SBIFF Opening Night 2010
25th SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENS WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF DEREK MAGYAR'S "FLYING LESSONS"
WHO: Film Talent: Director, Derek Magyar; Cast: Maggie Grace, Hal Holbrook & Dixie Carter, Cary Elwes, Joanna Cassidy, Michael O'Neill, Rick Gonzalez, Nikki DeLoach and Jonathan Tucker.
Other Talent attending: James Keach (Director. Waiting for Forever) & Jane Seymour, Noah Wyle (ER, The Librarian) Iron Chef Cat Cora, and the 2010 SBIFF Jury: Dennis Franz (NYPD Blue), Joel David Moore (actor, Avatar, and Winner of the 2007 SBIFF Gold Vision Award for Spiral), Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds), Jay Thomas (Murphy Brown, Mr. Holland's Opus), Anthony Zerbe (The Matrix Revolutions), Andy Abrahams Wilson (director, Under Our Skin), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Sunshine Cleaning, Capote), Haaz Sleiman (Nurse Jackie, The Visitor), Perry Lang (Director), Phyllis de Picciotto and Claudia PuigWHAT: 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Opening Night Film: Flying Lessons
The Opening Night of the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Flying Lessons is Derek Magyar's directorial debut. The film was shot locally in the Santa Ynez Valley. With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway (Maggie Grace) returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget, facing the friends and lovers she left behind.
WHEN: Thursday, February 4, 2010
6:00 p.m. - PRESS CHECK -IN begins
7:00 p.m. - Red Carpet Arrivals begin
8:00 p.m. - Film begins
WHERE: Arlington Theatre
1317 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
After-party: Paseo Nuevo Mall
