THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE GUIDE July 30-Sept. 9, 2004 ★ TO THEATRE AND MEMBER EVENTS VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 12 AFIPREVIEW

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“Fellini and Mastroianni took a moment of discovery and made it immortal.”—Roger Ebert

Washington Area Premiere Engagement! New 35mm Print! LA DOLCE VITA Opens Friday, August 6 with daily shows through Thursday, August 19 This gigantic, kaleidoscopic, bitingly satiric fresco of European life in the 1960s follows tabloid gossip monger Marcello Mastroanni on his travels with his photographer through the sweet life of Rome, in thirteen episodes. Legendary vignettes include: the statue of Christ soaring above Rome; Anita Ekberg’s dip in the Trevi Fountain; a fake apparition; Marcello’s father’s visit; his friend’s suicide; and the morning at the seaside after the orgy. Fellini’s first cinemascope film gave currency to a new word (paparazzi), coined a new catch-phrase (the title)—and was an enormous, scandalous interna- tional success. To prepare for the film, Fellini attested: “I spent many evenings with the photographer-reporters of the Via Veneto.” But, in fact, he said, it’s all “... completely invented. The Rome of which I speak is a city of the inner self; its topography is entirely spiritual.” Four Oscar nominations, including Art Direction, Screenplay, and Director, winning for Costume Design; winner, Palme d’Or, 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Directed/written by Federico Fellini; co-written by Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi; produced by Giuseppe Amato and Angelo Rizzoli. Italy/France, 1960, b&w, scope, 173 min. Italian with “When the silence of God falls upon English subtitles. people.”—Federico Fellini

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 70MM SPECTACULAR! LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Opens Friday, July 30 with daily shows through Thursday, August 5 We’ve heard you! You said David Lean’s epic—still the standard by which others are measured—on the big screen in the historic AFI Silver was the perfect cinematic treat last summer, so here it is again. British Colonel T.E. Lawrence leads the Arab revolt in World War I’s Middle East—but sheik Anthony Quinn still grouses, “He is not perfect.” Spectacular action and, in then-nearly-unknown Peter O’Toole’s title performance (the first of his seven non-winning Best Actor Oscar nominations— the record), one of the most complex and enigmatic character studies in the cinema, summed up in the haunting, final shot. With stunning cinematography only experienced fully on the big screen. “One of the peaks of narrative cinema—traditional movie storytelling raised to its highest form”—Stephen Farber, film critic. Seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Photography (the first of three Freddie Young Oscar-winning collaborations with Lean), and Score (Maurice Jarre’s first-of- four collaborations with Lean). Plus Robert Bolt’s first-of-three screenplays for Lean and Omar Sharif’s English language debut—coming out of a mirage. Directed by David Lean; written by Robert Bolt; produced by Sam Spiegel. UK, 1962, color, 70mm, 226 min. ●M MEMBER PASSES WILL BE ACCEPTED 3 FEATURED SHOWCASE Johnny Depp: Master Of Quirk Friday, August 30 through Monday, September 6 Florida rock-musician turned-actor (and now Parisian expatriate) Johnny Depp has attracted an eclectic, not-just-for-females audience since his introduction in 1984’s A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. But it’s his work for director Tim Burton, beginning with his portrayal of the title role in EDWARD SCIS- SORHANDS, that has helped establish his unique persona as a serious, idiosyn- cratic actor undaunted by the challenge of bringing odd characters to life on screen—including the title role in ED WOOD, Ichabod Crane in SLEEPY HOLLOW and Willy Wonka in Burton’s upcoming CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.

Assuming roles that often obscure his boyish good looks, Depp has established WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE a reputation as one of his generation’s premiere actors by taking chances in a wide array of projects helmed by visionary directors. DEAD MAN Walken!) marks the third time this AFI Silver presents nine of Depp’s most interesting performances—including Tuesday, Aug. 24, 7:20; Thursday, Aug. 26, 9:40 visionary director sparked a stunning performance from Depp. Ricci, who romantic leading-man showcases CHOCOLAT and DON JUAN DeMARCO; quirky The detached, ironic sense of cool of Jim once played kid sister to Depp’s then crowd pleasers EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and SLEEPY HOLLOW; cult favorites FEAR Jarmusch, the haunting distorted-guitar real-life girlfriend Winona Ryder in soundtrack by Neil Young and Robby MERMAIDS, now plays Depp’s love AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, CRY BABY, DEAD MAN, and WHAT’S EATING GILBERT Müller’s brilliant black and white interest. GRAPE; and family blockbuster PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE photography all coalesce to capture a Directed by Tim Burton; written by dirty, gritty and wild West. Depp stars Robert Kevin Walker; produced by Scott BLACK PEARL (an Oscar-nominated performance). as William Blake and Gary Farmer as Rudin and Adam Schroeder. US, 1999, his native American guide Nobody. color, 105 min. RATED R ●M MEMBER PASSES WILL BE ACCEPTED AT ALL SCREENINGS Directed/written by Jim Jarmusch; produced by Demetra J. MacBride. US, FEAR AND LOATHING 1996, b&w, 121 min. RATED R IN LAS VEGAS CRY-BABY Friday, Aug. 27, 11:40; Saturday, Aug. 28, 11:40; CHOCOLAT SLEEPY HOLLOW Monday, Aug. 30, 9:50 Saturday, Aug. 21, 7:05; Saturday, Aug. 22, 9:30 Friday, Aug. 27, 7:15; Saturday, Aug. 28, 5:25; Terry Gilliam’s trippy take on gonzo Wednesday, Sept. 1, 5:05 Juliette Binoche sets up a chocolate (creative “reporting”) journalist shop in a rural French village and Tim Burton’s gothic, stylish take on Hunter S. Thompson’s book about a finds herself chastized by the clergy the classic Washington Irving tale of psychedelic trip to the West in search and mayor Alfred Molina for her deca- the Headless Horseman (Christopher of the “American Dream.” Oddball dent ways. But many of the townsfolk find her treats too good to pass up. As the handsome bohemian Roux, Johnny FEATURED FILM Depp embodies the free-wheeling hippie spirit of the 1960s. Will Binoche PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: find him too good to pass up? Directed by Lasse Hallström; written by THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL Robert Nelson Jacobs; produced by Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran and David Opens Thursday, September 2 Brown. US/France, 2003, color, 121 min. It makes sense to channel Keith Richards when you consider that RATED PG-13 Featuring the Late pirates really were the rock stars of their day. In this popular take on CRY-BABY Marlon Brando in swashbucklers, Johnny Depp not only provided the comic relief, but Friday, Aug. 20, 11:30; Saturday, Aug. 21, 11:30; also earned another Academy Award nomination for his off-kilter Monday, Aug. 23, 7:10 DON JUAN DE MARCO turn as Jack Sparrow. Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom Friday, Aug. 20, 7:10; Saturday, Aug. 21, 1:00; The Drapes and the Squares face-off in Saturday, Aug. 22, 1:00; Wednesday, Aug. 25, 7:30 and Jonathan Pryce have a boatload of fun in this blockbuster, the • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • 1950s Baltimore in John Waters’ tribute first movie based on a Marlon Brando (in his last starring role) to the juvenile delinquent movies of that is the psychiatrist who treats Johnny theme park ride. See it era. Depp stars as Cry-Baby Walker, a Depp, a heartbroken young patient again… big and loud in gang-leader who falls for rich girl Amy who’s tried to kill himself in the name of AFI Silver’s state-of- Locane. An eclectic cast of supporting love. After a bit of probing, Brando the-art facilities. players includes Traci Lords, Polly discovers Depp believes he’s the Bergen, Patricia Hearst, David Nelson, Directed by Gore legendary lover Don Juan. After Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane, and listening to tales of some of Depp’s Verbinski; written by Troy Donahue, as well as Waters regu- exploits, Brando begins to believe him, Ted Elliott and Terry lars Mink Stole and Mary Vivian Pearce. eventually trying to rekindle his own Rossio; produced by By the way, it’s also a musical. marriage with Faye Dunaway. Jerry Bruckheimer. Directed/written by John Waters; produced by Rachel Talalay. US, 1990, Directed/written by Jeremy Leven; US, 2003, color, 143 produced by Francis Ford Coppola, Fred color, 85 min. RATED PG-13 Fuchs and Patrick Palmer. US, 1995, min. RATED PG-13 color, 97 min. RATED PG-13

4 FILM SERIES journalist Johnny Depp teams up with THE CREEPING FLESH THE CREEPING FLESH crazed Somoan lawyer-pal Benicio del Saturday, July 31, 11:00; Sunday August 1, 5:15 Toro (who packed on 40 pounds for Bloody Hell: the role) on a trip to Las Vegas aboard Scientist Peter Cushing’s discovery the convertible “Red Shark”—loaded of an ancient skeleton may just be with a bag full of narcotics. Along the British Horror the incarnation of Evil that can way, they meet up with Tobey provide an antidote to man’s worst Maguire, Christina Ricci, Gary Busey, Films: Part Two instincts. But Christopher Lee, Mark Harmon, Cameron Diaz, Flea warden of the local madhouse, has and Lyle Lovett. July 30 through other ideas. Word to the wise: don’t Directed by Terry Gilliam; adapted by August 22 inject your daughter with blood Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Tod Davies sucked out of ancient corpses. “The and Alex Cox from the book by Hunter S. Straight from its June opening, Part best ‘something-evil-shows-up-in- Thompson; produced by Patrick England-in-a-box’ film ever Cassavetti, Laila Nabulsi and Stephen Two of this series presents even more Nemeth. US, 1998, color, 118 min. RATED R made!”—George Murer. chillingly entertaining British horror Directed by Freddie Francis; written by THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN Peter Spenceley and Jonathan Rumbold; EDWARD SCISSORHANDS films, produced largely by UK’s produced by Michael P. Redbourne. UK, GOLDEN VAMPIRES Saturday, Aug. 28, 9:45; Sunday, Aug. 29, 1973, color, 94 min. Saturday, August 14, 11:00; OURTESY PHOTOFEST OURTESY Hammer Films—the studio that set the C 7:45; Tuesday, Aug. 31, 5:05; Wednesday, Sunday, August 15, 5:05 standard for delivering the right mix Sept. 1, 9:30 CAPTAIN KRONOS: Exactly what you’d expect from a co- Johnny Depp, the creature with scissors of fright and fun to audiences. production between Hammer and VAMPIRE HUNTER • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO for hands, is adopted by Avon Lady Reworking endless variations on Saturday, August 7, 5:15; Sunday, August 8, 5:15 Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers Studios: Dianne Wiest after his loving inventor kung-fu vampires! Trying his fortunes Vincent Price (in his final screen role) the Dracula and Frankenstein The young maidens of an English in the Far East this time, Dracula has village are hunted by a mysterious dies leaving his creation unfinished. myths, typically starring work- possessed a Chinese monk and This satirical parable on alienation in a youth-sucking vampire, who leaves commands an army of gold-masked cookie-cutter subdivision solidified Tim horses Christopher Lee and/or them withered hags. Enter swordsman undeads who terrorize a small village. Burton’s reputation as a true visionary. Captain Kronos and his hunchback It’s up to the tireless Van Helsing (the Peter Cushing, Hammer became sidekick Prof. Hieronymous Grost. A Directed by Tim Burton; written by equally tireless Peter Cushing) and his the name most trusted for a gory bloodsucking/swashbuckling genre kung-fu expert friends to battle evil. Caroline Thompson; produced by mishmash for Hammer. Tim Burton and Denise DiNovi. US, Directed by Roy Ward Baker; good time. Including classic Hammer Directed/written/produced by Brian written/produced by Don Houghton; co- 1990, color, 105 min. RATED PG-13 titles alongside several cult favorites Clemens; co-produced by Albert Fennell. produced by Vee King Shaw. UK/Hong UK, 1972, color, 91 min. Kong, 1974, color, 83 min. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS from fellow-traveler Tigon and Amicus studios, the films were produced in VAMPYRES CORRUPTION Friday, August 6, 11:00, Saturday, August 7, 11:00 Saturday, Aug. 21, 11:00; Sunday Aug. 22, 5:15 the late 1950s to the early 1970s and Ravishing, dangerous, lesbian and Surgeon Peter Cushing and his fiancée run the gamut from straight-ahead undead! These vampire lovers cruise attend a party which ends in a bad gothic thriller to psychotronic social the English roadsides, luring men accident involving her face and a spot- back to their secluded mansion with light. Luckily, Cushing has been exper- allegory. When art films meet the promise of sexual pleasures, only imenting with ancient Egyptian plastic exploitation cinema, the results are to have them become the main course surgery techniques—they just require in an orgiastic blood feast. A deserved murdering beautiful young women for doubly scary! cult classic! their pituitary glands. “Absolutely, Directed by José Ramón Larraz; written completely and utterly, barking mad. Special thanks to Jake Perlin, assistant pro- by D. Daubeney and Thomas Owen; Words can not do this film justice—it grammer, BAM Cinematek. Additional film produced by Brian-Smedley Aston. UK, really has to be seen to be believed.”— 1974, color, 84 min. notes courtesy Jeff Cashvan/filmfancy.com & www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk Chris Wood/britishhorrorfilms.co.uk. Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis; New 35mm Print! written by Derek Ford and Donald Ford; MEMBER PASSES WILL BE produced by Peter Newbrook. UK, 1967, ● THE STRANGLERS color, 91 min M ACCEPTED AT ALL SCREENINGS OF BOMBAY WHAT’S EATING Friday, August 13, 11:00; GILBERT GRAPE Saturday August 14, 5:05 SCREAM OF FEAR Sunday, Aug. 29, 3:15; Monday, Aug. 30, 5:05; THE REVENGE OF (aka TASTE OF FEAR) Tuesday, Aug. 31, 9:30 One of Hammer Studio’s most noto- Friday, August 20, 11:00; Saturday, August 21, 5:15 FRANKENSTEIN rious and Sadesque horror movies: in Friday, July 30, 11:00; Saturday, July 31, 5:15 Even pre-TITANIC Leonardo 1820s India, British Captain Guy Rolfe Rife with psychological chills and DiCaprio’s Academy Award-nomi- Incognito as Dr. Stein (crafty, eh?), battles the Thuggee cult’s thrill-killing thrills, SCREAM OF FEAR is Hammer nated portrayal of Depp’s mentally Peter Cushing’s mad doctor kindly Kali worshippers, including sexily Studio’s answer to PSYCHO. handicapped brother and the casting treats the poor, even as he collects under-their-spell Marie Devereux. Cut Wheelchair-bound Susan Strasberg of non-professional Darlene Cates as their parts for his next experiment. in England, but a cult sensation on the travels to her father’s villa, only to be his mother (from an obesity segment Things don’t go according to plan and continent. In beautiful wide-screen told by stepmother Ann Todd that her on SALLY JESSE RAPHAEL) don’t the creature, initially a reasonably “strangloscope!” father is away. Then why does she keep overshadow Depp’s solid and subtle seeing her dad’s dead body every- good-looking bloke, degenerates into Directed by Terence Fisher; written by work as the title character at the a hideous cannibal fiend. A brilliant David Zelag Goodman; produced by where? Well-orchestrated twists and center of a troubled family—trying to film in its own right, not just a poor- Michael Carreras, Anthony Hinds, shocks steer the film away from clichés hold it all together. relation’s sequel. Kenneth Hyman and Anthony Nelson and build true terror. “A tour de force Keys. UK, 1959, b&w, 81 min. Directed by Lasse Hallström; written by Directed by Terence Fisher; written by of brooding, genuinely unsettling Peter Hodges; produced by David Jimmy Sangster; produced by Anthony atmosphere.”—Time Out (London) Matalon, Bertil Ohlsson and Meir Teper. Hinds. UK, 1958, color, 94 US, 1993, color, 118 min. RATED PG-13 Directed by Seth Holt; written/produced min. by Jimmy Sangster. UK, 1960, b&w, 81 min. 5 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOVIE MUSICAL AS AFI HONORS 100 YEARS... 100 SONGS, THE BANDWAGON The Golden Age of MGM: CELEBRATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOVIE The Freed Unit & the MGM Musical MUSICALS! Friday, August 20 through Thursday, September 2 To mark the diamond jubilee of the movie musical (it all began with THE BROADWAY MELODY in 1929), AFI Silver brings back the cream of the crop: the fabulous MGM musicals. Lyricist Arthur Freed [1894-1973] was given a tryout as an associate producer on THE WIZARD OF OZ. Almost immediately, MGM gave him his own department. The legendary “Freed Unit” created the longest string of movie musical block- busters in history. If the MGM musical of the 1940s and 1950s represents the peak songs of Nacio Herb Brown and producer Arthur Freed to script the of the genre, its biggest hits were Freed’s: dazzling Technicolor productions scored CITIZEN KANE of movie musicals. by some of the 20th century’s greatest song- Directed by Stanley Donen and “The most gifted writers: Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Gene Kelly; written by Betty producer in the Comden and Adolph Green; Kern, the Gershwins, Oscar Hammerstein, produced by Arthur Freed. US, history of Hollywood” Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren, Leonard 1952, color, 103 min. —critic David Bernstein and Freed himself (his songs had THE BANDWAGON Shipman appeared in THE BROADWAY MELODY and Sunday, Aug. 29, 1:00; Monday, Aug. 30, 7:35; Thursday, Sept. 2, 9:35 became the basis of SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN). Employing the studio’s top technical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Washed-up Hollywood song-and- and creative talents, Freed hired directors Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen, Gene dance man Fred Astaire aims for a tion-shot opening montage, eventu- Kelly, George Sidney, and Charles Walters; screenwriters Betty Comden, Adolph Broadway comeback, but battles first ally cavorting from the Bronx to the with artsy director Jack Buchanan, Green, Alan Jay Lerner and Sidney Sheldon; choreographers Robert Alton, Battery with Miss Turnstiles of the then co-star Cyd Charisse, until they Month (Vera-Ellen), man-hungry Jack Cole, Kelly and Donen; and perhaps the Unit’s unsung (except for “dance in the dark” in Central Park. cabbie Betty Garrett and passionate his songs) hero—associate producer and musical jack-of-all-trades, Add Fred’s Shine on Your Shoes, the paleontologist Ann Miller. “The great hilarious Triplets, the Spillane-spoofing liberating musical of the American Roger Edens. And then there was the on-screen talent, including the Girl Hunt Ballet, still more great songs cinema.”—critic David Shipman. by Dietz and Schwartz and a scintil- Directed by Stanley Donen and Big Three: Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, the latter two of lating Comden and Green screenplay. Gene Kelly; written by Betty Now that’s entertainment. whom were nurtured to super-stardom by Freed. Claiming neither cre- Comden and Adolph Green; ativity nor intellectuality himself, Freed had an unerring eye for those Directed by Vincente Minnelli; produced by Arthur Freed. US, written by Betty Comden and 1949, color, 98 min. qualities in others, and gave his artists the Adolph Green; produced by Arthur freedom to ascend the heights in a Freed. US, 1953, color, 111 min. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS golden era not likely to be recaptured. Sunday, Aug. 22, 7:10; Tuesday, Aug. 24, 9:40; MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS Wednesday, Aug. 25, 5:05; Thursday, Aug. 26, 5:05; Friday, Aug. 27, 9:35; Thursday, Aug. 26, 7:25 MEMBER PASSES WILL BE Saturday, Aug. 28, 1:00 ●M ACCEPTED AT ALL SCREENINGS Starving artist Gene Kelly finds love In turn-of-the-century St. Loo-ee, on the Left Bank with a shop-girl, the Judy Garland sings about trollies and debuting Leslie Caron. This multiple pines for “Boy Next Door” Tom Drake; Oscar-winner—eight in all, including Margaret O’Brien braves the terrors of Best Picture—features a great Halloween; Mom Mary Astor looks Gershwin score, including I Got Rhythm lovely in Technicolored middle-age; and Dad Leon Ames debates taking EASTER PARADE that Gotham job as the 1903 World’s Fair beckons. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Directed by Vincente Minnelli; Friday, Aug. 27, 5:05; Saturday, Aug. 28, 7:35; written by Irving Brecher and Fred Sunday, Aug. 29, 9:40; Tuesday, Aug. 31, 7:15 F. Finklehoffe; produced by Arthur The switch to talkies proves a smooth Freed. US, 1944, color, 113 min. one for silent swashbuckler Gene Kelly, but the nasal screech of peren-

OURTESY PHOTOFEST OURTESY ON THE TOWN C nial co-star Jean Hagen (“a shim- Friday, Aug. 20, 5:05; Saturday, Aug. 21, 9:30; mering, glowing star in the cinema Monday, Aug. 23, 5:05 firm-a-mint!”) calls for dubbing by “New York, New York,” warble adven- Debbie Reynolds, while Donald turesome sailors Gene Kelly, Frank O’Connor literally knocks himself out Sinatra and Jules Munshin to “make ‘em laugh.” Betty Comden throughout their dazzling, all-loca- SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN and Adolph Green borrow the early THE NEW CALENDAR A Letter to AFI Silver Patrons From Director Murray Horwitz In AFI Silver’s ongoing effort to bring you the very best in film, we’ve made a few changes to AFI PREVIEW. To present the most exciting new movies when they’re first released— like FAHRENHEIT 9/11—and to Murray Horwitz give you more time to see all your Director, AFI Silver

favorites, we’ve cleared space for • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO them in the programming calendar. You may have noticed that the calendar page of the last AFI PREVIEW looked a little different. The new calendar announces the Repertory Program—films that we’ve put in specific slots. That holds some screens open for new films (including some classic re-

OURTESY PHOTOFEST OURTESY releases) that often have to be booked very close to their sung and tapped by Gene with the ling features a Cole Porter score and C neighborhood street urchins; Our Love Kelly cavorting over, under and release date. It means that we can’t give a complete schedule Is Here to Stay danced Seine-side by through the set, then clowning around Kelly and Caron; and a ballet finale with the fabulous Nicholas Brothers. of dates and times for every film. And, unhappily, business inspired by the Impressionists and Directed by Vincente Minnelli; standards developed by distributors do not allow member Post-Impressionists. “18 minutes of written by Frances Goodrich and screen magic, unsurpassed in the bold- Albert Hackett; produced by Arthur passes for many new films and re-releases. Ultimately, ness of its design and the dazzle of its Freed. US, 1948, color, 102 min. execution.”—Clive Hirschhorn, though, these changes give you the opportunity to see note- author, The Hollywood Musical. IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER worthy cinema the moment it becomes available, and allows Directed by Vincente Minnelli; written Saturday, Aug. 28, 3:15; Sunday, Aug. 29, 5:40; by Alan Jay Lerner; produced by Wednesday, Sept. 1, 7:20 the most popular films to be held over. Arthur Freed. US, 1951, color, 113 min. In a variation of ON THE TOWN ten For exact dates and times for all presentations, check years later, wartime buddies Gene EASTER PARADE Kelly, Dan Dailey and Michael Kidd the Web site (www.AFI.com/Silver) or our daily Movie Friday, Aug. 20, 9:15; Sunday, Aug. 22, 3:05; find their reunion a frost, but still Wednesday, Aug. 25, 9:40 manage to stop the show with their Guide newspaper listings. To receive weekly e-mail Crushed when dancing partner Ann widescreen trisecting “garbage-can newsletters, sign up online. Miller decides to shake the blues away ballet.” On top of the film’s brilliant use and go solo, despairing Fred Astaire of cinemascope, its cast features knock- Thanks, as always, for your suggestions and wishes. looks for a new face, and gets Judy out Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray’s hilar- Garland! Featuring the Garland/Astaire ious spoof of a TV hostess and Gene’s These changes are based largely on the feedback we’ve hobo duet, A Couple of Swells, an all-time dazzling dance on roller skates. received from audiences during this first year. You’ve let us peak. “To see it now is to marvel at Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene their talents, and that of Irving Kelly; written by Betty Comden and know that you want to see more first-run films of the quality Berlin.”—David Shipman. Adolph Green; produced by Arthur Directed by Charles Walters; Freed. US, 1955, color, scope, 102 min. you’ve come to expect, and that you want more opportuni- written by Sidney Sheldon, Frances ties to see them. We’re grateful for the chance to do that, and Goodrich and Albert Hackett; produced by Arthur Freed. US, we continue to look forward to your staying in touch! 1948, color, 107 min.

THE PIRATE Sincerely, Saturday, Aug. 21, 3:05; Monday, Aug. 23, 9:15; Tuesday, Aug. 24, 5:05 Judy Garland, bored by fiancé Walter Slezak, mistakes traveling player Gene Kelly for her idol, daredevil pirate Mack the Black. This over-the-top OURTESY PHOTOFEST OURTESY OURTESY PHOTOFEST OURTESY spoof of Fairbanks-brand swashbuck- IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER Murray Horwitz C C

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ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE Opens July 30

LA DOLCE VITA LAWRENCE OF ARABIA NEW! August 6 through August 19 July 30 through August 5 AFTER-WORK WEEKDAY SPECIALS! 5:00/5:15 SHOWS FOR $5.00 REPERTORY PROGRAM Calendar lists all repertory dates and Special Events as of press time. SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT JULY 30 31 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 7:00 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 2:00, 7:00 ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE 5:05, ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE 1:00, SERIES KEY: KC AFI at the KENNEDY CENTER: Information is correct at press time. 7:05, 9:15 3:05, 7:05, 9:15 JD Johnny Depp MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (original), BH BH MGM MGM Musicals SEVEN SAMURAI, and films by Chaplin Films and schedule subject to change. REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN 11:00 REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN 5: 15 THE CREEPING FLESH 11:00 BH British Horror ★ AFI Silver Special Event Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. KC MARS Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase ($5) Final shows appear UNDERLINED. THE GOLD RUSH 7:00 KC

THE GREAT DICTATOR 8:30 CHAPLIN REVUE 5:00

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A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 2:00, 7:00 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 7:00 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 7:00 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 7:00 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 7:00 LA DOLCE VITA 7:30 LA DOLCE VITA 1:45, 7:30 AND KENNEDY CENTER 11:30 3:15 1:00, 5:00, 5:00, 7:30 5:05 9:45 1:00 1:00 7:35 15 5:15 11:35 11:35 11:00 5: 5:25 3:00, 7:15 3:00, 7:15 1:45, 7:30 9:30 11:00 3:05 :05 11:00 11:30 7 AMPIRES :00, 6:50, 9:40 THE EXORCIST THE EXORCIST :30 4 7 V 11:40 RANGLERS OF BOMBAY AMPYRES HE CORRUPTION BH KRONOS CAPTAIN V MARS A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S RAVE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 14 VITA LA DOLCE BH ST OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN LEGEND KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 28 MGM LOUIS MEET ME IN ST. WEATHER FAIR IT’S ALWAYS SINGIN IN THE RAIN JD HOLLOW SLEEPY SCISSORHANDS EDWARD IN LAS VEGAS FEAR AND LOATHING ★ KC SEVEN SAMURAI 4 JD OF THE CARRIBEAN PIRATES ★ 21 MGM THE PIRATE ON THE TOWN JD DE MARCO DON JUAN CHOCOLAT CRY-BABY BH SCREAM OF FEAR T KC SEVEN SAMURAI 11:30 6:50, 7:15 7:15 11:00 7:10 9:25 5:05 11:35 11:35 11:00 7:15 7:15 7:15 9:15 :30 7 5:05 11:00 11:30 THE EXORCIST THE EXORCIST THE EXORCIST 11:40 9:40 RANGLERS OF BOMBAY AMPYRES BH V MARS A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S RAVE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 13 VITA LA DOLCE BH ST KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 20 MGM ON THE TOWN PARADE EASTER JD DE MARCO DON JUAN CRY-BABY BH SCREAM OF FEAR ★ KC SEVEN SAMURAI 27 MGM SINGIN IN THE RAIN LOUIS MEET ME IN ST. JD HOLLOW SLEEPY IN LAS VEGAS FEAR AND LOATHING ★ KC SEVEN SAMURAI 3 JD OF THE CARRIBEAN PIRATES 5:05, 6:50 15 : 7 7:15 :25 :00 7 7 5:05 15 : 7 5 7:15 :30 :30 7 7 9:3 9:40 SPECIAL EVENT TBA SPECIAL :05, 9:15 7 9 ★ ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE ORWELL KC CHAPLIN REVUE 19 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 26 MGM LOUIS MEET ME IN ST. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS JD DEAD MAN KC SEVEN SAMURAI 12 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 2 MGM BANDWAGON JD OF THE CARRIBEAN PIRATES 5:05, :20 7 7:15 7:15 9:30 :00 5:05 7 :30 7 15 : 5:05 7:15 7 9:40 :30 :30 7 7 SPECIAL EVENT TBA SPECIAL 9:15 25 MGM AN AMERICAN IN PARIS PARADE EASTER JD DE MARCO DON JUAN KC SEVEN SAMURAI ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE ORWELL KC THE GOLD RUSH 11 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1 MGM WEATHER FAIR IT’S ALWAYS JD HOLLOW SLEEPY SCISSORHANDS EDWARD 8 ★ 18 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 9:40 5:05, 7:15 7:15 5:05 9:40 15 : 7 7:15 :30 :30 7 7 :20 15 5:05 : 7 7 8:00 (Member’s Only BURN :05, 9:15 7 9:30 ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE ORWELL MARS A MID-SUMMER NIGHT’S RAVE KC LIMELIGHT 10 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 17 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 24 MGM THE PIRATE AN AMERICAN IN PARIS JD DEAD MAN KC SEVEN SAMURAI 31 MGM SINGIN IN THE RAIN JD SCISSORHANDS EDWARD 7 ★ WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE GILBERT EATING WHAT’S Event) 5:05, 1:00, 7:15 7:15 15 : 7 7:15 :30 :30 7 7 5:05 7:35 10 9:15 • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • : 7 :00, 6:50, 9:40 :05, 9:15 4 5:05 9:50 7 KC MONSIEUR VERDOUX 9 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 16 VITA LA DOLCE KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 23 MGM ON THE TOWN THE PIRATE JD CRY-BABY KC SEVEN SAMURAI 6 JD OF THE CARRIBEAN PIRATES ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE ORWELL 30 MGM BANDWAGON JD GRAPE GILBERT EATING WHAT’S IN LAS VEGAS FEAR AND LOATHING 3:15 1:00, 5:40 1:00, 5:00, 5:00, 7:45 15 7:10 : 15 1:00 5: 9:40 15 15 5: 5: 3:00, 7:15 3:00, 7 6:45 3:05 1:45, 7:30 1:45, 7:30 1:00 5:05 5:00 8:15 9:30 AMPIRES :00, 6:50, 9:40 :30 :30 3:05, 7:05, 9:15 3:05, 7:05, V 4 7 7 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS AN AMERICAN IN PARIS CHOCOLAT ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE ORWELL BH THE CREEPING FLESH KC THE CIRCUS THE GOLD RUSH LIMELIGHT 15 VITA LA DOLCE BH OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN LEGEND KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 22 MGM PARADE EASTER JD DE MARCO DON JUAN BH THE CORRUPTION KC SEVEN SAMURAI 5 JD OF THE CARRIBEAN PIRATES 8 VITA LA DOLCE BH KRONOS CAPTAIN KC MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 29 MGM BANDWAGON WEATHER FAIR IT’S ALWAYS JD GRAPE GILBERT EATING WHAT’S KC SEVEN SAMURAI SINGIN IN THE RAIN SCISSORHANDS EDWARD UGUST SEPT • TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 10 Express, Visa,MasterCard andDiscover. 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C Fe and an Shows Award Annual Academy of numerous producer son of Gilbert Cates, Jr., Gil Cates, by take-off AN times, with the opening three will be presented The film FORD’S THEATER. AT AMERICAN CELEBRATION the will attend Hoeckel Summer Forest Co-producer at 9:30 p.m. in August Tuesday the first showcase A Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase (MARS) Regional Showcase Mid-Atlantic A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S RAVE T A contemporary take on Shakespeare’s Dream night. the cast is subject to hi-jinxthe course of a single Here, desertedin a massive, “forest”—the set world of a rave fantasy they believe will what be a crazy inside a warehouse—for lights, by the music, fun.night of pure, unadulterated Inspired pills” few “glowing a lasers—and from the “magical” Puck— top scenes feature rave The the fun unfolds.some of today’s DJ Lawrence and Charles Feelgood. Lawrence and Charles Raymond; written by Robert Directed by Gil Cates, Jr.; Hoeckel. Forest and Summer produced by Gil Cates, Jr. US Brando dubbed into Italian! Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo; written Solinas and by Franco Brando returns—to suppress it. Director Pontecorvo’s follow-up to his legendary BATTLE OF ALGIERS was cut by 20 minutes and Brando returns—to OF ALGIERS was follow-up to his legendary suppress it. Director Pontecorvo’s BATTLE amazing film, intensely controversial“dumped” in its even failures; a in its its on release. But even mutilated state, “An US the original version has been fully Kirk of MGM/UA, restored—including to John Thanks the ecstatic epic.”—critic Kael. Pauline withmin. Italian subtitles. English QUEIMADA will open to the general public later this fall at AFI Silver. this fall public later the general will open to QUEIMADA men ride white horses in seeming syncopation,men a ride white blonde-bearded stands stern-faced Marlon Brando before a burning cane field, and a secret agent and a a final have rebel leader confrontation in a prison cell. Brando’s On a Caribbean 1840s, island in the British ambiguously agent provocateur motivated free themselves helps black slaves WilliamWalker fr T As QUEIMADA! [BURN!] W of version uncut Pontecorvo’s The Late Marlon Brando Brando Marlon The Late the Director by in a Film OF ALGIERS! of BATTLE

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SEE THE ORIGINAL ON THE BIG SCREEN! THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Opens Friday, August 6 through Thursday, August 19: weekdays 7:15; weekends, 5:00 & 7:30 A Commie brain-washer orders Laurence Harvey to go jump in a lake (the Central Park Reservoir), then stalk a politico at a party convention at Madison Square Garden (shot at the since-demol- ished original), but fellow Korean War-vet Frank Sinatra reshuf- fles those cards. With Oscar-nominated Angela Lansbury (in real life only three years older than son Harvey) as the Mother from Hell.“Although it’s a thriller, it may be the most sophisticated political satire ever to come out of Hollywood.”— critic Pauline Kael. Adapted from the novel by • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Richard Condon and withdrawn from circulation by Frank Sinatra for 25 years after JFK’s assassination. Directed/produced by John Frankenheimer; written/co-produced by George Axelrod. US, 1962, b&w, 126 min.

“Kurosawa achieves what modern American and European epic makers vainly attempt: the excitement of the senses... a raging, sensuous work of such overpowering immediacy that it leaves you both exhilarated and exhausted!”—critic Pauline Kael.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! SEVEN SAMURAI [SHICHININ NO SAMURAI] Opens Friday, August 20 through Sunday, August 29: weekdays 7:15; weekends, 3:00 & 7:15 In 16th century Japan, a village tormented by marauding bandits decides to hire samurai protectors—“hungry samurai”—unem- ployed after their lords win second prize in the civil wars. Led by Takashi Shimura, seven enlist in a war “The Best Japanese against 40 mounted bandits—their Film of All Time” only pay a few handfuls of rice—culmi- nating in an epic battle in the rain. One —1979 Kinema of the most influential films of all time, Jumpo critics’ poll. emulated in direct and indirect adapta- tions and in editing techniques. But nothing can top the original: Kurosawa’s celebration of horses, rain, wind and mud, blazing tracking shots, giant close-ups, chiaroscuro lighting, telephoto lenses, deep focus shots and three-dimensional ensemble performances—all topped by Toshiro Mifune’s transition from manic goofball to tortured, self-hating tragic hero. Directed/written by Akira Kurosawa; co-written by Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni; produced by Sojiro Motoki. Japan, 1954, b&w, 200 min. Japanese with English subtitles.

13 • TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 14 FESTIVAL SNAPSHOTS2004 CHA SILVERDOCS: THEAFI/DISCOVERY P the war in Iraq whileT tured in CONTROL ROOM)discusses Al Jazeera’s Hassan Ibrahim (fea- s ROCK AGAIN’s DickRude, center, DOCS CinemaLounge (LET’S Filmmakers relax intheSILVER- (LAST MANSTANDING). (THE ‘R’WORD) andPaul Stekler John Kerry biopic), Jesse Moss Butler (PUMPINGIRON;upcoming tics withdocumentariansGeorge ABC News’ MarkHalperintalkspoli- Sheryl Crow. W Opening Night’s red carpet—Judy Clockwise from top left:On and director JehaneNoujaim. ducer/cinematographer Hani Salama In thecenter: CONTROL ROOM pro- SILVERDOCS CinemaLounge. VENUS OFMARS)performs atthe All thePrettyHorses screening. A tanding). os udiences minglebefore a oodruff, Lance Armstrong and t ’s

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Clockwise from top left: Bluegrass composer Hazel Dickens (HAR- LAN COUNTY USA) performs at the Guggenheim Reception. Executive Producer Ed Norton, with DIRTY WORK directors David Sampliner and Tim Nackashi. An outdoor screening of LET’S ROCK AGAIN brings the late Joe Strummer back for a documentary encore. Opening Night Reception at Discovery Communications. Critic Elvis Mitchell with leading documentarians Kristi Jacobson, Barbara Kopple, Grace Guggenheim, Albert Maysles and SILVERDOCS festival director Patricia Finneran. Director Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY USA, AMERICAN DREAM) receives the first Guggenheim Symposium honor. Audiences line up for CONTROL ROOM. In the center: DEATH IN GAZA co-producer Daniel Edge accepts a Sterling Award for best feature documentary.

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