Saturday, October 3, at 7:10 pm
REVANCHE
Austria, 2008, Götz Spielmann
German/Russian with Subtitles
One of the five films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this terrific thriller focuses on an ex-con working as a bouncer at a Vienna brothel. He dreams of running away and starting over with one of the establishment’s Ukrainian hookers. However, when the robbery that would bankroll his new beginning goes awry, he hides out at his grandfather’s farm—only to discover that the cop investigating the case lives next door. And, he has an alluring wife. Economical, emotionally cool, and elegantly precise in the manner of Michael Haneke, Revanche (“revenge”) announces the arrival of another Austrian “auteur of the first rank” (Andrew Sarris). Scores an excellent 94 on the infamous Tomatometer. The film won 14 awards at national and international festivals and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 35-mm. 121 min.

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EATS- Balaton @ 5 p.m.
Since film is fairly long at 2 hours, we’ll meet before @ 5 p.m. for dinner at Shaker Square’s Balaton Hungarian restaurant. It is located at 13133 Shaker Square (216.921.9691) on the northwest quadrant. Parking is available in the rear with access from Shaker Boulevard (west) and Moreland. They offer a tantalizing middle European menu including Wiener Schnitzel, Bécsi Szelet, Chicken Paprikash, Csirke Paprikás , and Stuffed Cabbages, Töltött Káposzta. Other offerings include goulash soup, and the Hungarian lecso, a tomato based summer stew. The Hungarian wine list includes selections from the hills of the Lake Balaton region. What a great way to spend Saturday evening enjoying a tasty dinner with friends, a great foreign film, followed by an engaging discussion!

We will have a reserved table so you must indicate "dinner on your RSVP to have a seat! Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can reserve a seat for you at the "Movie Group" table. We have requested separate checks but due to the size of our group, you can expect a standard gratuity to be added. If circumstances force you to cancel, please try to notify the organizer as early as possible. It’s best to pay your check in cash to streamline the process.

7:10 p.m. Movie at Cinematheque
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 10 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater. If you responded “yes,” we will look for you afterward outside the entrance door. We will try to save seats in the first two rows of the upper section, center. The flick is 121 minutes, so expect to be out around 9:20 p.m.

THE AFTER-PARTY at 9 p.m.
After Revanche we’ll walk over to Palette at the Glidden House for discussion and drinks. Pallet is just a 3 minute walk from Cinematheque at 1901 Ford Drive. If the weather is accommodating, we just may end up on Sergio’s patio where there are comfy overhead heaters.

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DESCRIPTION & PLOT

Desperately in love, Tamara, a Ukrainian prostitute, and Alex, her boss’s errand boy, must not reveal their secret relationship, as employees are not permitted to be romantically involved. In order to escape their red-light-district lives and fulfill their passions, Alex and Tamara devise a plan to rob a bank in a remote village. However, the robbery goes wrong, and a police officer (Andreas Lust) pursues their getaway car, resulting in tragedy and bloodshed. This calamity leads Alex to take refuge at his grandfather’s desolate farm at the edge of the woods. What follows is a harrowing chain of events that radically alters the lives of everyone involved in the botched robbery. Set against Vienna’s demimonde and Austria’s rural landscape, REVANCHE is an unsentimental exploration of grief, revenge, longing and love (Courtesy of the Toronto International Film Festival).
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REVIEW
REVANCHE
August 5, 2009

by Roger Ebert
Revanche involves a rare coming together of a male’s criminal nature and a female’s deep needs, entwined with a first-rate thriller. It is also perceptive in observing characters, including a proud old man. Rare is the thriller that is more about the reasons of people instead of the needs of the plot.
Alex and Tamara are a sad couple. In a trashy Vienna brothel, she is a prostitute from the Ukraine, he is an ex-con who works as a bouncer for the reprehensible pimp Konecny. They are having a secret affair. Neither has the nerve to cross the pimp, the ruler of their world. Konecny has his eye on Tamara, and at one point, visits her for sexual purposes while Alex hides humiliatingly under her bed.
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Both Alex (Johannes Krisch) and Tamara (Irina Potapenko) are pitiful. They steal moments of love in their grubby rooms, and Alex plots a bank robbery. He brings her along in the getaway car. It will be easy, he says. Nobody will get hurt. Look — his gun isn’t even loaded. However, it does go wrong, and a cop turns up just as they’re driving away.

Alex takes refuge at the only place he can think of, his grandfather’s humble farm. And it is here that the story transcends crooks and hookers and bank jobs and becomes so surprisingly human. The catalyst, I think, is the character of the grandfather, played by Hannes Thanheiser.

He’s a proud old man, living alone, mourning his wife, feeding his friends the cows, resisting well-meaning attempts to move him into a “home.” When he dies, he wants to be carried out of his farmhouse. He has seen little of his grandson. Alex goes to work, chopping a mountain of firewood for the winter. They eat simple meals of sausage, cheese and bread. I liked the old man and wanted to give him some mustard.

Susanne (Ursula Strauss), a neighbor’s wife, visits Alex with offers of assistance. He appreciates her friendliness but not her help. Alex is distant and unfriendly. She takes good notice of him, and out of the blue, asks him to visit her that night, when her husband is away. He does. No formalities. They have sex on her kitchen table.
Of course, she is the wife of the cop who happened upon the bank robbery, but none of them can know this. We do. We also know that the cop cannot give her a child, and she wants to become pregnant. In this limited world, the old man’s son is the only eligible father; she loves the old man and sees the son working hard for him. The suspense at first involves whether the cop will happen upon them having sex.

Then Revanche, nominated this year for the best foreign film Oscar, begins to involve a great deal more. It’s here that the film’s power resides. It seamlessly brings together the possibility of violence, of Alex’s exposure, of threats to Susanne’s marriage, of harm to the old man’s well-being, in a way that doesn’t seem to manipulate these things for advantage. Instead, it simply tells a good story, very well. Susanne becomes the protagonist. She is taking dangerous risks. All three of the men are unhappy and touchy. In a way, she represents their only hope.
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As I watched Revanche, I became grateful that I didn’t know the actors. American films often involve actors well known to me, which is fine — but also sometimes stars chosen primarily because they’re “bankable.” Few bankable stars could work in this material. The Austrian actors look ... normal. Unglamorous. Plausible. Ursula Strauss, as Susanne, looks sweet and pleasant but is care-worn and not a great beauty. As Alex, Johannes Krisch looks like a loser marginalized by crime and prison. As the prostitute Tamara, Irina Potapenko retails what beauty she has in a buyer’s market.

All of these actors create characters who are above all people, not performances. That’s why the film is peculiarly effective; it’s about their lives, not their dilemmas. And the bedrock is old Hannes Thanheiser, born in 1925, as a strong, stubborn, weathered old man who doesn’t live through his grandson, his neighbors or anyone else, but on his own terms, in daily mourning of the wife who shared his long life. That harm or loss could come to him would be a great misfortune.

How often, after seeing a thriller, do you continue to think about the lives of its characters? If you open up most of them, it’s like looking inside a wristwatch. Opening this one is like heart surgery.

Revanche was a 2009 Oscar nominee.

FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
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MOVIE LINKS:
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended
PARKING: They have a free parking lot.

Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Seraphine will be visiting us in November so instead we look up to a Bright Star. Although I have already seen one romantic comedy this year, Bright Star will be my first one set in the 19th century.

4:30 MOVIE (Check back for exact time)
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby.

6:45 AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION AND EATS
We will be heading to Shaker Square to try out Grotto for their excellent small plates, pasta or pizza. It is under a ten minute drive (Turn left/South on Lee. Turn right/West on Shaker. It is on the North West quadrant of Shaker Square.) http://www.grottoshakersquare.com/. Better yet, print out directions from here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2163+Lee+Rd,+Cleveland,+OH+44118-2975+(Cleveland+Cinema%2FCedar+Lee)&daddr=13101+Shaker+Sq,+Cleveland,+OH+44120-2312+(Grotto+Wine+Bar)&hl=en&geocode=FW4_eQIdNWkj-yGTAm5wj3a-Ig%3BFdv_eAIdrwMj-yHgrVMmjVf55w&mra=ls&sll=41.49074,-81.57823&sspn=0.00528,0.009645&ie=UTF8&z=15

Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring CASH to pay for your meal.

If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group.

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DESCRIPTION
London 1818: A secret love affair begins between 23-year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw), and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), an outspoken student of high fashion.

This unlikely pair begins at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she is unimpressed, not only by his poetry but by literature in general. However, when Fanny hears that Keats is nursing his seriously ill younger brother, her efforts to help touch Keats, and when she asks him to teach her about poetry, he agrees.

When Fanny's alarmed mother and Keats' best friend finally awake to their atttachment, the relationship has an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers are swept deeply into powerful new sensations.

REVIEW
Director Jane Campion has a knack for portraying female characters so intimately that she seems to get beneath their skin. She does it again in Bright Star, an exquisite piece of film-making.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/5329970/Cannes-2009-Bright-Star-review.html

FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
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MOVIE LINKS:

Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921

PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar.

Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended

PARKING: They have a free parking lot.

Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx

PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking.

Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend.

This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers.

We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group".

We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved.

NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.

Even though I saw 32 movies at the Cleveland Film Festival this year, one movie everyone kept talking about was this small documentary called "Herb and Dorothy". The story is about two working class people who collect art. But what a story it is.

7:00 MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby. Note; this is the Art museum, not the Cinematheque. There is plenty of street parkiing. They also have a convenient parking garage.

8:45 AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION AND EATS
In keeping with simplicity, Tea House Noodles is at 2218 Murray Hill (at Cornell Road), by University Hospitals. 216.229.8599. http://www.teahouse-noodles.com/

Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. It is self-serve.

If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group.

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DESCRIPTION
Directed by Megumi Sasaki, with Christo, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, et al. Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a New York couple, over the past 40-plus years,have amassed a world-class collection of contemporary art on their postal worker and librarian salaries.

REVIEW
It’s impossible to leave this movie believing that the Vogels are weirdos or naifs. A wealth of artists and curators testify to their strong eye, unwavering enthusiasm, and clear judgment.
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/07/10/herb__dorothy_looks_at_longtime_art_collectors/

FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
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MOVIE LINKS:

Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921

PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar.

Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended

PARKING: They have a free parking lot.

Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx

PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking.

Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend.

This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers.

We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group".

We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved.

NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.

Duck Soup(1933) – aka Firecrackers, Grasshoppers, and Cracked Ice
USA, directed by Leo McCarey
70 minutes, Black & White, English

at a recent gathering of the independent movie group, i was somewhat surprised to learn that no one had seen a marx brothers movie. only a few actually had any idea who they were. some recalled references to groucho marx and his early television quiz show “you bet your life.”

so, it was with great pleasure that i noted cinematheque’s august schedule that featured one of the hallmark marx films – duck soup – as well as the w.c. fields classic, it’s a gift. i could not wait to schedule both in what we could call a classic comedy weekend.

i would strongly urge you to see one or both of these films. They represent landmark achievements in comedy and in the history of american film. these are films that you will remember for the rest of your life.

all four marx brothers — groucho, chico, harpo, and zeppo — star in the team’s most antic, irreverent, and hilarious romp. it’s an anti-establishment satire about two pint-sized, neighboring states, fredonia and sylvania, who go to war for no good reason. the celebrated “mirror” scene is perhaps the most amazing sequence in marx brothers history. with margaret dumont. 35 mm print from the universal pictures studio archive!

often called the marx brothers' greatest and funniest masterpiece - the classic comedy duck soup (1933) is a short, but brilliant satire and lampooning of blundering dictatorial leaders, fascism and authoritarian government. some of its clever gags and routines were taken from groucho's and chico's early 1930s radio show flywheel, shyster & flywheel. working titles for the film included oo la la, firecrackers, grasshoppers, and cracked ice.

it was the marx brothers' fifth film in a 5-picture contract with paramount studios, before they went on to mgm. it was their last and best film with the studio. the film was directed by first-class veteran director leo mccarey (who would go on to direct the awful truth (1937), love affair (1939), going my way (1944), and an affair to remember (1957) - a remake of his 1939 film). the film was devoid of any academy award nominations

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7 p.m. Movie at Cinematheque - Cinema with a Smile
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 10 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater. If you responded “yes,” we will look for you afterward outside the entrance door. We will try to save seats in the first two rows of the upper section, center. The flick is 70 minutes, so expect to be out around 8:20 p.m.

8:30 p.m. After-Party Dinner and Discussion – the After-Party at Balaton Hungarian Restaurant
Since film ends early, we’ll head over to shaker square and the balaton hungarian restaurant, for discussion and a late dinner. it is located at 13133 shaker square (216.921.9691) on the northwest quadrant.
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parking is available in the rear with access from shaker boulevard and moreland. unfortunately, I do not believe that duck soup is on the menu but they do offer chicken noodle soup called csirke hús-leves filled with chunks of carrots, homemade noodles, and, by request, liver dumplings.

balaton is known for wiener schnitzel and a variance of that, the chicken schnitzel. other offerings include: stuffed cabbages, goulash soup, and the hungarian lecso, a tomato based summer stew. the hungarian wine list includes selections from the hills of the lake balaton region. and, we’ll be in for a special treat! owner and meet up friend, george ponti will prepare a special complementary desert for us. we’ll enjoy home made blincess, or palacsinta with apricot, walnut, sweet cottage cheese, or poppy seed fillings. what a great way to top off a great film, discussion and dinner! thank you george!

We will have a reserved table so you must indicate "dinner on your RSVP to have a seat! Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can reserve a seat for you at the "Movie Group" table. We have requested separate checks but due to the size of our group, you can expect a standard gratuity to be added. If circumstances force you to cancel, please try to notify the organizer as early as possible. It’s best to pay your check in cash to streamline the process.

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DESCRIPTION
This outrageous film was both a critical and commercial failure at the time of its release - audiences were taken aback by such preposterous political disrespect, buffoonery and cynicism at a time of political and economic crisis, with Franklin Roosevelt's struggle against the Great Depression in the U.S. amidst the rising power of Hitler in Germany. (This film quote, spoken by Groucho, was especially detested: "And remember while you're out there risking life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in here thinking what a sucker you are.") Insulted by the film, fascist Italian dictator Mussolini banned the film in his country. Fortunately, the film was rediscovered by a generation of 1960s college students, and by revival film festivals and museum showings. As a result, the film has attained immortal status. This was the last of the Marx Brothers films to feature all four of the brothers. Their next film (without Zeppo), for MGM and its producer Irving Thalberg, Hollywood's most prestigious studio, was their landmark film A Night at the Opera (1935), with a more developed and polished plot-line.

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REVIEW
The irrepressible comedians in this quintessential anarchic, satirical film simply but irreverently attack the pomposity of small-time governmental leaders (Firefly as President), the absurdity of government itself (the Cabinet meeting scene), governmental diplomacy (the Trentino-Firefly scenes), an arbitrary legal system (Chicolini's trial), and war fought over petty matters (the mobilization and war scenes). The non-stop, frenetic film is filled with a number of delightfully hilarious moments, gags, fast-moving acts, double entendres, comedy routines, puns, pure silliness, zany improvisations, quips and insult-spewed lines of dialogue - much of the comedy makes the obvious statement that war is indeed nonsensical and meaninglessly destructive, especially since the word 'upstart' was the insult word (Ambassador Trentino called Firefly an 'upstart') that led to war between the two countries. It also contains a few of their most famous sequences:

· the lemonade seller confrontation
· the mirror pantomime sequence

The mirror routine, contributed by McCarey, had been used by Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker (1916) and by Max Linder in Seven Year's Bad Luck (1921). It was later replicated in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, re-enacted by Harpo with Lucille Ball on a 1950's "I Love Lucy" show episode, and also appeared as part of the opening credits for the 60s TV series "The Patty Duke Show". Actor/director Woody Allen paid homage to the film in his Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) - with an excerpt from the musical number "The Country's Going to War." While attending an afternoon screening of Duck Soup at his local repertory movie theater, one of the film's characters - a depressed and neurotic NY Jew named Mickey Sachs (played by Allen himself), who is afraid of disease and dying - experiences a climactic epiphany that life was meant to be enjoyed, by narrating: "And I started to feel how can you even think of killing yourself? I mean, isn't it so stupid?..."

Unlike many of their other features, there are no romantic subplots (with Zeppo) and no musical interludes that stop the film's momentum - no harp solos for Harpo and no piano solos for Chico.

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Groucho's song with the chorus - the Freedonia Hymn "Just Wait 'Til I Get Through With It" the staged production number, "The Country's Goin' to War" (it was the only musical number in any of their films to feature all four of the brothers together)

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Why the title Duck Soup? The film's title uses a familiar American phrase that means anything simple or easy, or alternately, a gullible sucker or pushover. Under the opening credits, four quacking ducks (the four Marx Brothers) are seen swimming and cooking in a kettle over a fire. Groucho reportedly provided the following recipe to explain the title: "Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup for the rest of your life."

FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
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MOVIE LINKS:
Cinemateque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended
PARKING: They have a free parking lot.

Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

First there was "The Hurt Locker", a true story about courage from the Iraq War. Now there is "In the Loop", a well-made satire of the politics around the Iraq War.

6:00 p.m. EATS
Marottas is probably the best Italian restaurant that you haven't heard about. They have a small patio, weather permitting. It is about a 5 minute walk to the theater.

Please let us know your dinner plans on your RSVP so that we can either save you a seat at the "Movie Group" table or plan to meet you at the movie. Checks are processed in groups of 2 or 3 so please bring cash to pay for your meal.

If you don't see us when you walk in, ask to be seated with the Movie Group.

7:25 MOVIE
Meet at the ENTRANCE DOOR 5 minutes ahead of time or look for the group inside the theater or meet us afterward outside the entrance door in the lobby

AFTER MOVIE DISCUSSION
Jimmy's it is for good food, drink and conversation.

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DESCRIPTION
The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn't think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister's chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don't... well, they can always fire their Director of Communications Judy, who they never liked anyway and who's back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who's angry about a collapsing wall.

REVIEW
Blistering satire ... scabrous laughs. And it's so easy to imagine that this really is how governments make earth-shaking decisions.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106141579

FEE
Goes toward charges incurred for using the MeetUp website. You can access PayPal or pay your fee to the Organizer at the event.
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MOVIE LINKS:

Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee), Cleveland Heights, 2163 Lee Road. http://www.clevelandcinemas.com/cinemadrilldown.asp?intCin=2921

PARKING: Paid Parking is now 24 X 7, so bring a couple of quarters. Credit cards work in the garage. A free parking lot is on Edgewood road, one block west of Lee road at Cedar.

Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/filmSchedule.php?action=extended

PARKING: They have a free parking lot.

Cleveland Museum of Art Panorama Series, 11150 East Blvd. http://www.clevelandart.org/events/film.aspx

PARKING: They have an attendant parking garage. There is also street parking.

Movie Reviews. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

NOTE TO FIRST TIME GOERS: If this is your first movie with the group, there is no fee to attend.

This group has been successful partly because members have a genuine interest in meeting fellow independent movie goers. We don't always know where to look for you, especially first timers.

We have multiple meeting places: 1. Entrance door to the movie in the theater hallway 5-10 minutes before the movie starts, 2. By the Marquee (or entrance door) after the movie, or 3. Reserved table at a restaurant under the name "Movie Group".

We don't always sit together in the movie theater but if you see a bunch of people talking about good movies they have seen, it is probably us. Please join in. We are always happy to get new people involved.

NOTE TO ALL: In the world of Independent films, it is recommended that you check back a few days before the event to make sure the movie, restaurant, location or time has not changed.