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90 min.
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Language:
English
Americanizing Shelley, Industry Bash & Christo Bakalov Achievement Award Ceremony
A contemporary Pygmalion tale set in LA, AMERICANIZING SHELLEY throws together Shelley, a Himalayan village belle (played by lovely Namrata Singh Gujral) and Gary Gordon (Beau Bridges), a wannabe Hollywood player. As Shelley is taught the American path to celebrity, Gordon finds himself learning a thing or two about his own life. The culture clash gives way to understanding, unity and love as each begins to see the world through the other's eyes. Prior to the screening will be an awards presentation to Christo Bakalov. Christo will be receiving the Connecticut Film Festival Award For Artistic Excellence in Cinematography. He is the Director of Photography on 5 of the films being screened at this year's festival. They are: Samsara, Whirly Girl, Love & Class In Connecticut, Glacier Bay and Americanizing Shelley. We wish Christo well and thank him for is commitment to artistic excellence in filmmaking. |
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As Namrata Singh Gujral herself said, at the screening, this film is really a bit of fluff. It's a story you've seen before in many forms, pleasant enough but not compelling. The combination of the film and the questions and answers afterwards felt like one extended promotional spiel (which it was). Ms. Gujral is lovely and very good at promoting herself and is bound to be successful. She mentioned that her father (a Sikh) had objected to the way the turbans were tied in the film. I have no real knowledge of Sikh culture, but they even looked funny to me. Maybe it's a small thing but it seemed to me to be part of a general lack of attention to detail in the film.
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