Outfest 2009: AMERICAN PRIMITIVE, BIG LOVE, PORNOGRAPHY, DARE

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Sunday, July 19. Synopses from the Outfest website.

American Primitive (Sun, Jul 19th 5:00pm, FAIRFAX 1)

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God Only Knows: A Look at Big Love (Sun, Jul 19th 5:00pm, DGA 1)
Panels
(90 mins)
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Bold, funny and wholly original, HBO's Big Love explores the evolving institution of marriage in America through a typically atypical family. Creators/Executive Producers Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer have crafted three seasons of sophisticated, intriguing entertainment that remains utterly topical. Join Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer, Matt Ross ('Alby Grant'), Mary Kay Place ('Adaleen Grant'), Sandy Martin ('Selma Green'), additional members of the cast and moderator/Outfest programmer Alonso Duralde for an in-depth look at their groundbreaking series.

Motherland (Sun, Jul 19th 5:15pm, DGA 2)

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Pornography (Sun, Jul 19th 7:00pm, FAIRFAX 1)

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Closing Night: Dare (Sun, Jul 19th 8:00pm, Ford Amphitheatre)

(USA, 2009, 90 mins)
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Directed By: Adam Salky
SCR: David Brind

Based on their award-winning short film, writer David Brind and director Adam Salky return to Outfest with DARE, a stunning debut feature that poetically captures the confusion, longing, thrill and lust of teenage life. The film opens with Alexa (Emmy Rossum), a beautiful, studious, aspiring thespian whose dreams are shattered when acclaimed actor Grant Matson (Alan Cumming) tells her that she has brains but no edge. This devastating blow motivates Alexa to shed her good-girl image. She ditches her best friend Ben (Ashley Springer) – a closeted, melancholy outsider – slips into a hot miniskirt and seduces the gorgeous and popular, but troubled, Johnny Drake (Zach Gilford). No sooner do they become an item than Ben decides he wants a piece of the action and kisses Johnny. Johnny is confused, Ben is ecstatic and Alexa is furious, but in typical teen style, they work it out… and in the process, they discover what it means to become an adult. Stellar performances from the three young leads are bolstered by the comic genius of Ana Gasteyer, Alan Cumming and Sandra Bernhard. – Kirsten Schaffer, Executive Director

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