10th Annual Embarras Valley Film Festival
November 6-8, 2014
Films of Dick Van Dyke
Schedule of Events with Synopses
Thursday, November 6
3:30-5:30pm Film screening of Divorce American Style (1967) with introduction by Robin Murray, Coleman Hall Auditorium, Room 1255
After seventeen years of marriage, affluent Los Angeles suburban
couple Richard Harmon (Van Dyke) and his wife Barbara (Reynolds)
seem to have it all, but when they discover they can no longer
communicate, even to argue, they file for a divorce that grows
worse than their marriage.
7:00-9:00pm Student-Produced Short Film Contest, Lecture Hall,
Doudna Fine Arts Center
Friday, November 7
Doudna Fine Arts Center Lecture Hall
7:00pm The Comic (1969) with introduction by Chuck Koplinski
A fictionalized account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright, played by Dick Van Dyke, The Comic (1969) is also loosely based on the life of Buster Keaton. Beginning with Bright’s funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, the film takes us through Bright’s fame, his ruin, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments.
Saturday, November 8
Tarble Arts Center Atrium, 2010 9th Street
2:00pm Mary Poppins (1964) Family Matinee Movie
A spoiled and bored upper crust Edwardian English family, the Banks, has their world turned upside down by a magical nanny (Mary Poppins) and her friend Bert (Dick Van Dyke) who teach them how to enjoy life. As a live action and animation musical, Mary Poppins has both comedy and pathos and showcases imaginative scenes that are wonderful for adults and children alike. Audiences will be singing along in no time..."in the most delightful way!"
7:00pm Cold Turkey (1971) with introduction by Dann Gire
Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa and its spiritual leader, Reverend Clayton Brooks (Dick Van Dyke) accept the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage the effort.
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