the 2004 Winter Screening Series
Dinner & a Movie
January 10 - April 24

at The Waterfront Dining Room
of The Captain Kidd Restaurant
77 Water Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

The Winter/Spring film series "Dinner & a Movie" was an unmitigated success. Woods Hole Film Festival, in cooperation with a wide ranging group of filmmakers, brought together an assortment of exciting and wide ranging films to a "hungry" audience. Blackie of The Captain Kidd set the perfect table, soft lighting, warm fire, and a sumptuous menu to put the filmgoers in the right mood for armchair adventure. (photos by Erica Hahn)

And what was on the menu? For the food, you're going to have to drop by The Captain Kidd and ask Blackie to see the menu. But...

Here's the Film Menu for the Series

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The Woods Hole Film Festival, the oldest festival of independent film on Cape Cod, joins forces with the Captain Kidd Restaurant to present an exciting new event for Winter 2004. Saturdays from January through April, join us at the Waterfront Dining Room of the Cap’n Kidd , 77 Water St. Woods Hole for great food, great film and great music – a unique evening overlooking the water.

For one price, dine on a sumptuous menu prepared especially for the evening and see some of the best independent film available. After the screening, stick around for jazz music and lively conversation.

Price: $22 per person, excluding beverages, tax, tip. Advance reservations recommended, call (508) 548-8563. Doors open at 6 p.m. Screening begins at 7:30 p.m. Video projection. Filmmakers may attend screenings. Bring your friends and family! Program subject to change without notice. Check with venue in case of snow. The Woods Hole Film Festival is a nonprofit donor supported organization. Please give generously.
 
 

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As seen on the PBS program Point of View.  Mai’s America is an intimate portrait of Mai, a spunky mini-skirted daughter of Ho Chi Minh’s revolution who leaves cosmopolitan Hanoi on a high school exchange program. Anticipating Hollywood, Mai crash lands in rural Mississippi, where her relationships with white Pentecostal and black Baptist host families, self-proclaimed rednecks, transvestites, and South Vietnamese immigrants challenge her long-held ideas about herself, about freedom, about America and even

Sick of suburbia, Natalie and Richard Newman move to rural Vermont to rejuvenate their marriage. Natalie wants to start a family, but Richard, who has grown children from his first marriage, does not. As a compromise, they build a trophy house. Construction of the dream house leads to a visit from the local tax assessor (known in Vermont as the town lister), George Lyford, a lister, farmer and somewhat xenophobic native. Over the course of the inspections, Natalie and George develop a flirtation, which never becomes infidelity. This is a love story, not a love affair. As Richard becomes jealous, each party in the triangle makes an effort to defuse the crisis in this film, which does not have a plotted
climax, but rather a synthesis of themes.  Town Lister, George Lyford
 

It’s no coincidence that some of the most cutting edge comics of this generation came out of the same
city at the same time. The Boston gold rush of the late 70’s and early 80’s was considered by many, the flash point of the biggest national stand-up explosion ever. A scene boiled over with comedians possessed with that precarious blend of originality, pure desire and good old-fashioned desperation. Steven Wright, Denis Leary, Janeane Garofolo, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Lenny Clarke and many others, all emerged from the most provocative, gritty and unconventional comedy scene in America. An escalation that began with about 2 dozen comedy clubs scattered across the country, at its peak saw 

If you missed them last summer, now is your chance to see this fun selection of shorts. FREEBOX, by Shandor Garrison (filmed in Falmouth & Penikese Island); JUST DON’T DO IT by Brian To; DOG GONE by Jane Clark; BRIEF ENCOUNTER by Doug Martin; POTLUCK by David Larue.

ADDED: The STARRY NIGHT GALA - February 29, 2004 for awards night - at the Nimrod Restuarant & Lounge
 

A stirring portait of post-revolutionary Cuba that touches the emotions with a brilliant tribute to an extraordinary group of musicians, Los Zafiros, who were as big as the Beatles, in Cuba. Don't miss the incredible soundtrack. In Spanish, with subtitles.

Hosted by Walter Cronkite and featuring author Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm), this film chronicles the amazing life of centenarian Robert St. John, renowned journalist, author, war correspondent and pacifist. St. John battled mob lead Al Capone,
was shot by the Nazis during WWII, reported for over 117 consecutive hours on D-Day and broadcast live from London during
the Blitzkrieg. Accused in the McCarthy era of being a communist, he lost his job, and spent 15 years overseas in self-imposed exile. His life exemplified the ideals of doing the right thing, standing up for your beliefs and giving a voice to those who have none.

 An evening of selected short films: funny, wacky & just plain weird..

Acclaimed Florida novelist Randy Wayne White travels to Cuba with former pitchers Bill "Spaceman" Lee (Boston Red Sox) and John Warden (Detroit Tigers) and a band of baseball enthusiasts to hunt for and revive the children's baseball league founded by American writer Ernest Hemingway in the days before Fidel Castro came to
power.

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