Event Listing - Movies

Thu May 8, 2008

The San Francisco Film Society presents

51st San Francisco International Film Festival: Vanity Fair Reel Relief Screening and Benefit

Closing Night Film and Party

Location	Date and Time
Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street San Francisco, CA 94114 map cross street: Market district: Castro/Upper Market	Thu May 8, 2008 (7pm)

Description

From April 24 to May 8, 2008, the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF51) will bring the world to San Francisco by screening over 100 unique programs of the finest in international cinema. The Festival will close on Thursday, May 8 with the Vanity Fair Reel Relief screening of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson with all proceeds benefiting the Natural Resources Defense Council. Director Alex Gibney (fresh off his Oscar for Taxi to the Dark Side) and other special guests are expected to attend the screening. The film is the most complete version to date of a man who at one time was the most popular writer in America. Gibney’s profile of the outrageous journalist focuses on the 1965-75 highlights, when his hilarious, untethered reportage on Hells Angels, Las Vegas and political campaigns (in Rolling Stone and other publications) earned a new word in the dictionary: gonzo.