USA-Australia Film Showcase

Laemmle Theatres and Emerging Pictures are pleased to present the first three titles in the 2010 USA-Australia Film Showcase, in partnership with Screen Australia to bring American audiences the best Australian films not yet released in the U.S. Every three months over the course of the year, three award-winning Aussie films will be released, screening via Emerging’s national digital cinema network. Laemmle’s weekend morning series begins Saturday, August 14 at the Sunset 5/West Hollywood, Playhouse 7/Pasadena and Town Center 5/Encino.

ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, directed by Andrew Lancaster, is a bittersweet comedy drama revolving around a dysfunctional suburban family coping with the consequences of a tragedy. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in the U.S. and at the Sydney Film Festival in Australia. Geena Davis stars. 92 minutes, MPAA rated R, 2009. Screens at the Sunset 5, Playhouse 7 and Town Center 5, Saturday and Sunday, August 14 and 15, 11 a.m.

THE WAITING CITY, directed by Claire McCarthy: a young Australian couple travels to India to collect their adopted baby but the country’s intoxicating power pulls them in separate and unexpected directions. Radha Mitchell and Joel Edgerton star. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. 100 minutes, not rated, 2009. Screens at the Sunset 5, Playhouse 7 and Town Center 5, Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22, 11 a.m.

CHARLIE & BOOTS, directed by Dean Murphy, follows the efforts of a son to bring his grieving father out of depression by taking him on the fishing trip of a lifetime. The film had the best opening weekend for any Aussie film when it was released on Father’s Day in Australia. Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson star. 101 minutes, not rated, 2009. Screens at the Sunset 5, Playhouse 7 and Town Center 5, Saturday and Sunday, August 28 and 29, 11 a.m.

Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 478-3836
Playhouse 7, 673 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (626) 844-6500
Town Center 5, 17200 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA (818) 981-9811