AUG 22: GERMS MOVIE "WHAT WE DO IS SECRET" OPENS IN LA; CAST, DIRECTOR, ORIGINAL GERMS APPEAR AT NUART AUG22-23; GERMS BOOTH AUG23-24, SUNSET JUNCTION

posted by Don Rose
based on info from Lynn Hasty (Green Galactic) and Jeff Gund (Infolist.com)

Peace Arch Entertainment & Vitagraph Films Present
WHAT WE DO IS SECRET
Opens August 22nd, 2008 in Los Angeles & Irvine
Starring SHANE WEST, BIJOU PHILLIPS, RICK GONZALEZ, NOAH SEGAN
followed by a very special LIVE Q&A with
Writer/Director: Rodger Grossman
Cast Members: Shane West, Bijou Phillips, Noah Segan &
Original Germs band members: Don Bolles, Lorna Doom and Pat Smear
at the Nuart Theatre Opening Weekend!

Friday, August 22, 2008
7:30pm Showing: Q&A following the screening.
10pm Showing: Introduction prior to the screening.

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
5:00pm Showing: Q&A following the screening.
7:30pm showing: Introduction to the screening.

Location: The Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
(just west of the 405 Freeway)
(310) 281-8223

REGULAR SCREENINGS (No Q&A):

WHAT WE DO IS SECRET
will be at the Nuart Theatre from
Friday, August 22 - Thursday, August 28, 2008 for daily shows.
The showtimes are: 12pm, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 10pm, and 11:59pm daily.

TO PURCHASE ADVANCE TICKETS TO THE Q&A OR REGULAR SCREENINGS:

Please visit: www.landmarktheatres.com/market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm
Once you're there, you'll need to click the red "Click Here" under "Buy Advance Tickets Online" (note: Don't click the red "Features & Showtimes" - you won't be able to buy tickets there). THEN, you'll need to select the appropriate Show Date from the pulldown menu, and continue from there. OR, you may purchase tickets at the theater boxoffice.

Ticket Prices are $10.50, or $7.50 for bargain shows (see link above for details)

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

1970s Los Angeles, Nihilist Philosophy, Glam Rock, Drugs, Booze, Closeted Homosexuality, Dianetics, a Yen for Rock and Roll Immortality - a convergence of forces that shaped the short, self-destructive life of Jan Paul Beahm, a fatherless boy raised by an alcoholic mother and abandoned by an older brother who died of a drug-overdose -a kid who reinvented himself coming out of a high school program for outcasts, as the one and only DARBY CRASH, the legendary lead singer of the seminal Los Angeles Punk band, The Germs.Shane West ("ER," "ONCE AND AGAIN"), Bijou Phillips (CHOKE, BULLY), Rick Gonzalez (ILLEGAL TENDER, COACH CARTER) and Noah Segan (BRICK, CHAIN LETTER) star in WHAT WE DO IS SECRET, a biopic that chronicles the rise of The Germs and their charismatic leader Darby Crash whose image - the contorted, screaming face and death grip on the microphone, has become an icon of the U.S. punk movement and a rapt influence on bands since. Darby's cultivated punk attitude, resplendent with the hardcore, infamous onstage self-mutilation antics and volatile energy that inspired the band's mesmerized followers to riot, ultimately banned The Germs from playing every venue in the greater Los Angeles area.

But how did it start? It all started with a germ.



CREDITS

WHAT WE DO IS SECRET
stars SHANE WEST, BIJOU PHILLIPS, RICK GONZALEZ, NOAH SEGAN.
Writer/Director: Rodger Grossman.
Producers: Matt Perniciaro, Kevin Mann, Rodger Grossman, Todd Traina and Stephen Nemeth.
Line Producer: Bruce Wayne Gillies.
Executive Producers: Shane West, Michael LaFetra and King Records.
Story by: Rodger Grossman and Michelle Baer Ghaffari.
Director of Photography: Andrew Huebscher.
Production Designer: John R. Mott.
Film Editors: Ross Albert and Joel Platch.
Music Supervisor: Howard Paar.
Music Composer: Anna Waronker.
Co-Producers: Michelle Baer Ghaffari and Andy Wombwell.
Co-Executive Producers: Andre Relis and Lise Romanoff.

SUNSET JUNCTION THIS WEEKEND FEATURES GERMS

On Sat. Aug. 23 and Sun. Aug. 24, the 28th Annual Sunset Junction Street Festival returns to Los Angeles. The annual street fair and music/food festival is a fave of many Angelenos, especially those who live closeby in the Silver Lake area. If you're heading out to Sunset Junction (10am - 11pm both days), stop by The Germs / What We Do Is Secret booth for fun giveaways, contests, drawings, meet and greets, signings, limited edition items and surprises. More info at http://www.sunsetjunction.org/streetfair.html.

For more information on the Germs in Concert, cast and band member appearances at the theatres, and Sunset Junction, visit www.whatwedoissecretthemovie.com.