Fundraiser Screening of 'The Wrecking Crew' at El Portal to Help Notre Dame Band Travel to Ireland [VIDEO]

On Monday, the in North Hollywood will screen The Wrecking Crew for a fundraiser to help the Irish Knight Band travel to Dublin, Ireland, to participate in the 2012 Global International Football Tournament. 

The following information about the film was issued in a press release:

They were the studio musicians behind some of the biggest hits in the 1960s and ‘70s. From “Be My Baby” to “California Girls;” “Strangers in the Night” to “Mrs. Robinson;” “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’” to “Up, Up and Away;” and from “Viva Las Vegas” to “Mr. Tambourine Man,” the group dubbed The Wrecking Crew played on them all. Six years in a row in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew member recordings.

“The Wrecking Crew,” a documentary film produced and directed by Denny Tedesco, son of legendary late Wrecking Crew guitarist Tommy Tedesco, has played around the world in the festival circuit with over a dozen awards and rave reviews and other accolades. The film was released into the Festival Circuit in 2008 and garnished a dozen awards in over 50 festivals around the world but never found a distributor. The January 30th screening event at the El Portal Theatre will be its Valley Premiere with Denny Tedesco on hand to introduce his film and host a post-screening Q&A.

The film includes wonderful interviews with Brian Wilson, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Herb Alpert, Glen Campbell, Gary Lewis, as well as Crew members themselves

“It’s a wonderful, touching and… hilarious film about the unsung stars of so many records that you carry in your heart.” Elvis Costello 

For more information about “The Wrecking Crew” film and The Wrecking Crew musicians, please visit http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/ or the The Wrecking Crew Facebook Page.

Screening Info:

January 30, 2012 7:30PM

Reception: 6:30 PM

El Portal Theater
5269 Lankershim Blvd.-- N. Hollywood, CA 91601
Notre Dame High School - Summer Trip Fundraiser Tickets: $30 @ www.elportaltheatre.com

Q&A with Director-Denny Tedesco & Don Randi