CHICAGO, IL (Wagner PR/ www.wagnerpr.com) -
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Santa Fe Film Fest is the Fifth Juried Selection This Year for Documentary "The Bulls of Suburbia"
- Documentary Chronicles How Filmmaker Alex LeMay Kicked His Addiction by Becoming a Matador and Slaying a Bull in Spain
"The Bulls of Suburbia," a new feature documentary that chronicles Chicagoan Alex LeMay's fight to kick an alcohol addiction by entering the secretive world of bullfighting, will screen at the prestigious 2004 Santa Fe Film Festival. "The Bulls of Suburbia" was selected by a distinguished jury from among 900 films submitted by filmmakers for consideration.
The Santa Fe Film Festival is well-known for its ability to pick films that are destined for success and notoriety. Selections from 2003 included "21 Grams" (with Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Naomi Watts,) Robert Altman's "The Company," Stephen Frears' "Dirty Pretty Things," and "The Barbarian Invasions."
"The Bulls of Suburbia" chronicles filmmaker Alex LeMay's apprenticeship, as he journeys for matador training to So. California, Mexico, and Spain, where he earns matador status while engaging in full-fledged bullfights. The rigorous matador training, the eccentric characters who join LeMay in his apprenticeship, and LeMay's perilous bullfights make for gripping, high-tension drama in unrehearsed life-and-death scenes. In the film, LeMay kills a bull in the bullfighting ring in Spain.
During the course of making "The Bulls of Suburbia," LeMay learned his father had terminal cancer, and the documentary chronicles LeMay's fighting and slaying a bull in front of his dying father, whom LeMay later buries at sea in the film's final scenes.
Alex LeMay, the filmmaker, will attend the Santa Fe screenings. Screenings times for "The Bulls of Suburbia" at the Santa Fe Film Festival are Thursday, Dec. 2, 3pm, and Sunday, Dec. 5, 3:15pm. Both screenings are at Santuario de Guadalupe 100 Guadalupe Santa Fe, NM.
"The Bulls of Suburbia" was recently selected by four other prestigious film festivals, including:
- The Festival Cine Latino
- The Filmstock International Film Festival
- The Malibu Film Festival
- The Boston Latino Film Festival
Alex LeMay - producer and director of "The Bulls of Suburbia," and a principal in Taproot Productions - has produced and directed numerous films with Taproot, including "The Scoreboard," "The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet," the cult classic, "Casting Judgement," and "Conversations with the Enemy." Alex LeMay produced and directed all the bull fighting footage for the Academy-Award-nominated film Seabiscuit, from Universal Studios. Universal Studios is a unit of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal division. Visit www.TapRootProductions.com to learn more.
"The Bulls of Suburbia" was co-produced by Ramiro Gonzalez, whose film credits also include "The Mexican," starring Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt; "Troy," starring Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Peter O'Toole, and Brian Cox. Ramiro Gonzalez is currently credited to the second installment of "Zorro," starring Antonio Bandaras and Katherine Zeta-Jones.
To watch a trailer of "The Bulls of Suburbia," visit www.TapRootProductions.com, select "Work Samples" and select Sample "2."
About The 5th Annual Santa Fe Festival
The Santa Fe Film Festival is dedicated to providing a showcase for excellent cinema, surveying the best in contemporary cinema, and paying homage to the contributions of veteran film artists through select tributes recognizing their body of work. Film preservation and restoration are causes we actively champion, along with educating the public about the future prospects for this evolving medium. By bringing together artists and patrons spanning different generations and cultures, the Santa Fe Film Festival hopes to bring focus to Santa Fe as a center for dialogue and creativity.
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