Film and Lecture: Ed Wood, With Larry Karaszewski, Screenwriter

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Location: DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

Screenwriter Larry Karaszewski will be introducing the film.

There will be another screening at 9:30 p.m. of The People vs. Larry Flynt, also with an introduction by Karaszewski.

Larry Karaszewski and his writing partner Scott Alexander wrote the Academy Award® winning film Ed Wood, for which they were nominated for Best Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America. They followed this with The People Vs. Larry Flint which won them the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay as well as a special Writers Guild Award given in recognition of work done for civil rights and liberties. They re-teamed with director Milos Forman on Man on the Moon, a biopic about the legendary comic genius Andy Kaufman for which Jim Carrey received the Golden Globe for Best Actor. Other projects include producing the acclaimed Paul Schrader film Auto Focus and directing the comedy Screwed staring Danny DeVito and Dave Chappelle. They wrote the 2007 film adaptation of the Stephen King short story 1408 staring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. Collaborators since their senior year at University of Southern California’s School of Cinema, Larry and Scott began their careers with the box-office hit Problem Child and its sequel.

Tickets: $6 general admission, $5 faculty/staff, $4 seniors, and $3 students. Purchase tickets at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center ticket office by calling 574.631.2800 or at visiting the website.

Sponsored by the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre; the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center; and iNDustry Alliance