July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Theatrical Release Schedule for Michael Rapaport's "Beats, Rhymes & Life".
JULY 8
NEW YORK
Sunshine
Empire
Magic Johnson
LOS ANGELES
Arclight Hollywood
Century City 15
Criterion Santa Monica
JULY 15
SAN FRANCISCO
Metreon
Kabuki
CHICAGO
Century Centre
River East
CineArts Evanston
WASHINGTON, DC
E-Street
Georgetown
Bethesda Row
Shirlington
Magic Johnson
JULY 22
SAN DIEGO
Hillcrest
BOSTON
Kendall Square
Boston Commons
Embassy Waltham
PHILADELPHIA
Ritz 5
Ritz Center Voorhees
MINNEAPOLIS
Uptown
ATLANTA
Midtown
Phipps Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO – ADD ONS
Shattuck
Century Mountain View
Marin Sausalito
CineArts Santana Row San Jose
JULY 29
DALLAS
Angelika
Angelika Plano
HOUSTON
Edwards Greenway
AUSTIN
Violet Crown
Arbor
SEATTLE
Pacific Place
Metro
Lincoln Square Bellevue
PORTLAND
Cinema 21
MILWAUKEE
Oriental
DETROIT
Uptown Birmingham
AUGUST 5
PHOENIX
Tempe Marketplace
MADISON
Sundancen Cinemas
MIAMI
Regal South Beach
ST. LOUIS
Tivoli
CLEVELAND
Cedar Lee
CINCINNATI
Esquire
HONOLULU
Kahala
AUGUST 12
SAN ANTONIO
Bijou
AMC Huebner
COLUMBUS
Gateway
AMC Lennox
DAYTON
Neon Movies
KANSAS CITY
Palace
AMC Studio Olathe
SALT LAKE CITY
Broadway
INDIANAPOLIS
Keystone Art
PITTSBURGH
Regent
NEW ORLEANS
Canal Place
Elmwood
CHARLOTTE
Manor
RALEIGH-CHAPEL HILL
Colony Raleigh
Chelsea Chapel Hill
April 2011
3 posts
March 2011
7 posts
Happy Birthday Michael Rapaport!
We hope you have a wonderful 41st birthday!
Michael was born on 20 March 1970.
Michael Rapaport's quest lands at Sundance Film Festival
Despite hitting bumps, Michael Rapaport’s ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’ fulfills the actor-turned-director’s artistic desire.
By Chris Lee, Los Angeles Times
January 28, 2011
Long established as an independent movie star and television actor with a body of work stretching back nearly two decades, Michael Rapaport (“Deep Blue Sea,” “True Romance,” Fox TV’s “Prison Break”) decided to make the leap into directing a feature documentary for two reasons.
One was love for his subject matter: A Tribe Called Quest, the seminal late ’80s/early ’90s New York rap quartet that helped shape the sound and define the parameters of modern hip-hop. The other was a question: Will Tribe — which broke up in 1998 but has reunited several times to tour and perform international shows — ever record new music again?
The fruit of Rapaport’s labor, “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest” premiered to a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival last Saturday. And from its opening sequence, it seemed the director had an answer for his other motivation.
“Is this your last show?” Rapaport asks Q-Tip, Tribe’s lead rapper and driving musical force, backstage after a performance featured in the documentary. “That’s it man,” Q-Tip replies. “I’ve been doing this 20 years, man. It’s a wrap, brother.”
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