Wow—exciting times for “Journey from the Fall"/"Vượt Sóng”. Two years ago, I blogged about this movie called “Journey from the Fall”, when I saw a non-final version of the movie in San Jose (and cried throughout it). As a big fan of this movie, I started as an unofficial blogger about the movie, interviewed director Ham Tran, and a couple of months ago even coded and implemented the website, and now I am in full swing promoting the movie, talking with director and the distributors on a daily basis.
Ladies and gentlemen, this masterpiece work of art—one of the best and most important Vietnamese movies every produced, is finally hitting theaters tomorrow, Friday, March 23rd. It's a winner of more than 12 international film awards. I am so excited, because a lot of things are happening right now:
- Actress Kieu Chinh and director Ham Tran and producer Lam Nguyen have posted special messages about the movie, and I have posted them on the website (see below).
- Director Ham Tran will appear at the 6:45pm screening this Sunday, March 25th in San Jose for a post-movie Q&A, so if you are here in the Bay area, come to that screening. Meet this very funny and down-to-earth director!
- Tomorrow’s screening in San Jose was already sold out a several days ago, and they have big Journey from the Fall billboards along Bolsa and Beach Ave down south in Little Saigon. The HD trailer is even on the Apple Trailers homepage. How cool is that?!
This is most important weekend for Journey from the Fall, and I strongly recommend that you go see the movie in the selected cities that it is showing: San Jose, New York, Garden Grove, Westminster, Houston, Dallas, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco. There will be more cities soon, but how many? It depends on how successful this opening weekend will be, so please spread the word!!!
www.journeyfromthefall.com
www.myspace.com/journeyfromthefall
JOURNEY FROM THE FALL opens in Orange County, San Jose and NYC on March 23rd, and then rolls out to different markets every weekend. Buy your pre-sale tickets today!
MARCH 23rd
Garden Grove:
Regal Garden Grove 16
9741 Chapman Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92841
SHOWTIMES - 12:45pm | 4:00pm | 7:00pm | 10:00pm
http://www.fandango.com/MoviePage.aspx?mlp_tab=critic&date=3/23/2007&mid=96438&location=garden+grove%2c+ca
Westminster:
Edwards Westminster 10
6721 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683
SHOWTIMES - 1:00pm | 4:00pm | 7:00pm | 10:00pm
http://www.fandango.com/MoviePage.aspx?mlp_tab=critic&date=3/23/2007&mid=96438&location=garden+grove%2c+ca
San Jose :
Camera 12
201 South Second Street, San Jose, CA 95113
SHOWTIMES - 1:15pm | 4:00pm | 6:45pm | 9:30pm
http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/camera/advance?v=2657&i=6448&dd=0
New York:
The ImaginAsian
239 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
SHOWTIMES - 1:00pm | 4:00pm | 7:00pm | 10:00pm
http://www.theimaginasian.com/nowplaying/index.php?cid=900&date=20070323#100000621
SUNDANCE 2006 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
WINNER OF 12 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS INCLUDING:
Milano International Film Festival 2006 - Best Cinematography
Newport Beach Film Festival 2006 - Special Jury Prize
Amazonas International Film Festival 2006 (Brazil) - Grand Jury Prize
San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2006 - Audience Award
Boulder International Film Festival 2007 - Best Feature Film
"movingly depicted" - Kevin Crust, LA Times
"Striking in its timeliness, unforgettable in its impact, this is a JOURNEY that must be taken." -Todd David Schwartz, CBS Radio
"A Post-Vietnam War boat people saga is launched to compelling effect" - Russell Edwards , Daily Variety
"a deftly directed movie" - Howard Feinstein , Indie Wire
"careful and intelligent story-telling" - Jonathan W. Hickman , Entertainment Insiders
Bolinao 52
I saw Bolinao 52 a few days ago at its world premiere at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. This also is a very heart-wrenching and disturbing movie about one particular boat people experience. The documentary talks about one individual experience surviving her boat people experience after a Navy ship’s captain refused to rescue them at open sea, after which 58 people starved to death, and only 52 survived (partially through cannibalism). Bolinao 52 complements Journey from the Fall very well, and is also a movie that won't let your eyes dry. I got to talk to the subject of the movie co Tung as well at the post-premiere reception and commend her for telling her story. The movie will be screened in 2008 in public television, but if you can't wait that long, remember that documentary will screen again this Saturday, and if you watch it, watch for my name being mentioned in the credits (yay!), since I was involved in organizing a fundraiser up here in San Jose.