The SAG Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Independent Films cordially invites you to this ROLL FILM screening - YOU MAY BRING A GUEST.
There will be a Q+A with CHRISTOPHER WALKEN after the screening
"Around the Bend" is inspired by the relationship between writer-director Jordan Roberts and the absentee father he barely knew. It tells the story of four generations of men who are suddenly brought together by the chance to uncover the truth about their family's past. The journey will take them out on the road to a world full of surprises—some comic, some dramatic, and all of them personal.
Jason Lair (Josh Lucas) is a simple man with a simple wish: a normal life. This isn’t an easy goal for the mild-mannered bank employee: Jason is newly separated from his wife, who has left him to care for their six-year-old son Zach (Jonah Bobo) while she paints in Nepal, and his ailing grandfather Henry (Oscar® winner Michael Caine), a former archaeologist close to death, is investigating alternative rituals for his impending funeral (“I’m not going in the ground!” he protests.) So when Jason’s estranged father and Henry’s son Turner (Oscar® winner Christopher Walken), whose checkered past includes exploits from the musical to the criminal, pays the family an unexpected visit, nothing is ‘simple’ or ‘normal’ in Jason’s life anymore.
Christopher Walken is perhaps better known to younger generations as the debonair guy dancing in the Fat Boy Slim music video for the song Weapon of Choice. But he has also enjoyed a long and distinguished career as an actor, winning an Oscar for his role in the 1977 film The Deer Hunter.
Walken’s initial foray into the world of performing was focused mainly on the theatre, but his versatility has enabled him to tackle an enviable range of characters onscreen, as well. He has appeared in many notable films including Annie Hall and King of New York. Some of his other big screen credits include America’s Sweethearts, A View to a Kill and Biloxi Blues. His ability to successfully navigate both comedy and drama with equal aplomb has marked him as one of the best practitioners of his craft today.
Over a period spanning more than three decades, Walken has consistently delivered performances that have been critically lauded and readily acknowledged by the Hollywood community. He is a two-time winner of the New York Critics Circle Award and his work has also earned him the Obie on four occasions. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Leonardo DiCaprio’s father in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can released in 2002. In the next few months he will be appearing in Around the Bend and Romance and Cigarettes, with The Wedding Crashers scheduled for release sometime next year.
PLEASE NOTE: All events are purposely overbooked to ensure a full house. A reservation is not a guarantee of seating, which is provided on a first-come basis, and is subject to availability.
