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CommentsSugar Bowl Screens "The Donner Party" Film
Sunday Jan. 17, 7:00 p.m.
Published: January 16, 2010
Sugar Bowl will host a screening of “The Donner Party,” a film that brings to life the harrowing experience of the early Sierra settlers for whom Donner Summit and Donner Pass are named.
“During the westward expansion of the 1840s, a group of California-bound emigrants — known today as the Donner Party — were trapped in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains by the heavy snowfall of an early winter,” wrote Director T.J. Martin. “When food supplies run low, tempers flare between William Eddy and his employer William Foster over how the remaining meat should be divided. When Charles Stanton returns with news of food supplies stockpiled along the trail leading to Sutter Fort, the decision is made to form a small group to reach California on snowshoes. After becoming lost in the mountains and [running] out of food, they must resort to doing the unthinkable to survive.”
Formerly called “The Forlorn,” the movie was filmed on Donner Summit in 2007. Clayne Crawford plays the role of William Eddy, with Crispin Glover as William Foster and Christian Kane as Charles Stanton.
Martin will provide a special introduction to the film at the January 17 screening, and there will be a question and answer session with several of the film’s cast members following the show. A full bar and concessions will be available at the event.
To read more about the experiences of cast and crew while filming on Donner Summit, read “Hot Actors, Heat Packs, and High Definition: An Introduction to the Forthcoming Donner Party Movie ‘The Forlorn’” from our March 2009 issue.
“The Donner Party” will screen at Sugar Bowl’s Judah Lodge on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Info: Sugar Bowl, 629 Sugar Bowl Road, Norden, sugarbowl.com, (530) 426-9000
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