> The schedule for the 2nd annual Cocktail Film Fest has changed a
> little so I wanted to let everyone know.
>
> 2nd Annual COCKTAIL FILM FEST
> April 11th at the "W" New Orleans
>
> Tales of the Cocktail and W New Orleans invite movie buffs and
> libation lovers to indulge in celebrating the cocktail in three
> films. Cheryl Charming aka Miss Charming™ plays hostess for the
> silver screenings.
>
> The Film Fest schedule is as follows:
> • Saturday, April 11th, 4 p.m., King Creole
> • Saturday, April 11th, 7 p.m., Meet-n-Greet JB Bandy (Tom Cruise's
> bartender trainer)
> • Saturday, April 11th, 8 p.m., Cocktail
> • Saturday, April 11th, Midnight, Moulin Rouge
>
> Seating for all films are dinner party style.
>
> Saturday, April 11th
>
> King Creole (1958)
> 4 pm.
> This Elvis Presley summer hit of 1958 was filmed in New Orleans when
> he was 22 years old. The cast and crew blocked off the entire top
> floor of the Roosevelt Hotel (now Fairmont Hotel and soon to be
> Waldorf Astoria). King Creole was Elvis' last B&W film and is
> considered by critics to be his best. Elvis plays a nightclub busboy
> turned nightclub singer and even though there are many bar scenes not
> one single cocktail is mentioned.so we will be serving famous New
> Orleans cocktails including the Sazerac, Hurricane, Scarlet O'Hara,
> Ramos Gin Fizz, and French 75. Retro candy and popcorn will be served
> and popular soundtracks to look forward include Trouble, Hard Headed
> Woman, King Creole, New Orleans, and Dixieland Rock.
>
> Meet-n-Greet JB Bandy
> 7 pm.
> JB holds the first winning title from the first worldwide flair
> bartending competition, Bar Olympics, put on by T.G.I. Friday's in
> 1986. JB also put out the very first flair bartending video and went
> on to be chosen to teach Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown how to flair
> bartend for the 1988 film, Cocktail. Come meet JB and ask him a
> question as he shows you the moves he taught Tom Cruise!
>
>
> Cocktail (1988)
> 8 pm.
> Cocktail finally turns 21! And what better way to celebrate this
> summer hit
> of '88 than with dinner, drinks and a movie New York/Jamaican style!
> This
> film kick-started modern flair bartending worldwide and introduced
> three hit
> songs, Kokomo, Don't Worry, Be Happy and Addicted To Love. Special
> guest
> star, J.B. Bandy (Tom Cruise's bartender choreographer) will be
> present
> taking all your Q & A's you may have and even demonstrate the moves
> he
> taught Tom. We celebrate the 21st birthday with Jamaican style food
> and
> birthday cake.
>
>
> Moulin Rouge (2001)
> Midnight.
> Can-Can you join us for a midnight enchanting screening of this lush
> and visually-rich modern musical that was nominated for 8 Oscars? The
> Green Fairy will be upon us as we serve Lucid Absinthe in glass blown
> fountains at each table. Nibbles, bottled water and French wine will
> also be available.
Who's going?