Hot Docs has announced that December’s Doc Soup will present the Toronto premiere of GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA (D: Nicholas Wrathall, USA, 89 min.) An official selection of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA will screen on Wednesday, December 4, at 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., and on Thursday, December 5, at 6:45 p.m. at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St. West. Filmmaker Nicholas Wrathall will be in attendance to introduce the film and answer questions following the screenings.
GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA is a retrospective documentary on the life and work of the iconic, trailblazing, and controversial American writer Gore Vidal. Featuring never before seen interviews and candid footage of Vidal in his final years, the film explores his enduring global impact on art, politics, and everything in between. Commentary by Christopher Hitchens, Mikhail Gorbachev, Burr Steers, Stephen Fry, Tom Ford, Sting, David Mamet, William F. Buckley, Norman Mailer, and Dick Cavett, blends with footage from Vidal’s legendary on-air career to remind us why he will forever stand as one of the most brilliant and fearless critics of our time.
Single tickets for GORE VIDAL: THE UNITED STATES OF AMNESIA are $15 and can be purchased in advance online at www.hotdocs.ca or in person at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema box office. In the event advance tickets sell out, a limited number of tickets may be available at the door on the night of the screening. Tickets and Student 6-Packs can be purchased online at www.hotdocs.ca, in person at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema box office, or by phone at 416-637-5150.
Upcoming screening dates for Toronto’s Doc Soup are January 8 and 9, February 5 and 6, March 5 and 6 and April 2 and 3. Doc Soup titles are announced at least one month prior to their screenings and, whenever possible, guest directors are in attendance.