FRI MARCH 11, 2022 7:30 PM THE CAT’S MEOW $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Q&A with screenwriter Steven Peros. Moderated by Jim Hemphill 20th anniversary screening! Peter Bogdanovich Tribute Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM In November 1924, multimillionaire William Randolph Hearst (Edward Herrmann) hosts a weekend of festivities aboard his 220-foot steamer in honor of filmmaker Thomas Ince’s (Cary Elwes) birthday. It seems that everyone on board wants something from Hearst. Ince and his partner, George Thomas (Victor Slezak), need his financial assistance for their faltering business; gossip columnist Louella Parsons (Jennifer Tilly), an East Coast Hearst employee, wants to transfer to Tinseltown; and comedian womanizer Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Izzard) wants Hearst’s lover Marion Davies (Kirsten Dunst) for his own. Joined by other party goers, including English Victorian novelist Elinor Glyn (Joanna Lumley) and Ince’s mistress, the actress Margaret Livingston (Claudia Harrison), the group ships off for a weekend of fun and debauchery, until jealousy leads to tragedy, with all of the party goers sworn to secrecy over what transpired. Director Peter Bogdanovich and screenwriter Steven Peros successfully recreate the opulence of Hearst’s lifestyle and the spirit of the Roaring Twenties right down to the bootleg moonshine and the Charleston. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate VIEW SERIES