ADVISORY/Champagne 'Disappearing' in The Willard Room; Local Restaurant Toasts its Film Debut in sci-fi Thriller 'Hollow Man'.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Friday (Aug. 4) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: The restaurant and kitchen staff of The Willard Room toast their Hollywood film debut in "The Hollow Man," starring Kevin Bacon and Elisabeth Shue, by serving up complimentary champagne and film memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a pl.n. 1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia. 2. for their dinner guests, courtesy of Moet & Chandon and Columbia Pictures. WHEN: Friday, August 4, 2000 -- Media interviews with "star" servers at 4 p.m. - restaurant opens for dinner guests at 6 p.m. WHERE: The Willard Room at the historic Willard Inter-Continental 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street," it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. , NW, Washington DC - For reservations, 202/637-7440. WHAT ELSE: Columbia Pictures shot the scene last August 27 in The Willard Room. In the scene, Kevin Bacon and his team of scientists (including Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin) celebrate solving the mystery of "invisibility" during a champagne dinner in The Willard Room, the grand and historic restaurant at the Willard Inter-Continental hotel just two blocks from the White House. In selecting a location for the restaurant scene, filmmakers were searching for the most beautiful restaurant in Washington, D.C.-but wanted one with a terrace overlooking the Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. building. The Willard Room fit the bill for beauty, with its two-story oak paneling, rich gold and green decor, and extravagant ex·trav·a·gant adj. 1. Given to lavish or imprudent expenditure: extravagant members of the imperial court. 2. Exceeding reasonable bounds: extravagant demands. chandeliers-except it is located on the first floor of the historic Willard Inter-Continental hotel-and hence, no terrace with a view! With the help of a little Hollywood magic, Columbia Pictures rebuilt a section of The Willard Room on top of the Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working building (just a few blocks away on Pennsylvania Avenue), which overlooks the Capitol dome, and added a romantic sculpture garden A sculpture garden is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently-sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings. terrace. Even The Willard Room staff couldn't believe their eyes when they stepped onto the Labor Department and onto the "Hollywood" set of the restaurant-it was amazingly accurate. They even imported pieces of The Willard Room's customized carpeting from England, and used the restaurant's china, crystal and silver. Several of the Willard Inter-Continental's employees can be seen in the film, including Nieto, servers Nenad Veljkovic, Matthew Guyette, and Sorto Armando, and Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Director Kristina Messner. Although this was the first film shoot for the restaurant, the Willard Inter-Continental hotel has been featured in numerous Hollywood films, including RANDOM HEARTS Random Hearts is a 1984 novel by American author Warren Adler that was made into a 1999 American motion picture drama and romance. Plot summary Vivien Simpson and Edward Davis had never met before, but soon they would be inseparable. , SPECIES II, and BORN YESTERDAY. |
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