MUSIC NEWS - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, the film that accompanies Califone’s new album of the same name, will be making its theatrical premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT next month with hopes of picking up a distributor. The film was written and directed by Califone frontman 
Tim Rutili and is his debut feature-length film. The group will also perform a live soundtrack alongside the film at the opening screening at Sundance.
The screenplay for the film draws on the same themes and inspirations as the album and concerns a fortune teller named Zel (played by cult actress Angela Bettis) who lives and works in an old house filled with ghosts. When a mysterious light appears in the woods, the ghosts realize they are trapped and begin to rebel.
The live soundtrack to the film has been a part of Califone concerts throughout the fall touring in support of All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. And will continue to be part of their concert sets, the band will spend the bulk of February 2010 on tour, supporting Wilco on dates in the USA and Canada. These shows will not accompany the film, bit include an appearance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Additionally, the band has announced two shows in their hometown of Chicago, one alongside the film on March 9, and one as a standard rock show on March 10.
Califone's All My Friends Are Funeral Singers Screenings at Sundance:
1/26/10 Park City, UT @ New Frontier on Main, 9pm (includes live performance by Califone)
1/27/10 Park City, UT @ Egyptian Theatre, 9pm
1/28/10 Park City, UT @ Holiday Village Cinema II, 2pm
1/29/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, 7:30pm
1/30/10 Park City, UT @ Yarrow Hotel Theatre 1, 3pm
CALIFONE Tour Itinerary :
February
7 Missoula, MT @ Adams Center w/ Wilco
9 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall w/ Wilco
10 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre w/ Wilco
12 Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre w/ Wilco
13 Vancouver, BC @ David Lam Park w/ Wilco
15 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee w/ Wilco
16 Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee w/ Wilco
17 Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place w/ Wilco
19 Duluth, MN @ DECC Auditorium w/ Wilco
20 Madison, WI @ Overture Center for the Arts w/ Wilco
21 East Lansing, MI @ Wharton Center w/ Wilco
22 Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Place Theatre w/ Wilco
24 London, ON @ Centennial Hall w/ Wilco
March
9, 10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
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