have band-aids, will travel
July 9, 2008 12:30 pm

In yesterday’s sweltering heat, plenty of New Yorkers surely fantasized about getting away to somewhere chilly and exotic. Guests at last night’s Cinema Society screening of “Transsiberian,” Brad Anderson’s terrifying thriller about an American couple (Emily Mortimer and Woody Harrelson) on a Russian train trip, were not among them. Condé Nast Traveler—whose publicists clearly have a sense of humor—sponsored the screening and Soho Grand after-party. Mortimer, who spent a year in Moscow as an Oxford undergraduate, shared her vivid memories of flying Aeroflot: “There were chickens running up and down the aisles, newspapers stuck to the windows, Band-Aids plastered over each other on the ceiling.” (And then the engines started!) Explaining she’d recently visited Morocco, co-star Kate Mara declared herself an avid traveler. But her enthusiasm has its limits, Mara admitted. “I’d like to go to India, although I’m really scared of the toilet situation.”
tags: Brad Anderson, Cinema Society, Kate Mara
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