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THE ROCK-AFIRE EXPLOSION Super Star Pizza Party!
February 8, 2009
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With Filmmakers Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason Live in person!
To properly kick off the first screening of the film we've been dying to show you, we've invited the director to join us for a pizza premiere! And, who knows, we might turn the whole theater into a ball pit!
This is the KING OF KONG for 2009. The story of a small-town car salesman, a struggling inventor and an animatronic rock band that quickly becomes an eccentric portrait of childhood memories, broken dreams and the resilience of the human spirit. For real.
With the closing of Showbiz Pizza Place in the early '90s, and the subsequent removal of robotic rockers The Rock-afire Explosion, a small but determined group of fans persisted with the hopes of reviving their fallen obsession. It wasn't until 2007, with the resurgence of the Rock-afire Explosion on YouTube with songs like "Miss New Booty" and "Love in This Club," that the animatronic band found its way back into the public consciousness. This impossibly inspiring documentary follows heroic obsessives Chris Thrash, a car salesman from Alabama who led the charge with his inventive programming and clever song choice, and Aaron Fechter, creator of the Rock-afire Explosion and sole employee of Creative Engineering Inc.
Robots + Pizza + Childhood Dreams = a deeply affecting experience that you simply cannot miss.
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320 E 6th Street
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Info Phone: 512.476.1320
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February 8, 2009Times:
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