April with the Virginia Film Society at the Paramount
Celebrate Spring with the Virginia Film Society at the Paramount Theater! This April, the Film Society is pleased to bring audiences four films with a sporting theme, just in time for the sun to return.
On April 5 the inspirational documentary More Than a Game returns to the Paramount after its huge success during the 2009 Film Festival. The film follows the rise of NBA superstar LeBron James, and will be followed by a live screening of the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Finals on the Paramount’s large screen immediately after and included in the price of the ticket.
April 12 we are delighted to welcome film writer Peter Biskind to the Paramount, introducing Warren Beatty’s 1978 comedy Heaven Can Wait. After the screening, Biskind, author of the new biography Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America, will discuss Beatty’s career as well as sign copies of his new book.
April 19 features the boxing biopic Raging Bull, directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro. Full of rage and destruction, this violent and intimate look at middleweight champion Jake LaMotta’s rise and fall in both his career and personal life has become an all-time classic of the cinema.
On April 26 the sporting theme comes to a close with The Natural, starring Robert Redford. The Natural follows the life of Roy Hobbs, a man with great “natural” talent but must overcome a great deal of obstacles before he can realize his baseball dreams.
All screenings are at 7pm, and tickets are $6 for adults, $5 for UVa staff and students and $4 for children 12-years-old and younger. Tickets are available from the Paramount on line at www.theparamount.net or call 434.979.1333. Look out May and June movie listings, coming soon!
