Screen/Society--Summer Days, Nasher Nights: Dinner and a Movie--"The Trip"
Film Screening:
The Trip
(Michael Winterbottom, 2010, 107 min, UK, in English, Color, DVD)
Playing loose versions of themselves, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom for an acerbically witty, largely improvised ride through the English countryside. Tapped by The Observer to review fine restaurants throughout the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, Steve finds himself without a traveling companion after his girlfriend decides not to go at the last minute. After being turned down by everyone else he knows, Steve extends an invitation to Rob, and together the pair attempt to navigate the winding back roads of rural England, impersonating popular celebrities such as Michael Caine, Woody Allen and Liam Neeson (among many others) and bickering along the way.
"Great fun to watch, the countryside is bucolic, the food mouthwatering."
-- Los Angeles Times
"One of the year's most beautiful films, thanks to cinematographer Ben Smithard's stunning landscape shots." -- John Belfuss
The Nasher Museum presents Dinner and a Movie, a film series to satisfy every appetite.
Join us in the museum café before 6 PM and enjoy ample parking, time to cool off, café dinner specials, and reserved film seating.
The free film begins at 7 PM in the lecture hall.
Reservations online or call 919-684-6032.
Cost: Free and Open to the Public!
Sponsors: The Nasher Museum of Art and the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image