"Godfather of Green Bay" to open March 24

Published Feb. 23, 2006 at 10:42 a.m.

It screened at the Milwaukee International Film Festival and on March 24, "Godfather of Green Bay" opens across that state and in Milwaukee.

The film starts Lauren Holly ("Dumb and Dumber," CBS' "N.C.I.S.") Tony Goldwyn ("Ghost," "The Last Samurai"), Thomas Lennon ("Reno 911"), Lance Barber (HBO's "The Comeback"), local Mark Borchardt ("American Movie") and highlights Milwaukee funny guy Eric Price. Former Milwaukee/Chicago resident and host of HGTV's "What You Get for the Money," Mike Siegel also is in the film. It was written and directed by Pete Schwaba ("A Guy Thing," "Relative Strangers").

"Godfather" won "Best Comedy" from the Midwest Independent Film Festival, the nation's largest monthly film festival in Chicago and the film is scored by the Bodeans.

Read the original OnMilwaukee.com review here.

The "Godfather of Green Bay" web site is godfatherofgreenbay.com.

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OMCreader | Feb. 28, 2006 at 10:09 p.m. (report)

YR said: Good for "Godfather." We saw this film at the Fesitval and it is very funny and well done.

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