Join fellow Denisonians for our second annual gathering at the Starz Denver Film Festival on Opening Night, Thursday, November 12, 2009.
The featured film is the highly anticipated "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." The film is the first to win both the Sundance and Toronto audience awards. That means the Starz selection committee has a good chance of four Oscar winners in a row, having featured "Brokeback Mountain", "Juno" and "Slumdog Millionaire" at the three most recent festivals.
Local luminaries—and the film's producers—Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, will attend, as will director Lee Daniels, and the film's young star, Gabourey Sidibe. (See ** below for more information about the film.)
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 5:30pm Pre-Screening Party (cash bar)
The Oceanaire Seafood Room
1400 Arapahoe Street; Denver, CO 80202; 303-991-2277
Valet parking available @ $8 for both events
www.denver.events@theoceanaire.com
7:30pm Screening of "Precious"
Ellie Caulkins Opera House
950 13th Street; Denver, CO 80204; 720-865-4220
www.denverfilm.org/festival/index.aspx
Cost: $35 per person (Festival ticket and pre-screening hors d'oeuvres)
Hosts: The Denison Club of Denver
Co-Presidents Laura Lee Gastis '91 and George Gastis '92
Registration No Longer Available
Denison Club Events
| Events of 2009 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | Denison Club | Event | Type | |||||||
| November 12, 2009 | 5:30pm Pre-Screening Party 7:30pm Screening of "Precious" |
Denver, CO | Social | ||||||||
| March 5, 2010 | TBA | Naples, FL | Annual Naples Gathering at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club | Social | |||||||
**Already receiving Oscar buzz, Precious is the story of a morbidly obese 16-year-old girl, pregnant by her father and horribly abused by her mother, who finds a glimmer of hope in the love of a teacher trying to inspire her and shepherd her toward a new life.
"The story of abuse in our community and in many communities is a taboo subject. The story and arc of possibility (in Precious) is an evergreen and timeless story that I think this generation, the generation before us, and many generations to come will be entertained and inspired by." - Executive Producer Oprah Winfrey
"What it did for me as I was watching the film and I got to the end of it, I felt such relief, such a weight off of me because I made it, and that is what I think people who have been through it (abuse) will feel. When they see it, they are going to be like, wow. I made it through." - Executive Producer Tyler Perry
**Interested in knowing who is attending and where? Check out the Guest List!
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