Napa Valley Film Festival 2011

Jimmy - an eccentric and terminally ill young man - further loses touch with reality when he finds out that his best friend and roommate James is leaving for a new job tomorrow morning. Jimmy sees this as a betrayal of their perfect way of life, and over the course of a night full of drinks, drugs and women, the two men engage in a classic, humorous battle of wills as James prepares to enter the real world and Jimmy falls deeper and deeper into his world of illness, isolation, madness, and make-believe.

Cecilia and Ernst are happily married and live a comfortable life with their nine-year- old son Alexander in the suburbs of Stockholm. An unexpected event turns their whole world upside down, an event that tests their faith as husband and wife, and as parents. Just when things are at their bleakest, a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger changes their lives in an amazing way. In the leading roles are Michael Nyqvist (The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest), Izabella Scorupco (GoldenEye, Sunstorm) and French superstar Tchéky Karyo (The Patriot, Nostradamus, The Good Thief, Nikita). NOTE - The "buy tickets" button(s) lead to our shopping cart where you can purchase passes that get you into any and all films and panels. We do not offer advance individual screening tickets; BUT you can purchase $10 RUSH TICKETS at the theater doors after passholders have been admitted.

Against the backdrop of a child abduction case, we follow five days in the lives of: a single parent detective assigned to the case; her best friend whose determination to get pregnant keeps her from confronting her husband"s infidelity; a school teacher and his obsession with the missing child that pushes him to the edge of vigilantism; a beat cop grieving over the violent death of his wife; a recovering addict and her wheel-chair-bound brother preparing for the LA marathon; and a self-loathing African American TV writer's search for love. Honest and real throughout, some scenes - including the opening - may be a little more "real" than some viewers are accustomed to; but the payoff more than makes up for any temporary discomfort. Answers to Nothing presents a captivating web of intertwining stories exploring the bad in the best of us and the good in the worst of us. Courtesy of Roadside Attractions NOTE - The "buy tickets" button(s) lead to our shopping cart where you can purchase passes that get you into any and all films and panels. We do not offer advance individual screening tickets; BUT you can purchase $10 RUSH TICKETS at the theater doors after passholders have been admitted.

Duke White (Harvey Keitel) has decided to end his life. And even though they don't know it yet, Duke's oldest sons are dying themselves. But Duke's never done anything the easy way and the apples haven't fallen far from the tree. The brothers can't even make it through their father's funeral without a brawl and that's only the beginning. Reunited in the town of Niagara Falls, brothers Nuts, Cal, and Jacob approach their impending doom as differently as they've approached their lives. Disgraced boxer Nuts, played by Jason Jones ( The Daily Show, Phil the Alien ) prepares to fight one last fight. Ladies man Cal (Scott Caan) decides it's finally time to tie the knot but makes a dubious choice for his bride. And Jacob, the only responsible one, sets out to achieve his bucket list in 24 hours. Fast-paced and irreverent, A Beginner's Guide to Endings is a stylized comedy about the trials and tribulations (but mostly the trials) of family and coming to terms with one's mortality.

Bottle Shock is inspired by the true story of the California wines beating the French at the infamous 1976 wine-tasting that has come to be known as the Judgment of Paris. Filmed entirely in the wine country during the summer of 2007, with four days on-location at Calistoga's Chateau Montelena, numerous days in the vineyards and along the roads in Carneros, several more days at Kunde Winery in Sonoma Valley and several more days around the Sonoma plaza (standing in as Paris). Freddy Rodriguez played wannabe winemaker Gustavo Brambila in the film. After his brief but memorable stint as Assistant Winemaker at Chateau Montelena, Gustavo left with Mike Grgich and worked with him for over 20 years at Grgich Hills Estate. Gustavo now has his own Napa-based winery: GustavoThrace. Gustavo will join Freddy on stage for a no- doubt memorable Q&A session with the audience after the screening. NOTE - The "buy tickets" button(s) lead to our shopping cart where you can purchase passes that get you into any and all films and panels. We do not offer advance individual screening tickets; BUT you can purchase $10 RUSH TICKETS at the theater doors after passholders have been admitted.

The year is 1984. On the rural East Coast of New Zealand, Thriller is changing kids' lives, just as it is all over the world. Inspired by the Oscar-nominated short film Two Cars, One Night, Boy is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson. Boy (the "name" of the title character) is a dreamer who loves Michael Jackson. Boy's other hero, his father, Alamein, is the subject of Boy's fantasies, and he imagines him as a deep-sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson. In reality Alamein is an inept, wannabe gangster who has been in jail for robbery. When Alamein returns home, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered. Courtesy of Paladin NOTE - The "buy tickets" button(s) lead to our shopping cart where you can purchase passes that get you into any and all films and panels. We do not offer advance individual screening tickets; BUT you can purchase $10 RUSH TICKETS at the theater doors after passholders have been admitted.

A tale of competition at its most cut-throat, Butter surveys the raw ambition of Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner), the wife of Bob Pickler, Iowa's long-reigning champion butter carver. For 15 years, Laura has relished her high-profile role as the beautiful, loyal helpmate to her affable, artistically gifted husband. But when Bob is pressured to retire and allow someone else a chance at glory, an indignant Laura decides to enter the competition herself. She is first in line on sign-up day, only to see her odds of victory fall below 100% with the arrival of an unlikely yet formidable contender: 10-year-old Destiny, the African-American foster child of local couple Julie and Ethan. And that's not all. Bob's would-be mistress, bad-girl stripper Brooke also declares her candidacy, as does Bob's #1 fan, Carol-Ann. Courtesy of The Weinstein Company NOTE - The "buy tickets" button(s) lead to our shopping cart where you can purchase passes that get you into any and all films and panels. We do not offer advance individual screening tickets; BUT you can purchase $10 RUSH TICKETS at the theater doors after passholders have been admitted.

As the son of the Imam of the local Brooklyn mosque, 11-year-old Daud has to juggle the high expectations of his father (Maz Jobrani) and his feelings of isolation and difference _ even from his peers in the Muslim community. Through an innocent act of good faith, Daud inadvertently befriends a group of Jewish boys who mistakenly take him for a fellow classmate at their orthodox school. A genuine friendship grows between Daud and Yoav, one of the Jewish boys, and Yoav's family. Unable to resist the joy of a camaraderie that he has never felt before, David, as he is known to the kids, is drawn into a complicated dilemma inspired by youthful deceit and the best of intentions.

The Descendants follows the unpredictable journey of an American family at a crossroads. Family man Matt King (George Clooney) must re-examine his past and navigate his future when his wife is in a boating accident off Waikiki. He awkwardly attempts to repair his relationship with his daughters - eerily precocious 10 year-old Scottie and rebellious 17 year-old Alexandra - while at the same time wrestling with a decision to sell his family's land, some of the last priceless virgin parcels of tropical beach, handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. When Alexandra drops the bombshell that her mother was in the midst of a romantic fling at the time of the accident, Matt has to take a whole new look at his life, not to mention his legacy, during a week of momentous decisions. With his girls in tow, Matt embarks on a haphazard search for his wife's lover. Along the way, in encounters alternately funny, troublesome and transcendent, he realizes he's finally on course toward rebuilding his life and family. Courtesy of Fox Searchlight NOTE - The "buy tickets" button(s) lead to our shopping cart where you can purchase passes that get you into any and all films and panels. We do not offer advance individual screening tickets; BUT you can purchase $10 RUSH TICKETS at the theater doors after passholders have been admitted.