Schenectady, NY- Global Cinema at Proctors will present six additional films from Emerging Pictures this August at the GE Theatre.
Emerging Pictures is a filmed entertainment company for the digital age. Representing the fusion of independent film methodology and the latest digital technology, Emerging Pictures is a major supplier of original content to traditional media outlets and a pioneer in aggregating content for future delivery systems, including its own network of digital theaters that are being created inside of existing arts institutions--Emerging Cinemas.
The use of digital technologies creates cost efficiencies in distribution and exhibition that enable Emerging Cinema outlets to present specialized content such as international film festival presentations, first run independent/international films, high definition productions of concerts, operas, live theater, documentaries, as well as children's programming and other educational programs.
The Emerging Pictures films will be presented on the GE Theatre’s massive screen that is 50 feet high and 37 feet wide, the same screen used for Proctors iwerks films. The GE Theatre is acoustically tunable with moveable draperies along the rear and sidewalls. When drawn across the walls, they deaden the reflection of the sound off of the walls, as is required for motion picture presentation.
The films to be presented from Emerging Pictures are as follows…
Surfwise, Showings on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M. and Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:30 P.M. This documentary follows the exploits of a medical doctor who decided to home school his nine children by traveling in a 24-foot camper from beach to beach. Surfwise is rated R for language and some sexual material. This film has a total running time of 93 minutes.
Edge Of Heaven, Showings on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 2:45 P.M and Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 7:45 P.M. The intersecting lives of six different individuals, four Turks and two Germans, bound together through romance and tragedy are portrayed in this award winning film. In German, Turkish and English. Edge of Reason is not rated. This film has a total running time of 122 minutes.
Married Life, Showings on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M. and Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M. Chris Cooper stars as a married man in the 1940’s, who has fallen for his secretary (Rachel McAdams) and enlists the aid of his long-time friend (Pierce Brosnan) to end his marriage. Co-starring Patricia Clarkson as the wife. “A sly little fable with at least six very obvious homages to Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, and a dark little heart that happily hides under a double-breasted suit.” –New York Daily News. This crime drama is rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and a scene of sexuality. Married Life has a total running time of 90 minutes.
Tuya’s Marriage, Showings on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2:45 P.M. and Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M. When a stubborn, industrious Mongolian desert herder, who cares for 100 sheep, two kids and a disabled husband, injures her back severely, her only chance for survival is to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband. “A wonderfully assured piece of cinema.”- Chicago Tribune. This film is in Mandarin, with English subtitles, Tuya’s Marriage is not rated. This film has a total running time of 86 minutes.
Up The Yangtze, Showings on Thursday, August 28 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M. This documentary exposes the displacement of millions of Chinese whose land is being slowly flooded by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. “An astonishing documentary of culture clash and the erasure of history amid China’s economic miracle.”–The New York Times. Up The Yangtze is not rated. This film is in English, Mandarin and Sichuan with English subtitles and has a total running time of 93 minutes.
Chris And Don, Showings on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M. and Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 7:45 P.M. This documentary provides an intimate perspective into the 30-year relationship of British writer Christopher Isherwood and American portrait painter Don Bachardy. Chris And Don is not rated. This film has a total running time of 90 minutes.
The Entire Film Schedule is as follows:
· Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 2:45 P.M.: Surfwise
· Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M.: Surfwise
· Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.: Surfwise
· Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 2:45 P.M.: Edge Of Heaven
· Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 7:45 P.M.: Edge Of Heaven
· Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M.: Married Life
· Friday, August 22, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M.: Married Life
· Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2:45 P.M.: Tuya’s Marriage
· Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M.: Tuya’s Marriage
· Thursday, August 28 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M.: Up The Yangtze
· Friday, August 29, 2008 at 2:45 P.M., 5:15 P.M. & 7:45 P.M.: Chris And Don
· Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 7:45 P.M.: Chris And Don
Tickets for these Emerging Pictures films at the GE Theatre at Proctors are $6. Tickets are available at Proctors Box Office (518) 346-6204 and online at proctors.org.
These performances are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state Agency.