First Tuesdays with the Midwest Independent Film Festival:
Special Chicago Premiere screening of Diminished Capacity, starring Matthew Broderick!
Q&A with screenwriter Sherwood Kiraly and producer Tim Evans to follow
 

Chicago, IL – First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival continue with a special Chicago premiere screening of the Steppenwolf Films comedy Diminished Capacity on Tuesday, July 1st at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, beginning at 6 p.m.  Filmed in Chicago, the feature stars Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen and Alan Alda and premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.  This screening will be followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Sherwood Kiraly and producer Tim Evans. 

 
   

 

Film Synopsis: After a concussion leaves him unfocused, short on short-term memory, and demoted from the political pages to the comics, Cooper (Matthew Broderick), a Chicago newspaper editor, travels home to Missouri to visit his aging Uncle Rollie (Alan Alda). On the verge of losing his home and exhibiting signs of senility, Rollie spends his time stubbornly refusing to pay bills, compulsively drying socks, and sitting by the lake editing “fish poetry” (think typewriter keys tied to baited fishing lines). But when he shows Cooper a near-mint-condition Frank “Wildfire” Schulte baseball card, the two muddled men—along with Cooper’s high school sweetheart, Charlotte (Virginia Madsen)—drive back to Chicago hoping to sell the antique card at a memorabilia convention.  Directed by Terry Kinney.

 

 

Screening Information: Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 -- festivities begin with a Pre-Show Cocktail Reception (sponsored by GUINNESS Draught) at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema (2828 North Clark) at 6 p.m.  This month's Producers Panel, "The Business Side of Diminished Capacity," begins in the theater at 6:30 p.m.  Join us as the Chicago Premiere of Diminished Capacity screens promptly at 7:30 p.m.  Post-screening reception generously hosted by Forno Diablo, 433 West Diversey.  General admission is $10 and includes entry into all of the evening’s festivities.

 

ABOUT THE MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

The Midwest Independent Film Festival is the nation's only film festival solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark in Chicago.  This year-round film festival sits proudly at the center of the independent film scene in Chicago and the Midwest and is dedicated to celebrating and strengthening that community. More information can be found on the Festival website: http://www.midwestfilm.com.

 

This year’s festival sponsors include Resolution Digital Studios, O’Connor Casting, Fletcher Camera, Zacuto, Flashpoint Academy, Zipcar, Crunch Fitness, Zaroban Design, Movietrax.tv, Pixel Brothers, Left Brain Right Brain Productions, Big Teeth Productions, The Illinois and Chicago Film Offices, Kodak, The Peshtigo, DKP Image, Mimi Productions, Level 10 Sound, Stock Yard Films and Orbit Media Studios.

 

Note: Interviews are available with Diminished Capacity director Terry Kinney and/or a Midwest Independent Film Festival spokesperson by request.

 

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