Admission
Policy
Complimentary
for
Current Members
Guest
(Non-Members)
$15.00
at
the door
Doors Open
9:00 AM
Screening Start
9:30 AM
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"Pope Dreams"
Coachella
Valley Premiere
Saturday
- March 3,
2007
Doors Open for
Complimentary Refreshments at 9:00 AM
Film
Begins Promptly
at 9:30 AM
Camelot
Theatres
2300
Baristo Road,
Palm
Springs, CA
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Q&A
following the film with SPECIAL GUESTS
Phillip Vaden (Actor), Julie Hagerty (Actor), Stephen Tobolowsky
(Actor),
Patrick Hogan (Writer/Director), Steve Loh (Producer)
In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a
coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Andy
Venable (Phillip Vaden) is a directionless 19-year old boy who works
for his dad (Stephen Tobolowsky – Groundhog Day, Memento) in a
warehouse
during the day and plays drums in a loud heavy-metal band at night. His
only clear goal at the moment is to get his sick mother (Julie Haggerty
– Airplane, Lost in America), a devout Catholic, to meet the Pope
before she dies. While he's busy with that, he falls for a girl who's
totally out of his league. But dreaming is easy, it's reality
that's hard.
Festivals & Awards:
- Grand Jury Winner, Best Narrative Feature, Atlanta
Film Festival
- Jury Award Winner, Special Recognition, Stony Brook
Festival
- Best Feature, both Jury & Audience Awards &
Best of Fest, Newport Beach Film Festival
- Closing Night Screening, USA Film Festival
- Anchorage International Film Festival
- Dakino International Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania
- Cinema Society of San Diego
- Lake Forest Film Festival
Reviews:
"A heartfelt coming
of age story...boasts sensitive performances, direction, and
dialogue."- The Hollywood Reporter
“Pope Dreams is a winner!... Unique vision
and sublime writing that captures characters filled with incomparable
heart." - Film Threat Magazine
"What a sweet, inspiring movie. An indie
gem!" - Tiffiny Kaye Whitney, L.A. Splash Magazine
"Full of rich, conflicted characters and
deep emotional undertones." - Richard Chang, OC Register
"A funny, dark, dreamy coming-of-age story."
- Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
Writer/Director: Patrick Hogan
Producer: Steve Loh
Distributor: Pescadito Productions
Drama: English
Run time: 106 min
Official
Site w/Trailer
with a short
SIMPLE
SONG OF FREEDOM
Special Guests:
Students from James Workman Middle School
The James Workman Middle School of Palm
Springs, CA perform an updated version of the Bobby Darin classic
anti-war song "Simple Song of Freedom”. Intercut with images of
children from Afghanistan, this musical plea for peace represents the
voices of children everywhere.
USA, 2006, (5 min), Produced by David
Rothmiller & LD Thompson
SIMPLE SONG OF FREEDOM premiered at the Global Peace Film Festival in
Orlando, FL and will screen at the Delray Beach Film Festival in March.
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