LA: Catch 2 Great Films at this years 2011 Dancing with Films Festival

If you’re in the mood to watch 2 great films then head to Dances With Films, at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood, CA.

Catch “10 Years Later” this Friday, June 3rd and “Letting Go” the following Wednesday.

Below is the info!

“10 Years Later” by first-time feature film director Aaron Metchik, features breakout performances by Jake Hoffman, son of legendary actor Dustin Hoffman, and Rachel Boston (“500 Days of Summer”). This compelling film tells the story of six best friends from childhood, returning home 10 years after High School to mark the milestone of their 10-year reunion.

As with many reunion-goers, the anticipation of a good time partying and reliving fond memories is contrast with the initial unspoken anxiety to ‘compare notes’ and live-up to the accomplishments and expectations of their peers.    This onetime tight-knit group of friends is quickly forced to drop any form of propped up pretense or façade when an unavoidable truth from their past surfaces and triggers a wild string of events that make each individual face their own vulnerabilities and shortcomings.  In doing so, they must come to terms and re-think the depth of their friendship in this now twenty-something existence.

Confronted by the bizarre and unexpected crisis that arises, will their bond still be strong enough to resolve the past and save them from the current circumstance that now threatens their future?  Told with a comedic wit thread amongst heightened circumstance,  “10 Years Later” offers a bounty of inviting and real characters that likely mirror parts of ourselves and, if not, then certainly others we know.

This onetime tight-knit group of friends is quickly forced to drop any form of propped up pretense or façade when an unavoidable truth from their past surfaces and triggers a wild string of events that make each individual face their own vulnerabilities and shortcomings.  In doing so, they must come to terms and re-think the depth of their friendship in this now twenty-something existence.

“10 Years Later” screens at the Dances With Films film festival:
5:00 PM (PST) Friday, June 3^rd at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theaters

 

“Letting Go” features Christopher Knight (Peter Brady of the famed “Brady Bunch” Television Show) in an unexpected and refreshingly entertaining performance.  Similarly, Peter Scolari (“Bosom Buddies,” “Newhart”) delivers in his role as the irreverent dog trainer along with legendary Grammy & Academy Award winning music producer, David Foster, who more than holds his own on screen as the ‘Hollywood Mogul’.  Bokeem Woodbine (“Dead Presidents,” “Jason’s Lyric,”  “Crooklyn,” “Ray,” “Gridlock’d”) and a host of other talented actors round out the colorful cast of characters in “Letting Go.”

Lest not forget, Dragon, Ted, and Hurricane, three ‘everyday’ dogs who make their onscreen debut in the film having never acted before, and steal the show. (Torem personally trained all of the dogs from scratch prior to and during shooting)

“Letting Go” follows the trials and tribulations of Joel Slater’s life, which from the start is out of control.  He exists in a 3 ring circus comprised of his crazy girlfriend, a boss who acts like he’s running a fraternity, a maniacal Hollywood executive, 3 gargantuan dogs, which run Joel’s life, and the one thing that he doesn’t want to look at – the death of his Father.  On his journey to find peace and some sort of resolution, Joel encounters a quirky dog instructor, a caring therapist and an unconventional pilates instructor who each inadvertently lead Joel closer to his own truth.   In the end, Joel learns that his chance for happiness lies in the place least

“Letting Go” screens at the Dances With Films film festival:
7:15 PM (PST) Wednesday, June 8^th at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theaters