TIM MATHESON IN PERSON with a screening of ANIMAL HOUSE
Tuesday, November 12th at 7:30 PM
Tickets include film screening, a
copy of his new memoir Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the
Hollywood Trenches, Interview with Q&A, and gala book
signing reception with live musical entertainment
Join
two-time Emmy Award-nominated actor Tim Matheson, who plays the iconic
Eric "Otter" Stratton in National Lampoon’s Animal
House, and has been celebrated throughout his long career for his
performances on The West Wing, Virgin River, Magnum Force &
Fletch, among many others, at a screening of the iconic cult
classic Animal House and a discussion of his new memoir, Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.
When two-time Emmy Award-nominated
actor Tim Matheson starred in National Lampoon’s Animal
House fraternity comedy as the smooth-talking lady’s-man,
and gynecologist-in-training, none of its young actors were stars yet - among
them Kevin Bacon, Peter Riegert, Tom Hulce, Karen Allen - except
for 28-year-old John Belushi of SNL fame, and even he had not yet
appeared in a feature film. But Tim Matheson was already a seasoned actor,
having acted since age 13 in golden-age TV and movies. Otherwise
only Donald Sutherland, playing a professor, was
a major star. Directed by John Landis (The
Blues Brothers) and inspired by its writers' and producers'
true college fraternity experiences, the $3 million low-budget
comedy, which launched the rebellious “gross-out” film genre, opened
to mostly mixed reviews with the exception of Time and Roger Ebert.
It went on to become the highest grossing comedy film of its era - and
today has entered the annals of movie fame as one of the best comedies of
all time.
Tim Matheson
- also a director and producer for episodes in such hit series as Psych, Suits
and White Collar - continues to be celebrated as a
prodigious actor with two Prime Time Emmy Award nominations for his recurring
role as Vice President John Hoynes in the hit TV series The
West Wing. He has also co-starred in films from Magnum
Force, Fletch and opposite Ryan Reynolds in Van
Wilder to Steve Spielberg’s 1941; in 53
episodes of the recent hit series, Virgin River, and gave an
uncanny performance as Ronald Reagan opposite Cynthia Nixon
in the 2016 TV movie, Killing Reagan.
Now Tim Matheson has penned his
fascinating new memoir: Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in
the Hollywood Trenches. (More
Below)
Film: Animal House
When socially inept freshmen
Larry Kroger (Tom Hulce) and Kent Dorfman (Stephen First)
arrive at college, they struggle to find a fraternity that will
accept them. Summarily rejected by the snotty Omega Theta Pi House, they
wind up pledging to the notoriously rowdy Delta Tau
Chi. Renamed “Flounder” and “Pinto,” there they find their
frat brothers, among them Robert “Bluto” Blutarsky (John
Belushi) and charming ladykiller Eric “Otter”
Stratton (Tim Matheson). The trouble is, the college's Dean Vernon
Wormer (John Vernon) is determined to revoke the fraternity’s
charter, enlisting the conformist Omegas to do the job. Ultimately expelled for
their truly outrageous antics, the Deltas wreak havoc on the annual Homecoming
parade. (Dir. John Landis, 1978, 109 min).
Book: Damn Glad to Meet
You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
For the past seven decades, Tim Matheson has been an on-screen
favorite in Hollywood. Now, in his richly illustrated debut memoir, Tim
takes fans behind-the-scenes of his illustrious career, and reveals what it was
like to learn from and work alongside the greats, including Lucille
Ball, Dick Van Dyke, John Belushi, Steven Spielberg, Aaron Sorkin and
more. Tim also talks about how he transitioned from acting to directing,
the role in The West Wing that nabbed him two Emmy
nominations–and so much more. Filled to the brim with both riveting
stories of the ever-changing entertainment industry and illuminating
insight via “film school boot camp” sidebars, readers everywhere are going to
be “damn glad” they read this marvelous memoir.
"Tim was a cast, crew, and
audience favorite on The West Wing. Damn Glad to
Meet You is a fascinating, hilarious, and often very moving
inside look at an extraordinary career." - Aaron Sorkin
"A really enjoyable read
covering Tim's remarkable screen career [with] juicy tidbits about
what actually goes on behind the scenes on a
Hollywood set!" - Mel Brooks
"What a charming and revealing
trip! I found myself reaching for the book in the middle of the
night, eager to experience the next hairpin turn in that
Hollywood life. Bravo, Mr. Matheson." - Robyn Carr, #1 New
York Times bestselling author
Produced and Curated by Jud Newborn
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