SUNDANCE FILM FESTVAL EXPANDS TO INCLUDE THE MICHIGAN THEATER AS PART OF THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL
Ann Arbor to host Sundance Film Festival selection.

SOLD OUT!

The Michigan Theater will become an official venue of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of a groundbreaking initiative called Sundance Film Festival U.S.A. On the night of Thursday, January 28, the celebrated 10-day festival will expand nationwide to theatres in eight cities, including Ann Arbor, while featuring coinciding premiere screenings and topical events at the Festival in and around Park City, Utah.

On January 28, the filmmaker and his film will be dispatched from Park City to Ann Arbor, for the first time providing us the opportunity to experience a screening direct from the Festival here at The Michigan Theater and to engage in live conversation with Festival artists. An introduction video featuring Robert Redford and highlights from the Festival will precede the screening.


The film selected to play at the Michigan Theater is "Cyrus." The film stars Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Catherine Keener. There is a decent chance one or more of these stars will be at the Michigan Theater, along with the film’s writer and director, the Duplass Brothers - Mark and Jay Duplass. The Hollywood marketing machine has just begun beating the drum for this clever comedy called “Cyrus.” Tickets for the world premiere screening of “Cyrus” at the Michigan Theater are sold out.

The Duplass brothers are back with their singular knack: treating us to a tingling, irresistible experience of utter discomfort—suffused with pathos, romance, irony, and a little dollop of horror. This time they intrepidly mine Oedipal terrain to wrestle with stirring, profound questions about the obstacles to human intimacy.

Alone and acutely depressed, having just learned of his ex-wife’s wedding plans, John (John C. Reilly) can’t believe his luck when he encounters beautiful, charming Molly (Marisa Tomei) at a party. The two get along famously and launch a passionate affair - until Molly’s 21-year-old son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), enters the scene. Will Molly and Cyrus’s deep and idiosyncratic bond leave room for John?

Cyrus becomes a dark, poignant, sometimes hilarious war dance as Molly, Cyrus, and John walk the line between creepy and sympathetic. Each member of this awkward triangle teeters somewhere between bare honesty and furtive manipulation as he or she lets loose all manner of dysfunctionality. The excruciating, delightful fun is seeing where the boundaries ultimately land.

Sign up for our online newsletter to get special announcements about Sundance Film Festival USA and our regular programming at the Michigan Theater!