Craig Brewer Hosts THE BIG LEBOWSKI Edition of 'Beyond the Screen' Tonight

Craig Brewer will host "Beyond the Screen with Indie Memphis" before the Orpheum showing of THE BIG LEBOWSKI tonight, August 2nd at 6:30 PM. One of Memphis' most accomplished filmmakers, Brewer is best known for his second feature film, HUSTLE & FLOW, which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature and won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. His acclaimed filmography includes THE POOR AND HUNGRY, BLACK SNAKE MOAN, $5 COVER, and the recent remake of FOOTLOOSE. For this special edition of "Beyond the Screen," Brewer will talk about his own experience with THE BIG LEBOWSKI and how the movie has influenced him as a filmmaker.

"I'm very excited to host Indie Memphis' 'Beyond the Screen' at this year's Summer Movie Series," says Brewer. "The Orpheum is a great representation of Memphis' movie-going history, and Indie Memphis is the future of local filmmaking. These two have come together to present a very influential - and of course hilarious - film, and I'm eager to give audiences a director's perspective on THE BIG LEBOWSKI."

Famous brother duo Joel and Ethan Coen write and direct the cult comedy classic, THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski, whose wife has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. All the while, Dude's friend, Walter (John Goodman), stirs the pot. Also starring Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Julianne Moore, THE BIG LEBOWSKI offers a brilliant comedy with a brilliant cast.

The Orpheum Theatre has presented an annual movie series since the late 1970's as a remembrance of its history as a first-run movie house from 1930 to 1975. This year the Orpheum's Summer Movie Series, presented for a second year by Orion Federal Credit Union, commemorates the theatre's 85th Anniversary with the best-loved films of the past eight decades. Audiences this year have ranged in size from 463 for the showing of THE SEARCHERS on June 28th to 1,783 for the showing of THE SOUND OF MUSIC SING-A-LONG on July 12. The series will continue through August 9th with the theatre's showing of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. For a full movie schedule, please visit www.orpheum-memphis.com.

Included in the Summer Movie Series are Thursday Night Chick Flicks, Friday Night Classics, and Family Matinees. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Packages of ten tickets are available for $50. Groups of 10 or more can enjoy special rates by contacting Sinclaire Montgomery at montgomery@orpheum-memphis.com or 901.529.4226. Attractive packages are also available for Day Cares, Summer Camps, and employee outings.

Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office(901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901.743.ARTS).

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