1962 film of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird? a)Sam Shapard b)Warren Beatty c)Robert Duvall d)Gregory Peck
7. Nicole Kidman won a Academy Award for her role as Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002), which was based on Michael Cunningham's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Which of Virginia Woolf's works was central to the story? a)A room of One's Own b)To the Lighthouse c)Mrs. Dalloway d)The Waves
8. Although the name of Harry's owl is used in the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998), it is not mentioned in the movie version. What is the owl's name? a)Harold b)Hugo c)Hedwig d)Hootie
9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) won five Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture. How did Ken Kesey, who wrote the 1962 novel, react to the movie? a)He loved it b)He thought it was ok c)He hated it d)He laughed, he cried--it was better than Cats
10. When Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable) declared "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" in Gone With the Wind (1939), he uttered one of the most famous lines in movie history. In the book, the line was slightly different. What was it? a)"My dear, I don't give a damn!" b)"Frankly, I don't give a damn!" c)"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a darn!" d)"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a hill o'beans!"

Marin Movie Club
This delightful group meets for dinner and discussion of a movie on selected Tuesday evenings. You can call Bunny Witt on the “movie line”at 789.8545 and you will hear what movie she's chosen and the day, date time and restaurant of choice. Bunny updates and leaves a detailed message weekly.

Eat and have future, and it's a theme park. A lot of it is left, but you have to look much harder than before." Director Wim Wenders, on life

During the Thirties, when biographical film were very big on the Warner Brothers schedule, Hal Wallis was quoted as saying, "Every time Paul Muni parts his beard and looks down a telescope, this company loses two million dollars."

See you at the movies! - Judy & Maureen