A YEAR IN MOORING
PACIFIC NW PREMIERE
Filmmakers Chris Eyre & Peter Vanderwall in attendance

Film Hosted by Salem Cinema

Directed by Chris Eyre
United States, 88 minutes
Drama
FRI OCT 14 @ 7:00PM | Salem Cinema
SAT OCT 15 @ 2:00PM | Salem Cinema

Disarming in its subtlety, A Year In Mooring is the quietly contemplative cinematic journey about renewal, redemption and the inevitability of change. Starring Josh Lucas in his first leading dramatic role, A Year In Mooring follows the story of a successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life. Entering an idyllic harbor as a broken and haunted man, he buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat. Walking an isolated line between solitude and redemption, he's watched by three equally mysterious residents: a beautiful, taciturn waitress (Ayelet Zurer), the veteran mariner (James Cromwell) trying to escape unpleasant memories of his own and a newly single father (Jon Tenney) eagerly enjoying his fresh-found freedom. Each will play a cautiously inadvertent part in helping him face his troubling past head on. Gifted Salem screenwriter Peter Vanderwall brilliantly scripted this wise, poignant film about hope, healing and deepest personal resolve.

Filmography: Smoke Signals (98), Skins (02)

Please also join us for the unique event:

WRITING BETWEEN THE LINES: A YEAR IN MOORING'S JOURNEY FROM IDEA TO SCREEN

SAT OCT 15 @ 12:00PM | Salem Cinema

It was on a visit to Willamette University that Chris Eyre was introduced to Salem screenwriter Peter Vanderwall by Film Professor Ken Nolley. Their collaboration, creativity and kinship produced our wonderful Opening Night Feature, A Year In Mooring. In addition, on Saturday, October 15th at noon, Peter will present Writing Between The Lines: A Year in Mooring's Journey from Idea to Screen. He will share his experiences in writing a screenplay based on an idea conceived years earlier. He’ll discuss the creative choices in further developing the script with director Chris Eyre and then adapting the script to a new location. He’ll talk about how the story continued to develop through collaboration with the cast and crew during production and postproduction. And he’ll show how several key scenes evolved from words on the page to images on the screen during the writing, filming, and editing phases. This is a non-ticketed event.