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"I loved how this film transitioned from comedic to tragic. I'm glad I caught this film. It's a bit rough around the edges, but it's still a gem of an indie. I'm still thinking about it. "

"I think it ended too soon.  I want more.  I don't know what to think about the ending, but I'm certain I'll never forget this film."   - imdb.com message boards for Two Harbors

Like A Great Novel

25 September 2007
Author: matt-torgerson from United States

"It's been a long time since I've seen a movie that warrants analytical or critical discussion.  James Vculek's Two Harbors demands such discussion.  Like any great novel, Vculek purposefully avoids obligatory statement of the obvious and, through clever dialogue and subtle yet stunning black and white imagery and scene selection, allows the audience to draw its own conclusions concerning a great number of things."  from www.imdb.com

Two Harbors  kicked off the new series Home Grown Cinema at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis on Monday May 12, 2008 at 7:30pm.  The director, Director of Photography, Aaron Gelperin and star Alex Cole were in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.  The second feature, at 9:30 is the documentary, Bill's Big Pumpkins.

Two Harbors screened at the third annual Staten Island Film Festival in June, 2008.  (I had never heard of this festival, but someone must have seen the WNET broadcast in January and contactd the station trying to track down the film.)

Two Harbors  screened on WNET-13 New York on Saturday, 19 January 2008 at 11:00pm as part of the new series on New York public television, Reel 13 Indies.

Here's WNET-13's trailer for Two Harbors which, amusingly, has been paired with the religious epic The Robe for one of the odder double features you're likely to see.  That's why the trailer starts with Richard Burton and Victor Mature traipsing around in tunics.  But be patient, after about a minute the Two Harbors trailer starts:

WNET trailer

Two Harbors also got a nice mention at a great Broadway Theater blog, SteveOnBroadway, here.

Two Harbors has screened at almost twenty-five film festivals worldwide, winning nine awards:

2005 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival (Best Feature)

2005 Milwaukee International Film Festival (Best Feature)

2006 Eugene International Film Festival (Best Feature)

2006 Victoria (Australia) Festival of Motion Image (Best Feature)

2006 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (Silver Eddy Award)

2006 Winnipeg International Film Festival (Best Actor - Alex Cole)

2005 Austin Film Festival (Honorable Mention)

2006 Rural Route Film Festival (NYC) (Honorable Mention)

2006 SoCal Film Festival (Huntington Beach CA) (Honorable Mention)

Additional festival screenings included:

2005 Free Range Film Festival (Minnesota)

2005 Bay Street Film Festival (Thunder Bay, Ontario)

2006 Nolita Film Festival (New York)

2006 Beverly Hills Fine Arts Industry Showcase (twice)

2006 Mendocino Film Festival

2006 Queens International Film Festival

2006 Connecticut Film Festival

2006 Sarasota Film Festival

2006 Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival

2006 FAIF Film Festival (Hollywood)

2006 Beloit International Film Festival

2006 River's Edge Film Festival (Paducah, KY)

2007 Filmmakers Independent Film Festival (NY).

You can read the imdb.com reviews for Two Harbors here, and here's an interview the Austin Film Festival conducted.  Quinton Skinner wrote an article for Minneapolis-St. Paul City Pages that can be found here.

Watch the trailer:

Or, watch the entire film FREE, at Joost (you'll have to download their software first.  I think you'll also have to watch some commercials).

Tagline:  Sometimes love can be an alien concept

Synopsis:  An obsessed sci-fi collecter uses an impressionable young woman in an attempt to lure aliens to earth, with tragic results.  Based on a true story.

Cast:

Cassie..........................Catherine Johnson Justice (credited as Catherine E. Johnson)

Vic...............................Alex Cole

Spock buyer.................Ari Hoptman

Robert..........................Richard Ooms

Stella............................Claudia Wilkens

Fabric seller..................Marshall Hambro

Sci-fi dealer...................Paul Cram

Star Wars dealer...........Josh Will

Tom..............................M. Scott Taulman

Slacker clerk.................Nels Lennes

Pretty clerk...................Elizabeth Sibley

Richard.........................Robert Webster

Near-sighted shopper....Charles Brin

Detective Gotty.............Don Goerisch

Crew:

Writer/Producer/Director.....James Vculek

Executive Producer..............Philip Geller

Director of Photography......Aaron Gelperin

Production Manager............Jana Kramer

Composer............................Paul Samuel Johnson

Art Director.........................Damian Sheridan

Editor..................................James Vculek

Boom Operator....................Lisa Dittmann

Makeup/Hair.......................Jennifer Santoro Rotty

Ass't Makeup/Hair...............Jennifer Hammers

Computer Effects.................Matt Livermore

Principal Dollmaker.............Audrey Vculek

Catherine Johnson Justice in Two Harbors

Alex Cole in Two Harbors