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Bradford Adkins, 'SCENES In The City' is a widely read Filipino-American community column in San Francisco since 2008. Online, it is being globally read by more than 174 countries. The column features include: the issues and events, the individuals and organizations moving the community.
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FILHOFF PRESENTS
The Hall of Fame induction
of the class of 2015…
Sunday, November 8, 2015
2–7 pm (2–4 pm: Dancing | 4–7 pm: Concert)
Mills HS Ampitheater 400 Murchison Dr. | Millbrae, CA 94030
The Joel Lamangan-helmed 'Felix Manalo,' produced by Viva Films and headlined by actor, Dennis Trillo (in photo) used the 'Green-Screen'/Chroma Keying technology to recreate the early 20th Century period scenes. The impressive award-winning production team includes Rody Lacap, Director of Photography, Danny Red, for Set Design and Construction, among others. Photo lifted from the movie's official website
CONGRATULATIONS to TFC / ABS-CBN for the huge success of the 8th One Kapamilya Go held last Sunday, October 25 at the Oakland Oracle Arena. Team Manila Mail (Publisher Thez Santos with Bradford Adkins, Richard Lao, Jho Bule and Epee Rafanan) posed with "Pangako Sa Yo" cast - Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Jodi Sta Maria, Angelica Panganiban, Ian Veneracion, Thou "Takong"Reyes and DJ Jhaiho "Coring" as well as international musical powerhouse icons and singing champions, Charice, Morissette and Erik Santos.Photo taken by ABS-CBN International's Keesa Ocampo
America's Favorite Dermatologist, Dr Tess Mauricio, right, flew in from Los Angeles to attend 'Felix Manalo' US movie premiere in San Francisco last Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the US Stonestown Twin Theaters (it was shown full house on 2 screens simultaneously on the same night!). Also with her during the screening is is Iglesian, MB Racadio Mgrac of Los Angeles. Photo by Richard Lao, CPA, MSMOT
The Agooenians of America, Inc. will hold its Last Canvassing for the Mrs. Agooenians of America 2016 (vying are: Remy R. Jungerman, Tina L. Asuncion and Ma. Concepcion E. Madriaga) on Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 PM to be held at the Mt. Hamilton Grange Hall in San Jose, CA. The Royal Court will be crowned in Agoo, La Union on December 30, 2015. They will also be crowned during the Annual Town Fiesta celebration in San Jose, CA in May, 2016.
BACK FROM EUROPE: Welcome home from a Pilgrimage tour of Turkey, Greece, Italy, France and other European countries are (L-R) Andy 'Badong' Custodio, Domi Custodio, Dra Daisy Ison, Father Joe Galang and Peter Ison. Dra Daisy Ison will be celebrating her Medical Clinic's 30th Anniversary of employing and servicing Filipinos in the Santa Clara County area on November 6th.
CONGRATULATIONS, James Gerard M. Kimpo (2nd left) who finished his Bachelor of Science Degree, Major in Biology at University of San Francisco (USF), a Jesuit school. A party was hosted by his parents, Joisy (leftmost) and Joey (rightmost) and brother Joshua at their San Jose residence.
Welcome to San Francisco (L-R) Meralco AVP Ferdinand Salvosa and wife, Myra Salvosa (Owners of Bonnie's BBQ Grill in Tiendesitas in Pasig City)! They are visiting with San Jose resident Nel Messsersmith of Docs & Images Printing and daughter, Kim.
‘FELIX MANALO’
TO SCREEN WIDELY IN US THEATERS STARTING OCT 30
SEEN IN THE CITY
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – Upon the personal invitation of LA-based PR Agent representing Viva Films, Jush Andowitt, this Columnist attended the Graded ‘A’ (the highest rating given to a film) by the Cinema Evaluation Board of the Philippines, Iglesia Ni Cristo-centric movie, Viva Films-produced “FELIX MANALO,” US premiere last Saturday, October 24, 2015 at UA StonesTown Twin Cinemas in the Bay Area. We also learned that the 2nd US premiere was held in New York on October 26, 2015. Meanwhile, in Manila where it was first shown at the 55,000 capacity Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan, it broke two Guinness world records for film attendance.
I am glad I went and watched - for I felt the movie enriched me spiritually, after learning the life and struggles of Felix Ysagun Manalo – The Founding Father of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC). Reportedly, the movie’s script was written by the head of evangelism of the INC and the church approved of all content in the film.
The film boasts of about 100 Philippine celebrities in the cast headed by Kapuso Actor, Dennis Trillo who was very effective down to Manalo’s speaking manners and posture and Gabby Concepcion (who attended the San Francisco premiere). Per Wikipedia, the whole film was about 6 hours or 360 minutes in length but a shorter version of the film was used for its theatrical release. It used as extras, about 8,000 people and major scenes were shot in Metro Manila, Laguna, Subic and Bataan. It was a visual feast witnessing the birth of a religion in parallel with happenings in Philippine history. Only later did we learn that some scenes were recreated using Green-Screen or Chrome Keying technology – a laudable undertaking (I actually thought the period background were reconstructed from scratch!).
Kudos to the Director, Joel Lamangan, Armando Reyes, the Assistant Director and Glicerio Santos, the Creative Producer. The production design was done by Edgar Martin Littaua, Joel Marcelo Bilbao and Daniel Red. Other members of the production team were Bienvenido Santiago (story and screenplay), Rody Lacap (director of photography), Albert Michael Idioma (sound supervisor), Von de Guzman (musical director), John Wong (film editor), and Juvan Bermil (make-up and hair design).
“Felix Manalo” is scheduled to hit the rest of the cities in the United States, starting on October 30, 2015 in the following theaters:
Chicago: Woodridge 18; Dallas: Grapevine Mills 30 and Legacy 24 (Plano); Houston: Studio 30 and Tinseltown 290; Los Angeles: Puente Hills 20, Cerritos Stadium 10, Ontario Palace Stadium 22, West Covina Stadium 18, Southbay Pavillion 13 (Carson, CA), Century River Park 16 (Oxnard, CA) and Orange Stadium Promenade 25 (Orange, CA), Minneapolis: Inver Grove 16; New York: Jersey Gardens 20, Empire 25; San Diego: Otay Ranch 12, Plaza Bonita 14; Tampa:Westshore Plaza 14; Washington D.C.: Hoffman 22, Rio Cinemas 18; Guam: Regal Guam Megaplex 14; Hawaii: Regal Cinemas Dole Cannery 18 (Honolulu); Illinois: Regal Cinemas 7-23 (Skokie); Seattle: Parkway Plaza Stadium 12 (Tuwila, WA) Las Vegas: Village Square Stadium 12, Century Orleans 18; Sacramento: Elk Grove Laguna 16 (Elk Grove, CA), Roseville 14 (Roseville, CA); Baltimore: Eqyptian 24 (Hanover, MD); San Antonio: Movies 16; Virginia: Military Circle 18 (Norfolk, VA);San Francisco: Milpitas Great Mall 30 (Milpitas, CA), Union City 25 (Union City, CA), Century Tanforan 20 (San Bruno, CA), Century 14 (Vallejo, CA), Century Hilltop 16 (Richmond, CA);Reno, NV: Century Park Lane 16; Phoenix: Cinemark 16 (Mesa, AZ); Salinas: Northridge Mall 14 (Salinas, CA);Anchorage: Century 16 (Anchorage, AK); McAllen, TX: Movies 17; North Haven, CT: Cinemark 14; Round Rock, TX: Cinemark 14; Little Rock, AR: Colonel Glen 18;
Florida: Tinseltown 20 (Jacksonville, FL), Paradise 24 (Davie, FL)
The movie also is showing in Asia (Hongkong and Singapore) and Europe (Geneva, Zurich, Paris, Milan and London).
For more information, please refer to attached poster link:http://www.felixmanalothemovie.com/index.php/2015-10-10-04-46-02
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