Elk River Arts & Lectures is now selling tickets to a special screening of the feature-length documentary film, Wrenched: The Legacy of the Monkey Wrench Gang, at the Dulcie Theatre on Thursday, November 20, at 7 pm. Doug Peacock will make a guest appearance to introduce the film; Peacock was a close friend of Edward Abbey, and served as the model for George Washington Hayduke in Abbey’s novel.
Produced by filmmaker ML Lincoln, Wrenched “reveals how Edward Abbey’s anarchistic spirit and riotous novels influenced and helped guide the nascent environmental movement of the 1970s and ‘80s. Through interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, ML Lincoln captures the outrage of Abbey’s friends who were the original eco-warriors.”
In addition to Peacock, Lincoln interviews the rest of the Gang: Ken Sleight who was the basis for Seldom Seen Smith, and Ingrid Eisenstadter, upon whom Abbey modeled Bonnie Abzug. Long-time Abbey friends participated in the project, including ethnographer and Beat writer Jack Loeffler, expressionist painter John DuPuy, and Ken Sanders (infamous river rat and proprietor of Ken Sander’s Rare Books). Also appearing are author Terry Tempest Williams, the late, great southwest journalist Chuck Bowden, Earth First! founder Dave Foreman and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, among many others.
In addition to Lincoln, the crew included Emmy Award-winning editor Patrick Gambuti Jr., and consulting producer Kurt Engfehr, who worked on two of Michael Moore’s films, including the Oscar winning Bowling for Columbine.
Tickets for the showing are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and can be purchased at Elk River Books, 120 N. Main St. in Livingston. Proceeds will go to benefit Elk River Arts & Lectures, a non-profit (501c3 status pending) organization that seeks to bring writers to Livingston for free public readings, and also to provide opportunities for those writers to interact with local public school students.
Argh!!! I have a serious schedule conflict and will not be able to attend this screening. Is there a second screening anytime in the future? Or will the film be shown anywhere else on another date in the area?
Thanks so much for creating this event and those like it. I have yet to get to your store, but it is high on my priority list! One of these days…..
Hi Roxanna-
Here’s a link to the movie’s web page: http://wrenched-themovie.com. They have a list of screenings which they are adding to regularly–hope you can catch it one place or another.
Thanks,
Andrea
Hi, Andrea and Doug!
Wow, we are catching our breath after our journeying to CO and then having 5 family members visit us here. Back to normalcy for a while, I am trying to get access to the film to buy it, or rent it to view. Our Madison-Gallatin chapter of MWA has expressed interest in viewing the film, and if they think it’s a good one, to consider a showing as one of our public outreach projects. Do you have the DVD for sale at your store?
Thanks
Hi Roxanna-
We don’t have a copy of the DVD for sale, but you can set up a screening by going to the movie’s website: http://wrenched-themovie.com/host-a-screening. They are really easy to work with, and good folks.
You all have a good winter!
Andrea
Wish this were playing somewhere in the northeast.