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"THE CATCH" PREMIERES AT THE FLICKS APRIL 5 WITH A RECEPTION "The Catch," a new film by Boise State theatre arts professor Phil Atlakson that an independent film festival director described as "beautifully shot, remarkably true," will premiere on "First Thursday" April 5 at The Flicks. Showings will be at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for the screening and a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception on the patio with Atlakson and other producers. The reception begins at 6 p.m. and runs continuously throughout the screenings. Tickets are available at the Boise State Student Union Information Desk, 426-4636, or at The Flicks, 646 Fulton St., 342-4222, or at the door the evening of the screening. "The Catch" is a 13-minute film that playfully examines family dynamics and traditions on a fishing boat. Barely out of the editing room, the film has already received an invitation from Film Fest New Haven, a Motion Picture Academy-recognized festival noted for cutting-edge independent films. "The Catch" is set on a fishing boat, but it’s not a film about fishing. Here’s how co-producer Tom Donahoe described the plot: "What is the proper protocol for performing toiletry functions on a tiny fishing boat? Family tradition is put to the test by a new bride when nature calls and both her husband and father-in-law point to the tried and true bucket used by their recently departed mother and wife." Atlakson wrote the screenplay, which was adapted from the play "Why Do We Fish?" by Tamara Shores, a graduate student in the Boise State English department. Shores wrote the play as an undergraduate in Atlakson’s playwriting class. The play won the western regional award of the Kennedy Center American Theater College Festival in 1999 and went on to the national finals at the Kennedy Center. Shores will also attend the reception, as will co-producer Donahoe, a former Boise State student who is now a creative director and copywriter in the Los Angeles area, and executive producer Sammy Kriestorac, who is a producer for Diesel Films in Los Angeles. "The Catch" stars C.C. Boyce as Sara, the new bride, Drew Snyder as her father-in-law and Brett Baker as her husband, Bob. Snyder is an established character actor and Tony award-winner with a long list of Broadway, film and television credits. Baker was Leonardo DiCaprio’s stand-in on the set of "Titanic." When Atlakson traveled to Los Angeles to plan the film with Donahoe, film industry specialists with connections to Boise State pitched in to help. Former Boise State student Jeff Smith became the cinematographer and film editor. Boise State alumnus Keith Campbell, who has been a stunt double for Tom Cruise, worked as the stunt coordinator. Alumnus Richard Bean took on the role of associate producer. Other Boiseans who helped in production are Mike Vukas, a local videographer, and Chris Ennis, who worked as a grip. Boise State music professor and pianist Del Parkinson provided the soundtrack, recorded by John Fransen, the music department’s recording specialist. Nate Taylor, a former Boise State student, assisted with audio. Atlakson is the writer, director and producer of an award-winning independent feature film, "Not this Part of the World," starring Matt Letscher ("Mask of Zorro") and Adam West (television’s "Batman"), released in 1995. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion Award, two fellowships in filmmaking and playwriting from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, the Stanley Drama Prize, the Nell Shipman Award for Excellence in Filmmaking and others. "The Catch" was funded in part by grants from the Idaho Arts Commission and the Boise City Arts Commission. North-by-Northwest Production of Boise also provided assistance. Most of the funding came from Atlakson and the other producers, for whom creating the film was a labor of love. Contact: Media Contact:
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