The SCA Alumni Screening Series Presents: THE HANGOVER
June 4, 2009, 7:30PM
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
invite you and a guest to a special preview screening of
comes a comedy about a bachelor party
gone very, very wrong.
Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
Followed by a Q&A with
director/producer Todd Phillips
FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO ALL.
MAKE A RESERVATION
ABOUT THE HANGOVER
Two days before his wedding, Doug (Justin Bartha) drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies Phil and Stu (Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) and his future brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis), for a blow-out bachelor party they vow they’ll never forget. But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can’t remember a thing. Their luxury hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue about what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and getting him back to L.A. in time for his wedding. But the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they’re really in.
35mm print provided courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
Rated R. Running time: 100 minutes.
Opens on Friday, June 5th, 2009.
To learn more about the film and to view the trailer, click here.
ABOUT TODD PHILLIPS (Director/Producer)
Todd Phillips started his career as a documentary filmmaker, inspired by humor taken from everyday reality and the belief that the truth is often stranger than fiction. His first film, Hated, portrayed the revolting antics of extreme punk rocker G.G. Allin and became an instant underground sensation. It was released in the summer of 1994 and went on to become the highest grossing student film of its time. He followed that up in 1998 with Frat House, a documentary that he produced and directed for HBO's popular America Undercover series. Frat House premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary features. The unflinching exposé of life in fraternities created a public controversy that eventually caused the film to be shelved by HBO. Phillips still hopes to release it in the future.
After meeting producer Ivan Reitman at Sundance, Phillips made his crossover to features with 2000's Road Trip, which established him as a new force in comedy. He simultaneously produced and directed Bittersweet Motel, a documentary on musical cult phenomenon Phish. In one way or another, Phillips' films explore the nature of male relationships, and in doing so he has worked with some of Hollywood's biggest comedic actors, writing and directing such films as Old School in 2003, Starsky & Hutch in 2004, and School for Scoundrels in 2006.
Phillips was nominated for a 2006 Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Borat.
ABOUT THE SCA ALUMNI SCREENING SERIES
This June through August, 2009, the SCA Alumni Screening Series will host a wide array of film screenings and filmmaker Q&As, highlighting new blockbuster and independent American films, international and documentary features and recent work by our SCA Alumni. These screenings will be hosted in various SCA venues, including Norris Cinema Theatre, as well as SCA 108 and SCA 110. All screenings are free to the public but will require an electronic reservation, which can be made through the website for each individual screening. Many screenings will be overbooked to ensure that capacity is met in the theater. Some screenings will be run from digital sources.
To view the calendar for the Alumni Screening Series, click here.
ABOUT CHECK-IN & RESERVATIONS
This screening is free of charge and open to the public. The theater will be OVERBOOKED to ensure capacity and the RSVP list will be honored on a first-come, first-serve basis, with no reserved seating. Please bring a photo ID or print out of your reservation confirmation, which will automatically be sent to your e-mail account upon successfully making an RSVP through this website. Doors will open at 6:30PM.
ABOUT PARKING
The USC School of Cinematic Arts is located at 900 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007. Parking passes may be purchased for $8.00 at USC Entrance Gate #5, located at the intersection of W. Jefferson Blvd. & McClintock Avenue. We recommend parking in outdoor Lot M or V, or Parking Structure D, at the far end of 34th Street. Please note that Parking Structure D cannot accommodate tall vehicles such as SUVs. Metered street parking is also available along W. Jefferson Boulevard.
Contact Information
Name: Alessandro Ago
Email: aago@cinema.usc.edu
Phone: 213.740.2330