Information about Geoff (2017 Release?)

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So, I was at the Landmark today to see Battle of the Sexes (A good, but not great film with particular resonance for those of us who lived through that time, anchored by two solid star turns).

On the display of movies, I see two movies that I have never heard of and are not on the Landmark’s website (stranger and stranger). So I whip out my phone and IMDB, Google, and Rotten Tomatoes the titles. No results. Really strange.

The movies are:

Geoff- the kiosk screen shows a movie poster that has a headshot of someone who vaguely resembles a young Paul Giamatti and the tagline, “Bridging fear with love and peanuts”

Trapeze, USA: No poster, just the title on a gray/brown background (last bit of the title may be something other than USA, I didn’t pay as much attention to this one, just because I figured it is probably a documentary)

The movies are apparently showing once a day (matinee), so I have the opportunity to go back tomorrow if either is a hidden gem. On the other hand, there are a couple of reasonably well reviewed movies that I could see tomorrow (In Search of Fellini and Tiger Hunter), so I don’t want to waste my viewing time.

This is a theater that gets a large number of Oscar qualifying runs, but those usually don’t start popping up until December (the last week of the year at the Landmark is always a weird peek into the next year’s academy ballot).

On the other hand, just because the film makers think the movie is a surefire Oscar contender doesn’t make it a great movie (or even a good one- I still have my free pie pan from the premiere run of Labor Day).

Yes, I realize I could have asked the manager at the theater, or even give them a call now, but where’s the fun there? So I thought I would bring my question to a place dedicated to fighting ignorance, 'cause I’m completely ignorant on the subject of these movies (and, I suspect, so is everyone here).

So, does anyone know anything about these movies? If you were going to see a movie tomorrow and the list was restricted to:

Geoff
Trapeze, USA
In Search of Fellini
Tiger Hunter

which would you see?

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Geoff is a 21 minute short film that was co-directed by the male lead. Just from the 1-sentence description, I suspect it is going for “charming in an emo way”, but it’s a very brief blurb.

Trapeze U.S.A. is a 35 minute short. Based on the 1-sentence description, I would prolly avoid this movie.

Of the other two, if I was forced to watch one, I’d pick ISoF.

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Thanks!

I should have guessed it was something like that, but I don’t associate the Landmark with showings of single short films (the Laemmle theaters on the other hand…). You’ve saved me a disappointment.

How did you know or find out this information? Even correcting my google to “Geoff short film” doesn’t pull anything up.

I’m leaning towards In Search of Fellini too, because 1) Unlike Tiger Hunter (with a “name” star), it’s unlikely to open any wider and 2) It stars Ksenia Solo, who IMHO has already carried a problematic film (Pet).

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You’re welcome.

It may be an Oscars thing or it may be something else. With almost no information or evidence, Geoff seems like it might be a “resume film” and the star/co-director may have booked the theatre himself, to promote not just the film but his own talents. IMU that people do that kind of thing in LA sometimes.

My google-fu is strong!

:smiley:

Aye; the googling on Geoff was rough. The people that made it, both technicians and actors, don’t have it listed on their IMDB sites an there was no pre- or post-production information that I found. Even the star/co-director doesn’t list it on his page. And there was no wiki for it either.

But, you mentioned where you would be seeing these films “(at the Landmark”) and from what you wrote I assumed you were in LA and sure enough, the Landmark website had 1 sentence blurbs and tiny little pics of the movie posters. From there I was able to track down the people involved in order to look for more info (there isn’t any).

Trapeze U.S.A. was easier: there’s an IMDB page. Still not much there, but not much is a lot more than nothing, eh.

Maria Bello is no slouch herself. I’m curious about the abilities and sensibilities of the director (it’s his first feature) and about the script; it’s Nancy Cartwright’s first (yes, that Nancy Cartwright).