'The Real Dirt on Farmer John' opening this Friday in a theater near you!

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From humble beginnings on a small Midwestern farm to the bright

lights on marquees around the country, THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN

has arrived!

 

 

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN

The award winning documentary by Taggart Siegel

 

You are cordially invited to the most exciting cinematic event of the

new year! The 18-time award winning documentary THE REAL DIRT ON

FARMER JOHN is hitting the big screen beginning in January 2006 (date

and location details below).

 

Please share this invite with 10 FRIENDS or more. This will help

immensely in keeping the film in your local theater.

 

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN is the epic tale of a maverick

Midwestern farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely

stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence. By

melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and

free _expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal

heralds a resurrection of farming in America. Through highly

personal interviews and 50 years of beautifully textured footage,

filmmaker Taggart Siegel shares Farmer John's haunting and humorous

odyssey, capturing what it means to be wildly different in a rural

community.

 

 

 

 

" This is a loving. Moving, inspiring, quirky documentary

-Roger Ebert

 

" A most compelling character...suffused with a soulful optimism as

vast as the fruited plains. "

- Variety

 

" One of the Top Ten Films of the Year...funny, heart, stirring and

hopeful "

- The Oregonian

 

AWARDS FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Slamdance Film Festival - Audience Award

San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Gate Award

Chicago International Documentary Festival - Audience Award

Newport International Film Festival - Grand Jury Award

Nashville Film Festival - Reel Current Award (selected by Al Gore)

Nashville Film Festival - Grand Jury Award

IDA DocuWeek in Jackson Hole – Audience Award

Milwaukee International Film Festival – Audience Award

Wisconsin Film Festival - Audience Award

Wisconsin Film Festival - Grand Jury Award

Santa Cruz Film Festival - Director's Award

Bend Film Festival - Audience Award (Best of Fest for all Genres)

Bend Film Festival - Grand Jury Award

Beloit Film Festival- Grand Jury Award

Beloit Film Festival- Audience Award

Inspiration Film Festival - Grand Jury Award

Inspiration Film Festival - Audience Award

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATES LISTED BELOW ARE FOR THE OPENING

SCREENINGS. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, THE FILM WILL BE AT THOSE

THEATRES FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK FOLLOWING THE SCREENING DATE LISTED.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE OPENING, PLEASE CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR

OTHER SCREENING TIMES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT

WWW.ANGELICORGANICS.COM

 

San Francisco

Opening Night on Friday, January 27. Presidio Theater at 2340

Chestnut Street

Farmer John in attendance for Q & A following the film on Opening

Night.

<http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/movies/playing/theaters.shtml>

(415) 776-2388

 

Berkeley

Opening Night on Friday, January 27. Shattuck Landmark Theater at

2230 Shattuck Avenue Taggart Siegel in attendance for Q & A following the film on

Opening Night.

<http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/SanFranciscoEastBay/ShattuckCi

nemas.htm>

 

Santa Cruz

Opening Night on Friday, January 27. The Nickelodeon Theater at 210

Lincoln Street

<http://www.thenick.com/>

 

San Jose

Opening Night on Friday, January 27. The Camera 12 Theater at 201

South Second Street

<http://www.cameracinemas.com/playing1.html>

 

Santa Rosa

Opening Night on Friday, January 27. The Rialto Lakeside at 551

Summerfield Road

<http://www.rialtocinemas.com/>

 

San Rafael

Opening Night on Friday, January 27. The Rafael Film Center at 1118

Fourth Street

<http://www.cafilm.org/>

 

Chicago

Friday, January 20. Esquire 6 Theater at 58 East Oak Street

Farmer John and Director Taggart Siegel in attendance for Q & A

following the film.

<http://www.loewscineplex.com/nowshowing/showtimedetails.cfm?

new_theaterid=AAAXQ & showall=yes & CFID=19690556 & CFTOKEN=47544401>

 

Minneapolis

Friday, January 20. Regal Brooklyn Center 20 Theatre at 6420 Camden

Avenue North in Brooklyn Center

Farmer John and Director Taggart Siegel in attendance for Q & A

following the film on Saturday, January 21st.

<http://www.mrmovietimes.com/movie-theaters/Regal-Brooklyn-Center-

20.html>

 

Friday, January 20. Crown Block E 15 Theater at 600 Hennepin Avenue

<http://www.crowntheatres.com/theatres/minnea_block_e.html>

 

Portland

Opening Night on Saturday, January 28 at 5:00 pm. Cinema 21 at 616

NW 21st Avenue

Farmer John and Director Taggart Siegel in attendance for Q & A

following the film on Opening Night.

Scheduled to run February 1 – February 9

<http://www.cinema21.com/>

 

 

Coming soon to Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Denver,

Boulder, Del Mar and Tempe. For information, please visit

www.angelicorganics.com

 

 

 

What People Are Saying

 

" [One of the Top Ten films of the Year]. Funny, heart-stirring and

hopeful. "

- Shawn Levy, The Oregonian

 

" Unbelievably special...told with insight and humor. "

- Al Gore

 

" A charming, wonderful and important movie. "

- Alice Waters

 

" I love this film and have found myself talking about it almost daily

since I saw it. Farmer John is a compelling and complex character

whose story will open your heart, break it, and then fill it with a

redemptive vision. Along the way, you'll get an education about the

joys and curses of farm life and the issues farmers are grappling

with. "

- Nina Utne, Utne Magazine

 

" A most compelling character. He's a red state American who shows no

hesitation about riding his tractor while sporting a fushia feather

boa... suffused with a soulful optimism as vast as the fruited

plains. "

- Scott Foundas, Variety

 

" An inexplicably compelling portrait of a low-key Midwestern

eccentric. It may not sound like much, but the film's oddball charm

can melt a die-hard hippie-haters heart. "

- Cliff Doerksen, Time Out (Chicago)

 

" [T]erribly captivating and enlightening...a rich and revelatory

exploration. "

- Robert Sims, Palm Beach Daily News

 

" A beguiling combination of agrarian ode and the Electric Kool-Aid

Acid Test, deepened by Peterson's square sincerity as he struggles to

find himself in relation to his family's land. "

- J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader

 

" [A]n inspiring, thoroughly moving portrait of organic farmer John

Peterson that serves also as a chilling study of superstition and

intolerance in the heartland. "

- Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene

 

" I loved this outrageous film! ... It told a deeply personal story in

an engaging, moving and highly entertaining manner and allowed the

audience to draw their own conclusions about the bigger implications

of the plight of family farms in this country, sustainable

agriculture and freedom of artistic _expression. "

-Audrey Philpot, Malibu chronicle

 

" Genuinely beautiful, and genuinely beautifully shot... a cause for

hope. "

- Albert Maysles, legendary documentary filmmaker

 

" The film evolves into a deeply moving metaphor for the struggles of

an entire generation. His triumphant story is essential for all us

city folk who have found ourselves despairing for the earth and what

has seemed like our inevitable alienation from it. "

- Mark Achbar, director, The Corporation

 

" Shot beautifully, with insightful interviews and interspersed with

creative music video-esque interludes. Directed artfully by Taggart

Siegel. "

- Sarah Jo Marks, International Documentary

 

" Peterson's quirkiness and lovability were apparent from the first

shot the audience laughed and cried in all the right places. "

- Gayle Worland and Tom Alesia, Wisconsin State Journal

 

" [A] wonderful jolt of homegrown sweetness. "

- Larry Carrino, New Times Broward – Palm Beach

 

" [A] touching, humorous portrait of an eccentric farmer...giddy,

heartfelt work. "

- Ray Pride, New City

 

" Farmer John is a character of magnitude, a maverick, and a

philosopher of the soil who is ready to reflect in elegant prose on

the meaning of being alive. "

- Michael Rabiger, author, Directing the Documentary & Directing:

Film Techniques and Aesthetics