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RICK SPRINGFIELD: AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART will play at the Florida Film Festival next month. Click here for all the dates and ticket info. Rick Springfield himself will be at the screening on April 19th at Enzian.
Among the great films that will be playing here next month as part of #FFF12 will be AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART, a documentary about Rick Springfield and his fans. Sure, the man himself is best known for 'Jessie's Girl,' starring in 'General Hospital' and being handsome, but the focus here appears to be more on the ladies - and gentlemen, but mostly ladies - who love Rick. The teaser above looks interesting, and the Festival will bring Mr. Springfield himself to Orlando. Here's what the festival guide has to say about the doc.
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RICK SPRINGFIELD: AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART will play at the Florida Film Festival next month. Click here for all the dates and ticket info. Rick Springfield himself will be at the screening on April 19th at Enzian.
Among the great films that will be playing here next month as part of #FFF12 will be AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART, a documentary about Rick Springfield and his fans. Sure, the man himself is best known for 'Jessie's Girl,' starring in 'General Hospital' and being handsome, but the focus here appears to be more on the ladies - and gentlemen, but mostly ladies - who love Rick. The teaser above looks interesting, and the Festival will bring Mr. Springfield himself to Orlando. Here's what the festival guide has to say about the doc.
Typically, pop idols rise and fall, usually lost to the changeable tide of taste or the destructive by-products of their meteoric fame. However one idol has never slowed down—Rick Springfield. AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART explores the fuel that powers his enduring popularity and inspires the most loyal and persistent fan base since the Deadheads. Traveling in his wake, Springfield’s devotees identify their obsession as a lifestyle rather than a pastime, and his relationships with members of his fan base are remarkably intimate and sincere for a guy who “wished that [he] had Jessie’s girl.” (We dare you to stop singing it now.) Local filmmakers Sylvia Caminer and Melanie Lentz-Janney paint a touching portrait of hard-working Springfield but truly pull in the focus to study his devoted fans—a tribe of diverse creatures whose connection to one another is almost as strong as their love for Rick.”We'll have plenty more #FFF12 coverage in the next few weeks. Get excited!