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(re)Discovery |
"'Okay Marlowe,' I said to myself. 'You're a tough guy. You've been sapped twice, choked, beaten silly with a gun, shot in the arm until you're crazy as a couple of waltzing mice. Now let's see you do something really ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1944 | Not Rated | Crime, Drama | d. Edward Dmytryk Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 13 at 10:00 AM
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Throughout his life, Orson Welles had trouble with money. Despite periods of great success in his early career, Welles’ ambitions always outpaced his resources, leaving him stretched thin while supporting his elaborate radio, theatre and film projects (as well as ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1947 | Not Rated | Crime, Mystery | d. Orson Welles Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 13 at 1:00 PM
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Based on the 1979 German novel by Michael Ende and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot), it is one of the most imaginative and visually spectacular of all children’s films. A depressed young boy withdraws from reality and into the ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1984 | PG | Fantasy, Adventure | d. Wolfgang Petersen Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Alan Oppenheimer Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 13 at 1:30 PM
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Orson Welles' baroque border drama which, along with Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, is often cited as the terminus of Hollywood's "film noir" cycle. Appropriately, the picture has more than a little darkness in it as it straddles a lazy stretch ... read more |
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Introduced by Special Guest Peter Bogdanovich Sponsored by 1958 | Not Rated | Crime, Thriller | d. Orson Welles Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 13 at 3:30 PM
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Ever dream of being an astronaut as a kid? - If so, then this is the adventure for you. Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix are the earth-based stars of this gently paced adventure, in which three kids put together ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1985 | PG | Sci-Fi, Family | d. Joe Dante Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Bobby Fite Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 13 at 4:00 PM
Digital 25th Anniversary |
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Film Talk |
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Oasis Lounge
Friday, Aug 13 at 6:00 PM
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Signature Classic |
This is director Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous and notorious film, but is Psycho a horrific tale of murder and madness, or a macabre black comedy as the director suggested? Immorality, larceny and guilt lead Marion Crane along a rain-soaked highway ... read more |
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Introduced by Special Guest Peter Bogdanovich Sponsored by 1960 | Not Rated | Horror, Mystery | d. Alfred Hitchcock Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 13 at 7:00 PM
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Plaza Art House |
“The awful thing about life is this: Everyone has their reasons.”
To say that Jean Renoir’s 1939 film is a masterpiece (if not THE masterpiece) is not only true, but perhaps counterproductive to the first time viewer. While ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1939 | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama | d. Jean Renoir Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 13 at 7:30 PM
Digital French with English Subtitles |
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Arts Festival Plaza
Friday, Aug 13 at 8:00 PM
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Plaza Outdoor |
“You’ve read the ad, now see the movie!” was the tagline, rooting Airplane! in absolute parody of Hollywood clichés and disaster movies from beginning to end. This was the hugely successful debut of gut-busting trio Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and ... read more |
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1980 | PG | Comedy, Romance | d. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Arts Festival Plaza
Friday, Aug 13 at 9:00 PM
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Plaza Art House / (re)Discovery |
“Tools of the trade…” says Joe Shishido’s jowly assassin Jo as he opens a large and heavy metal case revealing sniper rifles, handguns and an assortment of knives. Later he’ll set a man’s hair on fire with an aerosol ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1963 | Not Rated | Action, Crime | d. Seijun Suzuki Jo Shishido, Ichiro Kijima, Misako Watanabe Philanthropy Theatre
Friday, Aug 13 at 9:30 PM
Digital Japanese with English Subtitles |
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Jack Nicholson is riveting as an alcoholic writer who takes a job as off-season caretaker at an isolated Colorado resort in order to stay sober, reconnect with his wife and son, and finally write that novel. But as the snow ... read more |
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Sponsored by 1980 | R | Horror, Thriller | d. Stanley Kubrick Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd Kendle Kidd Performance Hall
Friday, Aug 13 at 10:00 PM
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