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Limited Engagements in September & October:
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Thursday, September 6 – 7:30 PM
Special Screening:
I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN YOU: THE LIFE &
LEGACY OF SIMON WIESENTHAL, 2007, 105 min. Dir. Richard Trank. A comprehensive look at
the life and legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, the famed Nazi hunter and humanitarian. Narrated
by Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman, it features interviews with longtime
Wiesenthal associates, government leaders from around the world, friends and family
members – many of whom have never discussed the legendary Nazi hunter and
humanitarian on camera. Previously unseen archival film and photos also highlight the
film. What was the driving force behind his work? What kept him going when for years the
odds were against his efforts? What is his legacy today, more than 60 years after the end
of World War II? Co-presented with the Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance. Discussion following with director Richard Trank.
Thursday, September 27 – 7:30 PM
Burr, Callaway, Whitaker! Winner Of Dances With Films Festival!
BROKE SKY, 2007, Buzzard Films, 97 min. 2007 Grand Jury Winner
of Dances With Films. Bucky (Will Wallace) and Earl (Joe Unger in the
performance of a lifetime) are two county workers keeping the highways clean of roadkill
under the scorching Texas sun. When a carcass-removal call turns up something far more
disturbing than a dead armadillo, the best friends are torn apart by a decades-old
secret that has them questioning everything they think they know about themselves and each
other. Filmed in Texas by director-cinematographer Thomas L. Callaway (cinematographer of
FEAST AND CAUGHT UP) Also featuring fine performances by Duane Whitaker (PULP FICTION),
and Barbara Chisholm (FAST FOOD NATION) . "Classic noir stuff, bedecked with
corpses, murky motives, and shadowy figures... Respects the manly,classical tradition of
Raoul Walsh and Anthony Mann." -Variety Discussion
following with director Thomas Callaway and producers Jeff Burr, Karchi Perlmann, Eric
Miller and Dan Golden.
www.brokesky.com
October
Sunday, October 28 - 5:30 PM
Family Matinee! Art Director Hall of Fame Series
Henry "Bummy" Bumstead (1915-2006) passed away in 2006, after a 70-year
career and more than 100 movies. He had just concluded work on two Clint Eastwood’s
Academy Award-nominated films FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA.
"Bummy" designed a total of 13 films for Eastwood. He received Oscars for
recreating the rural Alabama of the 1930’s in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962) and for
his sets of Depression-era Chicago in THE STING (1973). He received Academy
Award-nominations for Eastwood’s 1992 western UNFORGIVEN and for Alfred
Hitchcock’s thriller VERTIGO. The Art Directors Guild honored him with their Lifetime
Achievement Award in 1998. "Bummy" worked on three other Hitchcock
films—THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956), TOPAZ (1969) and FAMILY PLOT (1976). His
association with Clint Eastwood began with the 1972 western JOE KIDD. His first job as an
Art Director was in the 1948 Paramount film, SAIGON. Other credits include THE GREAT WALDO
PEPPER, SLAP SHOT, THE FRONT PAGE, CAPE FEAR, MYSTIC RIVER and MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF
GOOD AND EVIL. Inducted into ADG Hall of Fame in the 11th Annual ADG Awards.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, 1962, Universal, 129
min. Hollywood pro Robert Mulligan pulls off the rarest of hat tricks with this
adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel: he brings a great book to the screen and
improves upon it. Gregory Peck is superb as a small town lawyer who defends a black
man accused of rape. But what distinguishes the film is director Mulligan's deft use of
subjective camerawork to approximate the point of view of the children who struggle to
understand the case. Peck, screenwriter Horton Foote, and a team of art directors that
included the legendary Henry Bumstead deservedly won Oscars for their work on this
timeless classic. Following the screening, the Art Directors
Guild will host a presentation on the career of Henry Bumstead with an introduction by Norman
Newberry and Bob Boyle. Plus a special event at Every Picture Tells A Story prior to the
screening.
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