WMU HOME > ABOUT WMU > WMU NEWS WFS presents Cannes-winner "Broken Flowers"Oct. 31, 2005 KALAMAZOO--Western Film Society presents the Kalamazoo-area debut of "Broken Flowers," Friday through Sunday, Nov. 4-6, in the Little Theatre at Western Michigan University. "Broken Flowers" was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The film is rated R and has a runtime of 106 minutes. Showtimes are 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5, and 2:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6. Admission is $5 and $3 for students. "Broken Flowers" is the latest film from celebrated independent writer/director Jim Jarmusch. It stars Bill Murray as Don Johnston, a man unlucky in love. While finding himself at the end of yet another relationship, he receives a letter from an anonymous former lover informing him that he has a 19-year-old son. Spurred on by his neighbor, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), Don embarks on a road trip to talk to all the women he's ever dated in an attempt to find the son he's never known. The Little Theatre is located at the corner of Oakland Drive and Oliver Street on Western Michigan University's East Campus. There is free off-street parking behind the theatre. For more information, call the movie line at (269) 387-8221 or visit Western Film Society at www.rso.wmich.edu/wfs. Media contact: Justin Gibson, (269) 372-3503, westernfilmsociety@yahoo.com WMU News |