First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival…
Godfather of Green Bay Premieres Tuesday, November 1st
The Chicago premiere of the hilarious feature Godfather of Green Bay will be presented by The Midwest Independent Film Festival on Tuesday, November 1st. Festivities will be hosted by Chicago's beautiful Landmark Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark, beginning at 6 p.m. CST. Writer/director Pete Schwaba will be in attendance to present the film and field questions from the audience.
Filmed in Marinette, WI, Godfather stars Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber, Any Given Sunday), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost, The Last Samurai), Mark Borchardt (American Movie) and Schwaba, with a musical score featuring the BoDeans.
In the vein of Swingers and Waiting for Guffman, The Godfather of Green Bay is a thoroughly entertaining crowd pleaser about two struggling standup comedians from L.A. who travel to tiny Pine Lake, Wisconsin, after learning that the talent booker for The Tonight Show will be attending their Rocktoberfest celebration. The "LA guys" hilariously soon find themselves as fish out of water, surrounded by beer-drinking, Macarena-dancing, mullet-wearing locals ready to teach them a thing or two. Godfather of Green Bay is the kind of Midwestern comedy that pokes good-natured fun of the typical small town while making you remember why you love it so much.
On Tuesday, November 1st, the pre-show reception begins at the Landmark Theater, 2828 North Clark, at 6 pm. Then join host Mike McNamara as our program begins promptly at 7:30 pm. High definition projection is made possible by sponsors Resolution Digital Studios, Fletcher Chicago and Chicago HD. The post-screening reception will be held at Sausalito, 543 West Diversey, www.sausalitorestaurant.com.
For more information, please visit http://www.midwestfilm.com.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Pete Schwaba was born and raised in Chicago. While in junior high, his family moved to a small town in Wisconsin. Upon graduating high school, Schwaba went back to Chicago to attend DePaul University where he co-founded the Improv sketch group, Improv DePaul. While performing and directing sketch comedy, he started doing stand-up comedy as well. During his junior year, he won the College Comedy Hot Shots of Chicago Competition before performing stand-up comedy for nine years across the country. He appeared often on HBO, Comedy Central, Evening at the Improv and Caroline's Comedy Hour and has appeared at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. He has opened for Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. Upon moving to Los Angeles he was cast in three TV pilots and wrote for the WB and Comedy Central. He also started writing with Greg Glienna (Meet the Parents), a fellow Chicago stand-up. Schwaba co-wrote A Guy Thing (MGM) which was released in January '03 and Dreamgirl (Warner Brothers) currently in development.
NEXT MONTH! The 2005 Best of the Midwest Awards will be held on Tuesday, December 6th. Please visit www.midwestfilm.com for more information.
