"Beer Wars" coming to theaters, perhaps near you
"Beer Wars," an independent film maker's look at craft brewers vs. the big American brewers, will been shown in four Baltimore area theaters Thursday, April 16 at 8 p.m. A discusssion, called Beer Wars Live, will follow the showing of the film.
The film is described by its promotors as "a true "David and Goliath story, small, independent brewers who are shunning the status quo and creating innovative new beers as they challenge the corporate brewery behemoths. The story follows two of these intrepid entrepreneurs – Sam Calagione (Dogfish) and Rhonda Kallman (Samuel Adams) – battling the might and tactics of corporate America."
Unfortunately for us city dwelling drinkers, the four movie theaters around here that are showing it are in the suburbs.
They are the Columbia Mall 14, the Snowden Square 14 in Columbia, Owings Mills 17 in Owings Mills and Bel Air Cinema 14 in Abingdon.
Michelle Portillo of NCM Fathom Corporation, who will put this event on, told me that the reason there are no theaters in the city showing "Beer Wars" is that the theaters need special transmission equipment, and only these suburban locations have it. This is the same outfit that puts on the Live from the Met productions. Lucky for the residents of the burbs; bummer for us city dwellers.
Here are some links for buying tickets and learning more...
Comments
You could take the metro to Owings Mills and it would be just like it was shown in the city.
Posted by: WillClark4HOF | March 12, 2009 11:56 AM
I kind of consider Sam Adams closer to Budweiser than Dogfish Head.
Although Sam Adams does put out some good stuff here and there.
Posted by: Hatepaste | March 12, 2009 1:12 PM
FYI, I attempted to go to the website for tickets, and my computer/server's security settings blocked this site as a security risk. To quote:
"Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.
Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owners."
This is literally the first time I have come across this warning in over a year.
(Thanks ,Sandy. What a difference a few days make on web. Friday morning the Web site was down, undergoing some work. When I got on Wednesday it appeared to be fine.. My wife and her friends have in previous weeks purchased tickets from it to the Live from the Met opera Saturday afternoon events, without incident.. I will make some phone calls and keep folks posted.Rob)
Posted by: Alexander D. Mitchell IV | March 12, 2009 8:36 PM
is the movie captioned? if so, I'll go! If not, I won't go.
(Very funny, Bolt. See my note to Sandy Mitchell's post about the ticket web site misbehaving...Rob)
Posted by: Bolt | March 13, 2009 9:42 AM
Doesn't Sam Adams contract brew with a bunch of different people? They really don't strike me as a struggling "micro" battling evil corporate breweries.
Adam
Posted by: Adam Sandy | March 16, 2009 1:40 PM
I have always thought of Sam Adams as being a micro. seems they run their business more for the beer than they do for the profit. Also, I think they respect the other brewerys (where macros try to just push their way through), for example when they had their "hop sharing program."
Posted by: Jason | March 18, 2009 1:23 PM