Inspired by the tightly-woven cultural fabric of the Pittsburgh community and the expressivity of filmmaking, director/producer and Carnegie Mellon University alumnus Paul Germain explores the life of David Newell, Mr. McFeely of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, in the documentary Speedy Delivery. In the 75-minute documentary, Germain follows Newell as he travels the globe, trying to keep the television program alive and in syndication. Speedy Delivery, directed, produced, scored, and mixed by three Carnegie Mellon alums, premieres in Pittsburgh Thursday, April 10.
Pittsburgh Premiere: Thurs., April 10 at 8 p.m. at Regent Square Theatre
Join Germain as he debuts his film first for the Pittsburgh community. Immediately following the screening, Germain and colleagues (David Newell, Mr. McFeely; Bryan Senti, original score; Friedrich Myers, sound design and audio mix) will participate in a discussion and question-and-answer session. Tickets are $7 and are available in advance by calling 412.681.5449 or at any Pittsburgh Filmmakers box office.
Carnegie Mellon Screening: Sat., April 12 at 4 p.m. in McConomy Auditorium, University Center
Immediately following the screening, Germain and colleagues (Newell, Mr. McFeely; Friedrich Myers, sound design and audio mix) will participate in a discussion and question-and-answer session. This event is free to Carnegie Mellon students, faculty and staff.
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The STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University presents Other Options Pittsburgh, a symposium on alternative economics and value systems April 1113 at Goods & Services, 2628 East Carson St. The weekend-long symposium, which explores how local actions relate to global capitalism, includes an art exhibition, panel discussion, macroeconomics workshop, cottage industry expo and Sunday Soup on the South Side as well as guided tours, dinner and a dance party in Braddock.
For more information, contact Carolyn Lambert at 412-398-1122 or visit the ReTool website for a complete schedule of events at http://retool.wordpress.com/2008/01/. ________________
The School of Drama is taking its latest production, Commedia Dell Arte, on the road to outdoor locations around Carnegie Mellons Oakland campus, as well as Hartwood Acres Park, the SouthSide Works and Station Square.
From April 11 to April 26, the traveling troupe with their portable stage and period costumes will perform adaptations set in 1930s Pittsburgh of Carlo Goldonis Servant of Two Masters and Molires Scapino, clownish comedies chock full of scoundrels and hapless lovers. The performances, for all ages, are free to the public. People are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to the Carnegie Mellon and Hartwood Acres Park performances as seating will not be provided.
Performances at Carnegie Mellon Preview of Servant of Two Masters
1 p.m., Thursday, April 10 on Carnegie Mellons Cut, near the tennis courts
Preview of Scapino 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10 on Carnegie Mellons Cut, near the tennis courts Scapino 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 18 in the Morewood Gardens Parking lot off Forbes Avenue
Servant of Two Masters 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 17 in the Morewood Gardens Parking lot off Forbes Avenue
5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 24 on Carnegie Mellons Cut, near the tennis courts
Performances at the SouthSide Works: Scapino
5:30 p.m., Friday, April 25, and Saturday April 26
Servant of Two Masters
1 p.m., Saturday, April 26
Performances at Station Square:
Scapino
1 p.m., Saturday, April 12 Servant of Two Masters 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12
Performances at Hartwood Acres Park:
Servant of Two Masters
1 p.m., Saturday, April 19
Scapino
4 p.m., Saturday, April 19 __________________
SMART PEOPLE ARRIVES IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE APRIL 11
Miramax Films Smart People, a romantic comedy featuring Carnegie Mellon University and a variety of Pittsburgh-area locations, opens nationwide Friday, April 11.
The Pittsburgh Film Office introduced the production company to Carnegie Mellon administrators, and on-campus production began in the fall of 2006. In addition to Carnegie Mellon, the film also shot on location at the following: Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Moose Lodge, Cheswick Goodwill, Arbys in McKees Rocks, Costco in Robinson Township, University of Pittsburgh, Allegheny General Hospital, Essex House apartments, Pittsburgh International Airport and various streets in Oakland, Friendship, downtown Pittsburgh and the Strip District.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Don Wadsworth of the School of Drama played a featured role in the film. My colleagues on the imaginary Carnegie Mellon faculty, played by Jane Mowder and Adam Kroloff, were heartening. Seeing local actors who beautifully held their own in that company made me proud of our home-grown talent, he said. Students also worked as extras, production assistants and interns during Pittsburgh-based shoots.
As a thank you to those involved with the film, the Pittsburgh Film Office and Carnegie Mellon will host two private Smart People pre-screenings this Thursday for production crew members, local actors and extras, city officials and campus community members involved with the film.
The film tells the story of Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) who might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His teenaged daughter (Ellen Page) is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother (Thomas Haden Church) has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker), the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him. More information about the movie is available at www.smartpeople-themovie.com
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