Saturday, May 13, 9:30 PM, Charles Theatre 5

Director: Udayan Prasad

Cast: Matthew Modine, Richard Griffiths, Alki David, Agni Scott

Country: UK
Year: 2005
Running Time: 97:00 minutes
Format: 35mm

The spectacular scenery of the Greek island of Patmos is only one of the things that makes Opa!, a delightful old-fashioned romantic comedy, worth watching. Matthew Modine plays Eric, an American archaeologist who comes to the isle to fulfill his quest of proving the theories of his late father by finding the cup of St. John the Divine. Armed with the latest technology and a single-minded obsession, he is closing in on the location of the sacred artifact.

But Eric soon realizes that life moves differently on Patmos, particularly when he meats Katerina, a strong-willed and fun-loving single mother and owner of the popular local restaurant. As they fall in love they are surrounded by a charming cast of supporting characters from fellow researcher Uncle Monty who would prefer to spend his research funds on a bar tab to the mayor who has dollar (make the Euro) signs in his eyes for the tourists that the find will bring to the island to three Greek widows dressed in black who serves as a (what else) Greek chorus.

In Opa! you may come for the scenery, but you’ll stay for the romance.

-- Dan Krovich

Presented By: Alki David, Matthew Modine

Alki David – actor, director, explorer, and philanthropist – was born in West Africa to a Greek trading and shipping family. His colorful experiences include a covert bout in the British armed forces, lab analyst for Coca Cola, a fish farm worker, a commodities broker, water ski instructor, ad salesman, and radio disc jockey. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art film program, he has built up Full On Entertainment, a production company, record label, modeling agency, and internet content developer. His film credits include writing, directing, and acting in two feature films, Me and the Gods and The Freediver, and acting in television series such as The Grid and MI-5.

A veteran of over 40 films, Matthew Modine has starred in Alan Parker's Birdy, Jonathan Demme's Married to the Mob, Harold Becker's Vision Quest, Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Alan J. Pakula's Orphans, John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights and Oliver Stone's On Any Given Sunday, to name but a few. Matthew also earned Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for his performance in HBO's critically acclaimed, Emmy Award winning drama And the Band Played On. Modine received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the 1998 Hallmark Entertainment production What the Deaf Man Heard, the highest rated television movie at that time, on any network, since 1991. He recently starred in the Robert Altman directed production of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues at the historic Old Vic Theatre in London.