Please join us for a preview screening of IRON ROAD, a gripping love story set against the historical contribution of Chinese immigrants whose lives and personal sacrifice made the construction of Canada’s transcontinental railroad through the Rockies possible. The screening is followed by a youth response to the movie and a Q&A with Producer Raymond Massey and Executive Producer Tiger Hu.
Thursday JULY 16, 2009 at the Victoria Learning Theatre (Room 182)Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, [map]1961 East Mall, UBCDoors open: 5:45 PM | Screening begins: 6:00 PMPanel Discussion 7:45 – 8:15 PMAdmission is Free, RSVP required. Please RSVP at http://www.naaap.bc.ca/events.php
This epic film stars Oscar-winning Peter O’Toole, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Wimbledon), Sun Li (Fearless with Jet Li), Chinese mega-star Tony Leung Ka Fai (The Lover), Luke Macfarlane (Brothers and Sisters, ABC), Ian Tracey (Intelligence, Da Vinci’s Inquest), Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho, NBC) and Charlotte Sullivan (MVP, Alice in Wonderland).
IRON ROAD has been winning awards at international film festivals: Best Actress in Rome, Audience Favourite in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Best Cinematography, Production Design, Costumes and Makeup at the Leo Awards this year.
Visit the website www.ironroadthemovie to view the trailer and the Behind the Scenes video
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IRON ROAD is the first film co-production between Canada and China since Bethune with Donald Sutherland. It is co-written by Barry Pearson and Raymond Storey, directed and edited by David Wu. Vancouver casting by Sue Brouse and Lynn Carrow. Financial support from the CTF, through Telefilm Canada, the CBC, Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund, Cogeco Fund, and the Shaw Rocket Fund, and FIBC and OMDC.
This community-sponsored screening is co-presented by CBC, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHS) and the UBC Community Partners for Internationalization (CPI), in partnership with the Asian Canadian Cultural Organization (ACCO) and NAAAP Vancouver, and is made possible through the generous support of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre of UBC.
+ IRON ROAD is also screening at Fifth Avenue Cinema (Fifth Avenue & Burrard), one night only on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM. Don’t miss the two-part broadcast version of IRON ROAD, which airs Sundays August 9 and August 16th 8:00 – 10:00 PM, on CBC Television.
