| Valentine's Day Weekend: Romancing the
Screen
This
Series is also at the Aero Theatre!
It's that time of year again - the time when we're reminded of all the bliss,
ecstasy, contentment (and, yes, uncertainty and even misery) that goes arm-in-arm with
romance. And what better way to celebrate this roller coaster of a holiday than to go to
the movies and see the power of love beautifully and cathartically magnified on the big
screen?
Join us Valentine's Day weekend for films both classic and contemporary that celebrate amour
in its many forms, including CASABLANCA, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO,
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, HAROLD AND MAUDE, GONE WITH THE WIND, FROM
HERE TO ETERNITY, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE PRINCESS BRIDE and THE
NOTEBOOK.
Thursday, February 10 – 7:30 PM
HAROLD AND MAUDE, 1971, Paramount, 91 min. Producer
Robert Evans fought hard for non-conformist editor-turned-filmmaker Hal Ashby to be
allowed to direct this wildly offbeat romance between suicidal youngster Bud Cort and
eccentric, 80-year-old Ruth Gordon. The result is one of the most poignant and subversive
films of the New Hollywood era. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets
Saturday, February 12 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: Digitally Restored! THE AFRICAN QUEEN, 1951, Paramount, 105 min. Dir. John
Huston. Gin-soaked captain Humphrey Bogart decides to take pity on skinny, psalm-singing
spinster Katharine Hepburn after her brother is killed in a German attack during WWI - and
instead, winds up falling in love, and ferrying her downriver to launch a suicidal assault
on a German warship! [DCP] Trailer
| Buy Tickets
Digitally Restored! FROM
HERE TO ETERNITY, 1953, Sony Repertory, 118 min. Dir. Fred Zinnemann. This 1953
Oscar winner (for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography and others) remains a timeless
combination of war movie and love story that's as smart and adult as it is entertaining.
James Jones' novel about military life at a Hawaiian army barracks on the brink of
America’s entering World War II is the source for a riveting drama starring Burt
Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift and many others. [35mm]
Trailer | Buy Tickets
Sunday, February 13 – 1:00 PM
The second of four Sunday matinees, running monthly at the Egyptian Theatre. Join us in
the coming months for LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR and LA BOHEME, screening in beautiful digital
format on the really big screen.
THE ELIXIR OF LOVE, 158 min. Donizetti's charming
comedy is a celebration of innocence, so what setting could be better than a small
Italian-American community in Napa Valley, circa 1915? In this ingenious update, the
naďve Nemorino believes a love potion will win him Adina's heart. Blossoming from a shy
Italian immigrant to a plucky entrepreneur, he captures both his sweetheart and the
American dream over the course of this delightful opera buffa. Tenor Ramón Vargas
superbly embodies the role of the lovesick Nemorino. The beautiful but aloof Adina is sung
by soprano Inva Mula. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. In two acts with one 10
minute intermission. [BLU RAY] Buy Tickets
Sunday, February 13 – 5:00 PM
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, 1965, Warner Bros., 193 min. Dir.
David Lean. This story of Tsarists, revolutionaries, two beautiful women in love with the
same man, a nation in upheaval and, above all, the poet physician (Omar Sharif) who
witnesses and remembers it all - is one of the most lyrical, visually breathtaking films
in the history of the medium. Co-starring Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger,
Tom Courtenay and Alec Guinness, with sublime music by Maurice Jarre. [35mm] Trailer | Buy Tickets |
