Liam Neeson tells movie lovers to support Upstate Films

Liam Neeson is back on the screen, but not in a multi-million-dollar epic. Instead, the actor can be seen in a brief video advertisement encouraging movie lovers to become members of the nonprofit Rhinebeck-based Upstate Films.

In the video titled “Straight Talk with Liam Neeson,” the actor is seated in a club chair and stares unsmilingly directly into the camera. Neeson growls, “So, Upstate Films. Be there. Support it. Okay?”

Upstate Films owns Starr Cinema in Rhinebeck and Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties. Member benefits include discounted admission tickets and invitations to free screenings, and Upstate Films pledged the first $25,000 of memberships and donations generated in June “will be matched dollar for dollar by a generous donor.”