But hope those of you in New York get a chance to see “The River Why” Friday night, Aug 27, at 7:30 pm at the Tribeca Cinemas. Also, on Saturday, “Greenlit” screens – a great/funny documentary about how we tried to make “The River Why” as green as possible on our limited budget. Produced by our co-production partner, Ambush Entertainment and directed by Miranda Bailey.
I’ll be doing some thinking on my trip and was wondering…..what do you think are the most pressing issues facing river and/or fish conservation these days? If all of a sudden, you found yourself on a national podium, what would you want to talk about?
Based on the acclaimed novel, “The River Why”, starring Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, Kathleen Quinlan, Dallas Robert, William Devane and William Hurt is playing this Friday 8/27/10 at the Tribeca Cinema at 7:30 pm as part of acefest.
One of our partners on the special benefit screening of “The River Why” last June, California Trout, has come up with a pretty amazing way to spread the word that “Cold, clean, fresh water is the most important resource of the 21st century and that fish are the best indicator of a healthy watershed.”
Shannon Moon, the Outreach Manager for California Trout, is going to bicycle 1400 miles across California to deliver this important message. I worked with Shannon on our special event in June and she is one great, energetic, fun and committed lady. Please lend your support to her great cause!
http://www.caltrout.org/blog/
(and don’t forget to add “The River Why” to your Netflix queue!)
There’s a scene in “The River Why” where Eddie confronts a politician about farmed fish. The debate is taken up on NPR‘s “Fresh Air” program with host, Terry Gross and Paul Greenberg, the author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food. It’s a very interesting and enlightening discussion. Check it out:
Escape the heat of summer: “The River Why” screens Saturday, August 14 at 3pm at the VMA Arts and Culture Center in Providence, Rhode Island. For tickets, go to:
The Alaska International Film Festival announced “The River Why” won the Best Narrative Feature award. Zach Gilford won the Best Actor award for his lead role as “Gus”.
Here’s the scoop from earthtimes.org
The honor of Best Narrative Feature was given to “The River Why”, directed by Matthew Leutwyler (USA). Based on the novel of the same title, this coming-of-age story is about Gus Orviston, who leaves his eccentric parents in the city for what he thinks is fly-fishing bliss along the banks of a wild river. It quickly turns into a journey of self-discovery and the meaning of life. Most of all, it is a love story: the love of a man for the wilderness and for the beautiful woman who comes to share it with him.
The honor of Best Actor was given to Zach Gilford in “The River Why” directed by Matthew Leutwyler (USA). Gilford gives an outstanding performance playing protagonist Gus Orviston in this coming-of-age story about discovering love in his connection with nature and his relationship with a beautiful woman.
June 23 was an amazing night! Many thanks to our sponsors : Patagonia, Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters and The Orchard Hotel. They made it possible to have all of the proceeds of the event go directly to Friends of the River and California Trout.
And many thanks to Lucasfilm and ILM for letting us use their gorgeous and technically perfect theater. The film looked and sounded incredible. Cathy and Kenn were great to work with.
The evening started at the Presidio Social Club. Great hors d’oeurves and wine.
Then it was over to the theater. Many more thanks to the TRW cast and crew who joined us: the beautiful, talented and wonderful Kathleen Quinlan (“Ma”) – who turned into quite a fisher person herself. Our great director/editor Matt Leutwyler. Our scriptwriters Tom Cohen (full disclosure – he’s my much loved husband, too) and John Jay Osborn, Jr. Our co-producer and fish biologist, Josh Murphy (who took care of all living, dead and puppet fish), and three of our Executive Producers: Shari Quinney, David Quinney and Jun Tan.
And a most special thanks to the fabulous women who put the whole evening together: Harriet Moss, on the board of FOR, Shannon Moon, Outreach Manager at Cal Trout and Ann Krcik – event producer extraordinaire.
We hope to have more partnerships with river and fishconservation groups in the future. Stay tuned.
A special benefit screening of “The River Why” on June 23 at the ILM Premier Theater in the Presidio (San Francisco) is SOLD OUT!! The screening benefits Friends of The River (www.friendsoftheriver.org) and California Trout (www.caltrout.org). Special sponsors are Patagonia, Leland and the Orchard Hotel. Many thanks to all!
Zach Gilford, who plays “Gus” in “The River Why”, plays Matt Saracen on the series “Friday Night Lights”. He’s always been great in the role, but this season he has been especially amazing. There is a movement to get him nominated for an Emmy.
AOL has partnered with Zach’s publicists and a Facebook movement has been launched. We’re encouraging everyone to become fans, as well as clicking the “like” button on the AOL article itself.
