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United Artists 90th Anniversary Festival Tickets & Prize Package Giveaway!
In honor of United Artist's 90th Anniversary, TheCinemaSource.com is giving away a boatload of prizes!
1 Grand Prize winner will win:
A pair of passes, good for any screening during the United Artists 90th-Anniversary Film Festival, running five weeks at Film Forum March 28th ? May 1st showing over 50 films including Manhattan, Raging Bull, Midnight Cowboy, Goldfinger, Some Like It Hot, and many more.
A United Artists DVD prize package of 20 classic UA films on DVD including Rocky, Raging Bull, Rain Man, Midnight Cowboy, and many more.
...And 5 First Prize winners will win the DVD prize package!
To enter, all you have to do is send us an e-mail at ZakSantucci@TheCinemaSource.com, with "United Artists Contest" in the subject line, answering this question:
What's your favorite United Artists-produced film of all time, and WHY?
Here are the 20 films at stake to get you thinking:
The Apartment (Collector's Edition)
The Battle of Britain (Collector's Edition)
A Bridge Too Far (Collector's Edition, 2 discs)
Carrie: 25th Anniversary (Special Edition)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Special Edition, 2 discs)
Die Another Day P/S (Special Edition)
Fiddler on the Roof (Decade's Collection)
Fistful of Dollars (Collector's Edition)
For A Few Dollars More (Collector's Edition)
Get Shorty (Collector's Edition, 2 discs)
The Great Escape(Special Edition, 2 discs)
In the Heat of the Night (40th Anniversary Edition)
Invasion of Body Snatchers (Collector's Edition)
Judgment At Nuremberg (Special Edition)
New York, New York (30th Anniversary Edition)
Raging Bull (Collector's Edition, 2 discs)
Rain Man (Special Edition)
Rocky (Collector's Edition)
Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
West Side Story (Special Edition, 2 discs)
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Some of her best work: "The Premature Burial", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Curse of Frankenstein", "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" and "Devil Girl from Mars"!
Interesting side not:
"The Man Who Could Cheat Death" (1959) is coming out on DVD on July 1st, 2008. Which will retail for $14.95, but are available at Classicflix.com for only $10.99.
RIP Horror Queen ....Hazel Court ..Thanks for the memoirs!
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"The Bonnie and Clyde" Ultimate Collector?s Edition was just Released on Tuesday March 25, 2008!!!
I just bought this and it's worth it!! It was $24.99 at Costco!!
"The Bonnie and Clyde" Ultimate Collector?s Edition 2 Disc DVD also contain's collectible memorabilia, with a 36-page hardcover book of rare, behind-the-scenes photos, a 24-page reproduction of the original 1967 press book and special mail-in poster offer.
Special Features:
The History Channel Documentary - Love and Death: The Story of Bonnie and Clyde (newsreel footage, period accounts, and interviews with biographers to bring the story of the notorious outlaws to life)
Revolution! The Making of Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde's Gang (The challenges of bringing together the right creative forces to adapt the true story into a glamorous tale)
The Reality and Myth of Bonnie and Clyde (Blending old and new Hollywood crews to bring about the style and look of a film which impacted more than just the fashion industry during the era)
Releasing Bonnie and Clyde (From production to the final edited cut, a look at the struggles and joys of making a film that became a worldwide phenomenon and an Oscar winner)
Warren Beatty Wardrobe Tests
Deleted Scenes
The Road to Mineloa
Outlaws
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
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Per Classicflix.com
**Legend Films** has started aggressively licensing films and have announced their first wave to be released this June.
Six films out on June 3rd, 2008:
Rhubarb (1951)
Houdini (1953)
Money from Home (1953)
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
The Busy Body (1967)
Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
With The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) coming out on July 1st, 2008.
All will retail for $14.95, but are available at Classicflix.com for only $10.99. There are no subtitles or secondary language tracks and the special features consist of trailers on a few titles.
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Grab your popcorn and celebrate United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival. Sit back and enjoy some of the finest motion pictures of all time like Annie Hall, The Apartment, West Side Story, Some Like it Hot, Raging Bull and Rocky! April 22- May 1 at Sunrise Las Olas Riverfront Theatre, 300 SW 1St Ave., Ft. Lauderdale. For tickets click here.
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Grab your popcorn and celebrate United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival. Sit back and enjoy some of the finest motion pictures of all time like Annie Hall, The Apartment, West Side Story, Some Like it Hot, Raging Bull and Rocky! April 22- May 1 at Sunrise Las Olas Riverfront Theatre, 300 SW 1St Ave., Ft. Lauderdale.
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United Artist just turned 90 and they are having a UA 90th Anniversary Film Festival in Dallas and your friends a Gordon and the Whale Dot Com will be your hosts. What?s going to be showing at the film festival? See below. All films will be screened at Landmark?s THE INWOOD and they will be showing at MIDNIGHT. Standard prices too!
MIDNIGHT COWBOY: April 4
DR. NO: April 5
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: April 11
THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR: April 12
RAGING BULL: April 18
WEST SIDE STORY: April 19
SOME LIKE IT HOT: April 25
ANNIE HALL: April 26
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Sorry I got my info from "Find a Grave"!
Per Wikipeda:
He won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in "Spartacus" (1960) and "Topkapi" (1964). He also won one Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actor for the film "Quo Vadis?" (he set the Oscar and Globe statuettes up on his desk as if playing doubles tennis; the game was also a love of his life, as was ocean yachting). Furthermore, Ustinov was the winner of three Emmys, one Grammy, and was nominated for two Tony awards.
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Thaks Find A Grave..
Actor, Motion Picture Director, Educator. He is best remembered for his film roles of vain, selfish, insolent and rude characters. Born of Russian descent, where his grandfather, an officer in the Czar's Army, was exiled for refusing to convert to the Eastern Orthodox Church (he was Protestant), his mother was Nadia Benois, also of a Russian exile family in London. He began acting at age 17, sold his first screenplay at age 24, and directed his first film at age 25.
During World War II, he was the batman (personal assistant) to British actor, Lieutenant Colonel David Niven, with the rank of Private.
In 1951, he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role of the ?Emperor Nero? in the film "Quo Vadis" (1951). Later Oscars, also for Best Supporting Actor, came for his role of ?Lentulus Batiatus? in "Spartacus" (1960) and for the role of ?Arthur Simon Simpson? in "Topkapi" (1964). In later years, he was remembered for his role (reprised several times, including television) of Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the Agatha Christie mystery movies, "Death on the Nile" (1978), "Evil Under the Sun" (1982), and "Appointment With Death" (1988). He also produced the voices for such cartoon hits as ?Prince John? in Disney's "Robin Hood" (1973), and as ?Manny? the Rat in "The Mouse and His Child" (1977). He did what is considered a remarkable job in playing the role of ?Markov? in "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" (1977). He has also won three Emmy Awards, in 1957, 1966, and in 1970, for his work in television. Fluent in French, German, English, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, he was married three times. In 1975, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and in 1990, he was knighted Sir Peter Ustinov. In 1992, he became Chancellor of the University of Durham, a position he held until his death in 2004 at his home in Switzerland.
Best Peter Ustinov Films:
The Sundowners
Spartacus
We're No Angels
Quo Vadis
Topkapi
Blackbeard's Ghost
Logan's Run
Evil Under the Sun
The Egyptian
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Best line form "Wild at Heart'......
Lula: This whole world's wild at heart and weird on top.
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The Black Hole
V.I.N.CENT: To quote Cicero: rashness is the characteristic of youth, prudence that of mellowed age, and discretion the better part of valor.
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The Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
UA 90th ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL
Rich in history and devoted to creating powerful, quality films, United Artists (UA) was formed in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to encourage progressive filmmaking, giving each star the authority and autonomy to create the films about which they were most passionate. This film festival features many of the studio?s best-known and iconic films, noted for their high artistic achievements.
Friday, May 2
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY ? Long version!
By far the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic and stylistically influential spaghetti western ever mounted, Sergio Leone's loud, funny, amoral epic concerns three greedy men hunting a $200,000 cache of Confederate Army gold: drifter Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name, Lee Van Cleef as a sadistic Union Army officer, and the hilarious Eli Wallach as a murderous Mexican bandito. Our 35mm widescreen print, presented in Dolby Digital sound, is an extended English language version with nearly 20 minutes of previously unseen footage. Classic film score by Ennio Morricone. (Italy/Spain, 1966)
Showtimes: 12:45, 4:40, 8:30
Saturday, May 3
THE GREAT ESCAPE ? New 35mm print!
The true story of how Allied prisoners of war plan an elaborate and daring tunnel escape from a German camp during World War II is the basis for this exhilarating, epic adventure. The plotters are Steve McQueen (in the role that made him a superstar), Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, James Garner and Donald Pleasence. Directed by John Sturges. (USA, 1963)
Showtimes: 12:45, 4:40, 8:30
Sunday, May 4
WEST SIDE STORY ? New 35mm print!
Winner of ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this electrifying Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in the slums of 1950s New York. Montagues and Capulets become Jets and Sharks as star-crossed lovers (Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer) are caught between antagonistic street gangs. Co-starring Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris and Rita Moreno. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. (USA, 1961)
Showtimes: 1:20, 4:40, 8:00
Monday, May 5 (double feature)
THE APARTMENT
C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hide away for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must make the most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl...or his job. Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot). (USA, 1960)
Showtimes: 7:30
ANNIE HALL ? New 35mm print!
This Best Picture Oscar winner stars writer/director Woody Allen as a neurotic New York comedian who falls for a quirky Midwestern girl (Diane Keaton) in an on-again, off-again romance. Co-starring Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Colleen Dewhurst, Janet Margolin, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken and Jeff Goldblum. (USA, 1977)
Showtimes: 5:35, 10:00
Tuesday, May 6 (double feature)
DR. NO ? New 35mm print!
The evil Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) plots to rule the world but runs afoul of ever-suave and fearless secret Agent 007 (Sean Connery) in the first, and still one of the best, James Bond spy classics. Features Ursula Andress as Bond gal Honey Ryder. Co-stars Jack Lord, Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell. (UK, 1962)
Showtimes: 7:30
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) ? New 35mm print!
Steve McQueen stars as a Boston tycoon who pulls off a daring bank heist just for kicks, and Faye Dunaway plays the insurance investigator who eventually falls in love with him in this Norman Jewison-directed caper. (USA, 1968)
Showtimes: 5:25, 9:50
Wednesday, May 7 (double feature)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY ? New 35mm print!
Hayseed-turned-hustler Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and seedy thief Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) struggle to survive on the tough streets of New York in this Oscar-winning Best Picture. Co-starring Sylvia Miles, John McGiver and Brenda Vaccaro. (USA, 1969)
Showtimes: 7:30
WOMEN IN LOVE
Glenda Jackson garnered an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this erotic, richly photographed classic set in 1920s England that also stars Alan Bates, Oliver Reed and Jennie Linden as two couples entwined in passion's recklessness. Written by Larry Kramer (based on the sexually frank novel by D.H. Lawrence) and directed by Ken Russell (The Devils, Tommy, Altered States). (UK, 1969)
Showtimes: 5:00, 10:00
Thursday, May 8 (double feature)
SOME LIKE IT HOT ? New 35mm print!
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest?and homeliest?members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for "Josephine," an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for "Daphne," and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Directed by Billy Wilder (The Apartment). (USA, 1959)
Showtimes: 7:30
THE PINK PANTHER (1963) ? New 35mm print!
Meet Inspector Jacques Clouseau?the bumbling French detective whose career is one gigantic banana peel! Showcasing the comic genius of Peter Sellers, this delightful comedy caper from director Blake Edwards (The Party, Breakfast at Tiffany's) brims with charm and clever slapstick. Arriving at an Italian ski resort with a large diamond known as the Pink Panther, Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale) encounters the suave Sir Charles (David Niven), who also happens to be the notorious jewel thief The Phantom. Can Clouseau (Sellers), the clumsiest inspector ever to trip over a case, stop Sir Charles' plot? Or will The Phantom steal the "cat" and leave Clouseau holding the bag? Co-starring Robert Wagner and Capucine. (USA, 1963)
Showtimes: 5:15, 10:00
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The Nuart Theatre
11272 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025
UA 90th ANNIVERSARY FILM FESTIVAL
Rich in history and devoted to creating powerful, quality films, United Artists (UA) was formed in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to encourage progressive filmmaking, giving each star the authority and autonomy to create the films about which they were most passionate. This film festival features many of the studio?s best-known and iconic films, noted for their high artistic achievements.
Friday, May 2
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY ? Long version!
By far the most ambitious, unflinchingly graphic and stylistically influential spaghetti western ever mounted, Sergio Leone's loud, funny, amoral epic concerns three greedy men hunting a $200,000 cache of Confederate Army gold: drifter Clint Eastwood as The Man With No Name, Lee Van Cleef as a sadistic Union Army officer, and the hilarious Eli Wallach as a murderous Mexican bandito. Our 35mm widescreen print, presented in Dolby Digital sound, is an extended English language version with nearly 20 minutes of previously unseen footage. Classic film score by Ennio Morricone. (Italy/Spain, 1966)
Showtimes: 12:45, 4:40, 8:30
Saturday, May 3
THE GREAT ESCAPE ? New 35mm print!
The true story of how Allied prisoners of war plan an elaborate and daring tunnel escape from a German camp during World War II is the basis for this exhilarating, epic adventure. The plotters are Steve McQueen (in the role that made him a superstar), Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, James Garner and Donald Pleasence. Directed by John Sturges. (USA, 1963)
Showtimes: 12:45, 4:40, 8:30
Sunday, May 4
WEST SIDE STORY ? New 35mm print!
Winner of ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this electrifying Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical sets the ageless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in the slums of 1950s New York. Montagues and Capulets become Jets and Sharks as star-crossed lovers (Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer) are caught between antagonistic street gangs. Co-starring Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris and Rita Moreno. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. (USA, 1961)
Showtimes: 1:20, 4:40, 8:00
Monday, May 5 (double feature)
THE APARTMENT
C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hide away for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, but his own love life as well. For Sheldrake's mistress is the lovely Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), elevator girl and angel of Bud's dreams. Convinced that he is the only man for Fran, Bud must make the most important executive decision of his career: lose the girl...or his job. Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot). (USA, 1960)
Showtimes: 7:30
ANNIE HALL ? New 35mm print!
This Best Picture Oscar winner stars writer/director Woody Allen as a neurotic New York comedian who falls for a quirky Midwestern girl (Diane Keaton) in an on-again, off-again romance. Co-starring Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Colleen Dewhurst, Janet Margolin, Shelley Duvall, Christopher Walken and Jeff Goldblum. (USA, 1977)
Showtimes: 5:35, 10:00
Tuesday, May 6 (double feature)
DR. NO ? New 35mm print!
The evil Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman) plots to rule the world but runs afoul of ever-suave and fearless secret Agent 007 (Sean Connery) in the first, and still one of the best, James Bond spy classics. Features Ursula Andress as Bond gal Honey Ryder. Co-stars Jack Lord, Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell. (UK, 1962)
Showtimes: 7:30
THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) ? New 35mm print!
Steve McQueen stars as a Boston tycoon who pulls off a daring bank heist just for kicks, and Faye Dunaway plays the insurance investigator who eventually falls in love with him in this Norman Jewison-directed caper. (USA, 1968)
Showtimes: 5:25, 9:50
Wednesday, May 7 (double feature)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY ? New 35mm print!
Hayseed-turned-hustler Joe Buck (Jon Voight) and seedy thief Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) struggle to survive on the tough streets of New York in this Oscar-winning Best Picture. Co-starring Sylvia Miles, John McGiver and Brenda Vaccaro. (USA, 1969)
Showtimes: 7:30
WOMEN IN LOVE
Glenda Jackson garnered an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this erotic, richly photographed classic set in 1920s England that also stars Alan Bates, Oliver Reed and Jennie Linden as two couples entwined in passion's recklessness. Written by Larry Kramer (based on the sexually frank novel by D.H. Lawrence) and directed by Ken Russell (The Devils, Tommy, Altered States). (UK, 1969)
Showtimes: 5:00, 10:00
Thursday, May 8 (double feature)
SOME LIKE IT HOT ? New 35mm print!
When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting, they quickly board a southbound train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest?and homeliest?members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) falls for "Josephine," an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for "Daphne," and a mob boss (George Raft) refuses to fall for their hoax! Directed by Billy Wilder (The Apartment). (USA, 1959)
Showtimes: 7:30
THE PINK PANTHER (1963) ? New 35mm print!
Meet Inspector Jacques Clouseau?the bumbling French detective whose career is one gigantic banana peel! Showcasing the comic genius of Peter Sellers, this delightful comedy caper from director Blake Edwards (The Party, Breakfast at Tiffany's) brims with charm and clever slapstick. Arriving at an Italian ski resort with a large diamond known as the Pink Panther, Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale) encounters the suave Sir Charles (David Niven), who also happens to be the notorious jewel thief The Phantom. Can Clouseau (Sellers), the clumsiest inspector ever to trip over a case, stop Sir Charles' plot? Or will The Phantom steal the "cat" and leave Clouseau holding the bag? Co-starring Robert Wagner and Capucine. (USA, 1963)
Showtimes: 5:15, 10:00
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From: Chicago Reader
United Artists 90th Anniversary Film Festival
April 3, 2008
A shot across the bow of the Hollywood studio system, United Artists was incorporated in February 1919 as an independent production and distribution company by four of the movie industry?s creative giants: Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith. (Remarked one studio executive: ?The inmates are taking over the asylum.?) Under the management of Joe Schenck in the 1920s it released some of the three stars? greatest pictures (Chaplin?s The Gold Rush, Fairbanks?s The Thief of Bagdad) as well as projects with Buster Keaton (The General) and Rudolph Valentino (Son of the Sheik). As Chaplin, Pickford, and Fairbanks began to wind down their careers, UA was pressed for quality product and cut deals with such independent producers as Howard Hughes (Hell?s Angels), Samuel Goldwyn (Dodsworth), and Alexander Korda (The Prisoner of Zenda). The company was never a huge success, but for three decades it came to represent the independent spirit that periodically revitalizes the American movie industry.
Strangely, none of that is being celebrated in this Music Box program of UA releases, the earliest of which?Robert Aldrich?s crazed Kiss Me Deadly (Mon 4/7, 9:40 PM)?hit theaters in 1955. By then the surviving founders, Chaplin and Pickford, had handed over the company to two lawyers, Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin, who closed down its production facilities and operated it primarily as a financing company. Yet even in this period UA backed some adventurous projects, from Charles Laughton?s eerie "The Night of the Hunter" (showing Wed 4/9, 5:00, 9:40) to John Frankenheimer?s paranoid The Manchurian Candidate (Tue 4/8, 4:30) to John Schlesinger?s sexually frank Midnight Cowboy (Thu 4/10, 9:40) to Sidney Lumet?s caustic Network (Thu 4/10, 4:30). UA bankrolled Billy Wilder?s Some Like It Hot (Mon 4/7, 5:00) and Robert Wise?s West Side Story (Sun 4/6, 4:00) and supported such emerging talents as Stanley Kubrick (The Killing, Tue 4/8, 9:40), Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Sat 4/5, 4:00), Woody Allen (Bananas, Fri 4/4, 5:30, Sa 4/4, midnight), and Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Fri 4/4, 9:20).
For more information call the Music Box at 773-871-6604
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Friday, April 18, 2008 & 7:00pm Arizona Time (PT)!
The Stepford Wives (1975)
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Birmingham 8
250 N Old Woodward Ave
Birmingham, MI 48009
(248) 723-6240
Birmingham 8 Honors 90 Years of United Artists Films With 'Best of the Best'
Film Festival
Celebrate the heyday of cinema at the United Artists 90th Anniversary Film
Festival
BIRMINGHAM, Mich., March 26 /PRNewswire/ --
The Uptown Birmingham 8, theatre in Birmingham, Mich., will showcase some of the best films from the iconic: "United Artists at a 90th Anniversary Film Festival" March 31 - April 3,
2008.
The Birmingham 8 is one of only 20 stops for the festival and the only
theatre in the area bringing United Artists classics back to the screen for
this milestone celebration.
"Great movies are vital to the success of theatres," said Barb Zanetti,
senior director of Uptown Entertainment, which includes the Palladium and
Birmingham 8 theatres. "We are proud to celebrate the anniversary of United
Artists, a company that has brought us so many wonderful films over the last
ninety years."
United Artists is the studio responsible for some of the most popular film
franchises in history including, Rocky, Pink Panther and James Bond. As part
of the special celebration, the theatres will show two classics each night.
Festival-goers can enjoy both films for just $5.00
Show times at the Uptown
Birmingham 8 are:
Monday, March 31, 5:00 p.m. - Annie Hall (PG) - 1977 Academy Award®
for Best Picture!
Monday, March 31, 7:30 p.m. - West Side Story ® - 1961 10 Academy
Awards including best picture
Tuesday, April 1, 5:00 p.m. - From Russia with Love (PG)
Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 p.m. - Raging Bull ®
Wednesday, April 2, 5:00 p.m. - Coming Home ®
Wednesday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. - Midnight Cowboy ® - 1969 Academy
Award for best picture!!
Thursday, April 3, 5:00 p.m. - Dr. No (PG)
Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m. - Goldfinger (NR)
United Artists was founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks,
D.W. Griffith and Mary Pickford, giving each star the authority and autonomy
to create films they were passionate about. In the 1980s, United Artists
merged with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., creating one of the world's
biggest libraries. Over its history, United Artists has created more than 900
works, including the longest-running franchise in Hollywood history, James
Bond.
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This unique, one-time only event on theater screens in major cities nationwide highlights some of the great United Artisits films!
Portland March 14, 2008
Larelhurst Theater
New York CIty March 28, 2008
Film Forum
Detroit March 31, 2008
Uptown Birmingham 8
San Francisco April 3, 2008
Castro Theater
Dallas Apirlk 4, 2008
Landmark Inwood Theater
Cleveland April 5, 2008
Shaker Square Cinemas
Houston April 15, 2008
Willowbrook Movie Tavern
Minneapolis April 16, 2008
Landmark Edina Cinema
Raleigh/Durham April 21, 2008
The Carolina Theater of Durham
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Aprill 22, 2008
Sunrise Cinemas Stadium 15
Las Olas Riverfront
Phoenix, Az April 25, 2008
Harkins Valley Art Theater
Chicago April 26, 2008
Music Box Theater
Seattle April 30, 2008
SIFF Cinema
Boston May 01, 2008
Brattle Theater
Los Angeles May 02, 2008
Landmark Nuart
Washington, D.C. May 10, 2008
AFI Silver Springs Theater
San Diego May 23, 2008
Landmark Ken Theater
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Ollie Johnston - Disney Family Album Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoRNPNL9v0
Ollie Johnston - Disney Family Album Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRLvVg_8bRg&feature=related
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Ollie Johnston - Disney Family Album Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoRNPNL9v0
Ollie Johnston - Disney Family Album Part 2
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Friday, April 18, 2008 @ 3:00am Arizona Time (PT)!!!
Coquette (1929) W./Mary Pickford who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role.!
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Friday, April 18, 2008 & 7:00pm Arizona Time (PT)!
The Stepford Wives (1975)
I love this film!! Very Creepy!!!
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Legendary Disney animator Ollie Johnston passed away earlier today at the age of 95 due to natural causes. Here is the press release:
Ollie Johnston, one of the greatest animators/directing animators in animation history and the last surviving member of Walt Disney's elite group of animation pioneers known affectionately as the "Nine Old Men," passed away from natural causes at a long term care facility in Sequim, Washington on Monday April 14th. He was 95 years old. During his stellar 43-year career at The Walt Disney Studios, he contributed inspired animation and direction to such classic films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pinocchio "Fantasia" Song of the South Cinderella Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Lady and the Tramp Sleeping Beauty "Sword in the Stone" Mary Poppins The Jungle Book "Robin Hood" The Rescuers and "The Fox and the Hound."
In addition to his achievements as an animator and directing animator, Johnston (in collaboration with his lifelong friend and colleague Frank Thomas) authored four landmark books:
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, Too Funny for Words, Bambi: The Story and the Film, and The Disney Villain. Johnston and Thomas were also the title subjects of a heartfelt 1995 feature-length documentary entitled "Frank and Ollie," written and directed by Frank's son, Theodore (Ted) Thomas. In November 2005, Johnston became the first animator to be honored with the National Medal of Arts at a White House ceremony.
Roy E. Disney, director emeritus and consultant for The Walt Disney Company, said, "Ollie was part of an amazing generation of artists, one of the real pioneers of our art, one of the major participants in the blossoming of animation into the art form we know today. One of Ollie's strongest beliefs was that his characters should think first, then act ... and they all did. He brought warmth and wit and sly humor and a wonderful gentleness to every character he animated. He brought all those same qualities to his life, and to all of our lives who knew him. We will miss him greatly, but we were all enormously enriched by him."
John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios and a longtime friend to Johnston, added, "Ollie had such a huge heart and it came through in all of his animation, which is why his work is some of the best ever done. Aside from being one of the greatest animators of all time, he and Frank (Thomas) were so incredibly giving and spent so much time creating the bible of animation -- 'Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life' -- which has had such a huge impact on so many animators over the years. Ollie was a great teacher and mentor to all of us. His door at the Studio was always open to young animators, and I can't imagine what animation would be like today without him passing on all of the knowledge and principles that the 'nine old men' and Walt Disney developed. He taught me to always be aware of what a character is thinking, and we continue to make sure that every character we create at Pixar and Disney has a thought process and emotion that makes them come alive."
Glen Keane, one of Disney's top supervising animators and director of the upcoming feature "Rapunzel," observed, "Ollie Johnston was the kind of teacher who made you believe in yourself through his genuine encouragement and patient guidance. He carried the torch of Disney animation and passed it on to another generation. May his torch continue to be passed on for generations to come."
Andreas Deja, another of today's most acclaimed and influential animators paid tribute to his friend and mentor in this way, "I always thought that Ollie Johnston so immersed himself into the characters he animated, that whenever you watched Bambi, Pinocchio, Smee or Rufus the cat, you saw Ollie on the screen. His kind and humorous personality came through in every scene he animated. I will never forget my many stimulating conversations with him over the years, his words of wisdom and encouragement. 'Don't animate drawings, animate feelings,' he would say. What fantastic and important advice! He was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, and it was an honor and joy to have known him."
John Canemaker, Academy Award®-winning animator/director, and author of the book, Walt Disney's Nine Old Men & The Art of Animation, noted, "Ollie Johnston believed in the emotional power of having 'two pencil drawings touch each other.' His drawings had a big emotional impact on audiences, that's for sure -- when Mowgli and Baloo hug in 'The Jungle Book;' when Pongo gives his mate Perdita a comforting lick in '101 Dalmatians;' when an elderly cat rubs against an orphan girl in 'The Rescuers' -- Ollie Johnston, one of the greatest animators who ever lived, deeply touched our hearts."
Born in Palo Alto, California on October 31, 1912, Johnston attended grammar school at the Stanford University campus where his father taught as a professor of the romance languages. His artistic abilities became increasingly evident while attending Palo Alto High School and later as an art major at Stanford University.
During his senior year in college, Johnston came to Los Angeles to study under Pruett Carter at the Chouinard Art Institute. It was during this time that he was approached by Disney and, after only one week of training, joined the fledgling studio in 1935. The young artist immediately became captivated by the Disney spirit and discovered that he could uniquely express himself through this new art form.
At Disney, Johnston's first assignment was as an in-betweener on the cartoon short "Mickey's Garden." The following year, he was promoted to apprentice animator, where he worked under Fred Moore on such cartoon shorts as "Pluto's Judgement Day" and "Mickey's Rival."
Johnston got his first crack at animating on a feature film with "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Following that, he worked on Pinocchio and virtually every one of Disney's animated classics that followed. One of his proudest accomplishments was on the 1942 feature "Bambi," which pushed the art form to new heights in portraying animal realism. Johnston was one of four supervising animators to work on that film.
For his next feature assignment, Song of the South (1946), Johnston became a directing animator and served in that capacity on nearly every film that followed. After completing some early animation and character development on "The Fox and the Hound," the veteran animator officially retired in January 1978, to devote full time to writing, lecturing and consulting.
His first book, Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, written with Frank Thomas, was published in 1981 and ranks as the definitive tome on the Disney approach to entertainment and animation. In 1987, his second book, Too Funny For Words, was published and offered additional insights into the studio's unique style of visual humor. A detailed visual and anecdotal account of the making of "Bambi," Walt Disney's Bambi: The Story and the Film, the third collaboration for Thomas and Johnston, was published in 1990. The Disney Villains, a fascinating inside look at the characters audiences love to hate, was written by the duo in 1993.
In addition to being one of the foremost animators in Disney history, Johnston was also considered one of the world's leading train enthusiasts. The backyard of his home in Flintridge, California, boasted one of the finest hand-built miniature railroads. Even more impressive was the full-size antique locomotive he ran for many years at his former vacation home in Julian, near San Diego. Johnston had a final opportunity to ride his train at a special ceremony held in his honor at Disneyland in May 2005.
The pioneering animator was honored by the Studio in 1989 with a Disney Legends Award. In 2003, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences held a special tribute to him (and Frank Thomas), "Frank and Ollie: Drawn Together," in Beverly Hills.
Johnston moved from his California residence to a care facility in Sequim, Washington in March 2006 to be near his family. He is survived by his two sons: Ken Johnston and his wife Carolyn, and Rick Johnston and his wife Teya Priest Johnston. His beloved wife of 63 years, Marie, passed away in May 2005. Funeral plans will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations can be made to CalArts (calarts.com), the World Wildlife Fund (worldwildlife.org), or National Resources Defense Council (nrdc.org). The Studio is planning a life celebration with details to be announced shortly.
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`Scream queen' Hazel Court dies at 82 in California!
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April 17, 2008
Hazel Court, 82; 'scream queen' in horror films in 1950s and '60s!
Hazel Court, an English beauty who co-starred with the likes of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in popular horror movies in the 1950s and '60s, has died. She was 82.
Court died Tuesday at her home near Lake Tahoe from a heart attack, her daughter, Sally Walsh, said Wednesday.
Although she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American television, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963's "The Raven." She co-starred with Price, Karloff and Peter Lorre in the Roger Corman take on the classic Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Corman directed her in five movies. Like other "scream queens" of the era, Court's roles often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths.
"The Premature Burial," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Curse of Frankenstein" and "Devil Girl From Mars" helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail even in her later years.
The daughter of a professional cricket player, Court was born Feb. 10, 1926, in the English town of Sutton Coldfield.
As a teenager, she was appearing in stage productions when she was spotted and signed by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, which owned movie studios and theaters. Court got her first movie bit part by the time she was 18 and went on to become a popular actress and a **** girl.
"She was one of the great beauties of all time," Walsh said. "She was a redhead with really green eyes and almost . . . the perfect face. She was on the cover of almost every magazine."
Court appeared in some of the low-budget Hammer Film Productions horror movies and co-starred with Patrick O'Neal in the 1957 British TV comedy series "Dick and the Duchess." In the late 1950s, she came to the United States to work on TV's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."
Walsh, who lives in Los Angeles, said Court is survived by another daughter, Courtney Taylor of Ojai; a son, Jonathan Taylor of Reno; and stepdaughters Anne Taylor Fleming of Los Angeles and Avery Taylor of San Francisco.
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