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Phone Car a big hit at IFF Boston
by Roland Hansen
by Roland Hansen
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Boston's Independent Film Festival was a madhouse Saturday, April 25 in front
of the Somerville Theatre. Actor Chris Cooper, narrator of the Luis Tiant
documentary "The Lost Son of Havana," took a breather outside of the packed
theater with his wife Marianne Leone during the screening.
The actor, who recently snagged a role in the Ben Affleck downsizing drama
"The Company Men," signed autographs and was genuinely a nice guy. As
previously reported, The Farrelly brothers and Tiant were also at the premiere
of "The Lost Son of Havana." Also, IFFBoston organizers announced yesterday
that a second screening has been added 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in response to
the max-capacity crowds tonight.
While Cooper was generating some IFFBoston buzz on the sidewalk, The Phone
Car parked near the Davis Square T station was getting all of the action down
the street. Created by business owner Howard Davis as a way to promote his
telephone company, he parked the car outside of the Somerville Theatre to help
promote the flick "Auto-Morphosis" which screened at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April
25.
Folks were plopping their kids on the car and trying to take photos. One couple,
who somehow fit their entire family and friends on top of the mobile, got into a
verbal confrontation with the Phone Car guy. "You should have put signs up,"
yelled an angry mother after Davis admonished them to get off his car. "You
have a tourist attraction and you expect people not to sit on it?"
Davis' response, "Would you sit on someone's Corvette?" The family still
seemed ticked off.
of the Somerville Theatre. Actor Chris Cooper, narrator of the Luis Tiant
documentary "The Lost Son of Havana," took a breather outside of the packed
theater with his wife Marianne Leone during the screening.
The actor, who recently snagged a role in the Ben Affleck downsizing drama
"The Company Men," signed autographs and was genuinely a nice guy. As
previously reported, The Farrelly brothers and Tiant were also at the premiere
of "The Lost Son of Havana." Also, IFFBoston organizers announced yesterday
that a second screening has been added 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in response to
the max-capacity crowds tonight.
While Cooper was generating some IFFBoston buzz on the sidewalk, The Phone
Car parked near the Davis Square T station was getting all of the action down
the street. Created by business owner Howard Davis as a way to promote his
telephone company, he parked the car outside of the Somerville Theatre to help
promote the flick "Auto-Morphosis" which screened at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April
25.
Folks were plopping their kids on the car and trying to take photos. One couple,
who somehow fit their entire family and friends on top of the mobile, got into a
verbal confrontation with the Phone Car guy. "You should have put signs up,"
yelled an angry mother after Davis admonished them to get off his car. "You
have a tourist attraction and you expect people not to sit on it?"
Davis' response, "Would you sit on someone's Corvette?" The family still
seemed ticked off.
