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   from the issue of March 3, 2005

     
 
King director Riegert at Ross for premiere March 5

King of the Corner, a sardonic comedy about the dangers of negotiating life without a compass, will begin a limited engagement at The Mary Riepma Media Arts Center on March 4. The film, co-written and directed by actor Peter Riegert, will run through March 17.

Riegert and co-writer Gerald Shapiro, whose book Bad Jews and Other Stories was the basis for the film, will attend a premiere gala screening at 7:30 p.m. March 5.

Riegert and Shapiro will also appear at all other screenings March 4 (4:30, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.) and March 5 at 1:30, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.

King of the Corner paints a portrait of Leo (Peter Riegert), his family and his world. His father (Eli Wallach) is dying, his daughter (Ashley Johnson) is growing up too fast, his protégé (Jake Hoffman) is after his job, his wife (Isabella Rossellini) is running out of patience, an old flame resurfaces (Beverly D'Angelo) and his judgment is becoming blurred. Leo has met the enemy and it is he, but through a twist of fate and the help of an unorthodox rabbi (Eric Bogosian), he redeems himself and gets a second chance.

Shot by the imaginative cinematographer Mauricio Rubinstein with music by Al Kooper and edited by Mario Ontal, this is Riegert's first feature since his Academy Award-nominated short, By Courier.

The award-winning author of several books, Shapiro is a professor in UNL's English department where he teaches creative writing and literature and chairs UNL's Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies.

Show times for King of the Corner are available at www.TheRoss.org, by consulting your newspaper, or by calling the film information line at 472-5353.


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ARTS HEADLINES FOR MARCH 3

Great Plains Gallery hosts two exhibitions
King director Riegert at Ross for premiere March 5
'Human cartoon' Trautman cuts up at Lied
Irish fiddler Ivers picks way to Lied March 5
Lincoln Symphony' concert features Mozart
March Martini Madness at the Sheldon
Pacino stars in Merchant of Venice opening March 4
Perlman headlines Prague Symphony concert March 4
Vagina Monologues to be staged March 4-6

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