SUN APR 21, 2024 7:00 PM VALLEY GIRL / REAL GENIUS $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Aero Theatre | Introduction by actor Nicolas Cage and Q&A with filmmaker Martha Coolidge. Moderated by Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith. Martha Coolidge’s personal 35mm print of REAL GENIUS ‘Martha Coolidge: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILMS: VALLEY GIRL, 1983, Dir. Martha Coolidge, 95 Min, USA A girl from the San Fernando Valley falls for a Hollywood punker, much to the dismay of her socially-conscious friends. Will she decide to forgo popularity for true love? FORMAT: 35mm REAL GENIUS, 1985, Dir. Martha Coolidge, 108 Min, USA When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, almost anything can happen. Chris (Val Kilmer) is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is the 16-year-old whiz kid, and Lazlo (Jonathan Gries), America’s number one brain, literally lives in a world of his own … Chris’ closet. When the geniuses discover that their unscrupulous mentor Professor Hathaway (William Atherton) has had them working on a secret weapon for the military, they plot an elaborate revenge. FORMAT: 35mm