Fiesta Movie Offerings from CACC

ITALIAN FILM, OPERA, AND LONG-LOST TV SHOW PREMIERING AT FIESTA
Cinema’s line-up for rainy week is a triple treat for Fiestagoers

While the weather for this year’s St. Peter’s Fiesta may not cooperate, the Cape Ann Community Cinema at 21 Main Street (atop the St. Peter’s Club) offers special related programming for the five days of the annual Festival.

“Reality,” the acclaimed comedy from “Gomorrah” director Matteo Garrone, is about a Neapolitan fishmonger named Luciano who supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together with his wife Maria. A likable, entertaining guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform for his customers and countless relatives. One day his family urge him to try out for the reality show “Big Brother,” and in chasing this dream his perception of reality begins to change. The film shows Wednesday the 26th through Saturday the 29th at 7:30pm, andSunday the 30th at 6:30pm.

Barry Sullivan stars as David Scott in a Fiesta-themed episode of “Harbormaster” at Cape Ann Community Cinema on Saturday, June 29th at 2:30pm.

Cinema friend Phil Hopkins of the Rockport-based film preservation outfit Film Chest has uncovered a little-seen episode of a short-lived 1950s TV series called “Harbormaster,” an adventure show which starred Barry Sullivan and Paul Burke, and will present iton Saturday the 29th at 2:30pm. In the episode, entitled “The Sawtucket Festival,” Gloucester and Rockport double as the fictional Scott Island. It was filmed Sunday morning during St. Peter’s Fiesta in 1957, with scenes shot on Washington Street, Our Lady of Good Voyage on Prospect Street, and Bradley Wharf in Rockport. Additionally, Pierce Sears, proprietor of Twin Lights Soda in Rockport, filmed nearly 20 minutes of 8mm color behind-the-scenes footage during the shoot, and will narrate the footage live.

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s famous opera “Nabucco” will have one final encore on Sunday, June 30th at 1:00pm. This version was produced by London’s Royal Opera, and stars legendary tenor Plácido Domingo.

Tickets for “Reality” and “Harbormaster” are $10.00 for adults, $8.50 for students and seniors, and $7.00 for CACC Members. Tickets for “Nabucco” are $17.50 general admission, $15.00 for CACC Members.

The Cape Ann Community Cinema is a living-room-style digital cinema in the heart of Gloucester’s historic West End.