Film Screening: Frank & Cindy

Friday, December 7.

Location: 600 4th St, West Sacramento. Corner of 4th & F in West Sac, just over the river near The Pyramid Building. 7:00 PM. Admission: $5.00.

Movies on a Big Screen presents Frank & Cindy

When Cindy married a rock star, Frank, in 1983 she imagined a life of glamour and Grammys. But the song that propelled Frank to fame, "Whirly Girl," would be the only chart-topper from his short-lived group, OXO. Years later, out of shape and nearly bankrupt after spending his money on "gas, food, dry cleaning and drugs." Frank is not the vision Cindy married.

Now, twenty-three years after appearing on American Bandstand, Frank lives sequestered to the basement where he uses coffee cans as his improvised bathroom.

Both appalled and amused by his parents' behavior, Cindy's filmmaker son, G.J., picks up his video camera and aims it at them. After a year of filming, what began as an attempt to mock his one-hit-wonder step-father, instead becomes a candid portrait of the pursuit of happiness.

Frank & Cindy was the subject of an entire episode of "This American Life" on Showtime earlier this year, and in October, Ira Glass hosted a screening at New York's MOMA.

"Every single thing about Frank & Cindy seems new and fresh and alive. It's rare to see a documentary that's so raw and funny and infuriating too" - Ira Glass, Host of This American Life

"Comical and tragic... Compelling" - Maureen Ryan, Chicago Tribune

"It's raw, it's riveting, it's appalling and it's disturbingly hilarious" - Orlando Weekly

Winner - Best Documentary, Raindance Film Festival

Seating is mostly on folding chairs - feel free to bring a pillow or cushion, or even your own chair! Digital projection on to a large screen.

Movies on a Big Screen presents regular Friday evening film screenings (and occasionally, other nights, too)!
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