TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHINDLER'S LIST, SCARFACE & IN THE SOUP ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS ALONG WITH ACCLAIMED TRIBECA TALKS LINEUP March 19th, 2018 Film stills: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p93qwuvpw7oc83d/AAAnF3otMP_s-hnIDOFupkkha?dl=0
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHINDLER'S LIST, SCARFACE & IN THE SOUP ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS ALONG WITH ACCLAIMED TRIBECA TALKS LINEUP
Tribeca will Host Post-Screening Conversations with Steve Buscemi, Brian De Palma, Sir Ben Kingsley, Liam Neeson, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sam Rockwell, Steven Spielberg, and more Tribeca Talks to Feature Engaging Conversations with Alec Baldwin, Edward Burns,
Bradley Cooper, Claire Danes, Jamie Foxx, Lesli Linka Glatter, Spike Lee, John Legend, Nancy Meyers, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alexander Payne, Laura Poitras, Jason Reitman, and more
NEW YORK, NY- March 19, 2018- Epic reunions and not-to-be-missed intimate conversations will take center stage during the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, running April 18-29. Tribeca will celebrate the anniversaries of Schindler's List, Scarface, and In the Soup, bringing three classics back to the big screen.
Director Steven Spielberg's masterpiece, Schindler's List, which won seven Oscars , will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special post-screening conversation with Spielberg and actors Liam Neeson, Sir Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, and more. Scarface, one of the most referenced films in pop culture, will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a screening and conversation with director Brian De Palma and actors Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Anniversary celebrations of Schindler's List and Scarface will take place at the Beacon Theatre, tickets go on sale tomorrow, March 20 at 10:00 a.m. Director Alexandre Rockwell's hidden treasure, In the Soup, celebrates its 25th anniversary with the exclusive world premiere 4K restoration, followed by a conversation with the director, actors Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Beals, Sam Rockwell, and cinematographer Phil Parmet.
The Tribeca Talks program returns this year featuring an exciting lineup of discussions with acclaimed filmmakers, artists, entertainers, and icons. Groundbreaking filmmakers participating in the Tribeca Talks: Directors Series include Alexander Payne, Lesli Linka Glatter, Jason Reitman, Laura Poitras, and Nancy Meyers. Tribeca Talks: Storytellers, which spotlights pioneering creators who work across mediums to tell their stories, will feature an eclectic lineup of entertainers including Bradley Cooper, Alec Baldwin, Spike Lee, John Legend, Edward Burns, and Jamie Foxx. Debuting this year is Tribeca Talks: The Journey, which will feature a conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker about her career path across multiple endeavors.
As we welcome new filmmakers to the Tribeca community, it is a great time to pause and take a look back at master filmmakers and some of their singular works that have changed filmmaking and influenced popular culture, said Paula Weinstein, EVP of Tribeca Enterprises. Our anniversary screenings and our Talks allow a rare behind the scenes look at the creative process - be it director, actor, songwriter - we give our audiences a window into the thoughts and inspiration of the best story tellers working today.
The Tribeca Talks: Master Class, focuses on specific sectors of the filmmaking process and this year will present Writing & Showrunning for TV from the prolific creator duo Robert and Michelle King and Executive Producers from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Steve Bodow and Jennifer Flanz. There will also be a Sound & Music Design for Film Master Class with Glenn Kiser, Director of the Dolby Institute.
Tribeca Talks: The Future of Film unveils the promising intersection of storytelling and technology and how innovations like Blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence are influencing the industry. Rounding out the Talks program, and part of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, is a conversation with the team from the 30 for 30 podcast series on bikram yoga.
A key component of the creative community the Festival fosters is celebrating and learning from some of the all-time greats in our industry, said Cara Cusumano, Tribeca's Director of Programming. Tribeca's Talks and Reunions expand the movies beyond the screen through these illuminating live events with some of todays most engaging cinematic voices.
REUNIONS
Schindler's List - 25th Anniversary
Steven Spielberg's 1993 epic masterpiece Schindler's List, remains one of contemporary cinema's most challenging and sensitive portraits on the human toll of the Holocaust. Anchored by stunning performances from Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Embeth Davidtz, the film received near universal acclaim, going on to win seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, with an additional five nominations. Twenty-five years later, Schindler's List continues to be widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. A Universal Pictures release.
After the Screening: a conversation with director Steven Spielberg and actors Liam Neeson, Sir Ben Kingsley and Embeth Davidtz. Moderated by New York Times critic Janet Maslin.
DATE: Thursday, April 26
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Beacon Theatre
Scarface - 35th Anniversary, Sponsored by Kia
Brian De Palma's modernization of Howard Hawks' 1932 classic Scarface is a somber consideration for the humanizing motives of evil men. It went on to receive three Golden Globe nominations and became one of the most referenced films in pop culture. Al Pacino delivers his riskiest performance in a career-defining role, garnering a cult following for the film. Revisit the gangland masterpiece thirty-five years later, a rich, harrowing, eminently quotable ride to exce
