| One Night Special Events in
December:
These events are Egyptian Theatre exclusives!
Sunday, December 5 – 7:30 PM
35th Anniversary! BARRY LYNDON, 1975, Warner Bros., 183 min. Winner of four
Academy Awards, including one for John Alcott’s marvelous cinematography (the
all-candlelit interiors must be seen to be believed), BARRY LYNDON stars Ryan O’Neal
as Thackeray’s flawed 18th-century soldier of fortune, struggling to find his place
in a rigidly structured social hierarchy. Kubrick re-creates a bygone romantic era with a
bittersweet wistfulness and a wealth of nuance and realistic detail. With Marisa Berenson,
Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Thursday, December 9 – 7:30 PM
ATTACK OF THE 50-FOOT REELS, approx. 70
min. The 10th annual Attack of the 50-Foot Reels returns with a Super-8 special
adieu to KODACHROME film. Fifteen filmmakers will shoot a Super-8 film on one cartridge of
Kodachrome Super 8 film, which was discontinued by Kodak in 2005. Now the last lab in the
world that processes it will discontinue its service at the end of this year. Films in
this showcase are shot and edited in camera on one cartridge of Super-8 film. The
filmmakers and the audience see them for the first time the night of the screening. Official Website. Filmmakers
will introduce each short. Reception to follow the screening. Buy Tickets
Friday, December 10 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: PLAY IT AS IT LAYS, 1972, Universal, 99 min. Director
Frank Perry (DAVID AND LISA) delivered many edgy psychological classics, and none is more
deserving of rediscovery than this rarely screened adaptation of Joan Didion’s
bestseller, with a screenplay by Didion and her late husband, John Gregory Dunne. Tuesday
Weld is at her best as fiercely intelligent Maria, an ex-model on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. In-the-closet producer Anthony Perkins is her only friend and Adam Roarke is
her estranged director-husband trying to jumpstart his career out of the biker-film
ghetto. A scathing portrait of Hollywood in the early 1970s. [35mm]
THE SWIMMER, 1968, Sony Repertory, 94 min. One of the
most unjustly neglected figures of the New Hollywood generation, director Frank Perry made
10 low-key, razor-sharp dissections of modern morals and relationships between 1962 and
1975. Based on John Cheever’s acclaimed novel, THE SWIMMER follows vigorous,
middle-aged, upper-middle-class Burt Lancaster on a metaphoric journey swimming
from backyard pool to backyard pool in his lush, upscale suburban neighborhood, headed
toward a "home" that may no longer exist. A nostalgic portrait of regret and
despair lying beneath the gemlike surface of suburbia - here represented by the sprawling,
outlying suburbs of Connecticut - featuring one of Lancaster’s finest performances. [35mm]
Trailer | Buy Tickets
Saturday, December 11 – 7:30 PM
[SPIELBERG] Retroformat's First Anniversary Screening! RETRO
FORMAT – THE DARKENING TRAIL, 54 min.
Before Blu-ray, before even VHS, there was 8mm film. William S. Hart’s
directorial debut from 1915 demonstrates the director’s intuitive grasp of the new
medium with its deeply nuanced characterizations and shadowy compositions. A departure
from Hart’s signature Westerns, this moody melodrama of unrequited love, infidelity
and revenge takes place in frontier Alaska. With shorts including Pacific Electric's
1915 training film on trolley car safety and D.W. Griffith's "Oil and
Water" (1913) with Blanche Sweet. Buy Tickets
Sunday, December 12 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: DIE HARD,
1988, 20th Century Fox, 131 min. Dir. John McTiernan. Bruce Willis plays wisecracking cop
John McClane, an endearing everyman who becomes an unlikely hero when a group of
professional thieves take his wife’s office building hostage at Christmastime. One of
the most purely entertaining movies ever made, this fast, funny and visually elegant
thriller set the template for the Hollywood action flicks that followed it, and made
Willis a movie star. [35mm] Trailer
DIE HARD 2, 1990, 20th Century Fox. 124 min. Dir. Renny
Harlin. John McClane returns to battle terrorists who have taken control of Dulles Airport
on the holiday evening that his wife is flying into town. Director Renny Harlin infuses
the action with high style to create a sequel that's every bit as rousing as the original,
with a terrific performance by William Sadler as the main bad guy. John Amos, Dennis Franz
and Fred Dalton Thompson add support. [35mm] Discussion
between films with director Renny Harlin and screenwriter Steven de Souza. Trailer | Buy Tickets
Wednesday, December 15 – 7:30 PM
[SPIELBERG] BIG WORLD FOR LITTLE MOVIES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT FILM CONTENT, 180 min. Whether the renewed vitality of
short film content is based on the rise of consumer pod casts, the content-crazed appetite
of the internet or the internet’s short-content offspring - Webseries - there's no
denying it's a BIG world out there for "little movies." Uncover a wealth of
information on short filmmaking trends, current channels of distribution and the future of
short film exposure from a panel of short film business and programming leaders. $12 Members, $15 Students/Seniors, $20 General. Buy Tickets | Buy Tickets
Whether the renewed vitality of the short film content is
based on the rise of consumer "pod casts", the content crazed appetite of the
internet or the internet’s short content offspring – Webseries -- there's no
denying it's a BIG world out there for "little movies." Uncover a wealth of
information on short filmmaking trends, current channels of distribution and the future of
short film exposure from a panel of short film business and programming leaders.
The world of short film content has changed dramatically in recent years.
In fact, not since the ".com era" of the 1990s, have we seen such rethinking
of how the short film figures into overall landscape of the entertainment industry.
Today there are literally thousands of film festivals for you to consider as you move
your short film out to festival audiences. With cable television exposure for short films
part of the distant dream of the 1990s, short filmmakers now find themselves contending
with the options of new virtual wild west -- The Internet, Video-On-Demand (VOD) and pod
casts -- for greater content exposure than festival world could ever dream of or deliver.
But don't stop there! With the 1000s of internet sites available to you to post your
film on, which site is best for your film? Is it more advantageous for your extended
career to "YouTube" or "Vimeo" your short or for you to post your
short on your own website and use your favorite social networking site to drive attention
to your film? What is a "torrent site" and how can it figure into the
distribution of your short? How do short film distributors (like Quat Media, SND Films,
Shorts International) figure into today’s short film landscape?
Now consider this: With the incredible expansion of the methods of distribution and
exhibition open to your short film, there has EVEN been a revolution in the very
definition of what artistically comprises a short film.
What is a "festival" short? What is the difference between a "Sundance
short," a "Cannes short," an "internet short" and a "Short
Film Festival short"? What does the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences look for in a
short film? What is the definition of the most desirable form of content for a short film
distributor?
Finally, and most provocatively, is it more advantageous for a short filmmaker today to
make a single short (festival) film or to develop and produce a webseries?
For our November seminar, BIG WORLD FOR LITTLE MOVIES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT
FILM CONTENT, we turn our total attention to unraveling the whole, overwhelming and
complex world that today's short filmmaker must deal with to take good care of their work.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT CONTENT begins with a focus on issues surrounding film
festivals, film festival release strategies for short films, a list of the World's Best
Short Film Festivals (and some not very good ones!) and establishing some definitions for
the various forms or identities the short film artistically embodies today.
The second part of our evening's seminar will be dedicated to an in depth discussion of
short film distribution and exhibition. Not only will we open the door to a greater
understanding of overall design of the content favored by distributors, but we will
examine rights and clearances issues AND help to sort out the vast offerings of the
internet and the potential of having your very own webseries.
Panelists Include:
Kim Adelman, Author, Making It Big In Shorts, The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide To
Short Films, Indiewire Short Film Columnist
Kimberley Browning, Executive Director/Filmmaker, HOLLYWOOD SHORTS
Andrew Crane, Short Film Programming, AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Moderated By Thomas Ethan Harris, Producer, AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE FILM SEMINARS
Friday, December 17 – 7:30 PM
70mm Print! 45th Anniversary! LORD JIM, 1965, Sony Repertory, 154 min. This vast, atmospheric
adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s classic novel was aimed at recapturing the magic of
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, pairing actor Peter O’Toole with a gifted director in Richard
Brooks (IN COLD BLOOD) and prestigious literary material. O’Toole is perfectly cast
as an idealistic sailor who is branded a coward for abandoning an apparently sinking ship
during a storm - then given a chance to redeem his conscience and his soul by aiding in a
native revolution in the South Pacific jungle. Equally mesmerizing are Eli Wallach as a
sadistic warlord, James Mason as an avaricious mercenary and Daliah Lavi as a courageous
native girl. [70mm] Buy
Tickets
Saturday, December 18
Egyptian Theatre
Historic Tour & FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind The Scenes Tour
11:40 AM FOREVER
HOLLYWOOD
 For
the total “Old Hollywood” experience take a docent-led tour of the legendary
1922 Egyptian Theatre. See what it would have been like to be in a Grauman stage show with
a visit to the dressing rooms and singers' boxes. Check out our state-of-the-art
projection booth and more! Discover the painstaking restoration work and the marriage of
modern technology with a landmark of Hollywood history. Add the Hollywood history film FOREVER HOLLYWOOD (55 min.)
following the tour.
Tours will start promptly at
10:30 AM at the box office. Tours are approximately 60 min. Wear your walking shoes!
You will see the old dressing rooms, the singer's boxes and the projection booth (not
normally included on our tours). Reservations are not required, we have room for everyone.
Tours will be held rain or shine. Tickets: $5. Buy
Tickets
Sunday, December 19 – 7:30 PM
BEN-HUR, 1959, Warner Bros., 212 min. Director William
Wyler’s grand epic, adapted from the novel by Lew Wallace, tells the timeless saga of
two boyhood comrades (Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd), who grow up to be fierce enemies
in the time of Christ. The grueling chariot race alone is worth the price of admission.
Winner of 11 Oscars including Best Picture. Originally premiered at the Egyptian Theatre
and reportedly ran for two years! [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Wednesday, December 29 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: LAURA,
1944, 20th Century Fox, 88 min. Dir. Otto Preminger. Investigating a murder, chain-smoking
Detective McPherson (Dana Andrews) falls in love with the dead woman - only to find out
that it wasn't she who was murdered. Even in a genre known for its convoluted twists,
LAURA is a one-of-a-kind film noir. The brilliant cast includes Gene Tierney as the
gorgeous Laura, Clifton Webb as Waldo Lydecker and Vincent Price as Laura's fiancé,
Shelby Carpenter. The famous haunting and nostalgic musical theme by David Raskin is
unforgettable. The film is said to have been an inspiration for David Lynch’s
"Twin Peaks." [35mm] Trailer
70th Anniversary! REBECCA, 1940, Walt Disney Co., 130 min. Director Alfred
Hitchcock’s Gothic romance asks the question: Did guilt-ridden, rich widower Laurence
Olivier do away with his notorious wife Rebecca or not? And what secret does sinister,
manipulating housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) hold that may unlock the mystery?
As the widower’s second wife, a young Joan Fontaine attempts to unravel the mystery. [35mm]
Buy Tickets
Thursday, December 30 – 7:30 PM
Digitally Restored! THE GODFATHER, 1972, Paramount, 175 min. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola.
Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire and Robert Duvall join Marlon Brando, who
gives an unforgettable, career-reviving performance as Don Vito Corleone. When a mob war
breaks out and Don Vito is seriously wounded, returning veteran Michael (Pacino),
previously uninvolved in the family "business," is the only one cool and
collected enough to pull the irons out of the fire. [DCP] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Saturday, January 1 – 7:30 PM
Restored Version! THE GODFATHER PART II, 1974, Paramount, 200 min. Francis Ford
Coppola expands upon and deepens the themes of THE GODFATHER with this ambitious sequel.
The film follows two stories of gangsters rising to power: a young Don Vito Corleone
(Robert De Niro), and his son Michael (Al Pacino) decades later. Coppola’s parallel
structure allows him to compare and contrast two American eras and consider the political
and cultural changes of the 20th century; it’s an approach that makes THE GODFATHER
PART II an epic work of art as well as one of the most entertaining crime movies ever
made. [35mm] Trailer
| Buy Tickets
Sunday, January 2 – 3:00 PM
Triple Feature: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, 1981, Paramount, 115
min. Archaeologist Harrison Ford battles occult-obsessed Nazis and former girlfriend Karen
Allen as he attempts to save the Ark of the Covenant. Brilliant, non-stop adventure from
director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas. [35mm] Trailer
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, 1984,
Paramount, 118 min. Dir. Steven Spielberg. This time we find Jones fleeing Shanghai and
attempting to help free a village’s children from indentured servitude to a maniacal
cult. Before the last reel unspools, Jones will fight for survival in the nefarious Temple
of Doom. [35mm] Trailer
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, 1989, Paramount,
127 min. Director Steven Spielberg returns for the third entry in the series with Indiana
(Harrison Ford) searching for his father (Sean Connery), a brilliant archaeologist who has
been kidnapped by the Nazis. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets |
