Mathematically Alive is available on Netflix

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Mets fan doc in National Baseball Hall of Fame Film Festival

We're going to Cooperstown. You in?
Mathematically Alive screens at the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 3rd Annual Baseball Film Festival on Sept. 20th at 3PM.

Hall of Fame Film Festival returns Sept. 19-21
20th anniversary celebration of Bull Durham to kick off event
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will recognize the twin traditions of baseball and film when, for the third consecutive year, it hosts a Baseball Film Festival in Cooperstown, Sept. 19-21.

The 2008 Film Festival will be preceded by a salute the night of Sept. 19 to the 20th anniversary of the release of Bull Durham, featuring appearances at the Museum by the film's director-writer Ron Shelton, along with three of the film's actors: Tim Robbins ("Nuke LaLoosh"), Susan Sarandon ("Annie Savoy") and Robert Wuhl ("Larry Hockett"). The 7 p.m. program will feature a moderated discussion with the four participants in the Museum's Grandstand Theater, hosted by nationally renowned movie critic Jeffrey Lyons.

Tickets for the Friday evening Bull Durham anniversary salute will first be available to Museum members beginning Monday, Aug. 25. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and can be purchased in person at the Museum's membership desk or by phone at 607-547-0397. Should any tickets remain following the Members-only purchase period, the general public will be able to purchase tickets for the discussion beginning Monday, Sept. 15.

"We're delighted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bull Durham, and we are honored to welcome Ron, Tim, Susan and Robert to Cooperstown," said Jeff Idelson, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "As evidenced by our 'Baseball at the Movies' exhibit, Hollywood's romanticism with baseball has extended the reach of our national game to worldwide audiences for nearly a century through more than 150 films. This 20th anniversary event is all about celebrating the film's impact in a comedic exploration of Minor League Baseball. To partner it with our fledgling Film Festival is a great fit in fulfilling our educational mission."

Several films will be screened on Saturday and Sunday, as filmmakers compete for two awards given at the conclusion of the festival: Best Film and the Award for Baseball Excellence. The list of the films competing for top honors during the weekend includes:

• Gandhi at the Bat by filmmakers Stephanie Argy and Alec Boehm, based on an original short story by Chet Williamson
• Fuera De Liga (Dreaming in Blue) by filmmaker Ian Padron
• Base Ball Discovered by filmmaker Sam Marchiano
• Eye on a Dream by filmmaker P.J. Moynihan
• Mathematically Alive: A Story of Fandom by filmmakers Joseph Coburn and Katherine Foronjy
• Cobb Field: A Minor League Day at the Ballpark by filmmaker Craig Lindvahl
• Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero by filmmaker David Risotto
• Pitching Man: Satchel Paige - Defying Time by filmmaker Craig Davidson
• Yankee Stadium: The Golden Age by filmmaker Les Krantz

Tickets for the screening of Film Fest entries are free of charge to Museum members, but they are limited and must be reserved by calling the Membership Department at 607-547-0397, beginning August 25. Any remaining seats will open to the general public on site beginning Friday, Sept. 19. Museum guests can then reserve tickets by visiting the Membership Desk located in the Main Lobby of the Museum.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will continue to celebrate baseball in film in 2009 with a 25th anniversary salute to the epic film based on Bernard Malamud's novel, The Natural. Previously, the Museum has saluted such Hollywood classics as A League of Their Own and Pride of the Yankees, featuring appearances by actors from both films at the Museum in Cooperstown.
Saturday, September 20, 2008 - Sunday, September 21, 2008
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For more info check out www.baseballhalloffame.org

Mets fan filmmakers make a video for GaryKeithandRon.com

The makers of Mathematically Alive make a video of the 1st Gary, Keith, and Ron charity event. Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling talk about their personal charities while meeting their fans.

Here's the link for the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE1ivDtY7i0

Check out garykeithandron.com for more info

Mets fan documentary mentioned in The Village Voice

Check out this article from the Village Voice about New York's two new baseball stadiums. Joe and I were interviewed by Allen Barra for it and he gives Mathematicallya Alive a shout out. Woo Hoo!

Thanks, Allen.

www.villagevoice.com/2008-07-09/news/the-houses-that-ruthlessness-built/1

Queens & NYC screening coming up

Our NYC screening at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater was so awesome! We of course threw out peanuts, soda and beer, which has become our signature move on the movie scene. We had a nice turn out and people laughed a lot so that's usually a good sign. Thank you to everyone who took the time to check the film out. We really appreciate your support.

We have 2 screening coming up so please join us if you haven't seen it yet. The Queens screening is right by Shea and after the game so there's no excuse...

Queens premiere on May 10, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Queens Museum of Art at Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY Tickets - Free (museum donation of $5.oo is suggested)
www.queensmuseum.org

NewFilmmakers premiere on May 14, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Anthology Film Archives at 32 2nd Ave at 2nd Street
NY, NY Tickets $5.00
www.newfilmmakers.com

Both screenings will have a Q & A after the film.

FOONYAS rock!

Carlos Pinero of Santa Monica, CA emailed us
after watching the film. He included some great info about how "FOONYAS" like him follow the Mets from a far...





Left: Carlos riding his "Metsmobile" which he used to commute to work for 2 years in Dodgertown. Right: Carlos's dog Mookie.




Dear Kathy and Joe,

I hope the film takes off with the 2008 season in full swing. It's a great movie. All I have out here are the games in LA & SD (SF is too far for a day trip), but I get to every one of them on TV. Here's some Mets stuff from one more fan; me.


On the Mets forums out there, I coined the phrase FOONYA a few years ago. I am a FOONYA. FOONYAS are the Fans Out Of the New York Area. The out of market Mets fans who can't get to Shea everyday or for that matter, any day. We fly planes and take trains to get to Mets games, and we're always wearing our Mets gear in some other team's town and at other team's ballparks. When the Mets finally come to the town we live in, the whole world stops for three magical days while we take Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday off from work to the total bemusement of our co-workers.

We search the internet for Mets forums, drive to newsstands to find copies of the New York Post for $2, and TIvo expensive MLB packages just to get a taste of Mets. We FOONYAS are the Mets fans that no one notices back in New York, because they never see us. We can't just pop our head into a tavern to see the score on TV where we live, because no one is wearing orange and blue in those games. If you ask a cab driver what the score is, neither of the two cities he mentions are New York. And on the rare occasion that we see the Mets on TV in a public place, it's a national game with no Keith, no Ron, and no Gary, and no one in the joint cheers when Reyes steals second. Half the time, you don't even get a replay; all you get is a highlight clip from another game in another city.

In our towns, we are known as the biggest Mets fans our friends know, mainly because we are they only people the've ever seen wearing a Franco Mets T-shirt every day. There is always a Yankee cap in the room somehow, usually the fashionable all-black version, worn by someone who doesn't follow the team, but on the rare occasion you see another Mets cap in a store or across the street, you smile and wave lioke you know them, and somehow the person in the Mets cap always smiles and waves back or thumbs up back because we are not only Mets fans, we are a special kind of Mets fan.

We are FOONYAS.

Lets Go Mets.

Carlos Pineiro
Santa Monica, CA