FRASER-THON: 4-Film Brendan Fraser Marathon

$25.00 (members-only)

Aero Theatre | Q&A with actor Brendan Fraser

Marathon includes: SCHOOL TIES, THE WHALE, THE MUMMY, and BLAST FROM THE PAST

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ABOUT THE MARATHON:

6:00pm | SCHOOL TIES

8:00pm | THE WHALE + Q&A following with Brendan Fraser

10:40pm | THE MUMMY + Introduction by Brendan Fraser

12:45am | BLAST FROM THE PAST

Start times are approximate. Ticket includes entry to one or all films in marathon.

ABOUT THE FILMS:

SCHOOL TIES, 1992, ROBERT MANDEL, 107 MINUTES, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, USA

Rare archival print.

In 1959, working class teen, David Greene (Brendan Fraser) receives a football scholarship to an elite New England preparatory school and quickly becomes the big man on campus. While enjoying his new-found status, he also struggles to accept and reveal his Jewish identity among his new evangelical friends and classmates for fear that they might turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.

FORMAT: 35mm

THE WHALE, 2022, DARREN ARONOFSKY, 117 MINUTES, A24, USA

From Darren Aaron Aronofsky comes THE WHALE, the story of a reclusive English teacher, played by Academy Award nominee for Best Lead Actor, Brendan Fraser, who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Based on the acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter.

FORMAT: DCP

THE MUMMY, 1999, STEPHEN SOMMERS, 125 MINUTES, UNIVERSAL, USA

In a 1920’s archeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, dashing legionnaire Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) accidentally awakens the former High Priest Imhotep. Cursed with bringing eternal doom upon the world if he is awoken, the mummy wreaks havoc as he searches for the forbidden, long-lost love that lead to his death.

FORMAT: 35mm

BLAST FROM THE PAST, 1999, HUGH WILSON, 112 MINUTES, DISTRIBUTOR, USA

When Adam Webber (Brendan Fraser) emerges from the 1960s fallout shelter he’s lived in his entire life, he sets out to locate a lucky lady to return underground with while navigating what is clearly the dystopian future of the 90s. Exploring this brave new world, Adam meets Eve (Alicia Silverstone)… and the rest is history.

FORMAT: Digital