'The English Teacher' – A May 6 Film Screening at Landmark

Landmark on Main Street will present a screening of "The English Teacher" on Monday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. as part of its Conversations From Main Street Series.

Starring Julianne Moore, Nathan Lane, Greg Kinnear and Michael Angarano, parts of the film were shot inside the Landmark theater and its green room back in November 2011. Several Port Washington high school students were in the film as well, as members of the audience. Film crews were at the Landmark for a week. 

The screening is part of Landmark's Conversations From Main Street series, and will feature the film's producer, Bob Salerno, along with a screening of the movie.

In the movie, Linda Sinclair (Moore) is a 40-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in the small town of Kingston, Pennsylvania. She shares a small apartment with two Siamese cats and her rich collection of great literature. She maintains no close personal relationships aside from those she has with her favorite authors and stories. Her life is far less complicated than the dramas she devours on the page, and she likes it that way.

But Linda's simple life turns an unexpected page when former star pupil Jason Sherwood (Angarano) returns to Kingston after trying to make it as a playwright in New York. Now in his 20s, Jason is on the verge of abandoning art, pressured by his overbearing father, Dr. Tom Sherwood (Kinnear), to face reality and go to law school. Linda can't stand the thought of Jason giving up on his dreams so she decides to mount his play – a dark, angst-ridden, ambitious work – as a Kingston High School production, with flamboyant drama teacher Carl Kapinas (Lane) directing.

As Linda, now well out of her normal comfort zone, takes further risks in life and love, the stage is set for highly comic downfall. With the play, her reputation, and her teaching career on the line, Linda finds an unlikely ally in herself. Amidst the ruins of her formerly perfect life, can she find a way to her own unique storybook ending?

The film is available on-demand and digital platform April 16 and in theaters May 17.

Conversations From Main Street programs are offered with free admission thanks to the Angela & Scott Jaggar Foundation. And while there is free admission, contact the box office at boxoffice@landmarkonmainstreet.org or 516-767-6444 to reserve up to four tickets for this event. Information at www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

The event is sponsored by the Angela and Scott Jaggar Foundation. The Landmark gratefully acknowledges its season sponsor Pall Corporation and its Partners in Performing Arts: Harding Real Estate, Town of North Hempstead, Bank of America, The Peter & Jeri Dejana Family Foundation and Winthrop University Hospital.