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ISSUE 56

AFI SILVER AND CULTURAL CENTER APRIL 13 – JUNE 28, 2012

Silent H H H Raj H H H PATTON in 70mm cinema AFI.com/Silver showcase Contents AFI Life Achievement Award: Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine...... 2 April 22–June 11 Jack Nicholson: A Retrospective...... 4 GAMBIT “Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine’s illustrious career comprises more Cockney cat burglar enlists the aid of Silent Cinema Showcase...... 7 is a powerhouse of than 50 feature highlighted by an Academy Hong Kong hoofer Shirley MacLaine to distract wealthy art Courtesy of MGM Peter Falk Remembered...... 8 personality that has Award win and six nominations, as well as six Emmy collector Herbert Lom long enough for Caine to swipe a Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and illuminated screens large Award nominations recognizing her work in television. priceless objet d’art. Director ’s frothy caper and small across six She made her screen debut in ’s THE earned three Oscar nominations for its exquisite art direction, the Masters of Studio Ghibli...... 10 Courtesy of Everett Collection decades. From ingénue TROUBLE WITH HARRY, and went on to work with a costumes and sound. A remake comes out later this year PATTON in 70mm...... 11 to screen legend, Shirley number of celebrated filmmakers, including , starring , and , from and the Golden Age of Indian has entertained a global , , , Don a script by the . DIR Ronald Neame; SCR Jack Davies, Alvin Cinema...... 12 audience through song, Siegel, Bob and . She will next be seen Sargent; PROD Léo L. Fuchs. US, 1966, color, 109 min. NOT RATED Korean Festival DC 2012...... 13 dance, laughter and on screen in ’s BERNIE and will join the tears, and her career cast of TV’s international sensation DOWNTON ABBEY Horses in Cinema...... 13 as writer, director and for its third season. and Shirley MacLaine, in career-making Special Engagements...... 14 producer is even further performances, lead an outstanding cast in one of the AFI’s 40th Life Achievement Award will be presented screen’s most poignant , a workplace romance Calendar...... 15 evidence of her passion to MacLaine at a gala tribute on June 7, 2012, in Los for the art form and her seemingly boundless talents. There of uncommon sophistication. Motivated by vague promises Angeles, and broadcast later that month on TV Land. of promotion, lowly insurance clerk Lemmon lets his bosses Monty Python at ...... 16 is only one Shirley MacLaine, and it is AFI’s honor to AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films use his apartment for their late-night assignations. When Opera & Ballet in Cinema...... 16 present her with its 40th Life Achievement Award.” — Sir he falls for elevator operator MacLaine, ex(-ish)-girlfriend of in the Shirley MacLaine series , Chair of AFI’s Board of Trustees boss Fred MacMurray, the moral dilemmas begin to mount. LOOK FOR THE Ten Oscar nominations and five wins, including Best Picture, The apartment Schedule Director and for writer/director/producer Billy To become a Member of AFI visit SOME CAME RUNNING Wilder. DIR/SCR/PROD Billy Wilder; SCR I. A. L. Diamond. US, 1960, b&w, 125 min. AFI.com/Silver/JoinNow. 35th Anniversary! TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA Dissolute ex-GI , once a promising but NOT RATED artists and models THE TURNING POINT In 1860s Mexico, during the Juarista to the forces now a bitter alcoholic, returns to his hometown with floozy TICKETS Sun, Apr 22, 7:00; Wed, Apr 25, 6:45 not taken gets a going over when Shirley of Emperor Maximilian, mercenary rescues Shirley MacLaine in tow. There, Sinatra meets and falls • $11.50 General Admission MacLaine, who left a promising ballet career to get nun Shirley MacLaine from a spot of bother involving three ill- SOME CAME RUNNING hard for art teacher , but he just can’t quit the married and start a family, meets her former colleague intentioned thugs, only to then be persuaded into helping her • $9 Seniors (65 and over), students Sat, Apr 28, 4:20; Sun, Apr 29, 7:30 allure of the seedier side of life, drinking and gambling with with valid ID, and military personnel , who sacrificed everything to become the get revenge on the Mexican Army. Eastwood mentor and , and in MacLaine’s stubborn devotion, he sees THE CHILDREN’S HOUR company’s prima ballerina. But Bancroft’s star is now fading, frequent collaborator Don Siegel directs a script by former • $8.50 AFI Members (2-Star level & up) the possibility of redemption. Vincente Minnelli’s complex, Mon, May 14, 7:00; Wed, May 16, 7:15 just as MacLaine’s talented daughter Leslie Browne joins blacklistee Albert Maltz, from a story by great Budd critical-minded drama of postwar America was based on the • $7 Children (12 and under) the company. Eleven Oscar nominations — including Best Boetticher that recalls the made-for-each-other bickering of GAMBIT novel by James Jones (“,” “The Thin Red • $8.50 Matinee tickets, weekdays Picture, Director and Screenplay, plus nods for MacLaine THE AFRICAN QUEEN and the sexual tension of HEAVEN

Tue, May 15, 7:00; Wed, May 16, 9:30 Line”); ’ CinemaScope photography and Elmer © /Courtesy Everett Collection and Bancroft in the Best Actress category, and Browne and KNOWS, MR. ALLISON, with by the great before 6:00 p.m. (holidays excluded) Bernstein’s pounding score lend great atmosphere. DIR Vincente THE APARTMENT Gabriel Figueroa and a score by . DIR Don Minnelli; SCR John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman, after the novel by James Jones; PROD Sol C. for supporting roles — but no wins, Siegel; SCR Albert Maltz; PROD Carroll Case, Martin Rackin. US/Mexico, 1970, color, 116 AFI PREVIEW is published by the Thu, May 17, 7:30; Fri, May 18, 5:15; Sat, May 19, 11:00 a.m.; Siegel. US, 1958, color, 137 min. NOT RATED Being there tying as Oscar’s most unrewarded . Sun, May 20, 1:30 honoree. DIR/PROD ; SCR/PROD . US, 1977, color, 119 min. RATED PG min. RATED PG All screenings take place at the AFI Silver Theatre BEING THERE THE CHILDREN’S HOUR #26 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs and Cultural Center: Fri, May 25, 7:00; Sat, May 26, 7:25; Sun, May 27, 4:30; “She found the lie with the ounce of truth.” Shirley MacLaine BEING THERE Thu, May 31, 9:00 James L. Brooks’ adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s humorous 8633 Colesville Road and , two headmistresses at a private “I like to watch.” is a simple-minded gardener ’s clever and heartbreaking novel exults in the ups and down of Silver Spring, MD 20910 THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY girls’ school, are plagued by allegations of an “unnatural” who has lived his entire life on an estate in an isolated transposition of life and love as experienced by Shirley MacLaine and Mon, May 28, 4:30; Wed, May 30, 4:30; Thu, May 31, 6:45 relationship made by a malicious youngster, the daughter corner of , DC. When the estate owner dies, For address changes and subscription Fellini’s NIGHTS OF her daughter . Winger marries , services, contact: of a prominent family in . Director William Wyler Sellers is forced out into the world for the first time. A chance THE TURNING POINT CABIRIA to a likable English professor who has a wandering eye; previously filmed Lillian Hellman’s play in 1936 as THESE meeting with society doyenne Shirley MacLaine (he is hit by American Film Institute City featured wife MacLaine hasn’t dated since her husband died, but despite Tue, , 4:00; Wed, May 30, 6:45; Thu, May 31, 4:00 THREE with Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea, her car) introduces Sellers to a crowd of Washington movers 2021 N. Western Ave. in the strong misgivings, begins a relationship with neighbor Jack SWEET CHARITY revised into a heterosexual love triangle by scripter Hellman and shakers, people who, though rich and powerful, are Courtesy of , CA 90027 original, Nicholson, a retired astronaut and inveterate womanizer. Fri, Jun 1, 4:30; Sun, Jun 3, 3:30; Tue, Jun 5, 4:20; Wed, Jun 6, 4:20 herself, but returned to the source material to make this 1961 hungry for wisdom, and take his simplicity and homespun Attn: Membership big shoes ably filled This film established the template for Brooks’ blend of adaptation, now from a script by Hitchcock collaborator John pronouncements for profound philosophy. Sellers earned an TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA by Shirley MacLaine high-styled and dramatic pathos. Eleven Oscar Michael Hayes (, ). DIR/ Oscar nomination for Best , and won On the cover: A TRIP TO THE , nominations, with wins for Best Picture, Director, Adapted Sat, Jun 2, 12:30; Mon, Jun 4, 4:20; Thu, Jun 7, 4:20 PROD William Wyler; SCR , after the play by Lillian Hellman. US, 1961, Best Supporting Actor for his turn as MacLaine’s powerbroker in the screen version. © Lobster Films /Groupama Unfortunately, while the Screenplay, Actress (“I really deserve this.” — MacLaine) TERMS OF ENDEARMENT b&w, 107 min. NOT RATED husband. DIR Hal Ashby; SCR Jerzy Kosinski, after his novel; PROD Andrew Braunsberg. Gan / US, 1979, color, 130 min. RATED PG stage version was a and Supporting Actor (Nicholson). DIR/SCR/PROD James L. Brooks; SCR Sun, Jun 10, 3:00; Mon, Jun 11, 6:30 based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. US, 1983, color, 132 min. RATED PG Editor: Julie Hill hit, the film — though THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY excellent — was a Production Manager: Lentz-Fernandes box-office disaster, one Courtesy of MGM The trouble with Harry is that he’s turned up dead in Production Coordinator: Anjuli Singh ARTISTS AND MODELS of several during the the woods, and there’s no shortage of kindly, eccentric late that put Design: Kristin Kato, Washington Post Media The first Dean Martin and film to be directed by animator- residents of the nearby village willing to confess to studios off accidentally killing him. Shirley MacLaine is spritely Information is correct at press time. turned-director Frank Tashlin, whose dynamic visual flair, pop musicals for decades. and delightful in her screen debut, her casting a last- Films and schedule subject to change. cultural smarts and spoofy sensibility made him by far the duo’s best Fosse’s inventive choreography and showmanship shine collaborator. Down on their luck, artist Martin and writer Lewis try minute snap decision by director Alfred Hitchcock. The in the numbers “Big Spender” and “Rich Man’s Frug.” Check AFI.com/Silver for updates. their hand in the comic book industry, inspired by their new neighbor wonderfully wry cast includes as a retired

Despite its commercial plight, the film earned three Oscar © / Courtesy Photofest Dorothy Malone’s success with “The Bat Lady” comic — fanboy Lewis’ sea captain, Mildred Natwick as the spinster who is sweet nominations: Best Art Direction, Costume Design and Score AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is funded favorite — a character Malone’s best friend Shirley MacLaine models on him, as a boho painter and LEAVE IT TO by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields. DIR Bob Fosse; SCR , by an operating grant from the Maryland State for her. Martin falls for Malone and MacLaine falls for Lewis, but the BEAVER’s Jerry Mathers as MacLaine’s young son. DIR/PROD based on the musical by and NIGHTS OF CABIRIA by , Ennio Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a delusional Lewis is really in love with The Bat Lady. DIR/SCR Frank Tashlin; SCR Alfred Hitchcock; SCR John Michael Hayes, based on the novel by Jack Trevor Story. US, Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli; PROD Robert Arthur. US, 1969, color, 149 min. RATED G vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Herbert Baker, Hal Kanter, Don McGuire; PROD Hal B. Wallis. US, 1955, color, 109 min. NOT RATED The Children’s hour 1955, color, 99 min. NOT RATED terms of endearment

2 Daily Listings: 301.495.6700 Tickets & Full Schedule at AFI.com/Silver 3 Jack Nicholson: A Retrospective Jack Nicholson: A Retrospective

April 13–June 27 Jack Nicholson’s film career spans some 50 years, an impressive feat by any standard, but THE PASSENGER more so considering the now lionized actor spent the better part of the 1960s working as a Directed by cult and scripted by FIVE Jack Nicholson won Best Actor at the 1974 Cannes Film ’s third and final film for MGM is struggling bit player in low-budget films, only to become an overnight success thanks to his EASY PIECES’ Carole Eastman, this inventive, existential Western Festival for his portrayal of Billy ‘Bad-Ass’ Buddusky, a Navy his most puzzling, a fitting end to the European auteur’s

Pictures Repertory scene-stealing brilliance in the surprise hit . On the strength of this performance he was little seen until Jack Nicholson’s post-EASY RIDER stardom led lifer with both an anti-authoritarian streak and a need for now-unthinkable experiment of working within the Hollywood established himself as the antihero star in some of the most provocative — and enduring — films to its rediscovery. Bounty hunter-turned-struggling miner Warren structure — a sardonic, sarcastic walking contradiction. . Journalist Jack Nicholson is covering a conflict of the , then a major box-office draw throughout the , and has held his place in Oates accepts a tracking job for mysterious and Tasked with transporting court-martialed in North Africa. When he discovers the dead body of an

the Hollywood firmament and the public’s imagination ever since. Along the way, Nicholson her dead-eyed companion Nicholson. But out on the trail, events Courtesy of Pictures Repertory from Virginia to the brig in New , Nicholson acquaintance who resembled him, he assumes the dead has racked up 12 Oscar nominations, with wins for ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, turn ever more bizarre. Hellman and Nicholson shot this film and and his partner opt to take the scenic route, careening man’s identity to explore his life — which turns out to be a TERMS OF ENDEARMENT and , and he received the AFI Life Achievement back-to-back for executive producer the last detail through a succession of misadventures at bars, brothels, dangerous one. Nicholson soon finds himself pursued by Award in 1994 at age 57, at the time the youngest recipient of AFI’s highest honor for cinematic . “Roger wanted some good tomahawk numbers hotels and motels along the way. Hal Ashby provided gunrunners and involved with a mysterious French student achievement (since bested by honoree in 2002). Nicholson will turn 75 on April 22, a with plenty of ketchup, but Monte and I were into these films on CORMAN’S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A understated, sensitive direction; earned an (LAST TANGO IN PARIS’ Maria Schneider) on an adventure unique vantage point from which to look back and survey his remarkable career. another level.” — Jack Nicholson DIR/PROD Monte Hellman; SCR Carole Eastman; HOLLYWOOD REBEL Oscar nomination for his foul-mouthed and scabrously funny from the Algerian desert to , , Barcelona and PROD Jack Nicholson. US, 1966, color, 82 min. RATED PG DIR Hal Ashby; SCR Robert Towne, after the novel by Darryl Ponicsan; DIR/SCR Michelangelo Antonioni; SCR , Peter Wollen; PROD © 1997 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved/Courtesy Sony © 1997 TriStar AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films in the Jack Nicholson series screenplay. back again. Many of Jack Nicholson’s early roles were for low-budget PROD Gerald Ayres. US, 1973, color, 104 min. RATED R Carlo Ponti. Italy/France/Spain, 1975, color, 126 min. RATED PG-13 Schedule legend Roger Corman, including THE LITTLE SHOP OF RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND HORRORS, THE RAVEN, THE TERROR, THE ST. VALENTINE’S CHINATOWN Road-weary from their cattle drive, a trio of ranch hands uneasily DAY MASSACRE and (as scriptwriter) THE TRIP. Nicholson’s DRIVE, HE SAID Fri, Apr 13, 8:45; Sun, Apr 15, 3:20 Fri, May 18, 7:45, 10:20; Sat, May 19, 7:00; Sun, May 20, shares a mountain shelter with a gang of stage robbers on candid and moving interviews are a highlight in this Jack Nicholson’s controversial directorial debut, about 6:30; Tue, May 22, 9:10 the run after a job. When a bloody-minded posse descends, campus politics and personal discovery at a liberal arts AS GOOD AS IT GETS entertaining documentary chronicling Corman’s prolific, outlaw and civilian alike are exterminated in the deadly ambush, school, has been too-little seen since its release. Basketball THE BREAKS inventive and unfailingly budget-conscious career. In addition Sat, Apr 14, 12:00; Tue, Apr 17, 5:00; Thu, Apr 19, 4:20 leaving cowpokes Jack Nicholson and as star begins to question things in his life Sat, May 26, 1:40; Tue, May 29, 6:30 to Nicholson, Corman nurtured the early careers of Peter Courtesy of Everett Collection THE SHOOTING the only survivors. Mistaken for outlaws, the two are pursued Fonda, , , , including the authority of his coach Bruce Dern, his Sun, Apr 15, 1:30; Tue, Apr 17, 7:45 GOIN’ SOUTH across the Badlands by the revenge-bent posse. Scripted by , John Sayles, , admiration for jaded professor Robert Towne and whether Sun, May 27, 7:00; Mon, May 28, 9:30; Wed, May 30, 9:10 Nicholson, the plot was largely borrowed from Vittorio de Seta’s to act on his feelings for Towne’s wife . Tepper’s RIDE THE WHIRLWIND and more, all of whom are generous in their praise of their 1961 BANDITS OF ORGOSOLO, a film Nicholson and former mentor. DIR/SCR/PROD Alex Stapleton; SCR Gregory Locklear; PROD Mickey awakening plays out in parallel to the spiraling descent of Mon, Apr 16, 9:20; Thu, Apr 19, 7:00 PRIZZI’S HONOR director Monte Hellman both admired, swapping the Sardinian Barold, Stone Douglass, Izabela Frank, Jeff Frey. US, 2011, color, 95 min. RATED R his roommate, a campus radical facing expulsion and the Mon, Jun 4, 6:45; Wed, Jun 6, 9:30 EASY RIDER countryside for the American West. DIR/PROD Monte Hellman; SCR/PROD Jack draft. “One of the brave, authentic, disturbing films about Fri, Apr 20, 7:00; Mon, Apr 23, 9:00; Wed, Apr, 25, 9:00 THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE Nicholson; PROD Roger Corman. US, 1965, color, 82 min. RATED PG what went down on campuses in America in the 1960s.” Mon, Jun 4, 9:15; Tue, Jun 5, 7:00; Thu, Jun 7, 9:45 — Nicholson biographer Patrick McGilligan. DIR/SCR/PROD Jack CORMAN’S WORLD Nicholson gives a career-making performance as Bobby Nicholson; SCR , based on his novel; PROD Steve Blauner. US, 1971, color, THE BORDER Sat, Apr 21, 9:30; Sun, Apr 22, 1:30 Dupea, a young man from a well-to-do family on the run 95 min. RATED R Tue, Jun 5, 9:30; Wed, Jun 6, 7:00 from his roots and perhaps his future. A former piano PSYCH-OUT prodigy, he’s been biding his time in with his THE SHINING Sun, Apr 22, 9:15; Tue, Apr 24, 9:30 ne’er-do-well friends, but when he learns his father is ill, Fri, Jun 8, 7:00; Sat, Jun 9, 10:20; Sun, Jun 10, 8:00; he packs up pregnant girlfriend Karen Black and hits FIVE EASY PIECES Mon, Jun 11, 9:00 chinatown Fri, Apr 27, 7:20; Sat, Apr 28, 7:05; Tue, May 1, 9:15; “This used to be a helluva the road to the family’s home in Washington. A series of Terms of endearment Thu, May 3, 9:15 good country. I can’t misadventures, including an impromptu piano performance Sun, Jun 10, 3:00; Mon, Jun 11, 6:30 on the back of a moving truck, some far-out hitchhikers and #16 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS understand what’s going the famous chicken salad scene at a roadside diner, give A FEW GOOD MEN wrong with it.” Football- CHINATOWN

Fri, Apr 27, 9:30; Tue, May 1, 7:00; Wed, May 2, 9:20 Rights Reserved /Courtesy Repertory

way to a serious reckoning between Nicholson and his Courtesy of The Saul Zaentz Company Thu, Jun 14, 9:00; Sun, Jun 17, 3:25 helmeted good ol’ boy “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.” ’s landmark CARNAL KNOWLEDGE Jack Nicholson provides family once home. Nominated for four Oscars: Best Picture, neo-noir combined mastery of the ’s conventions with

BROADCAST NEWS All Inc. Industries, Pictures Columbia 1997 renewed 1969, © DIR/SCR/PROD Bob Sat, Apr 28, 9:15; Mon, Apr 30, 9:30; Thu, May 3, 7:00 something like a conscience Actor, Supporting Actress and Screenplay. a 1970s sensibility, even more paranoid and doom-bent Fri, Jun 15, 4:20; Sat, Jun 16, 6:30 Rafelson; SCR Carole Eastman; PROD Richard Wechsler. US, 1970, color, 98 min. RATED R THE LAST DETAIL to and Dennis than that of the classic era. Investigating the suspicious death Hopper’s counterculture outlaw biker tale, the zeitgeisty smash #33 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies of the Los Angeles water commissioner, private eye Jack Fri, May 4, 9:30; Sat, May 5, 9:45; Sun, May 6, 5:45; 40th Anniversary! Mon, May 7, 7:00 Sat, Jun 16, 3:40; Sun, Jun 17, 6:10 hit that put on the map and made Nicholson ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST Nicholson becomes drawn into a mystery that somehow THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS a star. Nicholson was considering giving up acting when Jack Nicholson made his rogue/antihero reputation with involves both the countryside’s struggling citrus farmers DRIVE, HE SAID THE CROSSING GUARD producer asked him to replace Rip Torn in his Jack Nicholson gives one of his most intense performances as and the city’s elite, including and his elegant Sat, May 5, 5:00; Sun, May 6, 1:00; Mon, May 7, 9:10 Tue, Jun 26, 7:00; Wed, Jun 27, 9:30 the role of Randle P. McMurphy, who rallies his fellow pals Fonda and Hopper’s low-budget biker movie. Laszlo the host of a late-night radio call-in show in Philadelphia, a psychiatric ward inmates against the authoritarianism daughter . Eleven Oscar nominations, the ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST THE PLEDGE Kovacs’ adventurous cinematography and the Steppenwolf/ shy introvert who only comes to life when spinning tales on the of ’s Nurse Ratched (#5 on AFI’s 100 sole win for Robert Towne’s screenplay, based on events Sat, May 5, 7:00; Sun, May 6, 3:00 Tue, Jun 26, 9:15; Wed, Jun 27, 7:00 The Byrds/Jimi Hendrix-heavy soundtrack set the tone, for both mic. Nicholson couldn’t be more different from his fun-loving, Years…100 Heroes and Villains list!). Only the second surrounding the “water war” between LA and the Owens DIR/SCR ; SCR/PROD Peter Fonda; SCR Terry DIR Roman Polanski; SCR Robert Towne; PROD . US, 1974, color, the film and an era. high-living brother Bruce Dern, who’s in over his head with movie to win all five major : Best Picture, Valley. THE PASSENGER Southern. US, 1969, color, 94 min. RATED R 130 min. RATED R racketeer . Receiving an urgent call from Director (Miloš Forman), Actor and Actress for Nicholson Sat, May 12, 10:00; Mon, May 14, 9:15; Tue, May 15, 9:15; Dern in Atlantic City, Nicholson heads up the Jersey shore, first Thu, May 17, 9:50 and Fletcher and Screenplay (Lawrence PSYCH-OUT to bail out his brother, then, along with Dern’s girlfriend Ellen Hauben and ). The THE DEPARTED 15th Anniversary! Richard Rush’s psychedelic was conceived in Burstyn, to dream and scheme about how they can hit it big. only other films to go five for What should have been an epic pairing of two generation- DIR/PROD ; SCR Jacob Brackman. US, 1972, color, 103 min. RATED R Boston mob boss Jack Nicholson has groomed Southie kid AS GOOD AS IT GETS the spirit of flower power propaganda, but the Summer five are IT HAPPENED ONE defining stars, and Jack Nicholson, in since childhood to go to school, graduate from Obsessive-compulsive curmudgeon Jack Nicholson makes of Love was over by the time shooting commenced in NIGHT and THE SILENCE OF America’s most myth-imbued genre, the Western, instead the academy, get on the Special Investigations Unit enemies everywhere he goes and seems to like it that 1968, necessitating a script overhaul with more cautionary CARNAL KNOWLEDGE THE LAMBS. DIR Miloš Forman; devolved into a troubled shoot, with dueling egos and and from there work as a well-placed mole for Nicholson. way. But Nicholson finally learns some much-needed overtones. Deaf-mute teen runaway Susan Strasburg hits San As college roommates, sexist Jack Nicholson and shy Art SCR , Bo Goldman, business concerns undermining the best intentions of But Nicholson’s trusted young protégé Leonardo DiCaprio lessons in love and friendship courtesy of his gay artist Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in search of her Garfunkel share their neuroses, fantasies and the same based on the novel by and the Thomas McGuane and director . has followed a parallel route, from police academy to neighbor Greg Kinnear (and his little dog) and single troubled brother; there she meets charismatic girlfriend; as the years pass, the two deal with marriage, play by Dale Wasserman; PROD Michael Nonetheless, this larkish tale of ranchers, rustlers and a deep undercover placement working for the mob. Who will mom waitress Hunt (and her little boy). James and cool, career-first rocker Jack Nicholson. “There are affairs and their mutual inability to reconcile love and sex. A Douglas, Saul Zaentz. US, 1975, most irregular regulator hired by one to eliminate the other uncover whom first? Martin Scorsese’s reworking of Hong L. Brooks and ’ witty and wisecracking rumbles, drug hallucination scenes, deaths. It’s a lot of fun. devastating look at relationship dysfunction featuring career- color, 133 min. RATED R has its charms, including the striking beauty of Montana’s Kong hit became his biggest commercial script lent effervescence to the melodramatic scenario, This is the best of all the biker and drug films that AIP [Films] best performances from Nicholson, and Big Sky country and Nicholson’s game performance as an and critical success, winning Oscars for Best Picture, the Oscar juggernaut of 1997, with seven produced during the era.” — Danny Peary, “Guide for the an Oscar-nominated Ann-Margret, this film is one of director enterprising outlaw locked in a battle of with a mad Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing. DIR Martin Scorsese; SCR nominations and acting wins for Nicholson and Hunt. DIR/ Film Fanatic.” DIR Richard Rush; SCR E. Hunter Willett, Betty Ulius; PROD . ’ darkest and most psychologically incisive lawman (Brando). DIR Arthur Penn; SCR Thomas McGuane; PROD Elliott Kastner, , based on INFERNAL AFFAIRS by Alan Mak and Felix Chong; PROD Brad SCR/PROD James L. Brooks; SCR Mark Andrus; PROD Bridget Johnson, Kristi Zea. US, US, 1968, color, 101 min. NOT RATED works. DIR/PROD Mike Nichols; SCR Jules Feiffer. US, 1971, color, 98 min. RATED R Robert M. Sherman. US, 1976, color, 126 min. RATED PG Grey, Graham King, . US/Hong Kong, 2006, color, 151 min. RATED R 1997, color, 139 min. RATED PG-13 4 Daily Listings: 301.495.6700 Tickets & Full Schedule at AFI.com/Silver 5 Jack Nicholson: A Retrospective Silent Cinema Showcase

April 13–June 9 25th Anniversary! IRONWEED With the recent Oscar success of THE ARTIST (silent) and “Masters of Silent Comedy: In Depression-era Albany, New York, drunkard Jack HUGO (not silent, but an homage to a pioneer), Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd” Nicholson returns after twenty years of running from the guilt silent cinema hasn’t had it this good since the glory years Live musical accompaniment by the Peacherine and shame of a family tragedy. He spends most of his time of the late . This spring, get acquainted with the Ragtime Orchestra Courtesy of Kino International Courtesy of Everett Collection drinking with fellow lushes and Tom Waits, unique art of silent , as well as the dedicated Tickets $15/$12 AFI Members/$10 kids 12 and under and avoiding reuniting with his estranged wife . and talented modern musicians who bring these films to Relive the thrilling era of silent comedy with this trio Brazilian Héctor Babenco (PIXOTE, KISS OF THE SPIDER life with their inventive accompaniment. of shorts by three of the masters — , WOMAN) proved an inspired choice to direct the film of and — featuring live musical ’s -winning novel, adapted for Schedule accompaniment from the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, the screen by Kennedy himself. Oscar nominations for both ’s only collegiate ragtime orchestra! Nicholson and Streep. DIR Héctor Babenco; SCR William Kennedy, based on his HUGO the shining novel; PROD Keith Barish, Marcia Nasatir. US, 1987, color, 143 min. RATED R Fri, Apr 13, 4:30; Sun, Apr 15, 11:00 a.m. COPS Buster Keaton tries to get back on the good side of the GOIN’ SOUTH #29 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE w/ A TRIP TO THE MOON THE CROSSING GUARD Fri, Apr 13, 7:00; Sat, Apr 14, 5:15 LAPD after mistakenly throwing a bomb into their parade THE SHINING the general Condemned horse thief Jack Nicholson gets an eleventh-hour Bitter alcoholic Jack Nicholson has waited six years for the in this Kafkaesque comedy short. DIR/SCR Buster Keaton, Edward SUNRISE reprieve, un-noosed and let down from the gallows on the “Heeeere’s Johnny!” Jack Nicholson suffers from one release from prison of David Morse, the drunk driver who #18 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs F. Cline; PROD Joseph M. Schenck. US, 1922, b&w, 18 min. Silent with live condition he marry sympathetic spinster and Sat, Apr 21, 5:00 helluva case of writer’s block in ’s killed his daughter, planning to murder Morse for revenge THE GENERAL accompaniment. NOT RATED stay on the straight and narrow. “Droll, sweet-tempered and acclaimed adaptation of the Stephen King novel. and perhaps earn the admiration of ex-wife . THE GENERAL Live musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra lackadaisical, it’s a shaggy-dog story with Nicholson playing Nicholson’s frustrated writer takes a job as the winter Writer/director ’s tough-minded, morally complex Fri, May 4, 7:30 Tickets $20/$15 AFI Members/$10 kids 12 and under NEVER WEAKEN the shaggy dog. It turns Western conventions on their heads caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel, with long- drama coaxes impressive performances from its entire cast, Harold Lloyd tackles harrowing skyscrapers and love in SPEEDY When the Civil War breaks out, railroad engineer Buster not out of satirical anger but simply to charm the pants off the suffering wife and introverted young son but none more than Nicholson — fiery, fierce, desperate this thrilling, stunt-filled classic.DIR Fred C. Newmeyer; SCR/PROD Keaton tries to join the Confederate army to make his audience. And aided by the sumptuous photography of Nestor Danny Lloyd in tow. The family tries to make the best and pained. DIR/SCR/PROD Sean Penn; PROD David Hamburger. US, 1995, color, Sat, May 5, 2:00 ; SCR , H. M. Walker. US, 1921, b&w, 19 min. Silent with live fiancée proud. Deeming his profession a valuable Southern Almendros () and Nicholson’s delightfully of things at the lonely resort, while Nicholson’s sanity 111 min. RATED R THE LITTLE PRINCESS accompaniment. NOT RATED cantankerous performance, it very nearly succeeds.” — David is pushed to the breaking point as cabin fever and the asset, the army rejects him — and so does she. But after Sat, May 19, 1:30 Ansen, Newsweek. DIR Jack Nicholson; SCR John Herman Shaner, Al Ramrus, Charles Union spies steal his locomotive (and his girl along denizens of the demonic hotel take control. DIR/SCR/PROD THE PLEDGE SHOULDER ARMS Shyer, Alan Mandel; PROD Harry Gittes, Harold Schneider. US, 1978, color, 105 min. RATED PG Stanley Kubrick; SCR Diane Johnson, based on the novel by Stephen King. US/UK, with it) Keaton springs into daring action. Keaton’s Enlisted during the First World War, Charlie Chaplin 1980, color, 146 min. RATED R Retired cop Jack Nicholson can’t let go of a case from his Sun, May 20, 4:15 drollery, pitch-perfect comedic timing and his incredible final days on the force, the rape and murder of a young physical talent and bravery make this one of the greatest dreams of becoming a war hero who goes behind PRIZZI’S HONOR “Masters of Silent Comedy: Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd” enemy lines disguised as a tree trunk in this 1918 gem, TERMS OF ENDEARMENT girl. Continuing to investigate it in his retirement, he buys silent-era comedies. Alloy Orchestra has commissioned a Amour fou makes strange bedfellows with omertà in John a gas station strategically located between the various Sun, Jun 3, 1:30 stunning new 35mm print, derived from the original camera being performed for the first time since its release with the Huston’s blackly comic mafia romance. It’s love at first sight See Shirley MacLaine AFI Life Achievement Award DIR/SCR/PROD Charles Chaplin. US, 1918, b&w, 46 min. crime scenes as a lookout. But is the daughter of his new THE WIND negative in the Rohauer Collection. DIR/SCR/PROD Buster Keaton; DIR/ original cue sheet. when hit-man Jack Nicholson spots Californian Retrospective, p. 3. Silent with live accompaniment. Digital presentation. NOT RATED girlfriend Wright the bait? Director Sean Penn imbues Sat, Jun 9, 3:00 SCR Clyde Bruckman; PROD Joseph M. Schenck. US, 1927, b&w, 75 min. Silent with live at a family wedding. Encouraged to follow his this gripping detective story with a lyrical meditation on accompaniment. NOT RATED bliss by ex-fiancée Anjelica Huston, Nicholson flies off to the 20th Anniversary! No passes accepted. the meaning and motives of a quest, and the place where No passes accepted. west coast to pitch woo. But back east there’s trouble in the A FEW GOOD MEN hard work and dedication spill over into obsession. The THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE family. Eight Oscar nominations, with Anjelica Huston winning “You can’t handle the truth!” Callow young JAG lieutenant outstanding cast includes Aaron Eckhart, Sam Shepard, [Le voyage extraordinaire] HUGO for Best Supporting Actress. DIR John Huston; SCR Janet Roach, , SPEEDY gets paired with senior officer to , , , Vanessa Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of ’s beloved novel based on his novel; PROD John Foreman. US, 1985, color, 130 min. RATED R With the success of Martin Scorsese’s HUGO, the fantastic Live musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra Redgrave and . DIR/PROD Sean Penn; SCR Jerzy follows an orphan boy in 1930s Paris, Hugo Cabret (Asa defend two Guantanamo Marines charged with the hazing film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938; portrayed by Tickets $15/$12 AFI Members/$10 kids 12 and under death of a third. The top brass would like a speedy trial Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski, based on the book by Friedrich Dürrenmatt; PROD Butterfield), who hides from sight in the attic recesses of a train in HUGO) is once again a household name. SPEEDY is Harold Lloyd’s last silent film, and certainly one of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE or better yet a plea bargain — Cruise’s specialty — but Michael Fitzgerald, Elie Samaha. US, 2001, color, 124 min. RATED R station. Intrigued by the gizmos on offer in the station’s toy Serge Bromberg (INFERNO) and Eric Lange document the his best. See why Lloyd was more popular than even Charlie Jack Nicholson had once hoped to do an update on James Moore suspects there’s more to the story, including how store, Hugo gets caught stealing by ’s curmudgeonly effort to restore Méliès’ most famous film, A TRIP TO THE Chaplin and Buster Keaton at the end of the silent era. This M. Cain’s hard-boiled classic (first incarnated on screen much base commander Jack Nicholson really knew. Rob proprietor, Monsieur Georges (Ben Kingsley), and is in danger MOON, working with a hand-tinted color nitrate print fast-paced dramatic comedy, shot on the streets of New in 1946 with and ), starring Reiner nimbly directs from ’s career-making of being sent to the orphanage. But an amazing turn of discovered in 1993. Interviews with filmmakers Costa- York City (look for a cameo by Yankee legend Babe Ruth!), alongside his then-girlfriend and with Hal screenplay, adapted from his own Broadway play. Beyond events instead sets Hugo to solving a mystery that connects Gavras, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Michel explores the theme of modernization, pitting the last horse- Ashby directing. A decade later, the revived project would the high star-wattage leads, look for , Kiefer him with his father and Georges with his past. Eleven Oscar Hazanavicius reveal Méliès’ enduring influence, with drawn trolley in the city against the evil forces of the transit be directed by old pal Bob Rafelson working from a faithful Sutherland, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Noah Wyle, Christopher nominations and five wins.DIR/PROD Martin Scorsese; SCR John Logan, based charming excerpts from Tom Hanks’ FROM THE monopoly. DIR Ted Wilde; SCR John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Rogers; PROD Harold adaptation by first-time screenwriter , with DIR/PROD ; Courtesy of Paramount Pictures on the book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick; PROD Graham King, Tim Guest and J. T. Walsh in supporting roles. TO THE MOON paying homage to Méliès’ vision of Lloyd. US, 1928, b&w, 85 min. Silent with live accompaniment. NOT RATED starring opposite Nicholson. Steamy, sensual, SCR Aaron Sorkin, based on his play; PROD , Andrew Scheinman. US, 1992, DIR Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange. France, 2011, color, 60 min. Digital Headington, . US, 2011, color, 126 min. RATED PG space travel. No passes accepted. obsessive and self-destructive, this ‘80s neo-noir represents a color, 138 min. RATED R presentation. NOT RATED unique take on the tropes of the genre. DIR/PROD Bob Rafelson; SCR SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS David Mamet; PROD Charles Mulvehill. US/, 1981, color, 122 min. RATED R 25th Anniversary! Followed by: A TRIP TO THE MOON [Le voyage dans la lune] Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson BROADCAST NEWS Tickets $13/$11 AFI Members 30th Anniversary! Unusual for a star of his magnitude, Jack Nicholson has Georges Méliès’s most famous and iconic work, F. W. Murnau’s moving and poetic film was his first in THE BORDER made a number of cameo appearances. Early on, it was painstakingly restored and featuring a new score by the Hollywood after tremendous success in Germany with “I wanna feel good about something sometime.” border out of necessity, but even after achieving stardom Nicholson French duo Air. “The gorgeous restoration of his [Méliès’] FAUST, THE LAST LAUGH and NOSFERATU. A woman patrolman Jack Nicholson’s spirits sag at the futility of his job, chose them, to repay old friends or just as a lark: in Henry masterpiece A TRIP TO THE MOON that was shown at from the city (Margaret Livingston) beguiles a man from the

rounding up illegals for deportation while their exploitative Jaglom’s (his payment was a color TV); as the Cannes and Telluride film Courtesy of The Harold Lloyd Foundation country (George O’Brien), tempting him to kill his devoted employers skate free. When he discovers that his boss Warren the specialist in ’s TOMMY; and very humorously festivals was surely a cinematic wife () in order to be with her; returning to his Oates and partner are working both sides of as the anchorman in James L. Brooks’ BROADCAST NEWS. highlight of the year, maybe the senses, he is reconciled with his wife. Given an Academy the system, he ultimately resolves to do something about it. Nicholson has the job that both brainy and century.” — A. O. Scott, The Award as the most “Unique and Artistic Production” in the DIR/SCR/PROD Nicholson gives a terrific performance in the strong, silent type telegenic covet, with producer New York Times. inaugural edition of the ceremony, plus Best Actress for Georges Méliès. France, 1902, color/b&w, 14 mode for director . ’s Deric caught in the middle. One of the savviest films about Gaynor and Best Cinematography, it appears on many lists min. Silent. Digital presentation. NOT RATED Washburn originated the screenplay, with ’s all-consuming careers, aptly set in Washington, DC. of the greatest films of all time.DIR F. W. Murnau; SCR Carl Mayer, from the Walon Green making several key contributions; the apt, Nominated for seven Oscars. DIR/SCR/PROD James L. Brooks. US, 1987, AFI Member passes will short story “Trip to Tilset” by Hermann Sudermann; PROD William Fox. US, 1927, b&w, 94 min. Silent with live accompaniment. NOT RATED evocative music is by Ry Cooder. DIR Tony Richardson; SCR David Freeman, color, 133 min. RATED R be accepted

goin’ south © Lobster Films /Groupama Gan / Technicolor speedy Walon Green, Deric Washblum; PROD Edgar Bronfman, Jr. US, 1982, color, 108 min. RATED R No passes accepted.

6 Daily Listings: 301.495.6700 Tickets & Full Schedule at AFI.com/Silver 7 Silent Cinema Just One More Thing: Peter Falk Remembered

April 22–June 17 Schedule THE LITTLE PRINCESS (1917) A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE Peter Falk (1927–2011) leaves MURDER, INC. Live musical accompaniment by harpist Leslie McMichael This was ’s final film, a 1961 remake of his On the verge of madness, struggles to a lasting acting legacy defined “America’s Sweetheart” stars in this early Sun, Apr 22, 4:45; Mon, Apr 23, 6:45 1933 classic . is a boozy, maintain her relationship as wife to civil engineer Peter Falk on the one hand by his iconic adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic tale, from a good-hearted street peddler (‘Apple Annie’), and Glenn and mother to their three children. Director ’

role of police detective Frank Bros. Courtesy of Warner script by prolific screenwriter . Strong-willed Sat, Apr 28, 1:15; Sun, Apr 29, 1:30 Ford the who dotes on her. When Davis’ long- most searing, emotionally raw film features a legendary Sara Crewe (Pickford) struggles to fit in at her new boarding from the influential lost daughter Ann-Margret (in her screen debut) prepares performance by his real-life wife Rowlands, with Falk POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES school with its cruel headmistress, sent there while her and long-running TV series to return to New York after convent school in Europe, extremely good as her long-suffering, temperamental and beloved father has gone off to war. stars as her bearing his name, and on the Sun, Apr 29, 4:45 the neighborhood’s Runyonesque riff-raff pulls together frustrated husband. “In WOMAN, love costs, love demands, best friend, Becky. DIR ; SCR Frances Marion, based on the novel other by a diversity of scene- HUSBANDS to help Davis preserve the hoax she’s perpetrated for but its cost and demands are almost welcome as proof that Reserved/ Courtesy Sony Pictures Repertory “A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett; PROD Mary Pickford. US, 1917, b&w, 62 stealing character roles in Sat, May 19, 9:45; Sun, May 20, 9:05; Mon, May 21, 9:05; years in correspondence with her daughter: that she’s profound love exists. These are people willing, quite literally, min. Silent with live accompaniment. NOT RATED actually a well-to-do dowager. Peter Falk, in an Oscar- to go to hell for each other.” — Tony Safford, Sundance Film © 1970, renewed 1998 Faces Music, Inc. All Rights Rights All Inc. Music, Faces 1998 renewed 1970, © movies, including colorful criminals and ne’er-do- Wed, May 23, 6:45 nominated performance, steals every scene he’s in as Ford’s Festival. DIR/SCR John Cassavetes; PROD Sam Shaw. US, 1974, color, 155 min. RATED R wells (MURDER, INC., POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES, wisecracking bodyguard. DIR/PROD Frank Capra; SCR Hal Kanter, Harry PETER PAN (1924) THE GREAT RACE, THE BRINK’S JOB); males in the in-laws Fri, May 25, 9:40; Sat, May 26, 10:00; Sun, May 27, 9:15; Tugend, based on a story by . US, 1961, color, 136 min. NOT RATED Live musical accompaniment by harpist Leslie McMichael mid-life and marital crisis in the films of his friend Tue, May 29, 9:00 Decades before became synonymous with THE IN-LAWS John Cassavetes (HUSBANDS and A WOMAN A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE HUSBANDS the role of Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie’s play was the subject of UNDER THE INFLUENCE, and opposite Cassavetes Mild-mannered dentist doesn’t know what to Sat, Jun 2, 3:00; Thu, Jun 7, 6:45 Following the death of their close friend, a trio of men a lavish Paramount production, a major hit in 1924. Long in ’s shambolic and rollicking MIKEY AND make of future in-law Peter Falk, the father of his daughter’s thought lost, the film was recently rediscovered and fully just entering middle age — , Peter Falk and NICKY); cutting up with Alan Arkin in the anarchically fiancé and allegedly a CIA operative — or is he just restored from original nitrate materials, with authentic color Fri, Jun 8, 9:45; Sun, Jun 10, 5:40; Thu, Jun 14, 6:45 John Cassavetes — quit their Long Island suburban lives comic THE IN-LAWS; as the kindly grandfather in a delusional braggart? Somehow, Arkin finds himself tints. Teenager stars as Peter Pan, the boy (and wives) for a trip to London and an extended round THE BRINK’S JOB embroiled in Falk’s Latin American-set intrigue before having THE PRINCESS BRIDE; and as an angelic version of debauchery. “By turns ribald, witty, cruel and moving, who refuses to grow up, and charms Wendy Darling and satisfactorily answered that question. This extremely silly cult of himself in ’ WINGS OF DESIRE. Tue, Jun 12, 7:00; Sat, Jun 16, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Jun 17, 9:00 HUSBANDS leaves the audience to find answers to the her brothers to fly with him to Never-Never Land. There, classic comedy features an inspired, anarchic performance Falk’s magnetic presence, gravelly voiced charm and questions it raises about responsibility, marriage and they struggle to rescue the Lost Boys from Captain Hook THE IN-LAWS a woman under the influence by Falk, deftly counterpointed by Arkin’s trademark deadpan mortality… Some critics think HUSBANDS the richest (Ernest Torrence, Buster Keaton’s father in STEAMBOAT winning personality are on display in this wide-ranging Wed, Jun 13, 7:00; Fri, Jun 15, 2:15 skepticism. DIR/PROD ; SCR ; PROD William Sackheim. BILL, JR.) and his pirates, encountering the fairy Tinker Bell retrospective of his best films. of Cassavetes’ films.” — John Wakeman, “World Film THE PRINCESS BRIDE US, 1979, color, 103 min. RATED PG (Virginia Browne Faire), a man-eating crocodile and a Directors, Volume Two.” DIR/SCR John Cassavetes; PROD Al Ruban. US, 1970, MIKEY AND NICKY AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films Fri, Jun 15, 9:30; Sat, Jun 16, 11:10 a.m., 9:30; Sun, Jun 17, 1:20 group of valiant Indians (led by as Tiger color, 131 min. NOT RATED The saga behind the making of this film is legendary: 1 Lily). Inventive special effects by Roy Pomeroy and fine in the Peter Falk series million feet of film were shot to get spontaneous raw drama; photography by James Wong Howe. DIR/PROD Herbert Brenon; SCR 18 months in the editing room; writer/director Elaine MURDER, INC. Willis Goldbeck, based on the play by J. M. Barrie. US, 1924, color-tinted, 105 min. Silent May and star Peter Falk purloined the footage to keep it Courtesy of MGM with live accompaniment. NOT RATED  Peter Falk earned an Oscar nomination for his performance from prying studio execs. After a botched release, May’s as Abe Reles, the Brooklyn mob hitman who turned informer. preferred version (the one being shown) saw the light of day Co-directed by Burt Balaban and (COOL a decade later. John Cassavetes is a small-time hood with HAND LUKE), this gritty true crime tale features a bevy of Bros. Courtesy of Warner a contract on his head; Falk is his long-suffering best friend; great character in supporting roles, including Vincent and is a most persistent hit man. Featuring

Gardenia, , , Reserved/Courtesy Sony Pictures Repertory cameos by legendary acting teachers and Courtesy of Warner Bros. Courtesy of Warner and jazz great Sarah Vaughan. Shot in striking black-and- William Hickey playing mob bosses. DIR/SCR Elaine May; PROD

white CinemaScope. DIR/PROD Burt Balaban; DIR Stuart Rosenberg; SCR Irve husbands Rights All Inc. Music, Faces 1998 renewed 1970, © Michael Hausman. US, 1976, color, 119 min. RATED R Tunick, Mel Barr, based on the book by Burton Turkus and Sid Feder. US, 1960, b&w, 103 min. NOT RATED 25th Anniversary! THE BRINK’S JOB WINGS OF DESIRE [Der Himmel über Berlin] ’s lovingly detailed and drolly humorous heist After an eternity of film, based on a true story from Boston, earned an looking after mortal Oscar nomination for Dean Tavoularis’ exquisite set design beings, observing their and art direction. Peter Falk stars as a small-time crook lives, their loves, their who, after pulling a heist he feels should have gotten better passions and pains, The wind Courtesy of Janus Films coverage in the press, sets his sights on a big-time score.

Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Courtesy of Twentieth intrigued angel Bruno A raft of great character actors rounds out Falk’s gang, Ganz decides to join THE WIND including , Paul Sorvino, , Allen the princess bride them, crossing over Garfield and Gena Rowlands as his wife. Live musical accompaniment: World premiere of original the great race to live life as they do. steals the show as a barking-mad J. Edgar Hoover, who score by Andrew Simpson for chamber ensemble and He discovers love with suspects the job was pulled by a gang of Communists. DIR 25th Anniversary! chorus, featuring the Cantate Chamber Singers New 35mm Print! circus acrobat Solveig William Friedkin; SCR Walon Green, after the book “Big Stick-Up at Brink’s” by Noel Behn; THE PRINCESS BRIDE Tickets $15/$12 AFI Members Dommartin, and in THE GREAT RACE PROD Ralph B. Serpe. US, 1978, color, 104 min. RATED PG Peter Falk reads a story to his sick grandson , Best remembered for his lead performance in ’s the person of “Der “Let’s see The Great Leslie try that!” ’ who’s at first turned off by its mushy-sounding title, but soon WILD STRAWBERRIES, Swedish director Victor Sjöström was one Filmstar,” Peter Falk, delightfully daffy, -filled adventure spectacular is a riveted by its twists, turns, derring-do and, yes, romance. of silent cinema’s greatest filmmakers. THE WIND is the best of something like an old must-see on the big screen. It’s the dawn of the 20th century, Robin Wright shines as the beautiful Buttercup, in love with several excellent films he made during his sojourn in Hollywood, friend. Wim Wenders’ a brave new world of machines and technological marvels, farm boy Westley () but eventually betrothed to as “Victor Seastrom.” gives a haunting performance elegant, moody and with riches and fame for those who dare to master them. loathsome Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). When as a Southern belle from Virginia living with family in the West profoundly moving film Mustache-twirling Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) challenges she’s kidnapped by the motley crew of Vizzini the Sicilian Texas desert, where the harsh wind never stops blowing, shifting was “Dedicated to all rival adventurer/inventor The Great Leslie () to a (), the giant Fezzik (André the Giant) and the sands and threatening to erase those brave or foolish enough the former angels, but round-the-world automobile race. Lemmon is at his comedic Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya (), to live there. Gish must choose between two suitors, courtly especially to Yasujiro, best, as is Peter Falk as Fate’s put-upon henchman. Natalie the excitement begins. Hilarious in supporting roles are Lars Hanson and roughhewn Montagu Love, whose dueling François and Andrej,” a reference to fellow filmmakers Wood crashes as a late entry into the car race, Christopher Guest, , and Peter attentions unleash surprising depths of passion from within her. DIR Yasujiro Ozu, François Truffaut and Andrei Tarkovsky. DIR/SCR/ who quickly becomes the prize in another kind of contest Cook; the script is by the legendary . DIR/ Victor Sjöström; SCR Frances Marion, from the novel by Dorothy Scarborough. US, 1928, b&w, 75 PROD Wim Wenders; SCR Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger; PROD Anatole Dauman. West between the rivals. DIR/SCR Blake Edwards; SCR Arthur A. Ross; PROD Martin PROD Rob Reiner; SCR William Goldman, based on his novel; PROD Andrew Scheinman. US, min. Silent with live accompaniment. NOT RATED Germany/France, 1987, b&w/color, 128 min. RATED PG-13 Jurow. US, 1965, color, 160 min. NOT RATED the brink’s job 1987, color, 98 min. RATED PG No passes accepted. 8 Daily Listings: 301.495.6700 Tickets & Full Schedule at AFI.com/Silver 9 Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and the Masters of Studio Ghibli PATTON in 70mm

April 13–June 17 In 70mm! New 35mm Print! PATTON This nearly comprehensive retrospective of ’s ONLY YESTERDAY [おもひでぽろぽろ] Sun, May 27, 1:00; Mon, May 28, 1:00 greatest studio, Studio Ghibli (often A period piece that beautifully evokes both the 1960s and George C. Scott’s magnetic, Oscar-winning turn as referred to as the Disney of Japan), presents a unique controversial US General George S. Patton is one of the © 1988 Nibariki – G 1980s, and the quintessential drama of Japanese school- opportunity for audiences to see the masterworks of day nostalgia. Realizing she is at a crossroads in her life, © 1997 Nibariki - GND screen’s great larger-than-life performances, beginning with , and others on the big bored twentysomething Taeko heads for the countryside. the famous monologue in front of a screen-filling American screen. Series made possible by GKIDS. The trip dredges up forgotten childhood memories which flag. Released while the US was mired in the conflict, unfold in flashback to younger years: the first stirrings some saw this portrait of an obsessively driven military Castles in the Sky: Miyazaki, Takahata and the of romance, the onset of puberty and the frustrations of adventurer (starring the same actor who played General Buck Masters of Studio Ghibli is co-presented with the math and boys. In lyrical switches between the present Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick’s DR. STRANGELOVE a few Freer Gallery of Art (www.asia.si.edu), the National and the past, Taeko wonders if she has been true to the years earlier) as a critique of the military mindset rather than Gallery of Art (www.nga.gov) and the Japanese dreams of her childhood self. Studio Ghibli is known for its a flag-waver. Said , “PATTON is not a Information Center (www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc). female heroines, but here they delve deeper into the real New 35mm Print! so much as the story of a personality who has found the right For information on additional screenings taking place emotional experiences of girls/women than perhaps any PRINCESS MONONOKE [もののけ姫] role to play.” Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, at those venues, visit their Web sites. animated film before or since. (Courtesy of IFC Center) DIR/ This epic fable on ecology and spirituality set a new benchmark Director, Actor and Screenplay. DIR Franklin J. Schaffner; SCR Francis Ford SCR Isao Takahata; PROD Yasuyoshi Tokuma. Japan, 1991, color, 118 min. In Japanese in philosophical and artistic sophistication for , and Coppola, Edmund H. North, from the books “Patton: Ordeal and Triumph” by Ladislas Farago Films shown at AFI Silver will be English-dubbed with English subtitles. NOT RATED catapulted Hayao Miyazaki to international renown. A pack and “A Soldier’s Story” by Omar N. Bradley; PROD Frank McCarthy. US, 1970, color, 172 min. versions except where noted. of wolf-gods and their titular warrior princess, a girl they RATED PG AFI Member New 35mm Print! raised from a foundling, defend their forest home from the passes will be [紅の豚] encroachment of humans and the malefaction of marauding accepted at all The title character of this “enthralling, endearing and demons. “A landmark feat of Japanese animation from the acknowledged master of the genre.” — , The New films in the Studio mesmerizing piece of animation cinema” (Tom Mes, York Times. Featuring voices by , Billy Crudup, Ghibli series “The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film”) is a swashbuckling tough guy aviator who just happens to , Minnie Driver and . DIR/SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD . Japan, 1997, color, 134 min. RATED PG-13

be a pig. Taking off from his island hideaway, he pilots Century Fox Courtesy of Twentieth Schedule his bright red plane to do battle with pirates and other evildoers. In this eccentric adventure set in 1920s Italy, New 35mm Print! New 35mm Print! New 35mm Print! Hayao Miyazaki gives free reign to his well-known THE CAT RETURNS [猫の恩返し] MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO [となりのトトロ ] [天空の城ラピュタ] obsession with airplanes by creating numerous amazing Walking home from school one day, schoolgirl Haru sees a odd- Fri, Apr 13, 2:30; Sat, Apr 14, 11:00 a.m.; Mon, Apr 16, 5:15 Roger Ebert has called this “one of the five best movies” Fantastic realms, magic, the joy of flight and the scenes of aerial derring-do. Featuring voices by Michael looking cat caught in the middle of the road as a truck speeds DIR/SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD Rick Dempsey, NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND ever made for children. Two sisters move with their father palpable love of nature: Studio Ghibli’s inaugural Keaton and Cary Elwes. towards it. Thinking fast and moving even faster, she dashes into Toshio Suzuki. Japan, 1992, color, 94 min. RATED PG Sat, Apr 14, 2:45; Mon, Apr 16, 7:00 to a new house in the countryside to be closer to their production has all the elements that make Hayao the road and scoops the cat to safety. To her surprise, the cat hospitalized mother. They soon discover that the surrounding Miyazaki’s films beloved around the world. When a girl proceeds to rise up on his two hind feet, dust itself off, and thank CASTLE IN THE SKY forest is home to a family of totoros — giant, magical bunny- mysteriously falls from the sky and directly into his arms, New 35mm Print! her for her bravery. So begins Haru’s strange adventure with the Fri, Apr 20, 4:30; Sat, Apr 21, 12:30; Tue, Apr 24, 6:30 like creatures who live in a camphor tree and can only be a boy becomes involved in a wild adventure involving [平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ] Cat Prince in the secret of Cats. Featuring voices by MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO—In Japanese with English subtitles seen by children. Befriending the totoros, the girls embark a secret floating city, pirates, giant robots and amazing In Japanese folklore, the hills and forests teem with tanuki , Kristen Bell, Tim Curry and Andy Richter. DIR on a series of adventures, exploring the forest high and flying contraptions. “A modernistic sci-fi fable with a — mysterious, mischievous raccoon-like creatures with the Hiroyuki Morita; SCR Reiko Yoshida, based on the comic by Aoi Hiiragi; PROD Ned Lott, Toshio Suzuki, Sat, Apr 21, 3:00; Sun, Apr 22, 11:00 a.m.; Thu, Apr 26, 7:00 New 35mm Print! low. Beneath the film’s playfulness and narrative simplicity subtle ecological message.” — Richard Harrington, The power to change shape. In POM POKO, a forest-dwelling Nozomu Takahashi. Japan, 2002, color, 75 min. RATED G KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE lie depths of wisdom — as with much of Hayao Miyazaki’s Washington Post. Voices by Anna Paquin, James Van tanuki community of playful idlers and wily cheats rallies MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS Fri, Apr 27, 5:10; Sat, Apr 28, 11:00 a.m. work, at its core this film is about humankind’s relationship to Der Beek, and Mark Hamill. DIR/SCR Hayao into action to defend their homes from the encroachment [ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん] the earth. (Courtesy of IFC Center) Dubbed version featuring Miyazaki; PROD Isao Takahata. Japan, 1986, color, 124 min. RATED PG ONLY YESTERDAY—In Japanese with English subtitles of a new housing development. The tanuki use their In a break from the frequently mythical storytelling of Studio voices by Dakota and Elle Fanning. DIR/SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD Toru Sun, Apr 29, 11:05 a.m.; Wed, May 2, 7:00 shape-shifting abilities to play a variety of tricks on the Ghibli, director Isao Takahata wryly tweaks the everyday Hara. Japan, 1988, color, 86 min. RATED G New 35mm Print! construction workers; in need of stronger tactics, they haunt activities of family life with his depiction of the irresponsible, PORCO ROSSO KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE [魔女の宅急便] the building site with a dazzling spook show. Featuring Two versions of MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO are being © 2001 Nibariki – GNDDTM slovenly and lazy Yamada family and their unassuming way Sat, May 5, 11:30 a.m.; Sun, May 6, 11:00 a.m. shown in this series: the original (in Japanese with English A young witch-in-training named Kiki sets out to seek her voices by J. K. Simmons and Brian Posehn. DIR/SCR Isao of life. With cartoon-like characters and visual design unlike POM POKO subtitles) and the English dubbed version. Consult the fortune, aided by her flying broom and her faithful black Takahata; SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD Ned Lott, Toshio Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Tokuma. Japan, anything else in the Ghibli canon, the film is illustrated in a 1994, color, 119 min. RATED PG Sat, May 12, 11:05 a.m.; Sun, May 13, 11:05 a.m. Schedule box (left) for details. cat Jiji. Settling in a picturesque seaside village, Kiki takes series of rough sketches and outlines, which are then filled a job as a delivery girl for a bakery, later starting her with soft colors that evoke watercolor painting. (Courtesy WHISPER OF THE HEART own business, a flying-broom-powered delivery service. New 35mm Print! of IFC Center) DIR/SCR Isao Takahata; SCR based on the comic by Hisaichi Ishii; New 35mm Print! Sat, May 19, 11:05 a.m.; Sun, May 20, 11:05 a.m.; In a moment of self-doubt, Kiki loses her magic; now she WHISPER OF THE HEART [ ] PROD Takashi Shoji, Seiichirô Ujiie. Japan, 1999, color, 104 min. In Japanese with English Mon, May 21, 6:45 NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND 耳をすませば must persevere and innovate using all the power of her This masterpiece was the first and only full-length feature subtitles. RATED PG PRINCESS MONONOKE [風の谷のナウシカ] imagination and self-reliance. Featuring voices by Kirsten New 35mm Print! by Hayao Miyazaki’s protégé Yoshifumi Kondô before his SPIRITED AWAY [ ] Fri, May 25, 4:20; Sat, May 26, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, May 27, Set in a devastated future world decimated by atmospheric Dunst, Phil Hartman and Janeane Garofalo. DIR/SCR/PROD Hayao death at age 47. Shizuku spends her summer vacation 千と千尋の神隠し HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE [ハウルの動く城 ] 11:00 a.m.; Mon, May 28, 6:45 poisons and swarming with gigantic insects, this is the Miyazaki; SCR based on the novel by Eiko Kadono. Japan, 1989, color, 102 min. RATED G Teeming with mythical beasts and complex characters, before high school reading and translating foreign music A teenager named Sophie has her life turned upside-down story of a young princess, both brave and innocent, whose Miyazaki’s masterpiece won the Golden Bear at the Berlin THE CAT RETURNS into Japanese. Perusing the eclectic selection of books she when she meets a dashing young wizard named Howl love for all living things and passionate determination to Film Festival, the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and Sat, Jun 2, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Jun 3, 11:00 a.m. has checked out from the library, she notices the name Seiji and becomes caught up in a magicians’ feud. Although understand the processes of nature lead her into terrible remains the highest-grossing film in Japan’s history. While out before hers on the checkout card of each one. Through Howl and Sophie have only just met, the jealous Witch of SPIRITED AWAY danger, sacrifice and eventual triumph. Like most Studio exploring, a young girl strays from her parents and stumbles a series of curious and magical incidents, she meets the Waste curses the innocent Sophie and turns her into Fri, Jun 8, 4:30; Sat, Jun 9, 12:15, 7:45; Sun, Jun 10, 12:30 Ghibli films, there is neither good nor evil, but conflicting into the spirit world, and is conscripted into working in a and establishes a connection to Seiji — who dreams of a 90-year-old woman. Now the prematurely gray and viewpoints, weaknesses and power struggles. This debut fabulous bathhouse where all manner of magical creatures MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS—In Japanese with English subtitles becoming a famous violinmaker in Italy, while she aspires wrinkled youngster must undertake a quest to reverse the film from Hayao Miyazaki is considered by many to be come to relax. Now she must work hard and live by her wits Sat, June 9, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Jun 10, 11:00 a.m. to become a writer. As their goals pull them in different curse, climbing aboard Howl’s magical moving castle and

his masterwork — and there are few films, animated or © 1989 Eiko Kadono - Nibariki GN to navigate the perils of her weird workplace and find her directions, the two are determined to remain true to their traveling to mystical realms. 2006 Oscar Nominee, Best HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE otherwise, of such sweeping scope and grandeur. (Courtesy way home. “An out-and-out charmer. It’s almost impossible to feelings for one another. (Courtesy of IFC Center) DIR Yoshifumi Animated Feature. Featuring voices by , Emily of IFC Center) Featuring voices by Uma Thurman, Patrick do justice in words either to the visual richness of the movie… Fri, Jun 15, 7:00; Sat, Jun 16, 1:15; Sun, Jun 17, 11:00 a.m. Kondô; SCR Hayao Miyazaki, based on the comic by Aoi Hiiragi; PROD Ned Lott, Toshio Mortimer, , Jean Simmons and Billy Crystal. DIR/ Stewart and Shia LaBeouf. DIR/SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD Rick Dempsey, DIR/ Suzuki. Japan, 1995, color, 111 min. RATED G or to the character-filled storyline.” — Derek Elley, Variety. SCR Hayao Miyazaki, based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones; PROD Rick Dempsey, Ned Isao Takahata. Japan, 1984, color, 116 min. RATED PG kiki’s delivery service SCR Hayao Miyazaki; PROD Toshio Suzuki. Japan, 2002, color, 125 min. RATED PG Lott, Toshio Suzuki. Japan, 2004, color, 119 min. RATED PG

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Actor, director and mogul The eighth edition of this popular annual survey THE YELLOW SEA w/ director Na Hong- In recognition of the 137th running of the Raj Kapoor (1924-1988) of new films from one of the world’s most dynamic Sat, Apr 21, 7:00 Preakness Stakes, taking place just up the road was one of the giants of filmmaking regions includes special appearances THE CHASER w/ director Na Hong-jin at historic Pimlico Race Course in , on Indian cinema, and is by Na Hong-jin, the writer/director behind two Sat, Apr 21, 10:30 May 19, AFI Silver presents some of the best synonymous with the rise Courtesy of TIFF Bell Lightbox outstanding action dramas, THE CHASER and films featuring that noblest of creatures, the horse, Courtesy of TIFF Bell Lightbox of the monolith known THE YELLOW SEA. SUNNY including heartwarming and Tue, Apr 24, 9:00; Thu, Apr 26, 9:00 tales of thrilling equine adventure. This series is as “.” Largely This festival is co-presented with the Smithsonian’s THE UNJUST presented in collaboration with the Maryland unknown in North America Freer Gallery of Art with the generous support of the Tue, May 22, 6:45; Wed, May 23, 9:20 Jockey Club, the Maryland Horse Council and — except to millions of fans Korea Foundation. Films at AFI Silver are listed to the the Maryland Horse Industry Board. of South Asian descent — right. For information on screenings taking place at the MOBY DICK Kapoor is revered not only Freer, visit asia.si.edu. Tue, Jun 12, 9:10; Wed, June 13, 9:10 Thanks to the Maryland Horse Industry Board for in but throughout the sponsoring the free family kick-off screening of AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films former Soviet world, the MISTY. Middle East and beyond for the films he made during in the Korean Film Festival series the Golden Age of Indian cinema. AFI Member passes will Kapoor began his career as an actor with his father be accepted Prithviraj’s famed theatre company and then in small Courtesy of MGM at all films in film roles beginning at age 11. Kapoor founded Courtesy of Fox International the Horses in RK Films in 1948 and made his debut as producer, Cinema series director and star with the hit film AAG, in which he starred for the first time with his onscreen muse SUNNY [써니] . Deriving his screen persona from the smirk Hailed as “easily Korea’s feel-good film of the year” by and swagger of , the heightened emotions Maggie Lee in , this box-office and showmanship of and most importantly smash from SCANDAL MAKERS director Kang Hyung-chul Schedule Charlie Chaplin’s underdog heroism and sense of is a heartfelt and touching dramedy about a group of female friends reuniting after twenty years. DIR/SCR Kang Hyung- pathos, Kapoor rapidly became the biggest superstar chul; PROD Ahn Byung-Ki. South Korea, 2011, color, 124 min. In Korean with English MISTY - FREE Family Kick-off Screening! in Indian cinema. Meanwhile, his stylistic innovations subtitles. NOT RATED Sat, May 12, 11:00 a.m. as a director — from the gritty of his NATIONAL VELVET early films, to his introduction of epic-length musical THE UNJUST [부당거래] the yellow sea Sat, May 12, 1:00 numbers, to the eye-popping Technicolor delirium of New 35mm Print! Nicknamed “The Action Kid” in Korea, filmmaker Ryu his more commercial-minded late period — helped set “Raj Kapoor’s singular and gargantuan talent SECRETARIAT subsumes a variety of influences and affinities — BOBBY Seung-wan (CRYING FIST, THE CITY OF VIOLENCE) has THE YELLOW SEA [황해] Sat, May 12, 7:00 the template for Bollywood films today. delivered the best film of his career with this sprawling tale Raj Kapoor’s charming paean to youth, starring his son Rishi, In Person: director Na Hong-jin Chaplin, Frank Capra, — with even of corruption in the South Korean criminal justice system. DIR/ THE RED PONY Raj Kapoor and the Golden Age of Indian Cinema follows a young couple who hit the road pursued by a zany A broke in the no-man’s-land between the borders a touch of Russ Meyer apparent in the later work. PROD Ryu Seung-wan; SCR Park Hoon-jung; PROD Yun-ho, Ku Bon-han. South Korea, Sun, May 13, 11:00 a.m.; Tue, May 15, 5:10; Thu, May was curated by Noah Cowan, artistic director, TIFF horde of bounty-hunting bandits. DIR/PROD Raj Kapoor; SCR Khwaja Ahmad of North Korea, China and Russia agrees to commit a At times, his oeuvre recalls the work of a 19th- 2010, color, 119 min. In Korean with English subtitles. NOT RATED 17, 5:10 Bell Lightbox, and organized by TIFF, IIFA and RK Abbas, V. P. Sathe. India, 1973, color, 168 min. In with English subtitles. NOT RATED contract murder to of his debts, but when his plans Films with the support of the Government of . century European literary giant whose sympathy go awry, a bloody war erupts between ruthless rival gang THE BLACK STALLION for the underdog, protean activity, inexhaustible STAY AWAKE [] bosses. DIR/SCR Na Hong-jin; PROD Han Sung-goo. South Korea, 2010, color, 137 min. Sun, May 13, 1:00 This series is co-presented with the Freer Gallery of energy and penchant for excess earned him In Korean with English subtitles. RATED R Art. Films at AFI Silver listed below. For information on A Chaplinesque tramp gets more than he bargained for THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER fame and a national reputation as early in life as screenings taking place at the Freer, visit asia.si.edu. when he wanders into a luxury apartment building in search Sun, May 13, 3:30 Courtesy of Showbox THE CHASER [추격자] Kapoor. Yes, Raj Kapoor is — to a degree — the of a glass of water. DIR/SCR Amit Mitra, ; SCR Khwaja Ahmad WILD HEARTS CAN’T BE BROKEN AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films Abbas; PROD Raj Kapoor. India, 1956, b&w, 137 min. In Hindi and Bengali with English In Person: director Na Hong-jin Victor Hugo of Indian cinema.” Sun, May 13, 5:45; Mon, May 14, 5:10; Wed, May 16, 5:10 in the Raj Kapoor series subtitles. Digital presentation. NOT RATED When one of cop-turned-pimp Jung-ho’s girls goes missing, — Elliott Stein, “Raj Kapoor: The Showman Auteur of he thinks it’s a rival moving in on his territory. But the truth HIDALGO Indian Cinema” YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW turns out to be much more sinister in this inventive and Sun, May 13, 7:45 suspenseful thrill ride. DIR/SCR Na Hong-jin; SCR Hong Won-chan, Lee Shin-ho; Schedule New 35mm Print! [] PROD Choi Moon-su. South Korea, 2008, color, 125 min. In Korean with English subtitles. Three generations of Kapoors — Raj, father Prithviraj and NOT RATED Where the ganges flows WHERE THE GANGES FLOWS [Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai] son Randhir, who also directs — take to the screen in this Sat, May 12, 3:30 tale of generational conflict.DIR Randhir Kapoor; SCR Virendra Sinha; PROD Raj Kapoor stars as a bumbling pilgrim to the Ganges who MY NAME IS Raj Kapoor. India, 1971, color, 158 min. In Hindi with English subtitles. Digital presentation. tries to convert a band of brigands into modern-day Robin Sun, May 19, 3:00 NOT RATED Hoods. DIR ; SCR Arjun Dev Rashk; PROD Raj Kapoor. India, 1960, BOBBY b&w, 182 min including 15 min intermission. In Hindi with English subtitles. NOT RATED Courtesy of IFC Films GOD, YOUR RIVER IS TAINTED moby dick Sat, May 26, 4:10 [] Disney Pictures Courtesy of Walt New 35mm Print! MOBY DICK [모비딕] STAY AWAKE Raj Kapoor’s final and most financially successful film returns to MY NAME IS JOKER [] Captain Ahab’s monomaniacal obsession with the white Sat, Jun 9, 5:00 the crusading social-message drama format of his early years, Raj Kapoor’s legendary film maudit, about a mopey, whale in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” serves as a vividly depicting the corruption and mendacity at the heart YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW love-obsessed and his three pathetically failed love metaphor for a reporter’s determination to uncover a vast of Indian society and utilizing the Ganges itself as a guiding Tue, Jun 26, 7:30 affairs, is a compulsively watchable, astonishing train conspiracy in this action-filled set amid tension metaphor for the country’s decline. DIR Raj Kapoor; SCR V. P. Sathe, K. K. DIR/PROD Raj Kapoor; SCR . India, 1970, between North and South Korea in 1994. DIR/SCR Park In-jae; GOD, YOUR RIVER IS TAINTED wreck of a film. Singh, Jyoti Swaroop, based on a story by Raj Kapoor; PROD Randhir Kapoor. India, 1985, color/b&w, 199 min including 15 min intermission. In English, Hindi and Russian with SCR Park Shin-gyu. South Korea, 2011, color, 112 min. In Korean with English subtitles. Thu, Jun 28, 7:30 color, 166 min. In Hindi with English subtitles. Digital presentation. NOT RATED English subtitles. NOT RATED NOT RATED the chaser secretariat

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MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT Fri, Apr 13, 12 midnight; Sat, Apr 14, 9:00; Wed, Apr 18, Sun, Apr 15, 6:20; Wed, Apr 18, 4:30 6:30 (Montgomery College Show); Thu, Apr 19, 9:00 With sketches including “The Dead Parrot,” “Hell’s Grannies,” “The Spawning a hit musical, plush killer bunnies and a generation Lumberjack Song” and “Nudge Nudge,” this film of re-staged material of comedy nerds, this irreverent cult classic is the Pythons’ from their British TV show was intended to introduce Monty Python to an unique take on the legend of King Arthur. After recruiting the American audience, but it wasn’t until a re-release some years later that Knights of the Round Table to join him in Camelot (turns out the film caught on as a midnight-movie sensation.DIR Ian MacNaughton; SCR Graham it’s a silly place), Arthur and his coconut-clopping crew set Chapman, , , , , ; PROD Patricia Casey. UK, 1971, color, 88 out on a noble quest to find the Holy Grail. Featuring limbless min. RATED PG knights, a Trojan Rabbit and wisecracking Frenchmen, the troupe’s first original feature mixes absurd set pieces with MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE Terry Gilliam’s trademark animation, in the only Python film he Sun, Apr 15, 8:15; Tue, Apr 17, 9:30 directed. DIR/SCR Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones; SCR , John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin; PROD Mark Forstater, Michael White. UK, 1975, color, 91 min. RATED PG “It took God six days to create the Heavens and the Earth, and Monty Python just 1 hour and 48 minutes to screw it up.” The final feature by Monty Python harkens back to their comedy beginnings and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN by Orson Welles. The sketch film examines life, death and Sat, Apr 14, 7:00, 11:00; Wed, Apr 18, 9:15 everything in between. Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic of both From “Every Sperm is religion and Hollywood’s depiction of all things biblical in this Sacred” to the infamous hilarious epic. The setting is Judea 33 AD, a time of poverty world’s fattest man’s final and chaos. At the center of it all is Brian Cohen (Graham meal, the film handles Chapman), a reluctant, would-be messiah who rises to monumental ideas in the Courtesy of Universal Pictures prominence as a result of a series of absurd circumstances Pythons’ typically defiant (and a bit of mistaken identity for that better-known prophet). and irreverent fashion. DIR/ The Pythons, each playing multiple roles, nail the topical humor SCR Terry Jones; SCR Graham Chapman, of the day: ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate, the art of haggling, the John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Romans (“What have they ever done for us?”) and crucifixion. Michael Palin; PROD John Goldstone. UK, DIR/SCR Terry Jones; SCR Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin; 1983, color, 107 min. RATED R PROD John Goldstone. UK, 1979, color, 94 min. RATED R Courtesy of Rainbow Releasing

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