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Monday, August 8th at 7:00 PM
The New York Film Academy in L.A. will be hosting writers Steve Faber and Bob Fisher and screening their feature film “Wedding Crashers”. This event will be held at Loew’s Theater Screening Room # 17 @ Universal City Walk. (Students can park for free at Frankenstein parking at Universal City Walk using their student i.d. badges.)
Students and guests need to RSVP with the front office of the Los Angeles branch of New York Film Academy at 818-733-2600. Please call for further details and to RSVP for the event.
Contact RSVP: Stacey Myer, Director of Student Services
E-mail: stacey@nyfa.com
Phone: 818-733-2600
The outrageous comedy Wedding Crashers stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn’t get themselves into.
Guided by a secret set of wedding crashing rules, the pair find their way into a different wedding and different bridesmaid’s heart every week. But when they crash the social event of the season, one of them falls for the engaged daughter (Rachel McAdams) of an influential and eccentric politician (Christopher Walken) and decides to break the rules in pursuit of her. This leads to a wild weekend at her family’s palatial estate where the ultimate Crashers quickly find themselves in way over their heads.
Written by Steve Faber and Bob Fisher, and directed by David Dobkin (Shanghai Knights).
Steve Faber (Writer):
Steve Faber was born to a family of magicians who emigrated from Eastern Europe a long, long time ago. Grandson of Harry Faber, renowned sleight-of-hand artist, Faber attended UCLA where he earned degrees in both literature and history. Faber went on to graduate from law school. It was a tremendous mistake. He did, however and once and for all, learn the great life lesson that there is no money in poetry and no poetry in money. This lesson was learned at a devastating psychological cost.
After a brief flirtation with magic (which failed when the bottom, simultaneously, fell out both the rabbit and the hat market), and a novel (which he hopes to finally publish in 2006, Faber reestablished contact with his best friend from high school, Bob Fisher.
Bob Fisher (Writer):
Bob Fisher grew up in various Mid-Atlantic suburbs (including his favorite: Middletown, New Jersey) before moving to California where he attended Chatsworth High School, played a lot of baseball and met his writing partner, Steve Faber. They began their partnership writing a series of inflammatory editorials for the high school newspaper.
Fisher then attended UCLA where he was mostly interested in history, politics and literature. He then spent several years in noble trade of bartending before finally turning to sitcom writing. Writing with Faber again, he wrote for many shows of varying quality, including “Married with Children” and the “Bonnie Hunt Show” before switching to film a few years ago. Wedding Crashers is their first produced feature.
Owen Wilson (John Beckwith):
The multi-faceted Owen Wilson has made his mark on Hollywood as both an actor and writer for feature films.
Wilson recently starred in his fourth collaboration with director Wes Anderson starring in the Life Aquatic, alongside Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett. He also starred in The Wendell Baker Story directed by his brothers Andrew and Luke and made a cameo appearance in Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan and Kathy Bates. Last Spring, Wilson played the classic television character Hutch opposite Ben Stiller in the hit comedy Starsky and Hutch.
Vince Vaughn (John Beckwith):
A potent combination of charm and charisma, Vince Vaughn has made his mark among today’s generation of talented young actors and producers.
This past summer, Vaughn starred opposite Ben Stiller in the hit comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The film opened number one on its way to grossing $114 million at the box office.
Vaughn was also seen last Spring in the role of villain Reece Felman in Starsky and Hutch, re-teaming with his Old School director Todd Phillips. Vaughn starred in the hit comedy Old School the previous summer, alongside Luke Wilson and Will Ferrell.
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