WELL IT'S TIME AGAIN FOR MOVIES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THE THE 33RD ANNUAL FORT LAUDERDALE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS JUST A WEEK AWAY!
AND FOR YEARS, FLIFF HAS SUPPORTED A VARIETY OF CAUSES
THROUGH ITS BENEFIT SERIES.
THIS YEAR, FUNDS WILL GO TO HELP CHILDREN IN HAITI, THE
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE STILL
RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL-- PLUS OTHERS.
HERE WITH MORE DETAILS IS FLIFF PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
GREGORY VON HAUSCH.R
GREGORY, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK, PAM.
THANKS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE BELIEVE FLIFF IS KICKING OFF AGAIN.
IT WASN'T THAT LONG ALONG.
AGO.
AS SOON AS IT IS OVER IT GET STARTED.
IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING SO BEFORE WE BET INTO DETAILS
ABOUT SOME OF THESE BENEFITS FILMS, I KNOW SOUTH FLORIDA PBS
IS INVOLVED AS WELL WITH A REALLY COOL EVENT THAT IS GOING
ON.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
RIGHT.
WE ARE HONORING WRITER DIRECTOR GARY ROTH WHO
WROTE SEABISCUIT AND WROTE BIG WITH TOM HANKS.
OH, WOW.
OCEANS EIGHT.
HE JUST WROTE AND DIRECTED -- AND HE ALSO WROTE AND
DIRECTED -- WHICH STARRED TOBEY MAGUIRE, REESE WITHERSPOON AND
SET IN THE FIFTIES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL UTOPIA,
BLACK AND WHITE UNIVERSE, AND THEY DISCOVER COLOR THROUGH THE
TELEVISION AND EVERYTHING CHANGES.
OH, WOW THAT IS NEAT.
SO HE WILL BE THERE TO GET A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, AND
INTRODUCE THE FILM.
THAT IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 TEENTH AT BAILEY HALL.
OKAY.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A FUN EVENT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE REALLY COOL MOVIES AND I
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE TRAILERS OF ALL
OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST REALLY OUTSTANDING.
SOME ARE HEART WRENCHING.
BUT ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN, IT IS A
FRENCH FILM IS CALLED RETURN OF THE HERO, AND THE GREAT THING
ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS, IS THAT THE SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO
HELP HURRICANE MICHAEL, THOSE RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE
MICHAEL UP IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.
TELL US ABOUT THIS FILM AS WE ARE WATCHING IT AND IT IS REALLY
FUN.
IT STARS DESJARDINS WHO WON THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR.
IT IS ABOUT NAPOLEON'S TIME AND A COMPLETE FRAUD BUT HE IS
DASHING AND HANDSOME AND FUNNY, AND EVERYBODY SWOONS OVER HIM,
BUT -- SO HE GOES OFF TO WAR AND THEN DOESN'T COME BACK, AND HIS
FIANCE THINKS THE WORST, AND THEN IT GOES FROM THERE, I DON'T
WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH, BUT IT IS VERY FUNNY, THE GUY IS
JUST A GENIUS WITH PHYSICAL HUMOR AS WELL AS KNOWING HOW TO
TURN A PHRASE.
SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE OTHER MOVIE, THOUGH, AND THIS ONE IS
DEFINITELY A MOVIE WITH A PURPOSE, AND IT REALLY TOUCHES
YOUR HEART, IT IS CALLED THE LAND OF HIGH MOUNTAINS.
AND IT IS ABOUT THE ONLY PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN HAITI, SO
WE ARE GOING TO WATCH THE TRAILER AND THEN TALK ABOUT IT
AFTERWARDS.
WELL, EVERYBODY IS FAIRLY AWARE OF THE PLIGHT THAT HAITI
HAS BEEN IN, EVEN BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE, BUT SINCE THAT TIME,
THINGS REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN MUCH BETTER.
AND THIS HOSPITAL, ST.
DAMIEN'S IN HAITI IS THE ONLY PEDIATRIC
HOSPITAL IN ALL OF THE WHOLE ISLAND NATION.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BRING IN THE DIRECTOR AND THE
CINEMATOGRAPHER AND GIVE 100 PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS TO
THAT -- LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
CLIP.
HERE, WE HAD BEEN SURROUNDED BY
DEAD CHILDREN FROM THE BEGINNING.
THERE ARE THINGS TO MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR MIND.
I TELL YOU HONESTLY.
CARE OF THE DEAD LEADS TO PROPER CARE AND PROPER ATTITUDE OF THE
LIVING.
IF WE THINK HOW HUMANITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE AND
GO FORTH, NOT THANKS TO THE LEADER WHOSE HAVE MESSED UP THE
SITUATION BUT BECAUSE OF THE HOPE OF THE POOR PEOPLE, MANY
TIMES TO NOT COUNT ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
AND THEN YOU SEE WHERE THE REAL HISTORY IS, AND IT IS OFTENTIMES
NOT WRITTEN IN BOOKS.
WOW, IT REALLY BREAKS YOUR HEART TO SEE THOSE PICTURES.
IT REALLY DOES.
SO THAT IS GOING TO AIR AND YOU ARE GIVING 100 PERCENT OF
THE PROCEEDS AS YOU SAID TO THAT HOSPITAL IN HAITI, RIGHT?
RIGHT.
AND WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITAL AT BOTH, AND
BOTH FILMMAKERS THERE.
ANOTHER FILM CALLED TURNING POINT, AND IT IS ABOUT
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, AND WE RECENTLY HAD SOME GUESTS ON WHO
ARE FROM THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION OF BROWARD COUNTY
AND IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT IT IS THE SIXTH LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH IN AMERICA, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW
DEADLY AND HOW PROVE LEAPT ALZHEIMER'S REALLY IS.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TABLE A LOOK AT THAT TRAILER AND THEN
TALK ABOUT THAT.
OKAY.
99.6 PARTICIPANT OF ALL ALZHEIMER'S TRIALS FAILED.
I REMEMBER JUST FEELING MY HEART SINK.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A STUDY THAT JUST MISSED SO, ON SO MANY
MEASURES.
BUT THEN WE KEPT LOOKING.
WE SAID, WELL, LOOK, THE STUDIES WEREN'T DESIGN JUST TO
LOOK AT PATIENTS WITH MILD DISEASE.
AND WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND --
KEPT SAYING, YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING HERE, DON'T YOU?
THIS COULD BE THE DRUG.
SO THERE IS EXCITEMENT, AND THERE IS HOPE, TWO WORDS YOU
NEVER HEAR WITH ALZHEIMER'S.
SUPERHEROS, AND HE SAW -- WHERE THE LAB HAD -- AND HE JUST
LIKE, MAN, YOU ARE A SCIENTIST AND I NEVER REALIZED ALMOST
EVERY SUPERHERO STARTS OFF AS A SCIENTIST, YOU ARE NOT IN THE
SPOTLIGHT BUT YOU HAVE HEROIC CHARACTERS FIGHTING AGAINST ALL
ODDS.
THE IMAGINE THE IMPACT IF WE COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
WOW.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ONE.
WELL, THIS FILM IS DIRECTED BY JAMES K. EECH.
JAMES IS STACY KEECH'S SON AND AT ONE TIME HE WAS MARRIED
TO JANE SEYMOUR AND ALSO HAS FEATURED PROMINENTLY, FEEL THE
GRASS TYSON, THE ASTROPHYSICIST AND PUT THIS MOVIE TOGETHER
BRILLIANTLY, KEEP DIRECTED THE CAMPBELL FILM.
SO HE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FILM AND IT DOES GIVE ONE
HOPE, MY MOTHER, FATHER DIED OF ALZHEIMER'S SO I HAVE A PERSONAL
ATTACHMENT TO THIS.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO A LOT OF THESE FOLKS TOO ARE DOCUMENTARIES AND REALLY
TALKING ABOUT REAL LIFE ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING THINGS, THE
ONLY THING IS INTELLIGENT LIFE, TALK ABOUT THAT A MOMENT, THAT
DEALS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY.
IT DOES AND IT LOOKS AT IT THROUGH THE EYES OF PARENTS AND
THROUGH THE EYES HOPEFULLY OF THE KIDS THAT ARE AFFLICTED,
AFFECTED, AFFLICTED WITH IT, SO THIS FILM WE ARE GIVING
100 PERCENT OF THOSE PROCEEDS ALSO TO THE CEREBRAL PALSY AND
IT OFFERS HOPE, ALL OF THESE FILMS MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE
DEPRESSING IN THE CLIPS, BUT ACTUALLY THEY ARE ALL HOPEFUL
AND UPLIFTING AND SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE COME OUT AND DAN HABIB
THE DIRECTOR WILL BE HERE FOR THAT.
IN FACT, HE HAPPENED TO BE IN TOWN DOING A LECTURE SERIES,
THAT'S WHY WE SCHEDULED IT AT THIS TIME.
THAT'S GREAT.
WATCHING THE TRAILER TOO, AND YOU JUST SEE YOU ARE FOLLOWING
THESE THREE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALL HAD DISABILITIES, BUT --
RIGHT.
-- YOU KNOW, YOU JUST LEARN SO MUCH WATCHING, BECAUSE IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR LIFE MAYBE TO NECESSARILY
HAVE SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY OR ASSOCIATE WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS
A DISABILITY MAYBE YOU JUST DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY
CONTRIBUTE, RIGHT?
RIGHT.
AND CAN DO.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY ADDRESS IN THE FILM.
RIGHT.
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER SPEAK OR WALK OR
CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR FAMILY OR THE COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY AND THE DISCUSSION
AFTERWARDS WITH DAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENT
THE CHARITY THAT WE ARE GIVING TO.
SO -- YES.
THIS EDUCATES TOO, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE UNAFRAID AND THIS DEALS WITH DACA KIDS,
DACA STUDENTS.
THE DACA STUDENTS, IT TAKES PLACE IN GEORGIA AND WE FOLLOW
THREE DACA KIDS AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE
THEY WERE INFANTS, TRYING TO GO TO COLLEGE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO
GET IN STATE TUITION AND THIS ONE DOES BREAK YOUR HEART AND
YOU FOLLOW THESE KIDS, IT IS FANTASTIC.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE.
I GOT AN EDUCATION, I GRADUATED, I DIDN'T, I HAVE BEEN
REALLY LUCKY, SO -- AND THE OBSTACLES IS I WANT TO GO TO
COLLEGE.
MY STUDENTS, MESS AROUND A LOT, I AM VERY SMART, BUT YET I
AM HERE WORKING WASTING MY LIFE.
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL AND IF ANYONE LOOKS
AT YOU, ARE YOU ILLEGAL, JUST SAY I WAS BORN HERE.
MY MOM GOT, A COP PULLED US OVER AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A
LICENSE AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD TO TAKE HER IN.
WHAT IS THE POINT?
I AM GOING TO MAKE IT HERE.
THEY DON'T WANT ME HERE.
WE ARE INVOLVED IN A WAR ON TERROR AND AFTER ALL THESE ARE
UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS, THAT'S THE POINT, REALLY -- THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT ARE PURPOSELY OUT TO MAKE YOUR DAY MISERABLE.
MAKE YOU UTILIZE -- TEAR DOWN THE WALL!
TEAR DOWN THE WALL!
UNITED WE WON'T BE DEFEATED.
NOW WE JUST FIGHT HARDER AND WE FIGHT SMARTER AND WE FIGHT AS
ONE.
WOW.
IT ALSO MAKES YOU THINK ON THIS ONE.
A LOT OF THEM YOU SAID TOO, THEY LOOK SAD AND TOUCH YOUR HEART
BUT THEY HAVE HOPE AND A HAPPY ENDING THAT STORY IS STILL
UNWRITTEN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH DACA.
EXACTLY.
BUT IT IS NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM.
THERE ARE MOVIES THAT MAKE YOU LAUGH AND SMILE.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE WHERE THE BOYS ARE, WESTIN HOTEL
OVERLOOKING THE BEACH, CONNIE FRANCIS WILL BE THERE.
FUN.
THE SCREEN IS IN THE POOL AND WE HAVE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMERS
AROUND IT.
LOVE IT.
SHORT AT SEA ON A BOARD AND TAKE YOU OUT TO DRINKS AND
DINNER AND SHOW THE MOVIES ON THE BIG BOAT, AND THEN OUR
CLOSING NIGHT IS AT THE FT.
LAUDERDALE COUNTRY CLUB ON NOVEMBER 8, NOVEMBER 18TH, WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE HOSPITALITY 0 OUT ON THE FAIRWAY AND SHUTTLED
THERE BY GOLF CARTS AND PUTTING THE GOLF CARTS AROUND A JUMBO
SCREEN LIKE IN A DRIVE IN MOVIE.
GREAT TO HAVE I DON'T WITH US AS ALWAYS.
CAN'T QUITE SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AND THE
THE 33RD ANNUAL FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
KICKS OFF NEXT WEEK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AND RUNS UNTIL
NOVEMBER 18.
FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFO, VISIT FLIFF.COM.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE THIS INFORMATION UP ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE,
@YOURSOUTHFL.