Metro Cinema Society: SCOTTASTROPHE

SCOTTASTROPHE

Canada 2006, Dir: Scott Thompson

SCOTTASTROPHE is a multimedia presentation by Scott Thompson, accompanied musically by Bob Wiseman and Magali Meagher. Like a good scientist, Scott steps back and investigates the unusual density of tragedy and surrealism to which he has been privy since ending The Kids In The Hall: potential lawsuits about racism and sexual harassment on the set of Touched by an Angel, behind the scenes on the Larry Sanders Show, trying to play a straight man (or alien) on Star Trek, the firebombing of his Los Angeles home by inflamed supporters of Saddam Hussein, his near death experience on a flight over Madagascar, his infamous hosting of the Griffin Award where he was physically removed and thrown into an alley by Daniel Richler, Scott Griffin and the poet laureate of Scotland, and worst of all, the suicide of his brother Dean...

NOTE: This is a FAVA presentation. The show starts at 8pm, with doors at 7:30pm. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door and can be purchased at Tix on the Square, Blackbyrd Myoozik and Listen Records. Tickets on sale on Monday, September 18th. For more information, contact FAVA at 780-429-1671, or info@fava.ca.