When a group of down-on-their-luck friends try to launch a comeback for their nostalgia group, The Dukes, creative juices flow, as do the risks of ending up on the wrong side of the law. Starring Robert Davi (License to Kill, Profiler), Chazz Palminteri (Analyze This, The Usual Suspects) and Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Mask). Run time: 94 min.  Rated PG-13 for brief sexuality and drug references.  Introduction and Q&A with Director, Robert Davi. 

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With the 2008 election cycle in full swing, it's hard to turn on the television or open a newspaper without finding politicians, pop stars and pundits blaming capitalism and private enterprise for the world's problems. But how sincere are they about their beliefs? How do they live? The answers will shock you. In Do As I Say, a documentary that will forever change how we see America and its leaders, filmmakers Nicholas Tucker and Lucas Abel take us on an unforgettable journey through a political landscape filled with hypocrites and humbugs. Along the way, they reveal a disturbing national truth: that the two-faced mantra "do as I say, not as I do" has become the unwritten golden rule of modern liberalism. Based on Peter Schweitzer’s New York Times bestselling book Do As I Say (Not As I Do) . Run time: 90 min. Not Rated. Introduction and Q&A with director, Nick Tucker.

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Purchase the $30.00 ticket to attend an after-party with director Nick Tucker in the Carnegie Institution's rotunda.

Note: The Vice Presidential Debate will be shown live in the theater following the Q&A session. Festival-goers who have purchased either a screening only ticket or a screening & after party ticket are invited to watch the debate.

The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4). In An American Carol, a cynical anti-American “Hollywood” filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday. He is visited by three spirits who take him on a hilarious journey in an attempt to show him the true meaning of America. An all-star cast featuring Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, James Woods, Robert Davi, Trace Adkins and Kevin Farley. Run Time: Approx. 90 min.  Rated PG-13 for irreverent content, language and brief drug references.

A suspense thriller set in the world of small town church politics, Dangerous Calling follows the story of Pastor Evan Burke and his wife Nora as they assume leadership of First Baptist Willit Springs after the mysterious death of the previous pastor.  Eager to get to know the new pastor, Miss Pat, the church’s controlling widow-woman, invites Evan and Nora to stay with her while she has the parsonage renovated.  Left alone at Miss Pat’s beautiful home in the mountains of North Georgia, Nora begins to suspect that miss Pat’s extremely sheltered adult son, Elijah, may have had something to do with the previous pastor’s death.  Although the story involves Christian characters, Dangerous Calling is not your typical church film.  Owing more to Psycho and Misery than Left Behind, Dangerous Calling is sure to keep you on the edge of the pew.  In this church, the politics can be deadly.  Run Time: 90 min.  Not rated.

See the film they don’t want you to see. Blocking the Path to 9/11 tells the incredible untold story of the controversy surrounding the "The Path to 9/11," the ABC mini-series that was edited by demand of Bill Clinton, has been censored from ever airing again, and has been forbidden from ever being released on DVD.  Featuring shocking interviews by “The Path to 9/11” writer, Cyrus Nowrasteh, the head of the 9/11 Commission, and notable terrorism experts.

In this striking documentary, filmmaker Ami Horowitz illustrates how the United Nations — the world’s foremost humanitarian organization created to ennoble mankind — has become so ravaged by corruption that it actually enables evil and creates global chaos.  By examining failures in Rwanda and Darfur, and the Oil for Food scandal, Horowitz shows how the UN has become the pacifier of dictators, thugs and tyrants.  Using a unique blend of the informational qualities of a traditional documentary and the entertainment value of a narrative film, U.N. Me is irreverent, humorous and intense.  Filmed in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the US.  Run Time: Approx 90 min.  Not rated.  Introduction and Q&A with director, Ami Horowitz.

Wine and cheese reception at the Goethe-Institut to follow the screening.