Red Carpet Coverage - Los Angeles Premiere of the Hilarious Poker Mockumentary

Red Carpet Coverage - Los Angeles Premiere of the Hilarious Poker Mockumentary

Zak Penn's The Grand

Starring Woody Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard

            Kind, Chris Parnell, Jason Alexander and Ray Romano    Who:      Cast members and other celebrities including Woody Harrelson,             Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Chris Parnell, Ray Romano, Mike             Epps, Estelle Harris, director Zak Penn and more!    When:     Wednesday, March 5, 2008             Press Check-in:         5:00 PM             Red Carpet Arrivals:    6:00 PM             Screening:              7:30 PM    Where:    The Cinerama Dome, Arclight Hollywood             6360 W. Sunset Blvd., LA CA 90028 (between Vine and Ivar)    What:     THE GRAND is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like             BEST IN SHOW and THIS IS SPINAL TAP. The story is set in the             world of professional poker and follows six players who reach             the final table of the world's second most famous high stakes             tournament, the GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP OF POKER.  THE GRAND was             improvised from a detailed treatment co-written by Zak Penn             ("X-Men: The Last Stand") and Matt Bierman.              A Tribeca Film Festival favorite, the film boasts a stellar,             international cast of today's top comedic actors: Woody             Harrelson, David Cross, Dennis Farina, Cheryl Hines, Richard             Kind and Chris Parnell.  The film also stars award-winning             comedian Ray Romano, the legendary German film director Werner             Herzog and sitcom vet Gabe Kaplan ("Welcome Back Kotter").              The Grand was produced by Zak Penn and Gary Marcus as well as             Eleven Eleven Films' Bobby Schwartz and Ross Dinerstein and             IMG's Bret Saxon and Jeff Bowler. Matt Bierman is Executive             Producer. It will be distributed theatrically by Anchor Bay             Entertainment on March 21, 2008.  THE GRAND is rated R for             Language and Some Drug Content and has a running time of 104             minutes.    Contact:  Sue Procko Public Relations/323 653 5153             Mariakay Chakos, Sue Procko             mk@sueprockopr.com; sue@sueprockopr.com  

PRNewswire -- Feb. 26

Source: Anchor Bay Entertainment

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