Oregon is getting another turn in the big-screen spotlight, with “Phoenix, Oregon,” a locally made feature that’s getting a special series of screenings in Portland. The film, which was shot in Klamath Falls, stars James Le Gros (“Drugstore Cowboy”), Lisa Edelstein (“House”), Jesse Borrego (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Diedrich Bader (“American Housewife”) and Kevin Corrigan (“The Departed") in a story about two friends who quit their jobs to chase a fairly unorthodox dream -- reviving a bowling alley and serving world-class pizza.

The film is written and directed by Gary Lundgren, who made the features “Black Road” (2016), “Redwood Highway” (2013) and “Calvin Marshall” (2009), which were also filmed in Southern Oregon.

Prior to going on a national tour, “Phoenix, Oregon” will be the second movie featured in the “Portland Circuit” program, a venture that teams up the OregonMade Creative Foundation with the Northwest Film Center, the Hollywood Theatre, Clinton Street Theater and Cinema 21, and provides a concentrated theatrical distribution window for locally produced feature-length movies. The “Portland Circuit” program began with “Sex Weather,” which screened in October, 2018.

Lisa Edelstein and James Le Gros in "Phoenix, Oregon." (Photo courtesy of Joma Films)

The screenings are spread over four days, with one night at each of the four theaters. The schedule for “Portland Circuit” screenings of “Phoenix, Oregon,” is 7 p.m. Monday, May 13 at the Hollywood Theatre; 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at the Clinton Street Theater; 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 15 at Cinema 21; and 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16 at the Northwest Film Center.

Writer/director Gary Lundgren and actor Jesse Borrego will be at the Portland screenings for question-and-answer sessions.

-- Kristi Turnquist

kturnquist@oregonian.com 503-221-8227 @Kristiturnquist

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