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Subject: Re: Cocktail Film Fest
From: summieone
Posted: Thu Jan 29. 2009, 14:58 UTC
Followup to: "Cocktail Film Fest"  by Cheryl Charming  (Sat Jan 24. 2009, 19:25 UTC)
> 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?


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