MOVIE SCREENING: SUPER 8

Hello everybody:

We will have a screening of the movie Super 8 in February, and Rhonda and Phil Vigeant, owners of the company Pro8mm, will talk about their involvement in the film, about the commercial use of Super 8 film today, and about their company. They'll introduce the movie and give a talk after the screening (with Q&A).

Join us for this fun and educational journey into the world of Super 8 filmmaking. This will be during Oscar season, so it shall be a fun month.

Here's to many more screening of films at our venue!

ABOUT THE PRO 8MM INVOLVEMENT IN THE FILM:

Pro8mm provided all the film, stock and processing for the actual Super 8 footage that was in the film. We also provided a Max 8 Super 8 camera that ASC Cinematographer Larry Fong used on the set. Bad Robot, the production company purchased 3 super 8 cameras as gifts before the shooting started. There was also a lot of Super 8 film that was shot that was not in the movie, but used for Promos and contests.

About the Movie:

Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) action film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_film) written and directed by J. J. Abrams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Abrams)and produced by Steven Spielberg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg). The film stars Joel Courtney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Courtney), Elle Fanning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_Fanning), and Kyle Chandler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Chandler) and was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX) theaters. The film tells the story of a group of children who are filming their own Super 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_mm_film) movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town. The movie was filmed in Weirton, West Virginia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weirton,_West_Virginia) and surrounding areas.