Actually, there will probably be no stomping. Probably some clapping. Maybe some hoots and hollers. Our favorite Hollywood stud won’t be there either. He’s also not the dude you remember from ‘Out of Africa’. At 73, Robert Redford, the actor turned environmentalist and Sundance Film Festival creator, has decided to take his baby to the people. On Thursday night, from a prerecorded video, Redford will address the 1700 seat, sold-out crowd at the Michigan Theater.
For the first time in its history, Redford will introduce Sundance to the rest of the country. As part of the new Sundance USA program, Sundance will leave its lush quarters in Park City, Utah and present films across the country. On Thursday, Ann Arbor will join the ranks of Boston, New York, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco, Madison, and Nasheville in welcoming a film from this year’s Sundance Film Festival- along with the film’s directors.
Thursday’s film is “Cyrus”, a new comedy from brothers Jay and Mark Duplass. Sundance tells us to expect to feel “a tingling, irresistible experience of utter discomfort”. This discomfort with the discomfort of trying to decide who gets the armrests in a sold-out theater only sounds comforting to me.
Thursday, January 28. 7:30 pm. More info here: http://www.michtheater.org/sffusa. Tickets are sold out but, like anything in this fair town, you can find a way to get in. Check the box office day of, talk to craigslist, do what you gotta do. Sold out movie theaters are too fun. Until then, Bennett
