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BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS ANNOUNCES
AWARDS CEREMONY
CONTACT: Loren
King, President, Boston Society
of Film Critics
Loren.king@comcast.net
(617) 921-4605
Tom
Meek, Event Coordinator, Boston
Society of Film Critics
Thom3@aol.com
617-957-3896
PRODUCER OF OSCAR-NOMINATED MAN ON WIRE FEATURED AT BOSTON
SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS CEREMONY
MAUREEN A. RYAN TO DISCUSS THE MAKING OF ACCLAIMED FILM
FEBRUARY 8 AT THE BRATTLE THEATER
BOSTON — Maureen A.
Ryan, a producer of the Oscar-nominated Man on Wire, which earned best documentary honors from the Boston
Society of Film Critics (BSFC), will present the film and engage in a
question-and-answer session with entertainment reporter Joyce Kulhawik and the audience at the BSFC’s second annual awards ceremony Sunday, February 8,
2009 at 7 p.m. the Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.
Tickets to the event are available to the public through
the Brattle Theater. There will be a pre-event cocktail reception at 5 p.m. at Casablanca
restaurant in Harvard Square.
Ryan’s appearance will be accompanied by a screening of Man on Wire, an award-winning
documentary that weaves archival footage and interviews to recall how in 1974
a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged
between New York's twin towers,
then the world’s tallest buildings. The documentary brings Petit’s extraordinary adventure to life through the
testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him
create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as “the
artistic crime of the century.”
In addition to Man
on Wire, Ryan’s producing credits include the feature documentary The Gates, about artists Christo and Jean-Claude as they created their installation
piece in New York City’s Central
Park. She also produced Grey
Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway and The Team, a feature documentary that follows the NYC-based U.S.
homeless soccer team as they prepare to compete for the 1st Annual Homeless
Soccer World Cup. Her other producing credits include the award-winning
feature documentary Wisconsin Death
Trip and the award-winning shorts Torte
Bluma and Last
Hand Standing. Her television
credits include At the Ryman, The Road and Long Live the King: Country Salutes Elvis.
The ceremony will also honor several members of the Boston
film community cited by BSFC for their contributions in 2008. Local awardees
include Bo
Smith, former film curator of the Museum
of Fine Arts (MFA); Stefanie Lubkowski,
former MFA film program associate; Kelly
Teer, outgoing manager of the MFA auditorium
for film exhibition; Joe Zina, former executive director of the Coolidge
Corner Theatre; Paul Sherman, author
of “Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to the Departed and Beyond” and Steve Livernash,
longtime projectionist for the Harvard Film Archive.
The BSFC’s first awards ceremony
in 2008 featured Frank Langella, named best actor
by BSFC for Starting Out in the Evening.
This year, Langella has been nominated for an Oscar
as best actor for Frost/Nixon.
During his acceptance speech at the Brattle, Langella
entertained an enthusiastic crowd with anecdotes about his career and
introduced the film.
Formed in 1981, the BSFC is made up of 20 professional
film critics working in the print and broadcast media in and around Boston.
Besides Kulhawik, this year’s presenters include
longtime BSFC member and Boston Phoenix
writer Gerald Peary, who is celebrating his 30th
year as a nationally recognized film scholar and critic. Visit the BSFC
website at www.thebsfc.org for more
information on the organization and for a complete list of winners.
For more information or to purchase tickets to the event,
visit the Brattle Theatre website at www.brattlefilm.org.
Event sponsors are the Massachusetts Film Bureau, The
Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix and The Weekly Dig.
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