SEE THIS MOVIE!

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[broken image removed 8/2/11

Word Wars (link changed 8/2/11; originally "http://www.wordwarsmovie.com") is a movie about the championship Scrabble circuit. It's been described by one of the directors as "Spellbound with drugs and hookers." Come on! How can you resist!?

Eric Chaikin, one of the directors, and a regular attendee at local NPL meetings, informs me that distributors for the rest of the country will be watching to see how well the film does in New York this weekend. So, New York bloggers, go see this movie. This weekend. Twice.

Here's some of the information from the recent e-mail announcement:

**Word Wars NYC Premiere**
The award-winning documentary "Word Wars: Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit" will open at the Cinema Village in NYC Friday, June 11th. Directors Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo, and top players G.I. Joel Sherman and Marlon Hill, will do a Q&A after the 8:35 show. Author Stefan Fatsis will be signing copies of his best-seller "Word Freak".

After party will be held at "Central" 109 E.9th Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenue) starting at 10:30pm. Open Bar from 10:30-midnight w/ ticket stub.

Tickets available online at www.wordwarsmovie.com or www.cinemavillage.com.

**NYC Play The Experts**
We will be holding a "Play the Experts" exhibition on Thursday, June 10th and Friday, June 11th in NYC Parks.
Thursday:
11am-1pm Bryant Park
2pm-4pm Tompkins Square Park
5pm-7pm Washington Square Park, NW corner
Friday:
11am-3pm Washington Square Park, NW corner

The public is invited to try their luck against Marlon and Joel, who will play multiple games at once. Every hour, we will give away a pair of tickets to a lucky person who can Stump the Experts with an anagram. Stefan Fatsis will be in attendance Friday to sign copies of his book "Word Freak". Public is encouraged to bring Scrabble paraphernalia for Joel and Marlon to sign. Media is encouraged to attend (Friday preferred).

**Also This Weekend**
Boston: Opens Fri 6/11, Coolidge Corner Cinema, Brookline
Salt Lake: Opens Fri 6/11, Tower Theater
Atlanta: Plays Sat 6/12, Atlanta Film Festival
San Francisco: Now Playing, Roxie Cinema
Marin: Now Playing, Rafael Film Center

Help this film! Go see it this weekend!

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Oooo! It's playing my favorite theater! (the Coolidge is 2 blocks from my house) Thanks for the heads-up.

[yendi]

Alas, I'll be in TN this weekend at a trash tourney. However, the AFF tends to run films more than once, so I'll check the schedule.

What tourney is it?

[cramerica.livejournal.com]

College Bowl Trashionals were in TN too. What team are you playing on? I'm on USC; we lost Regionals to multiple Berkeleys...

Re: What tourney is it?

[yendi]

I'm on the Emory team (I'm not on the team proper, but I go to the trash tourneys). We placed tenth at Trashionals.

Re: What tourney is it?

[cramerica.livejournal.com]

Rock on!

[queen-elvis.livejournal.com]

One of my close friends out here is related to Joel Sherman (I think), so we've been planning to see this for months, but the presence of drugs and hookers will definitely improve the experience.

[glowkitty]

i think my husband would make me go see that just so i would stop being interested in competitive scrabble. he thinks i'm obsessed. and, well, i guess i am, somewhat. but i suppose we're relatively safe living in central iowa.