For Immediate Release
July 25, 2011
Contact: Lesley King Fry (419) 995-8671 or Pam Joseph (419) 995-8284
Dinner and a Movie with Brian
Keegan brings comedy and culture to Ohio State Lima
Popular foreign film and culinary nights planned
for late summer
For more than 15 years,
chef and film buff Brian Keegan has presented more than 75 award-winning
foreign films coupled with authentic dinners that match the country of origin
of those films. This summer Keegan’s popular and innovative project will again be
hosted on the campus of The Ohio State University at Lima.
The dinners will be
served in the Reed Hall Cafeteria adjacent to the Martha W. Farmer Theatre for
the Performing Arts where the films will be shown. In keeping with project
tradition, the films selected for the 2011 summer series have both had
successful showings at international film festivals:
Thurs., Aug. 25 – Happy-Go-Lucky
(United Kingdom, 2008) Director Mike Leigh’s award-winning Happy-Go-Lucky follows the exploits of Poppy, a relentlessly
cheerful schoolteacher who is much more than the free-spirit she seems at
first. Starring Sally Hawkins and nominated for 45 international festival awards
(including the Oscars and Golden Globes) that yielded 15 wins, the film also earned
a four-star rating and a big "thumbs up" from Roger Ebert.
Thurs., Sept. 22 – Italian for Beginners (Denmark, 2000) Directed by Lore Sherfig, Italian for
Beginners is produced as a Dogma film (using natural light, real settings
and no computer generated images) and transcends that school’s usual focus on
eccentrics to create a charming and warm romantic comedy/drama about seven
people using beginning Italian lessons as a means of meeting romantic
prospects. Nominated for 43 international awards, winning 20.
As in the past, doors and a cash bar will open at 6:00 p.m., dinner will
be served at 6:30 p.m. and the film will be shown at 7:45 p.m. Tickets are $30
per evening. Tickets for the movie only are $5 per person per show.
For more information or to reserve tickets, call the Ohio State Lima Box
Office at (419) 995-8382.
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