"What's the best way to celebrate a 63rd birthday? If you're Steven Soderbergh, you throw a film festival - and invite some incredible bartenders to make themed cocktails to go along with the movies. It doesn't hurt that the Oscar-winning director has his own booze to throw behind the project. Launched in 2014, Singani 63 is a Bolivian spirit distilled from Muscat grapes. The "63" represents Soderbergh's birth year (1963) and, now, his actual age."
"Soderbergh, however, will not be present. "The plan was for me to just record intros, because I'm a completionist and if I go to one, I have to go all of them," he admits. And he's a busy guy! During our recent video call, the director spoke about his love of mixology, the slow burn of success with Singani 63, his thoughts on phones in movie theaters and what he's up to now that he's not doing the next Star Wars."
Steven Soderbergh celebrates his 63rd birthday by curating a 63-day film series titled "A Man Under the Influence" at Brooklyn's Nitehawk Cinema. Each screening pairs a selected film representing one of the last nine decades with a Singani 63 cocktail created by an NYC-area bar or restaurant. Singani 63 is a Bolivian spirit distilled from Muscat grapes that launched in 2014; the "63" signifies Soderbergh's birth year and current age. Each screening includes a pre-show happy hour featuring the themed cocktail, with the series starting Feb. 18 at Nitehawk Prospect Park with Trouble in Paradise. Soderbergh will not attend in person and plans to record intros.
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