Happy New Year! And Happy New Decade!
5 Premieres + 1 Special Encore Light Up FirstLight's Final Days.
Special Saturday Surprise Musical Guests On Stage at Crazy Heart!
And Bruce Gueron's Last Day Playing Piano at an MFF Film at All Sunday Shows.
Especially During These Uniquely Challenging Times, When We All Need to Feel
a Part of an Island Community of Shared Hopes and Dreams, the Festival
Wants to Remind Everyone that Without You and Your 'Ohana, We're Nothing.
Your Support Makes the Festival Possible.
We Hope You'll Make an Extra Effort to Enjoy the Last Two Days of FirstLight.
Thanks So Much!
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Sat. 1/2) @ 2pm. Rated PG. Kids 12 & Under Free)
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman.
"Wes Anderson's idiosyncratic style and children's author Roald Dahl's
cozy-yet-edgy imagination are a perfect fit in this enjoyable and altogether unusual
movie experience."- John P. McCarthy, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
THE WILDEST DREAM (Sat. 1/2 @ 5pm. Rated PG. Kids 12 & Under Free)
Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Hugh Dancy, Alan Rickman
Not yet in release so no reviews are available. I've seen it. It's incredible. -Barry Rivers
CRAZY HEART (Sat. 1/2 @ 7:30pm)
Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell.
Jeff Bridges is on the road to an Oscar as hard-living country singer Bad Blake.
Excellent music and Colin Farrell's impressive turn as a Blake protege
and rival are added bonuses. - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Saturday, January 2
2:00 pm |
The Wildest Dream
Saturday, January 2
5:00 pm
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Crazy Heart
Saturday, January 2
7:30 pm
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BRIGHT STAR (Sun. 1/3 @ 2pm. Rated PG. Kids 12 & Under Free)
Abbie Cornish, Ben Whitslaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox.
"The Jane Campion embraced by 1990s arthouse audiences but who's been
missing of late makes an impressive return with "Bright Star." Breaking through any
period-piece mustiness with piercing insight into the emotions and behavior of
her characters, the writer-director examines the final years in the short life of
19th-century romantic poet John Keats through the eyes of his beloved,
Fanny Brawne, played by Abbie Cornish in an outstanding performance.
Beautifully made film possesses solid appeal." - Todd McCarthy, Variety
THE HORSE BOY (Sun. 1/3 @ 5pm)
A mind-blowing doc, shot in Mongolia, about 'curing' autism using shamanic chants and horses.
"A lyrical and stirring meditation on the mystery of autism." - Owen Glieberman, Entertainment Weekly
THE YES MEN SAVE THE WORLD (Sun. 1/3 @ 7:30pm)
An amazing, and 100% true story, that will end FirstLight and start 2010 with waves of laughter.
The two ballsiest guys I've ever seen" - Morgan Spurlock, director
"it shines with pure wit and originality." - Newsweek
"Hilarious, therapeudic, inspiring." - Naomi Klein, activist
"Comedy vigilante justice...Media-savvy pie-in-the-face." - USA Today
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Bright Star
Sunday, January 3
2:00 pm
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The Horse Boy
Sunday, January 3
5:00 pm
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The Yes Men Fix the World
Sunday, January 3
7:30 pm
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Special Thanks to All of Our
2009/10 FirstLight Sponsors!
http://www.mauifilmfestival.com/fl_sponsors.php
And....January Asbury, Rich Tully, Nancy Meola, DJ Ged,
Laura Seaton, Tony and Chris Leone and All of the MACC's Tech Staff,
especially Amy and Trevor, for his terrific and flawless projection of 40+ FirstLight Films,
All MACC Administrative, Front Desk and F&B Staff Staff, especially Teri, Art, Candy,
Malia and Amaro, plus bartenders Lisa, Luana and Steve, House Magagers including
Dean, Mariah, K.C. and Jean, and Landscaping/Custodial staff, especially
Larry and Curtis. the Endlessly Supportive and Ever-Amazing MACC Volunteer Staff,
Kari and the Design Network Team, Jason and Ron and Dewey and the entire
Spectracolor Team, The Maui News, Maui Time and South Maui Weekly, KAOI Radio Group,
and musicians Shea and Gene Argel, Lily Meola and Cole Whitney, Joel Katz,
Sal Godinex, the Always Amazing Bruce Guerin and all the other hard-working people
without whom we couldn't and wouldn't want to climb to the summit of each year's FirstLight!
With Aloha,
Barry & Stella Rivers
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