WHAT A RUSH! 20 YEARS WITH CHRIS CLARK Event Moved to The Mahler Ballroom September 14th – Presented by Tenacious Eats and Cinema St. Louis. Tix Still Available

By Tom Stockman | September 9, 2019

” There are only three proper responses when I say something to you: “Yes chef,” “No chef,” “I don’t know chef.” “

WHAT A RUSH! 20 YEARS WITH CHRIS CLARK is a night of cinema and cuisine to honor Cinema St. Louis Artistic Director, Chris Clark co-presented by Cinema Saint Louis and Tenacious Eats. The event is Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 6pm and will now be held at The Mahler Ballroom ( 4915 Washington Blvd. in St. Louis). The event includes a 5-course dinner and a screening of the 2000 film DINNER RUSH. Individual Tickets are $125 or a VIP Table of 6: is $1,000 (includes premium seating and event recognition). A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE, To purchase tickets, contact Bree Maniscalco 314.289.4154 or bree@cinemastlouis.org

Chris Clark has been an integral part of the growth and artistic direction of the Saint Louis International Film Festival. Drawing on his background in film studies at Webster University and public-event coordination, he has been instrumental in the initiating and production of such Cinema Saint Louis mainstays as the Saint Louis Filmmakers Showcase and QFest. His passion, artistic vision, and dedication has earned him the title of one of the top North American festival directors and programmers by Film Festival Today magazine.

Dinner Rush, Bob Giraldi, U.S., 2000, 99 min.

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa (Danny Aiello), a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic (Sandra Bernhard), Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters (Michael McGlone), to whom his sous-chef (Kirk Acevedo) is in debt.

DINNER RUSH holds a special place in Chris heart – it was his first film secured through the Telluride Film Festival and the film was SLIFF’s audience choice award winner that year, twenty festivals ago in 2000.

And check out this DINNER RUSH-themed menu from the creative chefs at Tenacious Eats:

The evening will include silent and live auctions featuring an array of themed items sure to entertain your adventures and passions.

Doors open at 6 pm with a Silent Auction and cocktails

Five-course dinner and screening of the film DINNER RUSH begin at 7 pm

Live Auction with auctioneer Guy Phillips from The Guy Phillips Show on The Big 550 KTRS and Intermission at 8:10 pm

Tenacious Eats is…
Unexpected! Visceral! Titillating! Brought to you in High Definition Taste-O-Vision! (Special glasses, not required)

By integrating film and food, Movies for Foodies creates an original experience, a feast for the senses, an event that brings food and film, chefs and diners together.