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From Phoenix, Oregon, to Seaside and beyond
By JORDAN BARBOSA
For Seaside Signal
Filmmakers from Ash-
land, Oregon came to Sea-
side Cinema on June 18 to
present their fi lm “Phoenix,
Oregon” to a receptive Sea-
side audience.
“I just enjoy seeing
Oregon there in the back-
ground,” said audience
member Dave Dillon, the
director of the fi lm pro-
gram at the Hoffman Center
for the Arts in Manzanita,
during the Q&A after the
fi lm. “It’s not just shooting
pictures. It’s telling a story.”
The Hoffman Center
will be screening the fi lm
on Friday, on June 28, in
Manzanita.
“Phoenix, Oregon” was
made in the southwest-
ern Oregon town near Ash-
land and Medford that pro-
vides its title — and has a
great respect for local cul-
ture with its themes high-
lighting Oregon brewing
and locally owned establish-
ments throughout.
The group of fi lmmak-
ers behind the fi lm, which
includes director Gary
Lundgren and producer/
wife Anne Lundgren, are
currently touring the fi lm
to independent theaters all
around the country. They’re
doing this with the help of
some rather conspicuous
RVs with their fi lm’s poster
plastered on it and one of
those stops was right here in
Seaside.
Their fi rst fi lm went
straight to video-on-de-
mand. “We missed the
screening
experience,”
Lundgren said, when asked
about the tour.
He added that he wants
people to give people a
different experience than
watching TV by showing it
on the big screen.
THE BUZZ
The film concerns a
lackadaisical bartender
named Bobby, played
by James Le Gros, who
has a curious suspicion
that aliens behind the
scenes are dooming his
life for failure.
Gary Lundgren, director of “Phoenix, Oregon.”
Lundgren is very inter-
ested in providing an immer-
sive viewing experience to
as many people as possible
and provide a sense of com-
munity in doing so. “Going
to the cinema is a lost art,”
he said.
The fi lm concerns a lack-
adaisical bartender named
Bobby, played by James Le
Gros, who has a curious sus-
picion that aliens behind the
scenes are dooming his life
for failure. He is extremely
unhappy with his job, lives
in a trailer park in Phoenix,
Oregon, and pours his anxi-
While the seeming lack
of confl ict could turn off
some, it’s still a warm fi lm
with quirky, lovable charac-
ters and it tackles some very
real issues that all of us deal
with day to day. It also has a
wealth of talent that fi lls out
the cast which includes Lisa
Edelstein (“House”), Died-
rich Bader (“Offi ce Space,”
“Veep), and Kevin Corrigan
(“The Departed,” “Pineap-
ple Express”).
Personally, the fi lm
reminded me of Jon
Favreau’s “Chef” from
2014. Not only because of
its heartwarming nature, but
because of it’s mouth-water-
ing cooking scenes that will
defi nitely have you craving
some pizza.
Responding to the ques-
tion of how he got his idea
for the fi lm, Lundgren said
that he wanted to make a
fi lm about how it’s never
too late to create your art.
“Hitting your 40s, you feel
like the clock is ticking
more,” he says referring to
his inspiration behind the
fi lm and the main charac-
ter’s inner anxieties about
his comic book art.
“We’re really proud of
how it turned out,” Anne
Lundgren added.
The team behind the
movie is now in the mid-
dle of a 10-city tour in the
Northwest that will expand
to a much larger tour later
this year in which they plan
— along with their van — a
cross-country tour to New
York City. Producer and
actor in the fi lm Luis Rodri-
guez mentioned you can fol-
low along with the tour as
well as see newly scheduled
limited engagement screen-
ings at phoenixoregon-
movie.com.
Taco Tuesday
Thursday, July 11
James LeGros stars in “Phoenix, Oregon.”
eties into his comic book art.
To change his life up,
his friend convinces him
to partner up with him in a
bowling
alley/old-school
pizzeria, which causes him
to question his unhappi-
ness and be hopeful for the
future.
Community Calendar
Friday, July 5
Saturday, July 6
Dance Fitness
Seaside Duplicate Bridge
6:30-7:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm
Community Center, 1225 Av-
enue A, Seaside; www.sunse-
tempire.com/fi tness.
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mary Blake
Playhouse, across from 1225
Avenue A, Seaside. Come with
a partner or call ahead for one;
503-791-9745.
5-7:30 p.m., Seaside American
Legion #99, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside; 503-738-5111.
Wednesday, July 10
Good Morning Seaside
Coff ee and CASA
10 a.m., learn to be a court-ap-
pointed special advocate, Sea-
side Coff ee House, 5 North Hol-
laday, Seaside.
Book Sale
Gearhart Street Dance
Heart to Start
7:30-10:30 p.m.,
Gearhart
Homeowners Association and
volunteers event, Pacifi c Way
and Cottage; DJ John Chap-
man.
10-11 a.m., walk or run a 5K,
family-friendly; Seaside High
School track, presented by Sea-
side Providence; hearttostart.
org.
And Then There Were None
Dinosaurs
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com.
1 p.m., “Dinosaurs: Field Notes
from a Paleontologist,” with Dr.
David Taylor; Seaside Public
Library, 1131 Broadway; 503-
738-6742.
Karaoke
8 p.m., Seaside American Le-
gion #99, 1315 Broadway, Sea-
side; 503-738-5111.
Book Sale
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Cannon Beach
Library; 131 N. Hemlock; 503-
436-1391.
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Cannon Beach
Library; 131 N. Hemlock; 503-
436-1391.
Preschool storytime
7:30-10:30 p.m., the event fea-
tures D.J., dancing games and
kids’ activities; Pacifi c Way and
Cottage, Gearhart.
Rex Amos
Diane Amos performed at the North Coast Land Conservancy’s
Concert in the Barn, June 15, at Circle Creek. The conservancy
off ers a series of summer events.
Nunsense
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com
Sunday, July 7
“Inspiration”
2-5 p.m., artist’s reception, fea-
turing Chris Bryant, painter,
photographer and mixed-me-
dia specialist; Trail’s End Gal-
lery, 656 Avenue A, Gearhart.
Book Sale
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Cannon Beach
Library; 131 N. Hemlock; 503-
436-1391.
Seeing the Unseen
Seaside Art Walk
Gearhart Street Dance
8 a.m., Weekly coff ee and net-
working; Seaside Chamber of
Commerce; contact for details,
www.seasidechamber.com.
5-7 p.m., Celebrating 15 years
in 2019, the free event takes
place between Holladay Drive
and Broadway in the Historic
Gilbert District of downtown
Seaside.
10 a.m.-noon, Neal Maine
leads nature hike, presented
by North Coast Land Conser-
vancy, Circle Creek Conserva-
tion Center, Seaside; nclctrust.
org.
Monday, July 8
Texas Hold ‘em
6:30 p.m., Poker, Seaside Amer-
ican Legion #99, 1315 Broad-
way, Seaside; 503-738-5111.
Tuesday, July 9
Pickleball
10 a.m., free drop-in game on
the courts located behind the
Seaside Youth Center, 1140
Broadway.
10 a.m., reading program
shows astronauts reading sto-
ries out in space; Seaside Public
Library, 1131 Broadway; 503-
738-6742.
Bingo
5-7:30 p.m., Seaside American
Legion #99, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside; 503-738-5111.
Seaside Farmers Market
2-6 p.m., products grown,
raised, produced or collected in
Oregon or Washington; Broad-
way Middle School parking lot,
U.S. Highway 101, Seaside.
Night of All Knowledge
6 p.m., trivia tournament, Sea-
side Public Library, 1131 Broad-
way; 503-738-6742.
Book signing
7 p.m., featuring Terry Brooks,
author of “The Fall of Shannara,”
Cannon Beach Book Compa-
ny, 130 N. Hemlock; Cannon
Beach.
And Then There Were None
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com.
SDDA Breakfast
8 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323
Broadway, Seaside, 503-717-
1914, www.seasidedowntown.
com. Weekly speakers, discus-
sions and a no-host breakfast.
Pickleball
10 a.m., free drop-in game on
the courts located behind the
Seaside Youth Center, 1140
Broadway.
Author Karl Marlantes
7 p.m., author shares new
book, “Deep River,” Cannon
Beach Book Company, 130 N.
Hemlock; Cannon Beach.
Planet-making
2 p.m., Kindergarten to grade
5, Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway; 503-738-6742.
West African Music
7 p.m., performed by Sean Gas-
kell, music of the West African
kora, an 18-string harp; Seaside
Public Library, 1131 Broadway;
503-738-6742.
Nunsense
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com
And Then There Were None
7:30 p.m. Coaster Theatre Play-
house, 108 N. Hemlock; coast-
ertheatre.com.
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