Red carpet starts Newport Beach Film Festival
This year has the world premiere of “East Fifth Bliss,” starring Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu and Peter Fonda.
The red carpet rolls out at Edwards Big Newport Cinemas on Thursday night for the opening of the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival and the world premiere of “East Fifth Bliss.”
The film, starring Michael C. Hall of Showtime’s “Dexter,” along with other television and film celebrities Lucy Liu, Peter Fonda, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Brad William Henke and Sarah Shahi, is a comedy about a middle-aged man with dreams of traveling but no prospects who finds himself in an old relationship with a former classmate’s daughter.
Cast and crew, including filmmaker Michael Knowles, are expected to arrive at the red carpet shortly before the 7:30 p.m. screening at the 1,000-seat theater. A Q&A with the cast and crew will follow the screening, according to a press release.