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The Manor Theatre opens "Art & Copy" on Friday and is importing executive producer Mary Warlick for a Q&A after the 7 p.m. show at 607 Providence Road. Leanne Pupchek will guide a discussion after the 7 p.m. show Oct. 22; she chairs the Queens University of Charlotte communication department.
"Art & Copy" examines the work and ideas of advertising designers who have affected our culture but remain unknown. Folks featured in the film are responsible for "Just Do It," "I Love NY," "Where's the Beef?" "Got Milk?" and other famous campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. To learn more, go to www.artandcopyfilm.org.
'Passport' to the screen
Directors Kent Smith and David Temple will premiere their first feature, "The Last Passport," at Epicentre Theaters at Trade and College streets next Wednesday at 8p.m. All the night's proceeds will go to Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont.
The film, made in Charlotte from start to finish in only 30 days - yes, from scriptwriting to post-production - recently won two awards at the Solstice Film Festival in Minnesota, for best director(s) and best actor (Jimmy Hager).
"The Last Passport" ( www.thelast passport.com ) is about a 70-year-old man who spends the day in a passport office and meets a handful of people, each sharing a story. Through these brief encounters, he helps change each person's view of the world.
Light Factory news
The Light Factory will show the documentary "Herb and Dorothy" on Oct. 21-23 at 7 p.m. in Duke Energy Theatre at Spirit Square, 345 N. College St.
Megumi Sasaki's documentary is about two New Yorkers, a postal clerk and a librarian, who put together a fabulous collection of modern art by wheedling, dealing, bartering and buying cannily from artists on the rise. Go to www.light factory.org to learn more.
The organization has also been awarded a $30,000 grant by the N.C. Arts Council for the programming year 2009-10. Funds will be used for basic operations and will help keep exhibitions free to the public, provide screening space and support to independent filmmakers, and continue educational outreach programs.
Movie circus on the move
Davidson's Scott Galloway, co-director with Brent Pierson of the documentary "Children of All Ages," has gotten good news: His feature will play Carmike Cinemas in 17 cities from Florida to Washington state on Oct. 23-24, 27 and 29. (The closest venues to Charlotte will be in Hickory and Asheville.)
His "three-ring" feature focuses on Sailor Circus, the longest-running children's circus in the country; the world's largest miniature circus, a 3,800-square-foot tabletop tableau showcasing more than a million pieces; and interviews with great circus performers from the traditional big top.
Galloway says that if the film does well enough at the box office, it will be booked into other cities.
'Market' in New York
"On the Market," a romantic comedy shot in June in Newton, Mooresville, Lewisville and Winston-Salem, will make its debut Oct. 23 at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
The 50-minute film, directed by Jerry Cashman, is about a woman who has a wonderful family, friends and career, until her perfect world falls apart.
