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August 03, 2006
Happy Ending: Pioneer Screens Jarecki's 'Outsider,' Showtime Buys It
Big ups to the gang that turned out for last night's screening of The Outsider at the Pioneer Theater. I was too busy moderating the post-screening Q&A with James Toback and Nick Jarecki to get a picture (God, do I have to do everything around here?), but at any rate, the scoop of the evening came early when Jarecki announced he had sold the film to Showtime.
Jarecki said the cable network will package his documentary with selections from its rather deep Toback catalog; pending The Outsider's planned theatrical runs outside New York this fall, however, no network premiere date has yet been announced. Look for it here soon, hopefully. Meanwhile, congrats to Jarecki, who has been at this thing for about three years now, from the set of Toback's When Will I Be Loved to Tribeca '05 to last night's screening. He worked for this one, and it's great to see it come through for him.
All right, all right--enough warm fuzziness. Back to the whip: The Reeler Screening Series resumes at BAM next Wednesday, Aug. 9, with a preview of Ryan Fleck's Half Nelson. Click here for more information, call in sick to the night job, hire a sitter, whatever you have to do. Just make the plans now and be there. Many thanks in advance.
Posted by stvanairsdale at August 3, 2006 10:57 AM
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