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Save Virgil

Screens before Feast

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
14m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
"Save Virgil," a short film by Brad Ableson ("The Simpsons"), combines live-action and animation to tell the perverse story of Virgil (voiced by Adam Carolla), a cartoon character who is mysteriously born into the real world. Shunned by his classmates, nomadic biker father, and porn-star mother (Ginger Lynn), Virgil hitchhikes to Hollywood in search of his soul mate, Viking Girl, a voluptuous TV cartoon action-heroine he believes to exist. Along the way, Virgil deals with monkeys, motorcycles, marijuana, and learns from Gary Coleman the tragic price of fame.
Directed by: 
Brad Ableson
Produced by: 
Gary Bryman, Steve Hein
Written by: 
Brad Ableson
Main Cast: 
Brooke Radding, Shana Betz, Adam Carolla
About the Director(s): 

Brad Ableson attended USC Film School where his Emmy Award winning student film ""My Ding-A-Ling"" helped him score a job as an animator on ""The Simpsons"" at age 19. Since graduating he has been a storyboard artist on over 150 episodes and on the ""The Simpsons Movie.""

Besides working on ""The Simpsons,"" Brad is known for his award winning short film ""Save Virgil"" (starring Adam Carolla) and co-creating MTVs ""Good Vibes"" and Comedy Central's ""Legends of Chamberlain Heights"" w...read more

Feast

FREE SCREENING!

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 35min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
You've heard Project Greenlight did a horror film, now come to the complimentary screening on Saturday, Oct. 22nd at 9:30PM and judge for yourself!
Directed by: 
John Gulager
Produced by: 
Ben Affleck (EP), Wes Craven (EP), Matt Damon (EP), Michael Leahy, Joel Soisson, Joe Maloof (EP), Phil Maloof (EP)
Written by: 
Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton
Main Cast: 
Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins, Navi Rawat,Judah Friedlander, Josh Zuckerman, Jason Mewes, Jenny Wade, Krista Allen, Clu Gallagher
About the Director(s): 

John Gulager was born on December 19, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA as John Thompson Gulager. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Feast (2005), He Was a Quiet Man (2007) and Piranha 3DD (2012). He has been married to Diane Ayala Goldner since 1986.

Friday the 13th (25th Anniversary)

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 2:00am
Run Time: 
1h 35min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Relive the original terror and suspense in this classic 24-hour nightmare of blood. Camp Crystal Lake has been closed for over 20 years due to some vicious and unsolved murders. The camp's new owner and several young counselors are readying the camp for re-opening despite warnings of a "death curse" by local residents. The curse proves true on Friday the 13 th as one by one each of the counselors is stalked by a violent killer.
Directed by: 
Sean S. Cunningham
Produced by: 
Sean S. Cunningham
Written by: 
Victor Miller
Main Cast: 
Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartham, Jeannine Taylor, Kevin Bacon, Peter Brouwer
About the Director(s): 

Like William Girdler, Oliver Hellman or even Ed Wood, Sean S. Cunningham had a successful career of starting films cheap and fast. Originally from New York, Cunningham had a vast knowledge of directing films and came to Hollywood. He started about the same time Wes Craven did. Cunningham meets Craven and decided to make a comedy-romance film called Together (1971). Then they both shocked the world with the rape and ultra-violence of The Last House on the Left (1972). Craven directed the flick...read more

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
1h 16min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
In Holstenwall , Germany , it is time once again for the town's annual fair. It is a beautiful day and two friends decide to enjoy the festivities. They attend the hypnotist Dr. Caligari's sensational exhibition a clairvoyant sleepwalker who can tell the future. But when one of the friends asks to have his fortune told, the prophecy is too terrifying to imagine! Death comes to Holstenwall, and the only way to stop it is by discovering the secret of the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Directed by: 
David Lee Fischer
Produced by: 
Paula Elins, Leonard McLeod
Written by: 
David Lee Fischer
Main Cast: 
Judson Pearce Morgan, Daamen J. Krall, Doug Jones, Lauren Birkell, Neil Hopkins, William Gregory Lee, Randy Mulkey, Time Winters

Kismet

Screens before Happy End

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
4m
Country: 
New Zealand
Synopsis: 
A meteor crashes into a twisted, dark cemetery. Kismet cautiously explores the landing site, but soon realizes her life expectancy is about to drop.
Directed by: 
Joe Hitchcock
Produced by: 
Joe Hitchcock
Written by: 
Joe Hitchcock
Main Cast: 
Joe Hitchcock
About the Director(s): 

A cinematographer and sometimes director, Joe hails from Hamilton, New Zealand, where he graduated screen and media studies from The University of Waikato in 2004. He began work as a camera operator and lighting technician for community television and local theatre. In 2005, Joe presented his student stop-motion short Kismet (2005) at Screamfest Film Festival in LA. His experience at the festival inspired shooting Down by the Riverside (2007), a low budget noir-horror feature, which premiered...read more

Happy End

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 9:00pm
Run Time: 
30m
Country: 
German
Synopsis: 
A young writer moves into an old apartment complex because of a writing block. While searching for the right story for his new novel, he comes upon the remains of the previous tenant and suddenly the apartment seems to develop an uncanny life of its own. He digs deeper and uncovers the path of a well kept secret which robs him of his sleep and almost drives him towards insanity.
Directed by: 
Daniel Stieglitz
Produced by: 
Martin Tischner
Written by: 
Daniel Stieglitz
Main Cast: 
Matthias Scherwenikas, Katharina Schwarz, Brunhild Falkenstein, Katharina Schiedermeier, Erwin Leder, J.E. Rasch, Marta Heselberger

2001 Maniacs

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 4:00am
Run Time: 
1h 27min 
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Travelers who take a wrong turn wind up becoming the planned main course for the hungry residents of Pleasant Valley
Directed by: 
Tim Sullivan
Produced by: 
Christopher Tuffin, Brett Nemeroff, Eli Roth, Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel
Written by: 
Chris Kobin, Tim Sullivan
Main Cast: 
Robert Englund, Lin Shaye, Giuseppe Andrews, Jay Gillespie, Marla Malcolm, Travis Tritt, Christa Campbell, Peter Stormare
About the Director(s): 

"Writer/Director/Producer known for a wide variety of modern horror films, most significantly cult favorite 2001 Maniacs (2005) and its popular follow-up, 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010). Beginning his career as a New Jersey teenager pumping fake blood for 80's splatter classic The Deadly Spawn (1983), Sullivan moved to Los Angeles where he worked in development at New Line Cinema, co-producing Detroit Rock City (1999).

With a directing style ranging from the 'splatstick' nature ...read more

Reeker

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 2:00am
Run Time: 
1h 30min
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
When a lonely highway is inexplicably closed, five students sharing a ride to a party in the desert find themselves trapped at a recently deserted travel oasis. Refusing to let the new circumstances interfere with their fun, they settle in only to be interrupted by odd, haunting visions of severely mutilated travelers. They are soon preyed upon by a decaying creature and as the body count rises, the bizarre mystery deepens.
Directed by: 
Dave Payne
Produced by: 
Dave Payne, Tina Illman, Amanda Klein
Written by: 
Dave Payne
Main Cast: 
Eric Mabius, Scott Whyte, Tina Illman, Derek Richardson, Devon Gummersall, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Ironside, David Hadinger Marcia Strassman
About the Director(s): 

Dave Payne is a director and writer, known for Reeker (2005), Just Can't Get Enough (2002) and No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker (2008).

Severed

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 21, 2005 - 4:30am
Run Time: 
1h 33min 
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest. But the experimentation goes disastrously wrong, transforming a disparate group of loggers and environmental activists into the "infected" -- ravenous, zombie-like creatures who prey upon the few terrified survivors while they attempt to understand and control the disaster.
Directed by: 
Carl Bessai
Produced by: 
Andrew Boutilier
Written by: 
Carl Bessai, Travis McDonald
Main Cast: 
Leanne Adachi, JR Bourne, Sage Brocklebank, Paul Campbell, Julian Christopher, Patrick Gallagher, Colin Lawrence, Sarah Lind
About the Director(s): 

Carl Bessai is a director and producer, known for Normal (2007), Repeaters (2010) and Sisters & Brothers (2011).

Little Dead Girl

Screens before Land of the Dead

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Friday, October 21, 2005 - 2:00am
Run Time: 
4m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A dead girl attempts to travel from the grave to a rock concert, befriending strange creatures along the way.
Directed by: 
Lee Lanier
Produced by: 
Lee Lanier
Written by: 
Lee Lanier
Main Cast: 
Lee Lanier
About the Director(s): 

Lee Lanier has worked as a professional computer animator since 1994. While at Buena Vista Visual Effects at Walt Disney Studios. he created VFX for numerous feature films. While at PDI/DreamWorks, he served as a senior animator on "Antz" and "Shrek." Along the way, he directed a series of independent, animated short films that went on to play 200+ film festivals, museums, and art galleries worldwide. His work has been featured at such venues as Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, the Ottawa Internati...read more