Photo by Twentieth Century Fox/ Suzanne Tenner
Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) performs at Folsom Prison in "Walk the Line."
Local actors and extras and Memphis boosters will have another chance to see themselves and their city on the big screen when "Walk the Line" -- the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic that earned Reese Witherspoon a Best Actress Oscar -- returns for one show only at the Malco Paradiso.
The movie screens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the theater at 584 S. Mendenhall. Regular ticket prices apply.
Photo by Twentieth Century Fox/ Suzanne Tenner
Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) performs at Folsom Prison in "Walk the Line."
Mostly shot in and partly set in Memphis, "Walk the Line" stars Joaquin Phoenix as Cash, Witherspoon as June Carter and Memphian Ginnifer Goodwin as Cash's first wife, Vivian.
The screening is sponsored by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, in recognition of the 75th anniversary of 20th Century Fox, the movie studio created in 1935 by a merger of the Fox Film Corp. and Daryl Zanuck's Twentieth Century Pictures. The Memphis screening is one of 10 similar "Hometown Hollywood" events organized by Fox Home Entertainment in other cities with a movie connection.
Prior to the screening, a plaque will be presented Thursday at the Orpheum, in recognition of the historic Downtown theater's status as a "Walk the Line" location. The ceremony is being hosted by the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission, which marks its 25th anniversary this year.
-- John Beifuss
Choreographer Yerian getting Ossie honor
The Memphis theater community celebrates its own Sunday night at the 27th Annual Ostrander Awards.
The local equivalent of the Tonys, the Ossies are given for excellence in college and community theater.
Beloved choreographer and dance instructor Otis Smith will receive this year's Eugart Yerian Award for lifetime service to Memphis theater.
Smith, 76, who continues to choreograph musicals for schools and community theaters, has worked with more than 500 productions.
His long list of achievements includes choreographing the Miss Teen Memphis pageant in 1966, the year Cybill Shepherd won, launching her career in modeling and acting. His early work dates back to Front Street Theatre, where he created steps for Dixie Carter and George Touliatos in a production of "The King and I."
The nominees for this year's Ostrander Awards were culled from more than 40 different productions in the 2009-10 season.
The ceremony takes place Sunday in Hardin Hall at the Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry. A cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., and the ceremony runs from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $10. Call 521-9000.
-- Christopher Blank
When Andie met Denny
Shooting begins Monday in Georgia on "Footloose," Memphis director Craig Brewer's remake of the 1984 teen hit.
Andie MacDowell
Added to the cast this week was Andie MacDowell, who will portray the long-suffering wife of a hip-hop-hating, rock-and-roll-reviling preacher, played by Dennis Quaid.
Taking the role originated by Kevin Bacon, newcomer Kenny Wormald stars as a happy-footed teen transplant who can't believe he has moved to a town that frowns on dancing. Wormald's co-star is Julianne Hough of "Dancing with the Stars."
A South Carolina-born model-turned-actress, MacDowell brings an authentically Southern presence to Brewer's remake, which is set in fictional "Beaumont, Tennessee," not far from Memphis. Quaid and MacDowell previously played spouses in the HBO movie "Dinner with Friends," directed by Norman Jewison ("In the Heat of the Night," "Fiddler on the Roof").
The role of Vi, the preacher's wife, was played by two-time Oscar-winner Dianne Wiest in the original film.
-- John Beifuss
A different kind of metal music
The lawn of the National Ornamental Metal Museum promises to be the "coolest venue in town" each Thursday in September as it hosts performances by local musicians.
The series begins Thursday with a set from the Soulsville Charter School Philharmonic Orchestra. The show is also a "Family Fun Night," which will feature hands-on activities for children.
Admission is $5. Members get in free. Food and beverages will be available. The Metal Museum is located at 374 Metal Museum. For more information, call (901) 774-6380, or visit metalmuseum.org.
-- Bob Mehr
Putting the 'art' in partnership
The 13th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival will include events at the new Playhouse on the Square as well as at the Malco Studio on the Square and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, festival officials announced this week.
According to Indie Memphis executive director Erik Jambor, "The addition of Playhouse on the Square not only expands our footprint in Midtown, it offers our members a beautiful new facility to enjoy the films."
The $12.5 million Playhouse, which includes a 348-seat auditorium, opened in January at the corner of Union and Cooper. In addition to screenings, the Playhouse will host Indie Memphis workshops and panels, as well as the live-music "Festival Café," previously in a tent in the Studio on the Square parking lot.
Earlier this year, Jambor announced the festival was being reduced to a compact four-day event, down from the eight-day programs of recent years. This year's fest is set for Oct. 21-24. Visit indiememphis.com for more information.
-- John Beifuss
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