LAST PLAY AT SHEA Concludes SummerDocs - Q&A with Billy Joel
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HIFF SummerDocs – THE LAST PLAY AT SHEA
Saturday, September 4th @ 8pm
Screening followed by Q&A with Billy Joel. Hosted by Alec Baldwin.
The Hamptons InternationalFilm Festival (HIFF), working in association with Guild Hall, concludes it’s three-part Summer Docs series with a screening of The Last Play at Shea. The film will screen at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday, September 4th at 8:00pm
Returning SummerDocs host Alec Baldwin will introduce the film and participate in a question and answer session with music legend Billy Joel immediately following a screening of the film.
The intersecting histories of a landmark stadium, a volatile baseball team, and a music legend are examined in a film that charts the ups and downs of the New York Mets and the life and career of Long Island native Billy Joel. Directed by Paul Crowder, the film is set against the backdrop of New York City, early 60s to present, and the soundtrack of Joel’s final Shea concerts in 2008. The Last Play At Shea weaves interviews with players and performers with exclusive concert footage—featuring special guests Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, John Mayer and Roger Daltrey, among others. Long time Joel friend and former band mate, Jon Small, directed the concert footage, filmed at each of Joel’s sold out Shea Stadium Shows. The shows staged on July 16 and July 18, 2008, before a combined 110,000 fans, were the last performances ever to play the historic stadium. Steve Cohen and Nigel Sinclair produce The Last Play At Shea, in conjunction with Billy Joel’s Maritime Pictures and Spitfire Films.
