The Livingston Film Series will present the next in its free screening series with The Tinderbox on Thursday, January 8th. The film begins at 7pm at the Shane Lalani Center for the Arts.
Based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinderbox is a comedy set in modern day Butte, America, the most Irish City outside of Ireland. Johnny, a shell-shocked Soldier returns from war and falls in love with a beautiful girl who is kept locked in a tower by her paranoid father. Wracked by poverty and mental illness, the Soldier can only dream of ever being with his love… Until one cold, dark night when he discovers that the old tinderbox on his mantel will summon an oversized, inebriated leprechaun who can bring him anything he desires in the twinkling of an eye.
Enjoy a post-film discussion with Elizabeth Stonecipher who wrote and directed The Tinderbox including questions from the audience.
Continuing its latest season of screening independent features, documentaries, local films and vintage classics, doors open at 6:30pm with screenings to follow at 7pm. Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. Concessions available. For more information, please visit www.theshanecenter.org.
The Livingston Film Series is generously sponsored by Marilyn Clotz & Mary Ann Bearden and Donald B. Gimbel. •
