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2011 Newsletters Past newsletters - 2011 December 28, 2011 December 7, 2011 November 30, 2011 October 26, 2011 September 30, 2011 September 19, 2011 August 31, 2011 August 17, 2011 July 20,2011 July 13, 2011 June 29, 2011 June 2, 2011 April 25, 2011 April 1, 2011 March 8, 2011 February 18, 2011 January 28, 2011 January 11, 2011 (1/11/11) December 28, 2011 In this Issue: First Night on New Years Eve- Short Films from PTFI First Tuesday Salon, January 3d - HUGO with Special Guest!! GREASE! Sing-a-long Saturday, January 14th @ The Rose Theater Never too late for a 2011 Donation (Hint Hint!!) First Night December 31, 2012 , 6pm-9pm An enchanted evening in our little town, thanks to the Jefferson County Historical Society and many other supporters. Join your neighbors for an evening of family friendly fun thru out the last night of the old year. Festivities will include a selection of short films, screened in the lovely new "Theatre Gallery" in the Historical Museum- enter on Water Street. Stop by and say "Happy New Year!" and then step outside for the fireworks!! Click here for more information. First Tuesday Salon: Jan. 3, 2012 @ 7:30pm The Rose Theatre welcomes the New Year with "HUGO" Special Guest, Film Historian Bruce Hattendorfx Hard as it may be to believe, Martin Scorcese -- yes, THAT one -- has made a kids' movie. "Hugo" works for adults, too, and it's the featured film in the PTFF's First Tuesday salon of the new year, on Wednesday, Jan. 3. This film was made in 3-D, but seeing it at the Rose, it's eye-popping enough in 2- D with its rich, textured look inside a big Parisian train station just after WWI. Hugo Cabret -- expressive blue eyes and all -- is a 12-year-old orphan who stows away in a warren inside the train station, where he winds the mighty clocks and recalls his late father, who helped build him a marvelous, human-like machine, now a broken automaton. Hugo dodges the Javert/Clouseau-like station gendarme (Sacha Baron Cohen) and befriends an imperious shopkeeper, Georges, played with his usual command by Ben Kingsley. Georges is eventually revealed to be legendary French filmmaker Georges Melies, an underappreciated genius who cranked out 800 films, including the first science-fiction movie. Some of the one-camera shots here will leave cinephiles gasping in amazement, even as the story slows down and the film becomes an homage to Melies' filmmaking career. One reviewer says that seeing this in 3-D is essential to getting the film's full effect, but most of those who've seen this unusual film here would probably disagree. I didn't see anyone asking for their money back. "Hugo" is the steamiest film of the year. But not in the usual. way. In every scene, steam from the big station's hearing vents wreathes everything, -- Bill Mann GREASE!~ SING-A-LONG- GOT TICKETS? GOING FAST! SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012 at The Rose Theatre Two screenings...12:30 pm and 10:00 pm General admission $15 Children 12 & Under $7 Call 360-379-1333 for details. Tickets at The Rose box office or online at rosetheatre.com 'THE MOST FUN YOU WILL HAVE AT THE MOVIES!' Get out your leather jacket, your spandex dance tights, your poodle skirt and your pony tail! At 12:30pm on Saturday afternoon, you can attend the matinee performance or, if you like to stay up late, join us for the 10pm show and enjoy one of the PTFI signature cocktails from AREA 51, our little lounge at the film festival. Thanks to Bainbridge Organic Distillers, we will be serving our fantastic organic cocktails before the show. You can win a cool T-shirt from Paramount pictures, stuffed animals from some of Paramount's hit films OR an $85 Pass to the 2012 Festival for Best John Travolta and Best Olivia Newton John look-a-like! JUST A REMINDER, DID YOU REMEMBER THAT YEAR END CHECK TO PTFI? We are so grateful to our supporters for everything we all do together to promote film & community. Looking forward to the New Year! Janette Force, Executive Director for PTFI December 7, 2011 In this Issue: First time in PT- Banff Film Festival, Saturday, Dec. 10th, 7:30pm @ The Uptown Theatre PTFI Film Tech Forum- Thursday, Dec. 15th, 7pm @ The Undertown GREASE! Sing-a-long Saturday, January 14 th @ The Rose Theater 2 Shows, Costume contests and a Great Gift Idea for YOU! Buy a 2012 Pass and get a FREE PTFF Mug Celebrating the Outdoors as only film can do! This is not a PTFI event, but we could not resist sending out info on this unique film opportunity. Hosted at The Uptown Theatre, Banff Mountain Film Festival celebrates exotic landscapes and remote cultures, bringing audiences up-close and personal with adrenaline- packed action sports. They plan to screen between 5 – 9 short films for an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world. $15 tickets are available at Brown Paper Ticket. The Uptown Theatre, 1120 Lawrence Street, Port Townsend, WA - (360) 385-3883 PTFI Film Technicians Thursday, Dec 15th, 7pm @ Undertown Coffee & Wine 211 Taylor Street, Port Townsend Our first round table for filmmakers yielded a spirited conversation about film editing platforms- which way to go, and how to share expertise. We had a great discussion about generating a list of local film tech resources available. Want to join the conversation? There is room at the table! GREASE! Sing-a-long Saturday, January 14th, 2 Shows!! $15/ $7 for age 12 & under @ The Rose Theatre 235 Taylor Stree,t Port Townsend Get out your black leather jacket, your spandex dance tights and OOOh OOOh OOOh! Prizes for Best Costumes! The first screening is at 12:30pm and then a late night show at 10pm. Both shows will have costume contests with prizes from Paramount Pictures. Thanks to our loyal sponsor, Bainbridge Organic Distillers, the evening performance will have our legendary signature cocktails from AREA 51, 2011 PTFF. Tuck some tickets in a Christmas stocking, honor one night of Hanukkah or celebrate Winter Solstice by supporting PTFI! Buy a 2012 Pass and get a FREE!! PTFF Mug Awesome, right? While the supply lasts, you can buy your pass for 2012 PT Film Festival September 21-22-23 2012 at the 2011 prices AND get a free coffee mug. Go ahead, show your support, invest in your entertainment future and have a cup tea! Call for details 360-379-1333. Looking forward to the New Year! Janette Force, Executive Director for PTFI November 30, 2011 In this Issue: First Tuesday Salon on Dec 6th, "THE WAY", 7pm @ The Rose Theatre PTFI Film Tech Forum- Thurs Dec 15th, 7pm @ Undertown First Tuesday Salon: 7pm @ The Rose Theatre welcomes December with… "THE WAY " with guest panelists who have followed the same path. From Toronto.com: "The road in The Way is a real one, El Camino de Santiago, a route that Christian pilgrims have travelled on foot for more than 1,000 years, winding its way for hundreds of kilometers from southern France through the Pyrenees Mountains in northern Spain. It's a road that grieving father Tom Avery, played by Martin Sheen, embarks upon — despite a busy optometry practice back home in California — after coming to France to retrieve the body of his son, Daniel, who has died in a flash flood one day into the journey. Along the way, he hooks up with three other pilgrims and finds a way past his own grief and resentment at his son and onto the path toward enlightenment. In a 21st century world, where traditional religions and the New Age quest for enlightenment too often seem like two sides of the same tarnished coin, The Way could easily have turned into a cloying, plodding mess. It's not, due in large part due to an intelligent script, written by Emilio Estevez, Sheen's son — who also appears in brief moments as the ghostly presence of the late son — his instinct as director to opt for understatement over heavenly choral moments and a quartet of finely wrought and satisfying performances." Our guests for the salon conversation following the screening will include Cathy Formusa and Art Carpenter, with more pilgrims offering their voices to the conversation each day. We look forward to personal tales of the experience, questions from the audience and reflections on this ancient journey. PTFI members receive $1 off their admission and 50 cents off their popcorn. First Tuesday Salon screenings frequently sell out so early arrival is advised. PTFI Film Technicians- Thursday, Dec 15th, 7pm @ Undertown Coffee & Wine Our first round table for filmmakers yielded a spirited conversation about film editing platforms- which way to go, and how to share expertise. We had a great discussion about generating a list of local film tech resources available. Want to join the conversation? There is room at the table! See you at the movies, Janette Force, Executive Director for PTFI October 26, 2011 In this Issue: GLOBAL LENS Continues Saturday, Nov. 5th @ 10am "The White Meadows First Tuesday Salon on Nov 1st at the Rosebud Cinema " Higher Ground" 7:20pm PTFI Film Geeks Forum- Got ideas? Weds. Nov 16th 7pm Undertown Coffee Global Lens Highlight! Nov. 5th, 10am @ The Rosebud Cinema The White Meadows Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof Iran/2009/92 min. This is truly a remarkable film. "The White Meadows" was selected for screening at the 2011 Port Townsend Film Festival because of the spectacular use of cinematography and mythology- or is it? The salt islands of Iran's Lake Urmia provides a surreal setting for Mohammad Rasoulof's mesmerizing fable, written in the tradition of Swift or Kafka, of a world woven with both dream and nightmare.
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