West
Coast Premiere
of Eric Bana's
Directorial Debut
Love The
Beast
-
ONE NIGHT ONLY -
Friday,
October 23, 2009

Join us at
the Mary Pickford Theatre in Cathedral City, California, October 23
and 24, 2009
for
the
Inaugural Wheels On Reels Film
Festival
Cutlass
Kate
Hudson, Writer, Director
Kate Hudson received a
Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination for her performance
in the critically acclaimed Cameron Crowe film
Almost Famous. Brilliantly portraying a teen caught
up in the world of a 70s rock band, she takes us back to the 70s
again in her directorial debut entitled
Cutlass, a heartwarming short
film about coming of age, the relationship between parent and
child, and a 1976 Oldsmobile
Cutlass. It
stars Virginia Madsen, Chevy Chase, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Roemer,
Kurt Russell and Kristin Stewart.
Love The Beast
Eric
Bana, Writer, Director
One of this summer's
hottest film stars is Australian actor, Eric Bana. He kicked off
the summer as the heavily made-up villain in
Star Trek then co-starred with
Adam Sandler in the comedy/drama
Funny People. Then, before our
Speedo's had time to dry, he starred opposite Rachel McAdams
in
The Time Traveler's Wife.
Love The Beast is Bana's directorial
debut that puts you in his passenger seat for a road trip through
Australia's Targa Tasmania Road Rally, and the Bana garage where
two very special Ford automobiles take center stage. Love The Beast is
the story of Eric Bana's 25-year love affair with his 1974 Ford XB
Falcon Coupe. Although filmed almost entirely in Australia, the
film strikes an emotional cord with every man in America that owns
or dreams of owning a muscle car. The film delves into Bana's
man-car relationship with appearances by television psychologist
Dr. Phil McGraw, talk show personality Jay Leno, and
Top Gear host Jeremy
Clarkson.
Love The Beast premiered at the Tribeca
Film Festival this past spring and makes its West Coast premiere at
Wheels On Reels.

The Rock Store
Christopher
Leps, Writer, Director, Producer
Filmmakers have a unique
ability to look at things in a way that others cannot fully
appreciate. Such is the case of Christopher Leps' directorial debut
entitled
The Rock Store. An award-winning
stuntman with over 25 feature films and 120 television episodes to
his credit, Leps visited the Rock Store in 2006 and felt compelled
to tell the story of this mom and pop gas station and convenience
store hidden in the Santa Monica Mountains. The 45-minute
documentary introduces you to Ed and Vern Savko and some of their
regular customers that include Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jay Leno and
nearly every motorcyclist in Southern and Central California.
The Indian
James
R. Gorrie, Writer, Director, Producer
James R. Gorrie makes
his writing and directorial debut in this powerful feature length
drama.
The Indian, (not to be confused
with
The World's Fastest Indian,) tells the story of
how the pieces of a 1917 Indian Motorcycle help to rebuild a
destroyed relationship between a father and son. A native of
Southern California, Gorrie inherited the motorcycle from his
grandfather, and it was the inspiration that drove him to write,
direct and produce his first motion picture. The film stars Matt
Dallas, Sal Landi, Jane Higginson, Alison Haislip, Angela Lanza,
Richard Portnow, Robert Miano, Jim Fitzpatrick, Barbara Scolaro,
Corbin Timbrook and Jesse Hart.
Truth In 24
Keith
Cossrow and Bennett Viseltear, Directors
Keith Cossrow and
Bennett Viseltear are award-winning filmmakers at NFL Films that
have made a documentary about the 24 Hours at Le Mans their
directorial debut. With a combined twenty nominations and four Emmy
Awards between them, they divided the directorial duties to provide
an in-depth look at the world's most legendary automobile
race.
Truth In 24 chronicles the Audi
Sport Racing Team as they attempt to earn a record fifth
consecutive win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Narrated by Jason
Statham, the documentary is made with the same technical precision
that engineers and technicians bring to bear in preparing the cars
for the most grueling car race in the world. View behind-the-scenes
footage and tense drama as the drivers, engineers and technical
crew take you on this adrenaline-pumping race with the Head of Audi
Motorsports, Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich; Head of Audi Engine Development,
Ulrich Baretzk; R10 TDI #2 Engineer, Howden "H" Haynes, and the
record-setting Audi Sport Team of: Tom Kristensen, Allan McNish,
Frank Biela, Emanuele Pirro, Marco Werner, Rinaldo "Dindo" Capello,
Lucas Luhr, Alexandre Premat and Mike "Rocky"
Rockenfeller.
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