“Luckey” Featured at Cable Car Cinema Wednesday

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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

ARTS by Tracey Minkin, GoLocalProv Features Editor

You're going to want to change your plans.

Tonight at Cable Car Cinema, the Providence Children’s Museum is presenting two screenings of the provocative documentary film Luckey, a wild, artistic-based story about love, divorce, family relationships and creativity, involving the father-son team that designed the Children's Museum's new outdoor climbing structure that opened this summer.

The film begins in the aftermath of sculptor Tom Luckey's devastating fall through a window at age 65. Already a divided family, the Luckeys find themselves crossing delicate lines drawn long ago by divorce and remarriage while supporting Tom, fully paralyzed but with colorful personality intact, as he pursues building his biggest, most complicated sculpture yet at Boston Children’s Museum.

The ties that bind

Tom enlists the help of his son Spencer (who is appearing at the Cable Car for a Q&A after both showings) to build the sculpture and, as they try to forge a working relationship from a complex father-son relationship, both push for their own vision.

Their rivalry is creative – they argue over art, design, and execution – but they are also reeling emotionally because of Tom’s accident. Meanwhile, Tom also struggles to re-spark his romantic life with his wife Ettie as she and Spencer share the role of primary caretakers.

The film is an honest, transparent look at the dynamics of a family in crisis and a powerful portrait of an eccentric artist trying to create a new life in the wake of a devastating accident. To learn about the award-winning documentary and see a trailer, go the Web site, here.

Luckey screens twice tonight at Cable Car Cinema, 204 Main St, Providence, 6:30 and 8:30pm. Tickets $7.50, adult audience. Luckey is presented by the Providence Children's Museum, with promotional support from Kidoinfo.com.

Photos: Images from the film LUCKEY by Laura Longsworth

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