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June 21, 2006
'Great New Wonderful' Premiere Has its Cake and Eats it Too
Danny Leiner's ensemble drama The Great New Wonderful premiered to a packed house at the Angelika last night, with most of the attendees cruising to the Lower East Side afterward for a party at Libation. The Reeler has no Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Colbert or Edie Falco sightings to report from its time at the event, but their fellow castmates Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan and Judy Greer did indeed make an apperance alongside Leiner.
Olympia Dukakis hides behind her cake after GNW co-star Jim Gaffigan tries and fails at his breathy, sensual rendition of "Happy Birthday" (Photos: STV)
The night doubled as a 75th birthday party for Dukakis, who reportedly recoiled with shock when her age was announced prior to the screening but who was in a little more celebratory spirit when an immense cake appeared from the morass of the VIP area. Modeled after one of Gyllenhaal's towering gourmet pastries from the film, the cake was a dense chocolate almost too rich to eat. I should probably stop here before I breach Lloyd Grove / "dessert victim" territory.
Anyhow, I have a podcast interview with Leiner on the way later today or early tomorrow, and I would count The Great New Wonderful among this weekend's recommended picks. But more on that Friday.
Posted by stvanairsdale at June 21, 2006 09:07 AM
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