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I Love This Film: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

  • Saturday, October 21, 2023 / 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (PDT)
  • Pollock Theater
  • Screening Format: Sony 4K digital projection (107 minutes)
  • With Gabe Liedman (PEN15, Broad City)
  • Director: Josh Greenbaum
     Starring: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo, Jamie Dornan
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Part of the Storytelling for the Screen series

After finding themselves suddenly out of work, longtime best friends Barb (Annie Mumolo) and Star (Kristen Wiig) decide to strike out on their own and leave their small Midwestern hometown for the very first time. On the advice of a friend, they book a trip to the lavish Vista Del Mar resort in pursuit of sun, sand, and new adventures. However, they soon get more than they bargained for when they both develop crushes on a mysterious hunk named Edgar (Jamie Dornan), lovelorn henchman to evil genius Sharon Fisherman (Wiig, in a dual role). Barb and Star soon find themselves entangled in Fisherman’s devious plot to take revenge on the beach-going denizens of Vista Del Mar. 

For this first installment of our new series I Love This Film, the Carsey-Wolf Center welcomed screenwriter, showrunner, producer, actor, and comedian Gabe Liedman (Broad City, PEN15, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Big Mouth, Never Have I Ever). Liedman joined Tyler Morgenstern (Assistant Director, Carsey-Wolf Center) for a pre-screening discussion of the film.

Biographies

Headshot of writer/comedian Gabe Liedman. He is wears a black polo shirt, half rimmed glasses and he is smiling, posed in front of a neutral green background

Gabe Liedman (writer/producer)

Gabe Liedman is a writer and producer living in Los Angeles. After a decade on the New York live indie comedy scene, Gabe found his way into the writers rooms of Hollywood, lending his voice to such shows as Never Have I Ever, Big Mouth, Broad City, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, also serving as the head writer and showrunner of PEN15. He is currently collaborating with his husband Daniel Zomparelli on two comedic feature films that are funny and strange and will either see the light of day or not!

 This event is sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Rick Rosen Storytelling for the Screen Fund.

I Love This Film

I Love This Film is an ongoing series that gives film lovers, industry professionals, and scholars a chance to showcase the films and television shows that have shaped their passion for the silver screen. Pairing unique films selected by guests of the Carsey-Wolf Center with lively and insightful conversation, I Love This Film is a tribute to cinema’s unique ability to inform our aesthetic sensibilities and storytelling practices.

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