Gone Fishin'- in the Yemen

The movie, "Salmon Fishing In the Yemen" opens today in theaters and I (along with many other lucky Bryn Mawr Film Institute members) attended a sneak preview in late February.  Not only were we treated to the film, but actress Emily Blunt, who stars in it, was on hand to answer audience questions following the screening. 

Here is the post I wrote for the BMFI blog. Just click on the link at the end to read it in its entirety!

Three things made BMFI’s screening of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen very special:
1. It was a sneak preview;
2. It was free to members;
3. Actress Emily Blunt answered questions after the screening.

It appeared to be an act of movie magic to see the British actress walk down the theater aisle at the film’s end and take a seat next to BMFI President Juliet Goodfriend, ready to field questions. The full house applauded heartily not only for the actress, but for the film in which she stars opposite Ewan McGregor and Kristin Scott Thomas. Ms. Blunt’s visit was a very sweet digestif to the charming comedy.

Filmed in Morocco, Salmon Fishing pairs a visionary sheik (Amr Waked) and Dr. Alfred Jones (Mr. McGregor), a government fisheries wonk, to introduce salmon spawning in the Middle Eastern country. As the sheik’s PR consultant, Harriet Chetwode Talbot (Ms. Blunt) helps both men as the unlikely project becomes a reality. The film shows what the sheik’s seemingly bottomless wallet and the fishing expert’s understated knowledge can produce when they collaborate on the same dream.
http://www.brynmawrfilm.blogspot.com/2012/03/actress-emily-blunt-visits-bmfi.html

Actress Emily Blunt signing posters promoting her new film, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, at BMFI.