As moussavis supporters rose up to protest ahmadinejads victory declaration hours before the polls closed on election day, bahari endured great personal risk by submitting camera footage of the unfolding street riots to the bbc. The movie is based on the memoir by bbc journalist maziar bahari. An unmissable lineup begins in january and continues monthly throughout the year as fathom events and tcm bring some of the greatest titles ever back into movie theaters. Parents need to know that rosewater, based on a memoir by journalist maziar bahari and written and directed by the daily shows jon stewart, has some disturbing moments. Jon stewarts directorial debut rosewater a film recounting the captivity and interrogation of iraniancanadian bbc journalist maziar bahari played by. The journalist maziar bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in evin prison in iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. Fathom events and open road films have just announced that audiences across the united states will have a chance to see the film one night before it opens up nationwide.
Rosewater, as he is felicitously nicknamed, can be intense, but hes not always the ferocious brute that such characters almost invariably are. Overview of rosewater, 2014, directed by jon stewart, with mohammad abdel raheem, alaadin khasawneh, ayman sharaiha, at turner classic movies. The film was based on larry forresters second fathom novel fathom heavensent, then in the draft stage but never published. A familys story of love, captivity, and survival bahari, maziar, molloy, aimee, meacham, jon on. Fathom events and movie city films, in association. Sixteen19 uses aframe on feature films rosewater and while.
The sites consensus reads, timely, solidly acted, and unabashedly earnest, rosewater serves as an impressive calling card for firsttime director jon stewart. Fathom events and by experience present everything from broadway shows and soldout concerts to ufc fights and lectures by financial wizards as onenightonly events in local movie theaters. Based on the new york times bestselling memoir then they came for me. In a particularly harrowing sequence, the main character is led to believe that hes going to be shot. Rosewater original motion picture soundtrack 16 tracks.
Broadway and bolshoi for the price of a movie the san. Jon stewart tells maziar baharis story with rosewater. Fathom harvill welch is a skydiver touring europe with a u. The leader in exclusive alternative entertainment in movie. Why not have a skydiving movie, with lots of great footage of skydivers floating through the air, and lots of great footage of raquel welch. As the movie opens, it is june 21, 2009, when we see iranian police arrest bahari at his mothers house in tehran. Attending a fathom event is like watching a movie at a theater.
With iconic titles that span five decades, the tcm big screen classics series has something for everyone. Maziar baharis story is no laughing matter for jon stewart. Fathom events gives you the opportunity to experience broadway shows, metropolitan opera performances, live concerts, sporting events, comedy shows, original programming and more. If edward snowden starts talking to you on the big screen, you know this isnt a regular movie greenwood villages fathom events create live events in regular movie theaters. Because of the movies setting, the villains in rosewater express antiwestern values as well as some antisemitism. Fathom events is the home of cinematic experiences that offer high quality, affordable entertainment events broadcast to the big screen. The leader in exclusive alternative entertainment in movie theaters nationwide. Adapted from the book written by iraniancanadian journalist maziar bahari which recalls the 118 days he spent in. Does this mean it would be available or is it most likely a glitch, and possibly against tos. Jon stewarts directorial debut rosewater goes to open road films may 12, 2014. Sixteen19 uses aframe on feature films rosewater and while were. A true story, the film marks the screenwriting and directorial debut of the daily show host and anchor jon stewart, and stars gael garcia bernal, leading an international cast. Fathom events gives you the opportunity to experience broadway shows, metropolitan opera performances. Jon stewarts rosewater, summit with stephen colbert.
There, maziar is befriended by davood dimitri leonidas, a young man who provides him. This fictional movie tells the story of the real maziar bahari. Rosewater is emotionally sincere and thoughtful, but jon stewarts movie also very much feels like a firsttime directors work rosewater begins in june 2009, as iraniancanadian journalist maziar bahari gael garcia bernal travels to iran in order to cover the countrys presidential election for newsweek. Audiences get the best seat in the house in the comfort and convenience of their local movie theater for live and prerecorded concerts, worldclass opera. We offer a variety of distribution methods based on our clients needs, broadcasting both live and prerecorded. In june 2009, bahari returned to iran to interview mirhossein moussavi, who was the prime challenger to controversial incumbent president mahmoud ahmadinejad. The sites consensus reads, timely, solidly acted, and unabashedly earnest, rosewater serves as an.
Audiences get the best seat in the house in the comfort and convenience of their local movie theater for live and prerecorded concerts, worldclass opera, sporting events, comedy acts, original programming featuring the biggest names in radio and. With rosewater, jon stewart directs a film about maziar bahari, a reporter imprisoned and tortured in 2009 in iran shortly after the disputed election there. I had read that fathom events screenings of films werent included but my local theater is taking part in the nationwide showing of the room tonight, and its showing as red and clickable in the moviepass app. Fathom harvill welch is an american skydiver touring europe with a u. Fathom events and open road films are partnering to present the exclusive rosewater. Tcmfathom events annouce big screen events for 2018. Rosewater, directed by jon stewart the new york times.
The studio is targeting a fall 2014 release for this drama based on. Raquel welch breaks the surly bonds of earth and loves every minute of it in this lighthearted spy spoof. Denverbusiness wire fathom events and open road films are partnering to present the exclusive rosewater. Overall, therefore, the movie and its protagonist have a strong moral worldview promoting american values of liberty. Rosewater follows the tehranborn bahari, a 42yearold broadcast journalist with canadian citizenship living in london.
You can only be ponderous so long, and then you need to look at someone like raquel welch for awhile. Rosewater, from jon stewart, tells the story of an iranianborn journalist who was arrested in iran in 2009 and accused of being an agent for foreign intelligence organizations. Turner classic movies and fathom events are proud to bring you the classic movies you love the way they were meant to be seen, uncut and commercial free and in the company of other movie lovers in select cinemas nationwide. Rosewater, from jon stewart, tells the story of an iranianborn journalist who was. She is approached by a scottish agent to recover an atomic triggering mechanism. Rosewater is the gripping, intelligent directorial debut of tv personality jon stewart, who also wrote the screenplay, based on maziar baharis postprison memoir, then they came for me. We then go back to june 9, 2009, a few days before the presidential elections in iran.
Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. Political violence and torture are featured in many scenes, though nothing is exceptionally graphic or bloody. Until the person on the big screen starts taking questions from the audience. Bahari was accused of phantom crimes, like being a zionist. Fathom events is an entertainment content provider that broadcasts entertainment events in movie theaters throughout the us including metropolitan opera live in hd, the performing arts, major sporting events, and music concerts the company was spun out of national cinemedia in 20 to focus on live performances that national cinemedia had started presenting. Thats what happened during a showing of rosewater, a film directed by. Enjoy it all with exceptional views that put you unbelievably close to the action. Fathom events broadcasts special events to audiences in cinemas across the u.
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