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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0
Centerpiece
MAN IN THE CHAIR
centerpiece
Thursday, October 11, 6:30 pm
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
Reception to follow at Gaylord India Restaurant
CENTERPIECE AND RECEPTION $35 MAN11P
CENTERPIECE ONLY $15 MAN11R
invited Guests tBa—check mvff.com
man in the chair | US 2006 109 MINS
Director/Screenwriter Michael Schroeder Producers Michael Schroeder,
Randolf Turrow, Sarah Schroeder Cinematographer Dana Gonzales
Editor Terry Cafaro Cast Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano,
M. Emmet Walsh, Robert Wagner, Joshua Boyd, Mimi Kennedy
Print Source Outsider Pictures
The superb Christopher Plummer is Flash, a curmudgeon
with a hankering for classic movies and booze.
Cameron (Michael Angarano) is a volatile teen who
commits grand theft auto just because the car is an
exact replica from Christine. Their relationship is forged
in the darkness of a movie theater and fueled by a
mutual appreciation of rebellion and cinema. Cameron
enters a student film contest, though he lacks the
resources of his peers. Learning that Flash is a retired
Hollywood gaffer—and the only surviving crew member
from Citizen Kane—Cameron follows him to his home at
the Motion Picture Residence for the Elderly, a colony
of aging film folk set aside by the industry. A quirky
fellowship develops, in which Flash and his friends help
Cameron make his film, and, in doing so, change his
life. Plummer is outstanding as the cantankerous cynic
who becomes an ardent mentor.
As we pAss the midpoint of the
Festival, our Centerpiece program
rings in a second full weekend of
films and parties. Our featured film
for the evening is director Michael
Schroeder’s Man in the Chair, featuring
Christopher Plummer’s latest bigscreen
performance. It’s another great
role for Plummer, whose photo has
recently been splashed across
magazine and newspaper pages in
celebration of a 2007 Tony Award
nomination for his star turn in
Broadway’s Inherit the Wind. Veteran
of nearly 200 film and TV productions
and a heralded master of Shakespearean
theater, Plummer’s formidable
presence, with his commanding voice,
fierce intelligence and raconteur’s
charm, makes every performance
simmer, on both stage and screen.
So it is with this brilliant portrayal of a
character thankfully very far from his
real life—a Hollywood retiree.
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Please join us for the Centerpiece
screening of Man in the Chair, with
special guests in attendance,
including director Michael Schroeder.
After the program, join us at one of
Sausalito’s finest, Gaylord India
Restaurant, featuring wines from
Mark West Winery. A taste of India
on the Bay, Gaylord is consistently
rated one of the top ten Indian
restaurants in the United States.