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September 18-22, 2002
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Sponsored by IFC/Bravo Network and Time Warner
Reception to follow at the Apache Theater

Big Bad Love is the tale of a struggling Mississippi writer named Leon Barlow (Arliss Howard) who makes fiction from his past, his dreams, and the dim sound of the future bearing down on him. Leon struggles to balance his obsession to write with the needs of those around him, including an ex-wife (Debra Winger) who incessantly haunts him, a son on the verge of adolescence, a small daughter with an incurable illness, a beloved war buddy (Paul Le Mat) consumed by love for a funeral home heiress (Rosanna Arquette), and a mother (Angie Dickinson) who sees in her son the return and demise of her beloved husband all over again. Based on the acclaimed short story collection by celebrated Mississippi writer Larry Brown.

Director: Arliss Howard
Writers: James Howard and Arliss Howard
Based on Stories By: Larry Brown
Producers: Manfred Wilde and Barry Navidi, Arliss Howard and Debra Winger, Bob Johnston
Cinematographer: Paul Ryan
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz
Music: Tom Waits, R. L. Burnside
Cast: Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette, Angie Dickinson, Michael Parks

110 minutes
Wed. Sept. 18th, 7:00 pm
The Heights Theater

Reception to Follow

Director Hilary Birmingham brings emotional sensitivity and a tremendously skillful eye to her feature debut--about a Nebraska farmer and his two sons struggling to understand how love both unites them and separates them. Tully Coates (Anson Mount) is the local heartthrob, and while he has a new girlfriend every night, he is confounded by what to do when he actually feels love. Earl (Glenn Fitzgerald), his younger brother, is more serious and reserved, while Tully Senior seems burdened by a lasting sadness. A nuanced story set against the beautiful Great Plains of Nebraska, Tully is about life in the heartland, learning how to grow up, and knowing when to love.

Director: Hilary Birmingham
Writers: Matt Drake, Hilary Birmingham
Producers: Hilary Birmingham, Annie Sundberg
Cinematographer: John Foster
Editor: Affonso Goncalves
Music: Marcelo Zarvos
Production Design: Mark White
Cast: Anson Mount, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Fitzgerald, Catherine Kellner, Bob Burrus, Natalie Canerday, John Diehl

102 minutes
Sun. Sept. 22, 7:00 pm
The Heights Theater