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Guest Speaker | Jim Byrnes
Canadian blues musician
and actor
Jim Byrnes was born in St. Louis, Missouri – that’s
blues country. He grew up on the city’s north side. By age
thirteen, Jim was singing and playing blues guitar. His first professional
gig was in 1964.
Over the years, he has had the great good fortune
to appear with a virtual who’s who of blues. From Muddy Waters
and John Lee Hooker to Taj Mahal and Robert Cray, Jim has been
on the blues highway for 45 years.
Byrnes moved to Vancouver, BC
in the mid-70s after years of drifting, working odd jobs and playing
music. In 1981 he put together a band that became a staple of the
local music scene. In 1986 the Jim Byrnes Band played 300 nights.
His fame as an actor has grown immeasurably from his too-numerous-tomention
TV roles, with highlights including television’s Wiseguy
and Highlander series, and his own national variety show, The Jim
Byrnes Show. Jim has proven that a serious car accident in 1972
has done anything but hinder him. Despite two swipes with death
and some pretty hard knocks, Jim’s first love is the blues.
His evocative, smoky vocals are found in a truth that doesn’t
come overnight. In 1981 he released ‘Burnin’’,
followed in 1987 with ‘I’ve Turned My Nights into Days’ and
1995’s Juno-Award winning ‘That River’.
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Crazy Heart
Sunday, January 10 at 10:00
am
Join us for a free breakfast of bagels, coffee, juice before the
show. Doors open at 9:30am
Guest Speaker, Jim Byrnes
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Synopsis:
Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is an emotionally-crippled,
alcoholic country music singer, with one too many failed marriages
under his belt. Enter Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a young
journalist who begins to see the man behind the musician and helps
Bad get his life back on track. In doing so, Bad also becomes the
mentor to a contemporary country star, Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell),
while simultaneously struggling in the rising young crooner's shadow.
Director: Scott Cooper
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Beth Grant, Sarah Jane Morris,
Annie Corley, Tom Bower
Jeff Bridges' performance was highly praised, earning him the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, as
well as nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association,
Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, Independent Spirit Awards
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The Vancouver Sun
Sunday Film Series
See new movies before they are released! The Vancouver Sun Sunday Film Series
is open to film enthusiasts who will be able to preview some of the season's
most significant feature films before they are released to the public. All of
the screenings will be accompanied by either film critics, filmmakers, academics,
or other guests. Screenings will be on occasional Sundays, at 10:00 am (doors
open at 9:30)
Complimentary refreshments will be served before the
show including: bagels,
muffins, juice, coffee, and tea.
Tickets $12.00 each.
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