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Sedona to Host “Sneak Preview Event” November 13


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Venue: Harkins Sedona Six Theatres | Location: 2081 W. Hwy. 89A | Time: 7:00pm
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SEDONA (AZR) -- The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a special “Sneak Preview Event” featuring director Garrett Bennett’s new film at the November installment of the Second Tuesday Cinema Series. The “surprise” film will be featured at 7 p.m., Nov. 13 at the Harkins Sedona Six Theatres. The screening marks the return of director Garrett Bennett and producer Victor Kepler to Sedona. Tickets are $10. more info: 928.282.1177

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Presented by the Sedona International Film Festival and Workshop, the screening marks the return of director Garrett Bennett and producer Victor Kepler to Sedona following last year’s “A Relative Thing,” which garnered the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 festival.

“This film event is so big, we can’t even mention the film title by name!” said film festival director Patrick Schweiss. “Victor and Garrett promised us that our Sedona audience would be the first in the world to see their new film ... and they are coming back to deliver on that promise!”

Both Bennett and Kepler will be present at the Sedona debut to introduce the film and host a Q&A discussion following the screening.

Bennett’s new film is the moving story of blind devotion and repressed love that brings together a father and daughter after 25 years.

Moments after Tommy Sparrow kissed his young daughter goodbye and set off to on a classified operation for the CIA, Tommy’s wife abruptly turned her back on him, denying him any contact with either of them.

Twenty-five years have passed and Tommy Sparrow has become an expert spy, with battle scars to show for it. Josephine Sparrow is in her thirties and battling her own destructive nature. Her relationship with her own daughter Erin is now in jeopardy. As Josephine attempts to put together her own life, and retain custody of Erin, Tommy sets out on an operation that far surpasses any mission he ran with the agency.

Featuring incredible performances by David Rasche (Flags of our Fathers, Flight 93), Elisabeth Rohm (Law & Order), Eric Roberts (Heroes), John Aylward (ER), and Chad Lindbergh (The Fast and the Furious), Bennett’s film uncovers mysteries of the past, revealing a rare story of love and understanding that brings our attention to the power of forgiveness.

“Our previous film — ‘A Relative Thing’ — had started off in the “sneak preview/work in progress” series and went on to screen at numerous wonderful festivals and a variety of venues across North America before returning to Sedona International Festival 2006,” said director Bennett. “It was true, in fact, that from Seattle to New York, we had never experienced a more insightful and connected audience than the audience at Sedona. After living and breathing a film for over two years, it was an astonishing gift to be at a festival with an audience and group of filmmakers who ultimately gave us a new perspective of our film — illuminating aspects of the story in ways we had never thought or experienced.”

“I am delighted and grateful for this opportunity to take a chance, jump off and share this film with such a classy and outstanding festival and audience as Sedona International!”

The title sponsor for the event is the Marketplace Café, located in the Factory Outlet Mall. The lodging host is Amara Resort & Spa. The series is also made possible by a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Sedona.

The film will be shown on two screens simultaneously on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Tickets are $10, or $8 for Film Sedona members, and will be available at 5:30 p.m. in the Harkins Sedona Six Theatres lobby on show night. Cash or checks only. Seats are limited. Film Sedona members can purchase tickets in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office, 45 Sunset Drive, or by calling 282-1177.

Bistro Bella Terra will provide a “Dinner and a Movie” package for Second Tuesday including dinner with director Bennett and producer Kepler at Bistro Bella Terra with a pre-film discussion, a reserved-seat ticket to the film and trolley transportation to and from the theater. Space is limited. Cost is $45 per person inclusive for the dinner package.

For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.com or call (928) 282-1177.



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