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EGYPTIAN&AEROTHEATRES! >> COMING
SOON:<<“Dirty Dancing” Celebration<< In the Realm
of Nagisa Oshima
<< Film Noir>> W
here’s My
Fifteen Minutes?”Event>>
French Composers Go Hollywood>>
Advance Tickets: www.fandango.com
THE ONE AND ONLY CARL REINER: AN IN-PERSON TRIBUTE TO A
COMIC MASTERMarch 6 - 11, 2009 >> Aero Theatre
As writer, director, actor and producer, Carl Reiner stands alongside MelBrooks and Woody Allen as one of the 20th century's comic titans. Afterhoning his ability on stage to make audiences laugh, Reiner broke into
1950s television as an actor on"Your Show of Shows."Inspired by co-workers, includ-ing Neil Simon and MelBrooks, Reiner contributedideas to the program, an expe-rience that led to his autobio-graphical scripts for "The DickVan Dyke Show." Reiner alsohelmed comedy movie master-pieces including WHERE'SPOPPA?, OH GOD! and aquartet with Steve Martin (THEJERK, DEAD MEN DON'TWEAR PLAID, THE MAN
WITH TWO BRAINS, ALL OFME). What characterizes these films, as well as the underrated THEONE AND ONLY, is an irresistible combination of outrageousness andheart. He combines unrestrained physical slapstick, verbal wit andsatire with affection for his eccentric characters. Reiner continues todelight audiences today with his television appearances and work onthe big screen in Steven Soderbergh's OCEAN’S movies. Join us atthe Aero for a selection of Reiner's best, with an in-person appear-ance for THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS and DEAD MEN DON'TWEAR PLAID.Series compiled by Gwen Deglise and Grant Moninger. Program notes by Jim Hemphill.
THE BROTHERS WARNER: CLASSICSAND PRE-CODE FILMS
March 12 - 22, 2009 >> Egyptian TheatreIn the beginning, there were four brothers -- Harry, Sam, Albert andJack. They got their start in Hollywood in 1918, grinding out serials attheir Sunset Boulevard studio. Surviving some lean years on PovertyRow, the Brothers Warner pioneered sound with THE JAZZ SINGER,acquired a theater chain, enjoyed success with Busby Berkeley's musi-cals and flourished. Headquartered in Burbank and led by patriarchHarry Warner, the brothers generated films with a social conscience andwere in the vanguard in sound-ing an alarm against the Nazithreat pre-WWII. Although thebrothers would be wracked bytribulations and a betrayalworthy of Cain & Abel, theyconsistently lived up to theirmantra of "combining good cit-izenship with good filmmak-ing." Our tribute is headlinedby Cass Warner's award-win-ning documentary, THEBROTHERS WARNER, anintimate portrait of the moviestudio amidst a whirl of familialtriumph and tragedy. An apro-pos fictional segue from the Warner family saga is KINGS ROW, one oftinseltown's darkest soap operas. Buccaneer masterpiece CAPTAINBLOOD propelled Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland to stardom. Alsoincluded are the rugged adventure classics THE TREASURE OF THESIERRA MADRE and the seldom-screened THE SEA WOLF, starringEdward G. Robinson at his ferocious best. Warners' reputation as thestudio that invented the gangster film is amply represented with Pre-Code classics THE PUBLIC ENEMY and LITTLE CAESAR, along withthe groundbreaking social drama I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAINGANG. Also included are rarely screened EACH DAWN I DIE, LADIESTHEY TALK ABOUT and THE MAYOR OF HELL. Warner Bros. starJoan Leslie will be feted in-person with a double bill of HIGH SIERRAand THE HARD WAY, with veteran character actor and Warners con-tract player Richard Erdman reminiscing after a screening of the noirNOBODY LIVES FOREVER. Hosted by writer/film historian Alan K.Rode! www.alankrode.comSeries compiled by Alan K. Rode and Chris D.
THE LAST SAMURAI:AKIRA KUROSAWA REVISITED
March 19 - 26, 2009 >> Aero TheatresBorn in 1910 to a family descended from samurais, Akira Kurosawa ini-tially intended to be a painter, but changed course when he saw anewspaper ad for assistant director positions at Photo ChemicalLaboratory (P.C.L.) film studios (which later became Toho Studios). Aftervarious attempts at directing his own feature, it finally came to pass inYokohama in 1942 with SANSHIRO SUGATA. Kurosawa followed withsuch exceptional initial films as THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE
TIGER'S TAIL, NO REGRETSFOR OUR YOUTH andDRUNKEN ANGEL, as well ashis superb STRAY DOG. Sincebursting upon the internationalfilm scene in 1950 withRASHOMON, winner of theGrand Prix at the VeniceInternational Film Festival andBest Foreign-Language FilmOscar, Kurosawa was firmlyplaced in the top ranks. Hisfilms accomplish a seamlessmarriage of compelling enter-tainment and brilliant aesthetic
expression. Western cultureconsiderably influences his films, and in turn Kurosawa's impact onWestern and for that matter, world cinema is vast and incalculable.When he died in 1998, cinema lost one of its greatest masters. Five ofKurosawa's most compelling works are presented here for your enjoy-ment and marvel: his highly influential THE SEVEN SAMURAI; his riv-eting film noir HIGH AND LOW; his late-period masterpiece KAGE-MUSHA; his action-packed epic THE HIDDEN FORTRESS; and theprofoundly moving IKIRU. All films are in Japanese with English subtitles.
Series compiled by Gwen Deglise & Grant Moninger. Program Notes: Jim Hemphill and Chris D.
AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUEMEMBERSHIP
Annual Membership BenefitsStudent/Senior (65+): $50(With Valid I.D.)
Individual Member: $60>>
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A M E R I C A N C I N E M AT H E Q U EGENERAL INFORMATION
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Ticket discount (two per regular performance), plustwo complimentary tickets.
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Acknowledgment in a Cinematheque publication.
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Two tickets to the Cinematheque’s annual black-tie, celebrity fundraiser.
Supporting Member benefits& 200 complimentary tickets.
Discount on theatre rental.
HAROLD PINTER MEMORIAL WEEKENDMarch 26 - 28, 2009 >> Egyptian Theatre
Harold Pinter remains one of the preeminent writers in the immediatepost-WWII era. He began his career as an actor. However, influencedby Samuel Beckett (with whom he eventually became friends), Pinterbegan writing plays, almost all of them employing the strangely seriousstream-of-consciousness absurdity that was to become his early trade-mark. Ironically his first full-length piece, 1958's "The Birthday Party"(filmed by William Friedkin with Robert Shaw in 1968), now considereda masterpiece, was a flop on its debut and was mauled by critics. Allthat changed when his next play, "The Caretaker," accrued universalacclaim in 1960. From then on, Pinter worked steadily, dividing his timeevenly between stage and film, oftentimes adapting other writers' works
for the big screen. Starting in1963 and lasting for nearly adecade, he enjoyed a cele-brated collaboration withdirector Joseph Losey onthree films - THE SERVANT,ACCIDENT and THE GO-BETWEEN, efforts that remainamong his most representa-tive work. His motion pictureefforts were consistentlysuperb - THE PUMPKINEATER, THE QUILLER MEM-ORANDUM, THE LASTTYCOON, THE FRENCH
LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN,BETRAYAL, TURTLE DIARY, THE HANDMAID'S TALE and THE COM-FORT OF STRANGERS, to name but a few. Pinter grew into a vocalsocial critic and champion of left-wing causes as he grew older. Hereceived the Nobel Prize for literature in 2005 and died in December2008 at the age of 78. Join us as we screen some of his mostacclaimed films, including THE CARETAKER and THEHOMECOMING, adapted from his controversial plays.
Series compiled by Chris D.
SNEAK PREVIEWS AND SPECIALONE-DAY-ONLY EVENTS
Egyptian Theatre & Aero TheatreJoin us at the Egyptian for a Sneak Preview of horror film PARASOM-NIA dedicated to artist Zdzislaw Beksinski with participation by directorWilliam Malone and other filmmakers Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, MickGarris and Stuart Gordon in apanel discussion, a tribute andscreening to Forrest J.Ackerman, the Los AngelesPremiere of actress MaryStuart Masterson's debut filmas director THE CAKEEATERS, a Fetish Film Nightevent in the Spielberg Theatrewith a RADICAL FAERIEPROGRAM, two NAVIGATINGTHE FILM FESTIVAL WORLDseminars for filmmakers will bepresented by Thomas EthanHarris, a 130th birthday pres-entation on the live of EgyptianTheatre founder Sid Grauman and an Art Directors Society in-persontribute to Robert Boyle (with a double bill of THE WOLF MAN and
GAILY, GAILY); and at theAero, a Sneak Preview of thenew film PERSONALEFFECTS starring AshtonKutcher, a Family Matineedouble bill of THE RED BAL-LOON and THE WHITEMANE, a Donald E. Westlakememorial bill of THE HOTROCK and COPS AND ROB-BERS, Reese Witherspoonin-person introducing a RobertMulligan memorial tributescreening of THE MAN INTHE MOON, Kevin Thomas'
Favorites with BOUND FORGLORY, a Sneak Preview of the new film ADVENTURELAND, the lat-est film from the director of SUPERBAD, a 25th Anniversary screeningof THE LAST STARFIGHTER (with director Nick Castle and others in-person) and a MATRIX 10th Anniversary (of the first film) Marathon!
OUTFEST PROGRAMSMonthly SSeries at the Egyptian Theatre
Outfest at the Egyptian is the only gay-and lesbian-themed regular screening series in the country. In March, join us forLADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (featuring Barbara Stanwyck inprison!) and THE SERVANT (the strange tale of a valet whotakes hold of his gentleman master’s life in 1960s London).Outfest Fusion will be presented this month. The OpeningNight Gala (March 6, 8:00 PM) features a lineup of award-win-ning short films. The Saturday, March 7, program includes anumber of sexy, funny shorts followed by thought-provoking fea-tures including Closing Night Gala Film PEDRO, based on thelife of MTV's "The Real World”'s Pedro Zamora. American Cinematheque members will get the Outfest member price when pur-chasing tickets to these events. Call 213-480-7088 with your Cinematheque mem-bership number to get the discount. www.outfest.org
EGYPTIAN THEATRE HISTORIC TOURS& FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
The Most Star-Studded Film In Theatres Anywhere!Exclusively at the Egyptian Theatre!
Hollywood History comes alivewith our docent tours of SidGrauman’s legendary 1922Egyptian Theatre. Visit the olddressing rooms and singers' boxes(featuring a display of original-to-the-theatre Egyptian themedfurniture!), see our state-of-the-artprojection booth and the painstak-ing restoration work marrying mod-ern technology with this landmarkof Hollywood history -- and more!Follow your tour with a screen-ing of FOREVER HOLLYWOOD(55 min.), celebrating a century ofmovie-making with celebrity inter-views and over 400 movie andarchival Hollywood history clips.Narrated by Sharon Stone. Directed by Todd McCarthy & Arnold Glassman. Tours: 10:30 AM & FOREVER HOLLYWOOD: 11:40 AM (selected Saturdays & Sundays) Tickets: $5. Tour & Movie: $10. Call 323.461.2020, opt. 7 for schedule changes. Tours meet in front of the box office and are approximately one hour long. Grouptours/screenings can be arranged for various times. Call 323.461.2020, x-121.Upcoming Tours: March 14 & 15, April 18 & 19 and May 8 & 9.
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Ticket Prices: $10 General; $8 Seniors (65 & over) and students with current I.D.and $7 for American Cinematheque Members. Tickets for the Aero are not avail-able at the Egyptian and vice versa. Ticket prices & policies are the same at theAero & at the Egyptian Theatre.
Box Office Hours: Opens 1 1/2 hours before the first program of the day/evening.Closes 30 minutes after the last film of the evening begins.
Buying Tickets: Order online at www.fandango.com. No handling charge onadvance or same day tickets purchased in person at the box office. Only cash,American Express, Visa & Mastercard are accepted at the box office. Tickets goon sale up to 48 days in advance at the box office or on www.fandango.com. Wereserve the right to refuse service. For student, senior, KCRW, etc. discounts, validI.D. and/or membership card must be presented at the time of purchase/pick up.Only one ticket at this price will be sold unless otherwise specified on offer.*Special prices for certain films may be listed. No refunds or exchanges.
Advance Ticket Sales for Cinematheque Members: In addition to in person andwww.fandango.com sales, MEMBERS may purchase advance tickets by phone:Egyptian Theatre: 323-692-3431Aero Theatre: 323-634-4878. Mail orders must be received a full 7 days prior to the screening. Checks okay.Details on member ticket policy sheet. These conveniences are for members only.
Vouchers: Only original, unexpired vouchers, discount coupons, passes, etc. willbe accepted and only if the users name and address is filled out on the back (oron a mailing list form). The Box Office reserves the right to refuse passes at anytime. No cash value.
Cinematheque Membership: Admission fees cover only a portion of thecost of presenting our programs. Support the American Cinematheque by becom-ing a member. You can increase your support with corporate matching funds. Ask at your office to see if your company has a program to match charitibledonations. To join call Andrew at 323.461.2020, x-112 or join online using Paypal.
Policies: No outside food, autographs or photography permitted in the theatreswithout prior authorization.
The Egyptian Theatre & the Aero Theatre are Wheel Chair accessible.
Please see our website www.americancinematheque.com or call 323.466.FILMfor added screenings, guests and program changes, as well as longer filmdescriptions, membership information and much more.
Memberships are valid at both the Egyptian & Aero Theatres for anyAmerican Cinematheque program.
Visit us at: www.myspace.com/americancinemathequetwitter, going, gather, facebook
The American Cinematheque is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.
Rick Nicita, Chairman, Board of Directors Barbara Zicka Smith, Director
MEMBERS! Add $12 per year to your membership to get this monthly calendar mailed to you first class. >> ADVANCE TICKETS: WWW.FANDANGO.COM <<
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Aero Theatre program.
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
7:30 PM2010 &
NINETEENEIGHTY FOUR
7:30 PMAFRICAN
AMERICANSHORTS
7:30 PMTHE CAINE
MUTINY & THIR-TY SECONDSOVER TOKYO
7:30 PMBONNIE AND
CLYDE & PLATOON
7:30 PMTHE
GODFATHER
2:00 PMART DECO
SOCIETYLECTURE
7:30 PMA STREETCAR
NAMED DESIRE &WHO'S AFRAID OF
VIRGINIA WOOLF7:30 PM
THE GODFATHER,PART II
7:30 THE DEER
HUNTER
7:30 PMTHE
GODFATHER,PART III
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
7:30 PMPARASMONIA
(and discussionpanel preceding)
7:30 PMPERSONAL
EFFECTS
OUTFESTFUSION
(Not a Cinema-theque event)
7:30 PMTHE MAN WITHTWO BRAINS &
DEAD MENDON'T WEAR
PLAID
OUTFESTFUSION
(Not a Cinema-theque event)
4:00 PMTHE RED
BALLOON &WHITE MANE
7:30 PMTHE JERK &
ALL OF ME
4 PM FORREST J. ACKERMAN
TRIBUTE (FREE)7 PM FAMOUS
MONSTER: FOR-REST J. ACKER-
MAN & THE TIME TRAVELERS
7:30 PM WHERE'SPOPPA & THE ONE
AND ONLY
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
7:30 PMTHE CAKE
EATERS
7:30 PMENTER
LAUGHING &THE COMIC
7:00 PMNAVIGATING FILM
FEST WORLDSeminar (ST)
7:30 PMCAPTAIN BLOOD
7:30 PMTHE HOT ROCK
& COPS ANDROBBERS
7:30 PMTHE BROTHERS
WARNER &KINGS ROW
7:30 PMRADICAL
FAERIES (ST)7:30 PM
THE MAN IN THEMOON
7:30 PMNOBODY LIVES
FOREVER & EACHDAWN I DIE
CUT! FILM FESTIVAL
(Not a Cinema-theque event)
7:30 PMTREASURE OF
SIERRA MADRE& SEA WOLF
CUT! FILM FESTIVAL
(Not a Cinema-theque event)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
7:30 PMBOUND FOR
GLORY
7 PM Navigatingthe Film Festival
World Seminar[ST]
7:30 PMHIGH SIERRA &THE HARD WAY
7:30 PMHIGH AND LOW
7:30 PMI AM A FUGITIVE
FROM A CHANGANG & THE
PUBLIC ENEMY
7:30 PMKAGEMUSHA
7:30 PMLITTLE CAESAR &
MAYOR OF HELL
7:30 PMTHE SEVEN
SAMURAI
7:30 PMLADIES THEY
TALK ABOUT &WILD BOYS OF
THE ROAD
7:30 PMIKIRU
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero)
NO PROGRAM(Egyptian)
NO PROGRAM(Aero) NO PROGRAM
(Egyptian)
7:30 PMADVENTURE-
LAND
7:30 PMTHE COMFORT
OF STRANGERS& THE HOME-
COMING
7:30 PMTHE HIDDEN
FORTRESS
7:30 PMTHE SERVANT &
THE CARETAKER
7:30 PMTHE LAST
STARFIGHTER
7:30 PMTHE GO-
BETWEEN & THEPUMPKIN EATER
7:30 PMTHE MATRIX
TRILOGYANNIVERSARY
MARATHON
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ST = Spielberg
RT = Rigler
5:30 PMTHE WOLF
MAN & GAILY,GAILY
7:30 PMNIGHTMARE
ON ELMSTREET
GRAUMANTALK
& FOREVERHOLLYWOOD
TOURS & FOREVER
HOLLYWOOD
FILMFORUM Select Sundays at 7 PM
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M A R C H 2 0 0 9
All films at the Egyptian are in the 616-seat Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre unless it isspecified that the film is in the 78-seat Steven Spielberg Theatre. The EgyptianTheatre is at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, LA, CA 90028 (between McCaddenPlace & Las Palmas Avenue) in Hollywood. 1.5 blocks east of Hollywood/Highland Red Line Metro station.
Parking: The theatre validates ONLY for Hollywood and Highland, $2 for 4hours (each additional 20 minutes is $1). Free street parking after 6 PM on side streets. LAFilm School Lot, 6363 W. Sunset Blvd. (enter on east side of Ivar, north of Sunset).$5. Closes at 1 AM.
All films scheduled for the Aero are OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and are held in the425-seat Max Palevsky Theatre at 1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica,CA, 90403 (at 14th Street).
Parking: Plenty of FREE unlimited Street Parking on Montana Avenue after 6 PMand on side streets after 7 PM. Read posted signs for restrictions.
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Volunteer >> contact for details: [email protected]
We’re Saving A Seat For you! Support the Cinemathequeby “naming a seat” at the Aero or Egyptian Theatre. $1000 dona-
tion. Contact [email protected] for details.
Starting with the April calendar, onlyAmerican Cinematheque Memberswill be guaranteed a calendar in
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To continue getting news from the Cinematheque in the mail,join now! Ask for details at the box office or see: www.americancinematheque.com/amcinebiz/jointhe.htm
Calendars will always be available for pick up at the Egyptianand Aero Theatres, as well as our usual distribution points inthe greater Los Angeles area.
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