Do you like movies about massive pumpkins? Are you tired of Hollywood putting the kibosh on squash flicks? Well now?s your chance to indulge as Queen Anne resident Mimi Gan and Magnolia resident Jim Dever will present their documentary, ?Giants,? at?7 p.m.,? Nov. 18 at the Jewelbox Theater at 2322 Second Ave.
The story is about the intense rivalry among Pacific Northwest pumpkin growers competing to win the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. It?s narrated by actor and Puget Sound resident Tom Skerritt and has original music by Emmy Award-winning composer Hummie Mann. It also features a cameo by local celebrity gardner Ciscoe Morris.
?Giants? has already won the Audience Award at the 2010 Gig Harbor Film Festival and had its world premiere at the 2010 San Francisco Documentary Film Festival and the Napa-Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival.
Tickets are $10 and proceeds will benefit former Seattle Mariners slugger Edgar Martinez??The Martinez Foundation, which supports education. You can get tickets by visiting?www.brownpapertickets.com.