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54th San Francisco International Film Festival Presents Centerpiece Screening of Azazel Jacob's Touching Comedy 'Terri'Director Azazel Jacobs and Actor Jacob Wysocki Expected to Attend
The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21–May 5) announced today that its Centerpiece screening will be Azazel Jacob’s heartfelt comedy Terri. The Festival’s Centerpiece is designed to showcase a celebrated young director and his or her latest film. Terri will screen 7:30 pm, Saturday, April 30 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas followed by the Centerpiece party at 9:30 pm at CLIFT, Velvet Room. Director Azazel Jacobs and actor Jacob Wysocki are expected to attend the screening and party.
With wit and affection, director Azazel Jacobs’ follow-up to his lauded film Momma’s Man (2008) surveys the myriad ways one might find oneself a struggling misfit. Terri is a heavy, shambling, pajama-wearing junior-high student, the physical incarnation of all the insecurity and awkwardness that accompany adolescence. We get to know the taciturn Terri as he cares for his ailing uncle, a man at turns gentle and derisive, conducts solitary experiments in zoology and pines for a girl just out of reach. When vice principal Fitzgerald (played with superb clarity and humor by John C. Reilly) tags Terri as an at-risk student, Terri joins the ranks of “official” oddballs and fears his school days are numbered. But instead a charmingly disjointed friendship forms between two outcasts: one young and one old. Awakened by Mr. Fitzgerald’s openness about his own past and his oddly direct, often corny conversations, Terri begins to empathize with the plight of those around him. Patrick deWitt’s screenplay depicts with precision and compassion a hilariously touching, deeply humane tale of youth in transition. What is especially remarkable about Terri is that it manages to bridge a potentially vast gulf between its deeply awkward outcasts and the audience. We end up walking with them every shambling step of the way. Following the screening, the Centerpiece party featuring the latest beats, cocktails and delicious hors d’oeuvres, will be held at 9:30 pm at CLIFT’s chic Velvet Room located at 495 Geary Street. Admission to the Centerpiece film and party is $25 for SFFS members/$30 general. Admission for the Centerpiece film only is $15 for SFFS members/$20 general. Must be 21+ to attend the party. 19.04.2011 | SanFranciscoFilmSociety's blog Cat. : 54th San Francisco International Film Festival actor Azazel Azazel Jacobs Azazel Jacobs centerpiece terri SFIFF Cinema of the United States Director Entertainment Entertainment Films Fitzgerald Jacob Wysocki Jacob Wysocki Expected John C. Reilly Occult Person Career Social Issues Social Issues Terri Terri Terri The 54th San Francisco International Film Festival the Sundance Independent
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