TONIGHT! The Film Committee presents Greg Sestero 7:30pm in the UC Auditorium

The hilarious and inspiring story of how a mysterious misfit got past every
roadblock in the Hollywood system to achieve success on his own terms: a $6
million cinematic catastrophe called The Room.

Nineteen-year-old Greg Sestero met Tommy Wiseau at an acting school in San
Francisco. Wiseau’s scenes were rivetingly wrong, yet Sestero, hypnotized by
such uninhibited acting, thought, “I have to do a scene with this guy.” That
impulse changed both of their lives. Wiseau seemed never to have read the
rule book on interpersonal relationships (or the instruc­tions on a bottle
of black hair dye), yet he generously offered to put the aspiring actor up
in his LA apart­ment. Sestero’s nascent acting career first sizzled, then
fizzled, resulting in Wiseau’s last-second offer to Sestero of costarring
with him in The Room, a movie Wiseau wrote and planned to finance, produce,
and direct—in the parking lot of a Hollywood equipment-rental shop.

Wiseau spent $6 million of his own money on his film, but despite the
efforts of the disbelieving (and frequently fired) crew and embarrassed (and
fre­quently fired) actors, the movie made no sense. Nevertheless Wiseau
rented a Hollywood billboard featuring his alarming headshot and staged a
red carpet premiere. The Room made $1800 at the box office and closed after
two weeks. One reviewer said that watching The Room was like “getting
stabbed in the head.”
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TOMORROW! 2pm-9pm on the Humanities Lawn

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TOMORROW- April 5th the Cultural Attractions Committee presents:

Motionhouse – Passionate Performance, Startling Spectacle, Dynamic Dance

Doors open at 7:00pm; $5 non-student tickets

Non-student tickets can be purchased by visiting knoxvilletickets.com, the
Central Ticket Office on campus, or the Thompson Boling Arena Ticket Office.

Motionhouse was founded 25 years ago in 1988 by Kevin Finnan and Louise
Richards. Our company has since become one of the leading dance theatre
companies in the UK making our work locally, touring our work globally.

They create startling, passionate dance theatre. Their productions are
designed to challenge as well as delight audiences and they fuse images with
action and dynamism. The performances are rooted in dance but draw on
theatre, circus, acrobatics and film to create work that makes you think and
feel. They tour their productions to theatres and festivals throughout the
world. They have developed a reputation over the years for ambitious
experimentation and their productions, in which setting, action and context
collide, have become world-renowned. A wide ranging education and
participatory program runs parallel to their touring performance work.

For more information about Motionhouse Dance please visit motionhouse.co.uk

All events are open to the public and free unless otherwise stated. Student
ID is required for all students. For more information about these events or
to arrange disability accommodations, contact Student Activities @
[log in to unmask] or 865.974.5455.
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April 8th the Issues Committee presents Lisa Curtis at 7pm in the UC Auditorium

Lisa Curtis analyzes America’s economic, security and political
relationships with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other nations of South
Asia as a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Lawmakers and
journalists alike turn to Curtis for her clear-eyed research and perspective
on U.S. interests in some of the most desperate, dangerous and
fast-developing parts of the world. Working out of Heritage’s Asian Studies
Center, she became a reliable source for many Americans while analyzing
breaking news in Pakistan and Afghanistan as a guest expert on CNN, Fox
News, MSNBC, CBS, CNBC, PBS and BBC, among other outlets.

All events are open to the public and free unless otherwise stated. Student
ID is required for all students. For more information about these events or
to arrange disability accommodations, contact Student Activities @
[log in to unmask] or 865.974.5455.