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 Pelham, NY - The Picture House has announced the latest “Conversation” to be hosted by Rolling Stone magazine’s Senior Editor and Film Critic Peter Travers: a Q&A with director Ron Howard along with a sneak preview of his newest film, FROST/NIXON on Friday, October 24th at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $100 and go on sale to the public at 10AM on Wednesday, October 15th.
“The ‘Conversations’ series has proven to be a great way to bring our audience a taste of what they can expect from the renewed and restored Picture House,” said Peter Travers. “Ron Howard is a tremendous talent. He has the kind of creative and independent spirit that exemplifies what we are all about. I thank him for coming to talk about FROST/NIXON at The Picture House.”
“Our events with Peter Travers have proven to be a tremendous driver of awareness for our mission and vision throughout the region,” said Jennifer Christman, Executive Director, The Picture House. “We are grateful to Peter for his leadership and commitment to making the renewed Picture House a reality.”
FROST/NIXON is a dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost (Michael Sheen) and former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella). The film is adapted from British screenwriter and playwright Peter Morgan’s 2006 play of the same name that ran in London and on Broadway. Actors Frank Langella and Michael Sheen reprise their stage roles in Howard’s film. Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay.
“Conversations with Peter Travers” is a discussion series in which members of the film industry – actors, directors, writers and producers – talk about their art and lives with Rolling Stone magazine’s Senior Editor and Film Critic Peter Travers. Mr. Travers is also a member of the Picture House Film Advisory Board. Recent participants in “Conversations” have included Alan Rickman, George Clooney, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn. These events drew sell-out audiences from across the region including the Bronx, lower Westchester and Connecticut. The Picture House is in the leadership phase of a capital campaign to transform its historic theater into a state of the art film and film education center.
Tickets will be available beginning 10AM on Wednesday, October 15th only on the Picture House website, www.thepicturehouse.org. Tickets will be $100.
About the Picture House
The Picture House is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to restoring, renovating, and transforming an historic 1921 movie theater. The organization has a two-part mission:
GREAT FILMS...
In the newly restored Picture House, audiences will see independent films – features and documentaries from around the world – classics, retrospectives, curated series, festival films and revivals.
... AND FILM EDUCATION
The Picture House believes in the power of movies to change peoples’ lives for the better. The group’s educational focus will provide people of all ages and from diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to learn about the art, technology and business of film.
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