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Rocky Horror in Jacksonville, Fl 2009

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The cult classic, Rocky Horror Picture Show, will be screened at The Florida Theatre on Friday, October 17, 2009 at midnight.

In the spirit of the movie, there will be a lively street festival on Forsyth Street outside the theater not to be missed. The street festival starts at 8 p.m. The Rocky Horror Tribute Band, a costume contest, food, beverages and fun will all be part of this “strange journey”. Plan to spend a fun evening in Jacksonville for the Rocky Horror experience.

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The Rocky Horror Tribute Band will perform from 8 p.m. to midnight. Cast members will also perform famous dance numbers from the film and you will get the opportunity to do the ‘Time Warp’ .  There is a costume contest, so plan to dress up as your favorite movie character for a chance to win prizes and premier seating.  The costume contest starts at 9 p.m.

Tickets to the screening is limited and it is first come, first seated. To be guaranteed a seat, make sure to buy your tickets in advance. Doors to the theater open at 11 p.m. and tickets are on sale now at the City of Jacksonville Office of Special Events, Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and The Florida Theatre Box Office, Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets will also be on sale day of show at The Florida Theatre beginning at 10 a.m. Tickets are $5.00.

Bring Your Props and “Say It”
The City of Jacksonville also offers a “Say it!” with props. Prop packages are sold for $15.00 day of show only. Movie fans are also encouraged to bring their own props to participate. Accepted props include rice; newspapers; water pistols; flashlights and glow sticks; rubber gloves; noisemakers, confetti, toilet paper, toast, party hats, bells or keys; and cards. For more information about props visit the website.

This event is presented by the City of Jacksonville and is part of the Make A Scene Downtown! series. For more information, visit www.makeascenedowntown.com or call (904) 630-3690.

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Viva Cinema – Latino Film Festival in Jacksonville, Florida

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VIVA CINEMA, Jacksonville’s own celebration of Latino Filmmaking, will take place October 15-18th with screenings, workshops, and parties.

The opening film is:

CRUDE – Ecuador/USA
Directed by Joe Berlinger, 104 min, Documentary
Thursday, October 15, 8pm @ The 5 Points Theatre
Q&A with Joe Berlinger (director)

Three years in the making, this cinema-verite feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case, Crude is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy , the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures. Presenting a complex situation from multiple viewpoints, the film subverts the conventions of advocacy filmmaking as it examines a complicated situation from all angles while bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus.

This film will be followed by a special ceremony to honor filmmaker Joe Berlinger with the Jacksonville Film Events 2009 Shining Light Award for brilliance in bringing a humanitarian issue to the public’s attention through the art of filmmaking.
There is also a party at Cuba Libre on Friday night and workshops scheduled during the day on Saturday at MOCA. Then, Saturday night, join the crowd of festivalgoers for a glass of sangria at The Pearl!

For more information, visit the website.

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The Disney Train Comes to the Coast!

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Disney embarked on an interactive 40-city train tour for the upcoming movie “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” back in May, and now the train is reaching us here on the coast. The train will be in Savannah, Georgia on Oct. 13, Jacksonville, Florida on Oct. 20,  and Charleston, South Carolina on Oct. 23 – 25, 2009.

(Watch the video from The Disney Train in Jacksonville now!)

The Disney train features four custom-designed vintage rail cars with interactive entertainment. At each train stop along the way, a 3D Theatre will be set up, where visitors can get a sneak peek of the movie and see other exclusive behind-the-scenes materials from the movie. There are authentic artifacts on loan from the Charles Dickens Museum of London, artwork, costumes and props from the film. The capture technology used for the movie will also be demonstrated, and you will even get the opportunity to have your face morph into one of the film’s characters. This family event is for guests of all ages and is free to the public.

Pulling Out All the Stops
The train will make 40 stops in 36 states, as it travels its way across more than 16,000 miles of track. Amtrak locomotives and engineers will lead the four-car Train Tour (plus a private car), across the US, with stops ranging from 1-3 days along the way. Each train station will be themed with holiday decorations, and feature artwork from the film, Christmas Carolers, fun activities for the entire family, and snow!

jimcarreyThe grand finale of the train tour takes place at New York’s Grand Central Terminal over the weekend of October 30th through November 1st.
At every tour stop, Radio Disney will invite kids to enter for a chance to become a Movie Surfer representing their hometown. Each Hometown Movie Surfer will get a chance to appear on Disney Channel by filming their very own Movie Surfer’s segment, and receive a prize package of exclusive Movie Surfer and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” gear. ABC television stations across the country will run local promotions. At each stop, visitors will have the chance to win an HP TouchSmart PC and an HP Photosmart wireless printer.

Starring Jim Carrey and directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” opens in theatres November 6 in Disney Digital 3D™ and in IMAX 3D®.

Coastal Train Tour
The first stop on the coast is at the Amtrak Station in Savannah on Tuesday October 13, 2009. Then the train continues to Miami and comes back up to its next stop in our area, Jacksonville. It will be at the Amtrak Station in Jacksonville on Tuesday October 20, 2009. Then the Disney train heads north to Charleston, SC, where it will make a stop at Ansonborough Field, Friday October 23rd – Sunday October 25th, 2009.

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Below is the schedule:

SAVANNAH
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
9 AM – 7 PM
Savannah Amtrak Station
2611 Seaboard Coastline Dr
Savannah GA 31415

JACKSONVILLE
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Jacksonville Amtrak Station
3570 Clifford Lane
Jacksonville FL 32209

CHARLESTON
Saturday, October 24, 9 AM – 7 PM
Sunday, October 25, 9 AM – 4 PM
Ansonborough Field
Between Concord & Washington Streets Charleston SC 29401

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12th Annual Savannah Film Festival Gala and Special Guests

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Savannah, GA—The 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, will take place from Saturday, October 31-Saturday, November 7.

Films to receive special gala screenings will include Jean-Marc Vallée’s “The Young Victoria”; Oren Moverman’s “The Messenger,” with Moverman and stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in attendance; Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare at Goats”; Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces”; Lone Sherfig’s “An Education”; the United States premieres of James Ivory’s “The City of Your Final Destination,” with Ivory in attendance, and Nick Moran’s “Telstar,” with Moran and star Con O’Neill in attendance; Jodie Markell’s “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” (from a screenplay by Tennessee Williams); Cannes Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon”; and Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” winner of the Grand-Jury Prize at Sundance and the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Daniels and star Gabourey Sidibe will be in attendance.

Academy Award nominee Patricia Clarkson (“Pieces of April,” “Vicki Cristina Barcelona”) will receive an Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Award after a screening of Woody Allen’s “Whatever Works”. Emmy and Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson (“Cheers,” “The People vs. Larry Flynt”) and Ben Foster (“3:10 to Yuma”) will also receive Outstanding Achievement in Cinema Awards prior to their screening of “The Messenger.” Emmy Rossum (“The Phantom of the Opera”) will receive the Young Hollywood Award prior to a screening of her film “Dare,” and Jeremy Renner will receive the Spotlight Award for his performance in “The Hurt Locker,” which will also screen at the festival. Scott Caan (“Ocean’s 11”), the writer and star of “Mercy,” one of the festival’s competition films, also will attend.

Past festival guests and honorees include Peter O’Toole, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Sidney Lumet, Kathleen Turner, Norman Jewison, Tommy Lee Jones, John Waters, David Benioff, John Sayles, Brett Ratner, Charlie Rose, George Segal, James Franco, James Ivory, Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, Peter Bart, Army Archerd, Roger Ebert, Terrence Malick, Sydney Pollack, the Redgrave siblings—Vanessa, Lynn and Corin—Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Malcolm McDowell and Milos Forman, among others.

In addition to the special screenings, the festival will showcase 22 professional films (features, documentaries, shorts and animation) and 12 student films in competition. The jurors for the competition are actress Patti D’Arbanville (“Rescue Me”), actress/producer Rita Gam, writer/director Ingrid Rockefeller, writer/director Michael Sucsy (Emmy-Award winning “Grey Gardens”) and writer/director David Twohy (“Pitch Black”).

For more information on the festival and a complete schedule of events, visit www.scad.edu/filmfest
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28th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival

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Savannah Jazz Festival takes over Savannah on September 20 – 27, 2009. The festival offers a wide variety of jazz, from Dixieland, traditional swing, straight-ahead and bop to melodic standards, Latin rhythms and funky down-home blues. The best in international, national, regional and local jazz talent will gather in Savannah, Georgia. There are many live performances, jam session and also film screenings. Free and open to the public.
912-675-5419
www.savannahjazzfestival.org

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SUNDAY-SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
514 Martin Luther King Boulevard. Savannah, Georgia 31401. Phone: 912.231.2385

5:00 PM-KICK-OFF Jam Session located at Blowin’ Smoke.

MONDAY-SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
at Blowin’ Smoke, 514 Martin Luther King Boulevard. Savannah, Georgia 31401. Phone: 912.231.2385

7:00 PM Film (Directed by-Hannah Rothschild):The Jazz Baroness

TUESDAY-SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
at Blowin’ Smoke, 514 Martin Luther King Boulevard. Savannah, Georgia 31401. Phone: 912.231.2385

7:00 PM-Howard Paul


WEDNESDAY-SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
at Armstrong Atlantic State University
11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31419

7:00 PM-International Groove Conspiracy
8:00 PM-The FlyCats
9:00 PM-Longineu Parsons & Flight of the Vultures

THURSDAY-SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St., Historic District, Savannah, GA, 31401

7:00 PM-Eric Culberson Blues Band
8:15 PM-Shane Pruitt Group
9:30 PM-Mose Allison- with Ben Tucker

FRIDAY-SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St., Historic District, Savannah, GA, 31401

7:00 PM-Savannah Arts Academy SkyeLite Jazz Band
8:15 PM- Groove 8
9:30 PM-The University of North Florida Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of JB Scott, featuring Ed Calle

11pm After Festival Jam Session at Blowin’ Smoke

SATURDAY-SEPTEMBER 26, 2009
Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St., Historic District, Savannah, GA, 31401

3:00 PM-The Jazz Corner All-Stars
4:15 PM-J.B. Scott’s Swingin’ All-stars
5:30 PM-The CJA Hall of Fame All-Stars
7:00 PM-Grace Kelly
8:15 PM-Ben Riley Trio-featuring guitarist Jim Hall
9:30 PM-The Savannah Jazz Orchestra featuring Doug Carn with Oliver Nelson Jr.-Conducting
11pm After Festival Jam Session at Blowin’ Smoke


SUNDAY-SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St., Historic District, Savannah, GA, 31401


Savannah Youth Jazz Festival
4:00 PM-Savannah Arts Academy SkyeLite Jazz Band
5:00 PM-Coastal Jazz Association All-Stars

City of Savannah, Georgia