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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/naim06/index.html"
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As part of the <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>BEIRUT UNCUT FILM SERIES </span></i>and in collaboration
with MIT’s Lecture Series Committee (LSC), the LCM is proud to host
Lebanese director, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Omar Naïm</span></b>, in
a special director's screening and discussion of his internationally
acclaimed documentary <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Grand
Theater: A Tale of Beirut</span></i></b> at MIT tomorrow, Wednesday, February
21, at 8pm. Naïm’s first feature-length film, <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>The Final Cut</span></i></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>starring Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino,
and Jim Caviezel, will be screened on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300;font-weight:
bold'>About the Director<br>
</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Born in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>
to a journalist father and an actress mother, Omar Naïm is a promising
Arab-American director and writer in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:City></st1:place>
who openly discusses his heritage. Although Naïm acknowledges and embraces
his culture, he refuses to be defined solely by it. Instead, it is his unique
talent and often quirky perspective that has earned him the respect of <st1:place
w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place> powerhouses. In 2004, he wrote and directed
his first feature film, The Final Cut, which starred Robin Williams, Mira
Sorvino, and Jim Caviezel. The film won the best screenplay award at the
Deauville Film Festival and was an official selection of the Berlin Film
Festival. His thesis documentary, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Grand
Theater: A Tale of Beirut</span></i>, was a finalist for the Student Oscar
given by the AMPAS in 2000. Naïm was raised in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Jordan</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Cyprus</st1:country-region>, and <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region> and attended <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Emerson</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place>. Omar Naïm currently lives and works
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:City></st1:place>
(<a
href="http://web.mit.edu/lebanon/www/events/upcoming/naim06/index.html#about">more…</a>).<br>
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<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300'>Director's
Screening & Discussion with Naïm<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Grand Theater: A Tale of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Beirut</st1:City></st1:place><br>
</span></b></span></font><font size=1 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300'>wednesday .
feb 21 . 8pm . free . bldg 54-100 . </span></font><b><font size=1
color="#ff2424" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#FF2424;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54" target="_blank">map</a></span></font></b><font
size=1 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300'><br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A documentary viewing the Lebanese Civil War, as well as
its roots and aftermath, through the eyes of an old theater. The stories of
actors, directors, soldiers, and civilians intersect and intertwine at the
Grand Theater, giving us a vivid portrait of a city under siege. As the
atrocity and absurdity of war escalates, the lines between war and theater,
and between performance and reality, are blurred.<br>
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src="cid:image002.jpg@01C754E8.EF8BA240"><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300;font-weight:bold'>The Final Cut (<a
href="http://www.finalcutfilm.com/trailer_win150.htm" target="_blank">watch
trailer</a>)<br>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300'>thursday .
feb 22 . 8pm . free . bldg 54-100 . </span></font><b><font size=1
color="#ff2424" face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:#FF2424;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54" target="_blank">map</a></span></font></b><font
size=1><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=1 color="#cc3300" face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300'><a
href="http://www.finalcutfilm.com" target="_blank">http://www.finalcutfilm.com</a>
<br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>A Zoë Chip is placed in your brain at birth to record
your entire life. When you die, the footage from your life is edited into a
"Rememory"-- a film shown at your funeral pieced together by an
editor. A toy for the privileged, Zoë Chips are changing the face of human
interaction, but there are those who are against this emerging technology,
and believe that memories are meant to fade. Alan Hackman (Robin Williams) is
the best "cutter" in the business. His ability to grant the corrupt
absolution of the sins of his clients has put him in high demand. However,
his talent for viewing life without emotion has shaped him into a cold
distant man and has made him unable to experience life in the first person.
He believes he is a "sin eater" and his work provides him with the
ability to absolve the dead of their sins. While cutting a Rememory for a
high-powered colleague, Alan discovers an image from his childhood that has
haunted him his entire life. This discovery leads him on a high intensity
search for truth and redemption.<br>
</span></font><br>
<a href="http://www.finalcutfilm.com/trailer_win150.htm" target="_blank"><font
color=green><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=491 height=664 id="_x0000_i1103"
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:#CC3300;font-style:
italic'>all proceeds from donations will support relief and reconstruction
efforts<br>
in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region> as part of the <a
href="http://www.bostontolebanon.com" target="_blank">'Boston to Lebanon'</a>
campaign<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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