Ann Sanfedele wrote:
FOr those of you who might be able to see a film and not blink ... :)
"Friday, May 28 - Thursday June 3 Roxie Theatre
Is this a venue on television? Like Masterpiece Theatre, for instance? Or, is it on Sundance Film Festival, Sundance channel? I'll look it up in the meanwhile.
Thanks for the heads up.
keith whaley
Word Wars Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit
J-o-c-u-n-d, a six-letter word for "fun," is an
apt description of Word
Wars, Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo's feisty
documentary about the
National Scrabble Tournament. Word Wars follows
the lives of four of the
top-rated Scrabble players in the country as they
crisscross the United
States in heated competitions culminating in their
ultimate quest-- the
twenty-five-thousand-dollar top prize awarded at
the national tournament in
San Diego. Warning: This is not your grandmother's
game of Scrabble. With
its tongue firmly planted in its cheek, Word Wars
uncovers the fiercely
competitive, highly idiosyncratic world of
professional Scrabble. Defending
champ Joe Edley, known as the Jack Nicklaus of
Scrabble and a former
homeless resident of Golden Gate Park, has
memorized the dictionary many
times over. Matt Graham, a stand-up comic, takes a
lot of "natural drugs" to
aid his concentration. Marlon Hill despises the
English language for
stripping him of his African identity. "G.I." Joel
Sherman (the G.I. is for
gastrointestinal) downs copious amounts of Maalox.
With a keen eye for the
whimsical, Word Wars pays homage to its troops,
who are sacrificing their
pocketbooks to defend the glory and the majesty of
the mighty
m-o-r-p-h-e-m-e, an eight-letter word for "word."
— David Courier, Sundance
Film Festival. Directed by Eric Chaikin and Julian
Petrillo. In Color.
Digital video. 76 mins (actually a bit longer 76
was the Sundance cut)
USA. 2003.
Show times: Nightly at 6, 8, and 10pm with additional matinees Wed, Sat & Sun at 2 & 4pm."
annsan
