The Steam Experiment,' starring Val Kilmer, to debut in Grand Rapids on May 5

By John Serba | The Grand Rapids Press | April 08, 2009

"The Steam Experiment," which filmed in Grand Rapids in September, will show locally at Celebration Cinema North starting May 5.

Rick Hert, director of the West Michigan Film Office, said the first screening will be invite-only, for local cast and crew members, with "some general showings after that."

He said the screenings will benefit the West Michigan Film and Video Alliance.

"The people at Celebration have been terrific about helping us arrange the fundraisers," Hert said.

More details are yet to be announced.

"Steam" stars Val Kilmer and Armand Assante and was directed by Philippe Martinez, head of Georgia-based Cinepro Pictures. The Cinepro Web site currently teases a $25 million-budgeted thriller titled "Tribes of October" as Martinez's next project.

At the "Steam" premiere at the Gasparilla Film Festival in Tampa, Fla. in March, the director said he was considering bringing the project to Grand Rapids, but no details have been made public yet.

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'Steam Experiment' movie shot in Grand Rapids debuts at Florida film festival

By John Serba | The Grand Rapids Press | March 02, 2009

TAMPA, Fla. -- Jimmy Pettis tilts his head back, and carousel horses go round and round, round and round.

Normally, families ride those horses at the Van Andel Museum Center. But in "The Steam Experiment," they symbolize the psychosis of a disturbed ex-professor played by Val Kilmer -- and are one of many Grand Rapids landmarks in the film shot last fall.

"Steam" debuted Sunday night at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in downtown Tampa, Fla., to a sold-out crowd.

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Grand Rapids hits big screen in 'The Steam Experiment' on Sunday, but no time set for West Michigan screenings

By John Serba | The Grand Rapids Press | February 23, 2009

GRAND RAPIDS -- "The Steam Experiment" is hitting the big screen soon -- but not necessarily at a theater near you.

The thriller starring Val Kilmer and Armand Assante, shot in Grand Rapids last fall, will make its debut Sunday night at the Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa, Fla., the neighborhood of the film's Clearwater-based production company, Cinepro Pictures.

As for a local screening of the film, producer Luc Campeau said it's in the works.

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