On Monday, April 18th, Long Island singer-songwriter Bryan Gallo will perform a curated set of Rock, Pop and New Wave Classics from the 1980’s at Theater Three in Port Jefferson, NY beginning at 6PM. The performance will be followed by a screening of the documentary film A-HA: The Movie. Tickets are on sale for $10 all-inclusive for concert, film and Q&A with director. Go to: portjeffdocumentaryseries.com/ticketsvenues to buy tickets and to read the current Theatre Three Covid protocols.
Guest Speaker via Zoom from Norway: Thomas Robsahm, Director Q&A moderated by Tom Needham, Host of The Sounds of Film at WUSB radio portjeffdocumentaryseries.com/ticketsvenues Directed by Thomas Robsahm The music of Queen and the Velvet Underground instilled a sense of destiny in three teenagers living in a small town in 1970s Norway. That dream led to A-ha: the synth-pop trio featuring keyboardist Magne Furuholmen, vocalist Morten Harket, and guitarist Pål Waktaar-Savoy. No Norwegian act had broken through internationally quite like they did when they burst onto the international scene with 1985’s “Take on Me,” buoyed by an iconic sketch-animation video by Irish-British director Steve Barron. The band became global sensations and heartthrobs overnight, but it remained to be seen how they would adapt to their newfound fame. How would they follow their original dream: to make music? Featuring new interviews with the band and previously unreleased behind-the-scenes footage, Thomas Robsahm’s A-HA: THE MOVIE delves into this very question. By following the band’s ups and downs—sojourns to post-punk-era England, their James Bond theme song for The Living Daylights thriller, and slow-simmering interpersonal rifts—Robsahm captures a band that constantly strove to challenge itself, never content to simply repeat earlier successes. The result is a moving story of creative intuition and invention. The film won the Second Place Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival! Running Time: 109 minutes
A-HA, THE MOVIE Monday, April 18, 2022: 80’s Concert with Long Island Singer-Songwriter Bryan Gallo* @ 6PM & Film @ 7:00 PM Theatre Three, 412 Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York, 11777
$10