desertfilmsociety
presents
RED
ROSES AND PETROL
Saturday, January 3, 2004
9:00 am - Camelot Theatre Doors Open
Coffee & Muffins Available
9:20 am - Introduction of Film
9:30 am - Screening Begins
Q&A Session following Screening
with
writer/director Tamar Simon Hoffs
in attendance
DFS 2004 Members
use Membership Card
Non-Members - $15.00
per person
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Story
An estranged Irish clan reunites for the
funeral of family patriarch, Enda Doyle, a poet, university librarian and
failed writer with a hidden past. In one cold and rainy night an
Irish family's scars, secrets and shared experiences are contrarily recalled,
as a box of unmarked videotapes made by Enda over the last year of his
life is discovered.
The film's world premiere took place at
the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival on November 13, 2003.
Starring
Malcolm McDowell, Olivia Tracey, Heather
Juergenson, Max Beesley, Greg Ellis, Susan Lynch, Catherine Farrell, Sean
Lawlor, Robert Easton and Aubrey Morris
Drama
Sex-oriented language, with Irish Accents
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs.
Screenplay by Tamar Simon Hoffs and Gail
Stayden
Based on the Play by Joseph O'Connor
Produced by Tamar Simon Hoffs, Gail Stayden,
Georganne Aldrich Heller and Alfred Sapse
Links:
redrosesandpetrol.com
Tamar
Simon Hoffs
Joseph
O'Connor |