LOCATION
WVSU Capitol Center Theater, 123 Summers Street, Charleston
Admission $8 per film ($5 matinees before 6 pm)
Student admission $4 (FREE with current WVSU ID)
Theater box office 304-342-6522; www.wviff.org
FEATURED FILMS
WV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SPLICE IT UP Films for 2009 January
JANUARY 9, 10, 11, 16, 17
FROZEN RIVER
Friday, Jan. 9 @ 6:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 10 @ 4 pm
Saturday, Jan. 17 @ 9 pm
2008 Drama – USA 97 min. Rated R (some language)
Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Michael O'Keefe, Charlie McDermott,
and Mark Boone Jr.
Written & Directed by Courtney Hunt
www.sonyclassicspictures/frozenriver/
Two single-mothers (one being from a Mohawk Indian reservation on the Canadian border) turn to smuggling out of financial desperation. 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Winner; on many 2008 top 10 lists.
APPALOOSA
Friday, Jan. 9 @ 9 pm
Saturday, Jan. 10 @ 1:30 pm
Saturday. Jan. 17 @ 6:30 pm
2008 Action Western – USA 114 min. Rated R (some violence and language)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Renée Zellweger and Jeremy Irons
Directed by Ed Harris
www.welcometoappaloosa.com/main/
This classic “powerful, lawless rancher threatens frontier town” plot is masterfully produced with an excellent cast and a script containing some interestingly ambiguous motives.
HAPPY GO LUCKY
Saturday, Jan. 10 @ 6:30 pm
Sunday, Jan. 11 @ 2 pm
Friday, Jan. 16 @ 9 pm
Saturday, Jan. 17 @ 1:30 pm
2008 Comic Drama – UK 118 min. Rated R (language)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Andrea Riseborough,
Samuel Roukin, Sinead Matthews, Kate O'Flynn, Sarah Niles, and Eddie Marsan
Written & Directed by Mike Leigh
www.happygoluckythemovie.com
Oscar nominated (“Vera Drake”, “Secrets & Lies”) British director Leigh’s latest film is currently nominated for two 2009 Golden Globe awards. Sally Hawkins is irrepressible as Polly, a free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to all the (many) situations she encounters.
ELEGY
Saturday, Jan. 10 @ 9 pm
Friday, Jan. 16 @ 6:30 pm
Saturday, Jan. 17 @ 4 pm
2008 Drama – USA 113 min. Rated R (sexuality, nudity and language)
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Deborah Harry,
Dennis Hopper and Peter Sarsgaard
Directed by Isabel Coixet
www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/
This melancholy meditation on lust and mortality is adapted from Philip Roth’s novella, “The Dying Animal”. Penélope Cruz is exquisite as the young student attracted to Ben Kingsley’s randy and aging professor. Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear award.
2009 Splice It Up Film Schedule by Dates
Friday, Jan. 9
6:30 pm – FROZEN RIVER
9 pm – APPALOOSA
Saturday, Jan. 10
1:30 pm – APPALOOSA
4 pm – FROZEN RIVER
6:30 pm – HAPPY GO LUCKY
9 pm – ELEGY
Sunday, Jan. 11
2 pm – HAPPY GO LUCKY
Friday, Jan. 16
6:30 pm – ELEGY
9 pm – HAPPY GO LUCKY
Saturday, Jan. 17
1:30 pm – HAPPY GO LUCKY
4 pm – ELEGY
6:30 pm – APPALOOSA
9 pm – FROZEN RIVER
