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FFF 2000:  The MS Maasdam floats through the Panama Canal with a world of movies aboard.

FFF 2002: The Flotation Continues...

FFF #7 embarks from San Diego February 16, 2002 on Holland-America's M.S. Statendam for ten days of film, fun, and floating through the Mexican Riviera.  Stops will include:

Cabo St. Lucas
Mazatlan
Acapulco
Zihuatenejo
Puerto Vallarta

Saturday, Feb. 16 - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2000


Our Founder and Cap'n, Dusty Cohl (right, also co-founder of the Toronto Film Festival), with Raymond DeFelitta, writer-director of 2000's Jay Scott Award for the audience's favorite film, Two Family House. Ray also proved himself an excellent piano accompanist.
Programmers will again include your old shipmates:  FFF Director Hannah Fisher, Roger Ebert, Richard and Mary Corliss, George Anthony, Kathleen Carroll, and Jim Emerson.

For more info, contact Rosemary Durham at Brotherton's Travel: 1-800-772-4101 (rosemary@brothertons.com)    


The films of FFF 2000 -- read more about 'em! (including reviews from some of our programmers and guests, thanks to the Movie Review Query Engine. A number of these titles have since been released theatrically):

Alchemist and the Virgin, The

American Psycho

At Full Gallop (Cwal)

Big Tease, The

Citizen Kane
(Roger Ebert's "Democracy in the Dark" feature presentation) Also of historical interest: The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Color of Paradise, The

Croupier

Cup, The

East is East

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai

Girl on the Bridge, The

Hit and Runway

Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation

New Waterford Girl

Shower (Xizao)

Goat on Fire & Smiling Fish (aka Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire)

Tempting Heart
(Xin dong)

Terrorist, The (Malli)

Two Family House

We All Fall Down

 

 


FFFloating programmers 2000: (l to r) Richard Corliss, George Anthony, Roger Ebert, Jim Emerson, Harry Knowles, Mary Corliss, Kathleen Carroll, Hannah Fisher. (Click to enlarge)

Sample FFF 2000 press coverage from some of our regulars:

Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Archived exclusively on this site, thanks to Roger!
Jim Emerson (Reel Magazine)
Harry Knowles (Ain't-It-Cool News)
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Harry's slashing review of American Psycho

 


Click here for three pages of gorgeous FFF 2000 photos.

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