Elvis and Anabelle
Film screenings sponsored by WineCountry.com
IN PERSON: Director Will Geiger
Starring: Max Minghella, Joe Mantenga, Blake Lively, Mary Steenburgen, Keith Carradine
A West Texas gothic love story.
With lush cinematography and a haunting soundtrack, Will Geiger's film presents a unique and timeless love story. Elvis (Max Minghella) is an unlicensed mortician in his family’s funeral home, a once-splendid American gothic in rural Texas. His sense of family obligation and love for his eccentric, ailing father (Joe Mantegna in an astounding performance) keep him from following his dreams. Anabelle (Blake Lively of TV's "Gossip Girls") is a beauty queen being groomed for the big-time by her pushy, show-biz mother (Mary Steenburgen) and creepy step-father (Keith Carradine). All her decisions are made for her – she’s just not sure she fits the part. Their lives are worlds apart, but they collide when Anabelle, in a moment of triumph, collapses and dies on a beauty pageant catwalk and ends up on Elvis’s embalming table. What happens next is as magical as it is unexpected.
USA 2007 | 105 minutes | Director: Will Geiger
Sat. 4/12 6:30pm Hollywood Theater
Sun. 4/13 3:30pm Hollywood Theater
Supported by Kristen McFarland & Bill Jasper
