Thursday November 12, 2009
The Messenger (Cucalorus)
Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a US Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers. Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia, to whom he just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
Director: Oren Moverman
Producer: Benjamin Goldhirsh, Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller
Format: 35mm
Runtime: 112 minutes
ACE Films partners with Cucalorous Film Festival to host screenings in UNCW's Lumina Theater.
Info on the festival can be found at: Cucalorus.org
Tickets will be available at Sharky's Box Office on the first floor of the Fisher Student Center, next to the entrance for Lumina Theater. Tickets may also be purchased at www.etix.com.
Lumina Theater. 3:45 p.m. Advance Tickets Recommended or carry Cucalorus Pass. Presented by the Cucalorus Film Festival.
Parking: On Thursday and Friday before 5 p.m., Cucalorus guests my park at one of the 25 hooded meters on Riegel Road, utelize the Greene Track parking lot or the Visitors Parking lot. After 5 p.m. parking lot E will also be available. During the weekend, Cucalorus guests may park in any lot. Please refer to the interactive campus map: http://www.uncw.edu/ba/campus_map/index.htm
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