LONG ISLAND BIG FISH FILM FESTIVAL
(Nominee
- How Lucky China )
The movie How Lucky China about the Mary Lamont Band
China tour,
directed by award-winning filmmaker Leslye
Abbey,
was chosen to be part of the Long Island Big Fish Film Festival!
About
the film: The United States and China Foundation picked THE MARY LAMONT
BAND, an award-winning Long Island group, to represent American music in China.
This ground-breaking tour of Mainland China was the first of its kind for country
music. Mary and her band traveled over 23,000 miles and performed in Sheyang,
Dalian, Guizhou Province, Xiamen, Beijing and Nanjing. This movie follows
the band on a magical musical tour across China, proving once again that music
really is the universal language.
(Click
on DVD Cover for a trailer)
MARY LAMONT HOW LUCKY
CHINA DVD
A
movie by Leslye Abbey of Snowflake Video
Productions
We are very excited about the DVD about the Mary Lamont Band in Mainland China,
entitled How Lucky China, by award winning filmmaker
Leslye Abbey. China was fantastic -- This whole musical
tour was like our own Hard Day's Night, hectic but exhilarating. Our
tour adventure covered some 23,000 miles. In most cases, we were the only Westerners
on the planes and at concerts. And we were treated like gold wherever we went.
Receptions and dinners were given in our honor; huge bouquets of flowers presented
to us at every show with rousing encores. We couldn't have asked for a better
reception. This musical tour was truly a groundbreaking event for all involved:
this type of thing had never been done before. People halfway round the world
fell in love with Mary's beautiful voice and kindred spirit. Tsia-Tsia (thank
you) China - Jim Marchese, The Mary Lamont Band
Winner!
Best
Documentary - Long
Island Film Festival
- Bob's Rolling Reefer
Mary Lamont's original music (co-written with husband Jim Marchese) was
chosen to be featured in Bob's Rolling Reefer,
a film from Leslye Abbey of Snowflake
Video Productions, directed by David Patrick:
Meet
Bob, professional tractor trailer driver, and America's newest folk hero. We
experience what it's like to be an over-the-road truck driver as we ride along
with Bob. Our journey begins in Ida Grove, Iowa with a tour of Mau Truck,
Inc. Then on to pick up a refrigerator trailer full of pork to be delivered
to Seattle, Washington. On our return trip we stop to load potatoes to
bring to a Hy-Vee warehouse in Iowa. This journey takes 6 days of hard
driving to complete. Along the way we meet interesting people, see magnificent
western scenery, and hear Bob spin homey whimsical stories about his life on
the road. The original soundtrack by Long Island artists drives the adventure
along. All this combined with Bob's unique character makes this one of
the best road trips yet!
Besides
Mary Lamont's original music, the movie soundtrack also includes music by Buddy
Merriam, Diane Corrado, Mark Eisemann/Dave Patrick and others.
"Bob's
Rolling Reefer" premiered at the Malverne Theater in July 2000, and won "Best
Documentary" in the Long Island Film Festival. It aired on Metro Arts-Thirteen/WNET,
and is now available on video:
For
the "Bob's Rolling Reefer" video, send $25 (includes s&h) to:
Leslye
Abbey
709 Clinton Street
Bellmore,
NY 11710
And...
Filmmaker
Leslye Abbey had a short film which again featured original music by Mary Lamont,
entitled Iowa State Fair, which made its debut at
the Malverne Cinema, Long Island on July 15, 2001 .
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Mary Lamont
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the CD