Free Film Screening: WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
Department: Film and Media Studies
Date and Time: February 19, 2015 | 7:00 PM-9:00 PMEvent Location: McCormick Screening Room, HG 1070
Event Details
The Department of Film & Media Studies at UC Irvine
and
Unison Films in association with Funny or Die and Paladin
present
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
Thursday, February 19
7:00 pm
McCormick Screening Room, HG 1070
Free and open to the public
http://www.whatwedointheshadows.com/
CAST: Jemaine Clement (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS), Taika Waititi
(BOY), Rhys Darby, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu
Rutherford and Jackie Van Beek
DIRECTED BY: Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
WRITTEN BY: Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
PRODUCED BY: Taika Waititi, Chelsea Winstanley and Emanuel Michael
Unison Films in association with Funny or Die and Paladin present WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, the acclaimed Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award-winner, that chronicles the adventures of four vampire roommates trying to get by in a modern world that's not always hospitable to the undead. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, creators of the HBO hit series "Flight of the Conchords," co-wrote, co-directed, and co-star in this hilarious send-up in which an endearingly unhip quartet of friends ranging in age from 183 to 8,000 years old, squabble over household chores, struggle to keep up with the latest trends in fashion and technology, antagonize the local werewolves, and deal with the rigors of living on a very, _very_ strict diet. The film also stars FOTC's Rhys Darby, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie Van Beek. Since its smash premiere at Sundance, this brilliant horror-comedy has gone on to play Berlin, SXSW, Toronto, Sitges, AFI Film Festival and Palm Springs, among many others; nabbing every audience award for which it's eligible.
Unison in association with Paladin present, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS opening in New York and Los Angeles on February 13, 2015, followed by an expansion into major markets, including San Francisco,Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington, D.C., on February 20, with a continued national rollout throughout February and early March.
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
RUNNING TIME: 86 minutes