| Special Events in March:
Friday, March 3 – 7:30 PM
THE OSCAR, 1966,
Avco-Embassy & Stuart Lisell Films, 118 min. Dir. Russell Rouse. Get in the mood for
the Oscar telecast with this hilariously overheated drama of the race for the Oscar
statuette, a kind of masculine version of ALL ABOUT EVE, starring Stephen Boyd as a strip
club barker-turned-Hollywood star, clawing and back-stabbing his way to Academy Awards
night, while lover Elke Sommer and a wildly-miscast Tony Bennett (in his only starring
role) stand by and suffer. Look for Milton Berle in an excellent supporting role as
Boyd’s agent, along with cameos from Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Edith Head, Hedda
Hopper, Merle Oberon and Nancy Sinatra. Discussion
following the film with actress, Elke Sommer.
Saturday, March 4 - 10:00 AM
OSCAR NOMINATED EDITORS "INVISIBLE ART,
VISIBLE ARTISTS"
Presented by American Cinema Editors
(A.C.E.)
An open discussion with all of this year's Academy Award-nominated
editors. Mike Hill and Dan Hanley (Cinderella Man); Claire Simpson (The Constant
Gardener); Hughes Winborne (Crash); Michael Kahn (Munich); and Michael McCusker (Walk the
Line).
Free Admission.
Tickets available day of only at the box office. No online ticketing for this event.
Saturday, March 4 - 2:30 PM
OSCAR NOMINATED ART DIRECTORS
Presented by the American Cinematheque in association with the Art Directors Guild and the Set Decorators Society
of America
A panel discussion with this year's Academy Award-nominated
Production Designers and Set Decorators, moderated by Art Directors Guild President Thomas
A. Walsh. With Jim Bissell (art) & Jan Pascale (set) (Good Night, and Good Luck);
Stuart Craig (art) & Stephenie McMillan (set) (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire);
Grant Major (art) & Dan Hennah & Simon Bright (set) (King Kong); John Myhre (art)
& Gretchen Rau (set) (Memoirs of a Geisha); and Sarah Greenwood (art) & Katie
Spencer (set) (Pride & Prejudice). Free Admission.
Tickets available day of the event only at the box office. No
online ticketing for this event.
OSCAR DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
March 4 - 11
Don't miss this rare chance to see a program of the documentary
short films nominated for this year's Academy Awards BEFORE the winners are announced on
March 5th! Always a magnificent look into the talent working in this often overlooked
format.
Steven Okazaki "The Mushroom Club" (35 min). In this
examination of the terrible personal toll that followed the bombing of Hiroshima sixty
years ago, ten people whose lives were marked by the explosion are profiled. Kimberlee
Acquaro & Stacy Sherman’s "God Sleeps in Rwanda" (30 min). The genocide
that devastated Rwanda in 1994 also left in its wake a population that was suddenly
seventy percent female. Five courageous women struggle to rebuild their lives in a society
still reeling from its bloody recent history. Corinne Marrinan & Eric Simonson’s
"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (40 min). This exploration of the
lasting impact of radio broadcasting legend Norman Corwin’s work focuses on his
landmark 1945 piece, "On a Note of Triumph", which aired on the evening of VE
day. Dan Krauss’ The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club (27 min).
After shooting an award-winning photograph that captured the full horror of starvation in
the Sudan, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter found himself tormented by doubts
about the ethical implications of his work.
Saturday, March 4 - 7:30 PM [Rigler Theatre]
Thursday, March 9 - 7:30 PM [Spielberg Theatre]
Friday, March 10 - 7:30 PM [Spielberg Theatre]
Saturday, March 11 - 7:30 PM [Spielberg Theatre]
Thursday, March 9 – 7:30 PM
Tribute to B-Movie Producer, Jack Broder –
Double Feature:
Russian-born Jack Broder immigrated to the
United States in 1920 and moved to Detroit, where he made a living at various jobs. In
1930, Jack began a candy concession stand in the Colonial Theater, something he soon
parlayed into theatre acquisition, and Jack and his brother Paul launched Broder Theaters
in 1935, which by the 1940s owned and operated approximately a dozen venues in the Detroit
area. Jack moved his family to Los Angeles in 1945, where he segued from exhibition to
distribution. In 1947, Jack and Paul’s Realart Pictures acquired reissue rights to
Universal Pictures’ film library for a period of ten years, something that was an
instant success. Flush with equity from the financial windfall, Jack entered film
production in the early 1950s, financing approximately a dozen "B" films under
the banner Jack Broder Productions. Amongst these expoitation pictures were BRIDE OF THE
GORILLA (1951) starring Raymond Burr and Barbara Payton, KID MONK BARONI (1952), BELA
LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA (1952) and HANNAH LEE (1953), a 3-D western. Then, for
awhile, Jack devoted time to other entrepreneurial interests. Missing the movie business,
Jack financed and produced two more films in 1965: THE NAVY VS. THE NIGHT MONSTERS and
WOMEN OF THE PREHISTORIC PLANET. Jack died suddenly of a heart attack in 1979. To this
day, little has been written about his life and career. Please join us in this tribute to
a great, old-fashioned kind of showman.
Leonard Nimoy In-Person!! KID MONK BARONI, 1952, Wade Williams, 79 min. Dir. Harold D.
Schuster. Leonard Nimoy, in his debut leading role, is Paul ‘Monk’ Baroni, a
street gang hoodlum in New York City’s Little Italy, who has his life suddenly change
when he becomes a professional boxer. A great little sleeper of a B film, with a cast that
also includes Bruce Cabot, Mona Knox and Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen of "Adventures of
Superman").
BELA LUGOSI MEETS A
BROOKLYN GORILLA, 1952, Wade Williams, 74 min. Dir. William Beaudine. "Brooklyn
Chumps Become Island Monkeys In a Jungle Full of Laffs!" The ultimate in B movie
(or should we say Z movie?) madness, early 1950’s style, with the Martin/Lewis
knockoff duo, Sammy Petrillo and Duke Mitchell running afoul of anxious-for-human-
guinea-pigs Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi) on a tropical jungle island. Innocently goofy and
somehow marvelously entertaining, despite its threadbare origins. Discussion
in between films with actors Leonard Nimoy, Jack Larson, Mona Knox and producer, Judd
Bernard.
Saturday, March 11 – 10:30 AM
HISTORIC TOUR Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour &
FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:30 AM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Sunday, March 12 – 10:30 AM
HISTORIC TOUR Egyptian Theatre Historic Tour &
FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
10:30 AM Behind the Scenes Tour
11:30 AM FOREVER HOLLYWOOD
Thursday, March 16 - 7:30 PM ALTERNATIVE
SCREEN
Co-Presented with the Slamdance
Film Festival
Sneak Preview!
B.I.K.E., 2006, 89 min., USA. An exploration of the
Black Label Bicycle Club as well as the wider freak bike subculture. Comprised mainly of
artists driven by anti-materialism and a belief that the impending apocalypse will render
cars useless and bicycles in power, BLBC battles mainstream culture and rival gangs for
its vision of a better tomorrow. Co-directed by Jacob Septimus & Anthony Howard and
produced by Frederic King, this new doc is a definitive look at the intersection of
subculture, radical politics, group dynamics and personal identity. With music by: The Dears, Broken Social
Scene, Lightning Bolt, Japanther, Panthers, Explosions in the Sky, A Silver Mt. Zion,
Oneida, Andre Williams, Peter Laughner, Matt and Kim, Rashaan Roland Kirk and The
Gladiators.
Troy Morgan’s "Dragon"
(7 min.), the Slamdance 2006 Award-Winner for best animation will precede the
feature. After her parents die in a tragic fire, a young girl is sent to an orphanage
where she begins to sketch firey visions. When the hed of the orphanage sees her talent,
he exploits her art for profit. When he demands more work, the girl unleashes a
fire-breathing creation that takes on a life of its own. Discussion following with filmmakers Troy Morgan ("Dragon") and
B.I.K.E. producer Frederic King, co-director Jacob Septimus and Black Label Bike Club
Member and World Bike Jousting Champion Doyle,
with a reception for all ticket buyers hosted by Slamdance.
Sunday, March 26 – 6:00 PM
UPA: MAGOO, MCBOING & MODERN ART,
Approximately 180 min. One of the crowning jewels of animation studios in the mid-20th
century was UPA (United Productions of America), a group of brilliant artists, animators
and technicians, who championed the contemporary graphic language of the era and produced
modern animated shorts that challenged Disney's dominance of the medium. UPA was
formed in 1943 by Stephen Bosustow, Zach Schwartz and Dave Hilberman, three artists who
had met on the picket line of the infamous Disney strike of 1941. Pioneers of stylized
animation, UPA rebelled against the "humanized pigs and bunnies" and juvenile
fairytales of mass-produced Hollywood animation, instead creating animated shorts that
seamlessly wove together human characters, sophisticated modern graphics, elegant music,
satirical humor and edgy adult themes. The studio's early work in the 1940’s
consisted of dozens of training films for the US Navy and Army, as well as commissioned
works like the classic "Brotherhood of Man" (1946) for the United
Auto Workers. In 1948, the studio signed a production deal with Columbia Pictures and
began to produce entertainment theatrical shorts. These films revolutionized the industry
and made UPA the critical darling of the 1950s animation scene, garnering them countless
awards (including three Oscars) and an unprecidented exhibition at MoMA, in 1955. Their
most famous creation of the decade, the near-sighted Mister Magoo, became a phenomenon
unto himself and was consistently near the top of cartoon popularity polls during the
1950’s. The tribute at the Egyptian will include many of UPA's greatest hits
including Bobe Cannon's "Gerald McBoing-Boing" (1951), John Hubley's "Rooty
Toot Toot" (1952), Ted Parmelee's "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1953)
and Pete Burness's "When Magoo Flew" (1955), as well as shorts produced
for the groundbreaking CBS TV series "The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show"
(1956), "Deerfoot Dan" and "Blues Pattern" a
preview of a forthcoming documentary THE BOING THAT SHOOK THE WORLD and other rarities. In-between the films, animation historian and author, Jerry Beck,
will moderate two panels about the studio and its films. Veteran UPA animators and
designers including Bill Melendez, Alan Zaslove, Willis Pyle, Fred Crippen, and Sam
Clayberger will be joined by contemporary animator Mark Kausler (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE
LION KING), Lou Romano (production designer of Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES) and
author/historian Amid Amidi (Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation,
Chronicle Books).
About the panelists:
Panel One:
Jerry Beck (moderator): Researching
animation for more than 30 years, Jerry has authored animation books, produced cartoon
compilations, and is an animation consultant for several animation studios.
Bill Melendez: Joined UPA after the
1941 Disney strike, and a stint at Warner's. After ten years of free lance, formed his own
company.
Willie Pyle: Animator at UPA from
1948 to 1951. In the late 70's he was a free lance animator, but most of his life has been
as an illustrator.
Alan Zaslove: Bobe Cannon brought
Alan to UPA in 1943, as paint bottle washer. By the late 50's he'd worked up to being a
UPA director.
Mark Kausler: Multi-talented
animator, storyboard artist, visual effects artist, voice talent, as well as a foremost
animation collector/expert.
Second Panel (Jerry Beck,
moderator):
Fred Crippen: Began with Shamus
Culhane, then transferred to the UPA New York studio, before moving to Toluca Lake to work
on UPA's CBS TV series, directing, writing, and designing funny characters.
Sam Clayberger: Layouts &
Backgrounds at UPA in the mid-50's, for the Columbia shorts and Omnibus Specials. In the
60's he did designs for Jay Ward, and recently part of the revitalization of Chouinard's.
Lou Romano: He has both acted and
designed for animated films, and was the Production Designer for THE INCREDIBLES. He is
currently working on staff at Pixar, in Emeryville, doing visual development.
Amid Amidi: Publisher of popular web
site, Animation Blast, his first book was the well-received The Art of Robots. He recently
completed his second book, Cartoon Modern, on 50's animation graphics.
Thursday, March 30 – 8:00 PM
ALTERNATIVE SCREEN
L.A. Premiere!!
THE TRIBE, 2005, 18 min. The tagline to
director Tiffany Shlain’s terrific short film just about says it all: "An
unorthodox, unauthorized history of the Jewish people and the Barbie doll…in about 15
minutes." Shlain and husband/co-writer, Ken Goldberg brilliantly use the Barbie
doll, the creation of an American Jew, to look at the assimilation of cultural and
religious identities in modern America. Archival footage, graphics, animation, Barbie
dioramas and more take the audience on a breakneck journey through the history of Barbie
and the Jewish people, from Biblical times to the present, all in an attempt to examine
why the newest generation of young Jews still seeks meaning in their heritage but is
decidedly put off by organized religion. Followed by a Q&A
with director/co-writer Tiffany Shlain, co-writer Professor Ken Goldberg, art director Gil
Gershoni , as well as in-depth discssion with audience
members. Plus a 10 minute performance by spoken word artist from the film, Vanessa Hidary.
<< Click to go to the official website
for THE TRIBE.
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