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It's the Two River Film Fest

Asbury Park Press
Eleanor O'Sullivan - Movie writer
09/21/07

The 2007 Two River Film Festival, featuring 11 New Jersey premiere films among a roster of 24 titles, will be presented at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre in West Long Branch and Clearview Cinemas in Red Bank from Nov. 2-4 and Nov. 19.

The festival opens with Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," winner of the best director award at the 60th Cannes Film Festival.

Closing-night films will be the New Jersey premieres of "The Walker," starring Woody Harrelson, Lauren Bacall, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin and Mary Beth Hurt, as well as Think Film's documentary "Nanking" and Schnabel's "Lou Reed's Berlin," a concert film.

And this year's "Out of the Vault Selection" features David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) on Pollak Theatre's big screen.

Festival founder Rosellen Otrakji of Rumson said: "I am honored to be working again with (filmmakers and executives ) Jon Kilik, Julian Schnabel, Mark Urman at Think Film and Tom Bernard (Navesink), president of Sony Pictures Classics. We are thrilled to bring these wonderful films to the Monmouth area for the first time."

Now in its fifth year, the festival also will feature panel discussions.

Tickets for Pollak Theatre events will go on sale today and are available through www.boxofficetickets.com/tworiverfilmfestival or www.tworiverfilmfestival.com. Prices range from $10 to $100 for Pollak screenings; Pollak passes are $350 for all events and screenings for two and $200 for all events and screenings for one.

Tickets also are available by calling (800) 494-8497. Pollak Theatre is on the Monmouth University campus, Cedar and Norwood avenues, in West Long Branch.

Tickets for screenings at Clearview Cinemas, 36 White St. in Red Bank, will be available at the theater's box office beginning today. Tickets for Clearview screenings are $10, $7 for seniors. More information is available at (732) 747-0335.

The Two River Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing quality film and film-related programs to Monmouth County residents and students.