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    Film: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

    Film: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

    Presented by Memphis Brooks Museum of Art at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

    December 22, 2011

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    Film: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

    12/22/2011, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

    Location: $6 Brooks and Indie Memphis mem/$8 non-mem/Free for VIP Film Pass holders - map

    Contact: Andria Lisle andria.lisle@brooksmuseum.org 901.544.6208

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    Hailed by Roger Ebert as a “rather brilliant lump of coal for your stocking” and “a superior horror film,” Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is a wildly humorous nightmare that’s rife with black humor – a fantastically bizarre polemic on modern day morality. On Christmas Eve, American archeologists exploring the world’s largest burial mound, located in northern Finland, have just unearthed the real Santa Claus, who is still alive in his sacred grave. When local children, reindeer, and supplies begin mysteriously disappearing, young Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his father Rauno (Jorma Tommila), a reindeer hunter by trade, trap the mythological being and attempt to sell Santa to the misguided leader of the multinational corporation sponsoring the archeology dig. However, Santa's elves will stop at nothing to free their fearless leader from captivity in this parody on fairy tales andholiday legends. To purchase tickets by phone or for more information please call 901.544.6208. Co-presented by Indie Memphis. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is part of the Brooks’ Armed + Dangerous Film Series, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Armed + Dangerous: Art of the Arsenal, on view through March 11.

    Director: Jaimari Helander
    Finland | 2010 | 84 minutes
    Rated R

    ART OPEN LATE is this Thursday!The Brooks stays open late every Thursday, 52 nights a year! Expect the unexpected, from gallery tours and artists talks, to films, musical performances and art-making activities, plus Brooks Milongas (tango dancing) in the Rotunda every third Thursday. Museum galleries and Museum Store are open until 8 pm, the Brushmark restaurant until 9 pm. To make dinner reservations call 901.544.6225.


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        12/22/2011, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: $6 Brooks and Indie Memphis mem/$8 non-mem/Free for VIP Film Pass holders - map

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        12/22/2011, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location: $6 Brooks and Indie Memphis mem/$8 non-mem/Free for VIP Film Pass holders - map

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