Tampa Theatre To Screen Film ‘The Throwback’ Made In Tampa
Back in August of 2022, filming wrapped on a movie that was made here in Tampa. It’s a comedy and it features actors Will Sasso and Justina Machado.
The Throwback, is a family film. It follows a married couple, and the wife suffers a breakdown that sends her back to her party-girl years.
Will Sasso stars as Matt, Justina Machado as Kate.
Will is known for his role as Curly in The Three Stooges. He also had roles on Young Sheldon, Mom and Loudermilk.
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You’ll recognize Justina from Jane The Virgin and One Day at a Time.
The film is written and directed by Mario Garcia. He and producer Michael Alfieri are each products of the University of South Florida. Other actors in the film include Bobby Lee, who also plays “Jin” on the series Magnum P.I., St. Petersburg’s Rhonda Shear and Michelle Randolph from 1923.
Tampa Theatre, along with Film Tampa Bay, will screen the film for free while tickets are available, on Wednesday, May 3rd at 7 p.m. You can click here to reserve tickets.
Oscar Nominated Movies Made In Tampa Area
It’s Oscar season, and the awards are coming up on March 12. There have been many films that included scenes made around the Tampa Bay area. Some of them have been nominated for Academy Awards.
Some people love to see films made with familiar sights/filming sites. In some cases, the movie may have just have had a scene that took place locally. Others were just about completely made here.
Not every film gets consideration for an Acadamy Award nomination. Others are great entertainment, but just don’t reach that level within the industry. Others are plain crap, for lack of a better term.
Oscar statuettes sit on display backstage.
(Photo by Matt Petit – Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
Here’s a list of films that did get some Oscar attention from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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