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Hello--<br><br>I wanted to let you all know that a feature documentary
I've made will be screening this Friday & Saturday nights (6/17 and
6/18) at the great Cleveland Cinematheque.<br><br>"Strongman" is the
story of a professional strongman named Stanless Steel who is the only
person in the world who can bend a penny with his fingers. The film has
been compared to everything from a real-life version of Fellini's La
Strada to a Eugene O'Neil penned version of The Wrestler.<br><br>It's a
film that artists of any kind-- whether actors, painters, musicians,
writers or jugglers-- often seem to really relate to and find inspiring, and I
would be thrilled of course if people from the NE Ohio arts scene make
it out to the screenings.<br><br>I'm pasting more on the film below, but for a sense of it, the trailer is at www.strongmanfilm.com/trailer.html<br><br>Any help spreading the word would be wonderful too of course!<br><br>Many thanks,<br><br>Zach Levy<br>Director, Strongman<br><br><br><br>Showtimes--<br>
Friday, June 17th, 7:40 pm<br>
Saturday, June 18th, 9:20pm<br><a href="http://www.cia.edu/cinematheque_info_current/#5080" target="_blank">http://www.cia.edu/cinematheque_info_current/#5080</a><br>
Cleveland Cinematheque<br>
11141 East Boulevard<br>
Cleveland, OH 44106<br>
<a target="_blank">(216) 421.7450</a><br><br>Strongman
<br>(Dir. Zachary Levy, 113 min)
<br>The cinema verite story of real-life professional strongman Stanless
Steel--the only person in the world who can bend a penny with his
fingers--as he attempts to keep the things that truly matter from
slipping through his mighty grasp.
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"Brilliant...one of the most engaging subjects in recent documentary
history" Michael Wilmington, Movie City News
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<br>"I watched with quiet fascination" Roger Ebert
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<br>---story in the WSJ
<a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703555804576102073187524158.html?KEYWORDS=strongman" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703555804576102073187524158.html?KEYWORDS=strongman</a>
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<br>--NYT CRITICS' PICK
<a class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/movies/26strong.html?ref=movies" target="_blank">http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/movies/26strong.html?ref=movies</a>
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