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PROGRAMMING GUIDE AND MOVIE CALENDAR APRIL 28 - JULY 6, 2006

ROBERTROBERT ALTMAN: american original

Sir : 34th AFI Life Achievement Award

Hou Hsiao-hsien’s THREE TIMES PREVIEW INSIDE! IN THIS ISSUE Contents

3 34th AFI Life Achievement Award: June 13-18, 2006 Sir Sean Connery See page 10 for details 6 Altman: American Original 9 Directed by 10 SILVERDOCS 12 AFI Life Achievement Award screening; Director’s Reception: HIGH SOCIETY 13 Exclusive Engagement: OVERLORD; Special FREE Screening: The Devil’s Miner; Slow Food on ; Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase: DISARM It’s Back! 14 About AFI May 9 - 12, 7:00 & 9:30 15 Calendar Best of: May 25, 7:00 & 9:30 The 6th Annual 48 Hour Film Project: 16 THREE TIMES: Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien; A competition for do-it-yourself filmmakers. First time in the U.S.: We give you a , a prop, a character and a line of dialogue— the rest is up to you. LOOK FOR THE ! Member passes accepted Purchase tickets early, as all shows are expected to SELL OUT. Advance tickets are available without a service fee at the AFI Silver Web site: www.AFI.com/Silver. for designated screenings. To find out how to For more information about the project, visit www.48hourfilm.com. become a Member of AFI, see page 12.

The AFI PREVIEW is published by the . AFI Silver gratefully acknowledges Occasions Caterers for their sponsorship of THE AMERICAN RULING CLASS Editorial, publishing and advertising offices: Washington, DC, Premiere. American Film Institute Silver and Cultural Center 8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910 For address changes and subscription services, contact: Talk Cinema American Film Institute 2021 N. Ave. t’s not too late to sign up for a pro-rated , CA 90027 subscription to Talk Cinema. The Spring 2006 kicked Attn: Membership I off with advance screenings of power-packed titles like: TSOTSI, JOYEUX NOEL and MARILYN HOTCHKISS’ BALL- On the cover: , courtesy of Photofest ROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL. Editor: Annie Collier Rehill Production Coordinator: Marie Figueredo Don’t miss the next screening on Sunday, May 7. Designer: Julie Super, The Gazette Walk-ins welcome. Information is correct at press time. and schedule subject to change. Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. Information at www.talkcinema.com

2 ■ TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER SIR SEAN CONNERY AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: SIR SEAN CONNERY May 26 - July 6 The American Film Institute’s Board of Trustees has selected Sir Sean Connery to receive the 34th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film. Through five decades of superstardom, Connery not only created , one of the most popular characters in cin- ema, but has also broadened his persona beyond typecasting to create a career as extraordinary as 007 himself. Connery’s wide-ranging career has encompassed widescreen historical epics (note the number of Cinemascope films in this series), hardboiled police dramas, cult fantasies and science fiction. He stole the show in the final installment of the trilogy. Always a powerful presence on screen, Connery blends virile masculinity with twinkle-in-the-eye humor, an ability that redefined action stars. Enjoy this retrospective focusing on Sir Sean Connery’s work out- side the Bond franchise, and tune into the AFI Life Achievement Award telecast on the USA Network in June. A James Bond se- ries will run this year at the AFI Silver.

AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Sean Connery Series. courtesy of Photofest THE NAME OF THE ROSE THE UNTOUCHABLES THE NAME OF THE ROSE THE MOLLY MAGUIRES Friday, May 26, 7:00; Monday, May 29, 8:50; Saturday, May 27, 1:00; Sunday, May 28, 1:00; Saturday, June 3, 1:45; Monday, June 5, 9:20; Tuesday, May 30, 9:30 Thursday, June 1, 9:15 Thursday, June 8, 6:45 An Oscar went to Connery for Best Supporting Big-scale adaptation of ’s medieval Unsuccessful through strikes, oppressed Penn- as the Irish patrolman who teaches idealis- mystery bestseller. As monks begin mysteriously sylvania miners of the 1870s turn to violence. tic Elliot Ness the facts of life (“That’s dying, Franciscan monk Sean Connery must de- But who leads them? Is it Sean Connery who the Chicago way”). During Prohibition, federal termine whether the deaths are murder or sui- heads feared Irish secret society the Molly agent goes all out to bring down cide. If he doesn’t find the answer in time, the Maguires? To find out, Pinkerton man Richard ’s Capone. Ness assembles a team Grand Inquisitor (F. Murray Abraham, in his first Harris infiltrates—and feels conflicting loyalties. that, amid police corruption, is untouchable. The post-Oscar role) may burn the monastery to the Based on a true story, filmed in a real Pennsylva- action highlight is De Palma’s staircase homage ground. DIR Jean-Jacques Annaud; SCR nia mining town, with a wordless opening. DIR Howard Franklin, Gerard Brach, Andrew to Eisenstein’s POTEMKIN. DIR/SCR Brian Martin Ritt; SCR/PROD , Birkin and Alain Godard, based on the novel De Palma; SCR ; PROD from the novel by Arthur H. Lewis. US, 1970, by Umberto Eco; PROD Thomas Schuhly, Linson. US, 1987, color, scope, 119 min. color, scope, 124 min. RATED PG and Bernard Eichinger. RATED R France//West Germany, 1986, color, 130 min. RATED R

TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ■ 3 SIR SEAN CONNERY Tuesday, June 20, 7:00; Monday, June 26, 9:30; Wednesday, June 28, 9:35 directs as Sean Connery, fresh from the pen, hooks up with former girlfriend . He decides to clean out her apart- ment building over Labor Day weekend, with a team that includes gay antiques dealer and electronics expert . Connery reminds everyone of their ac- tions’ social utility—with no idea that everything he says is being taped. DIR Sidney Lumet; SCR , based on the short story by Lawrence Sanders; PROD Robert M. Weitman. US, 1971, color, 98 min. RATED PG Photos courtesy of Photofest

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING “Swashbuckling adventure, pure and simple, from the hand of a master.” THE ANDERSON TAPES THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING Saturday, June 3, 6:45; Sunday, June 4, 1:00; Saturday, June 10, 12:30; Sunday, June 11, 7:30 Thursday, June 22, 7:00; Tuesday June 6, 6:45 Challenging audiences with his unique, deliber- Friday, June 23, 6:00; Thursday, June 29, 9:30 This big-budget masterpiece was on loca- ate vision has always been an essential part of Connery’s self-generated project was part of his tion in and Chamonix. ’s films, as this uncompromising price to come back as Bond in DIAMONDS had dreamed for decades of adapting Rudyard science fiction epic shows. Sean Connery is Zed, ARE FOREVER. “One hundred percent right!” Kipling’s classic, with Gable and Bogart his in- an exterminator in the primitive society of the blusters the veteran third-string detective in a tended stars. Instead, real-life buddies Sean Con- Brutals in the year 2293. He becomes a liberator great performance. Neither colleagues nor supe- nery and came close to perfection upon discovering that the huge stone god of the riors are listening, but after he starts interrogat- as reprobate British soldiers who set out for the title is an imposing cover for a brilliant—and ing a possible child molester—against orders— wilds of Kafiristan, where they plan to win a emotionless and apathetic—super race that is the sardonic suspect understands him kingdom for themselves. end result of a utopian society. “A complex only too well. Inspector cleans (as Kipling) listens to Caine’s playback of the philosophical statement.”—National Film The- up the mess. DIR Sidney Lumet; SCR John story. DIR/SCR John Huston; SCR Gladys atre, . DIR/SCR/PROD John Boor- Hopkins; PROD Dennis O’Dell. UK/US, 1973, Hill, based on the short story by Rudyard man. UK/, 1974, color, scope, 105 min. color, 112 min. RATED R Kipling; PROD John C. Foreman. UK/US, RATED R 1975, color, scope, 129 min. RATED PG

4 ■ TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER SIR SEAN CONNERY Photos courtesy of Photofest

OUTLAND

mustachioed role, designed to distance himself them is gutsy resident doctor Frances Stern- from Bond. A WWII British military stockade hagen. DIR/SCR ; PROD sits in the middle of the North African desert. To Richard A. Roth. UK, 1981, color, scope, 109 enforce discipline, chief jailer al- min. RATED R MARNIE lows the sadist to run “offenders” up a manmade hill—in full pack, under the midday MARNIE sun. Sidney Lumet’s filming with successively INDIANA JONES Saturday, June 24, 5:45; Sunday, June 25, 6:15; wider-angled lenses turned a hard-hitting prison Wednesday, June 28, 7:00 drama into a visual tour-de-force. With Ossie AND THE LAST CRUSADE Even though is a compulsive klep- Davis, Ian Bannen and Sir . Saturday, , 6:40; Sunday, July 2, 3:25; Monday, July 3, 1:00 & 6:05; to, wealthy publisher Sean Connery marries her. Best , Cannes Festival. DIR Sidney Lumet; SCR Ray Rigby and R. S. Allen, after Tuesday, July 4, 1:00 & 6:05 “Talk about dream worlds! You’ve got a patho- their play; PROD Kenneth Hyman. UK, logical fix on a woman who’s not only a crimi- plays the young Indy who gets 1965, b&w, 123 min. NOT RATED nal, but who screams if you come near her.” But his nickname and the signature hat. His father, the real surprises start on the wedding night. medievalist professor Sean Connery, is obsessed With a very young in a “memo- with beating the Nazis to the . “Jef- rable” cameo. DIR/PROD ; Rare archival print frey Boam’s script dabbles with themes of neg- SCR , based on the novel by lect and reconciliation, but there’s nothing pon- OUTLAND derous about the duo’s near-death scrapes and . US, 1964, color, 130 min. Friday, June 30, 6:00; Sunday, July 2, 1:10; RATED PG lighthearted tussles over the same blonde Wednesday July 5, 9:30; Thursday, July 6, 9:30 Fraulein.”— critic Colette Maude. DIR Steven On one of Jupiter’s moons, miners are both set- Spielberg; SCR Menno Meyjes, ting productivity records and dying. Marshal and Chris Columbus, based on characters THE HILL Sean Connery discovers rampant drug-dealing at created by and Philip Kauf- Sunday, June 25, 3:45; Monday, June 26, 7:00; the core and follows it to the top: up the corpo- man; PROD Robert Watts and Kathleen Tuesday, June 27, 9:30 rate ladder. By the time help arrives from the Kennedy. US, 1989, color, scope, 127 min. Connery’s insubordinate inmate was his first home office, he has few allies left. But among RATED PG-13

TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ■ 5 ROBERT ALTMAN ROBERT ALTMAN: AMERICAN ORIGINAL May 26 - July 6 A signature styl- ist in American , Robert Altman is known as an in-

Photo courtesy of Photofest novator and iconoclast. With the upcoming re- lease of in June, he’s also, once again, riding high. Altman’s work helped to define the . He may have slowed down in the , but he reemerged in the (more than once) with some of his best work. The hallmarks of Altman’s celebrated style—overlapping dialogue, improvi- THE PLAYER ing , , , , and Clive sational acting, mobile camera and Friday, May 26, 9:25; Saturday, May 27, 6:20; Owen. Seven Oscar nominations, including Alt- zooms, subversive humor—have been Sunday, May 28, 6:20; Monday, May 29, 6:20; man’s fifth as director, with displayed since the career-making Thursday, June 1, 6:45 winning for Best Original Screenplay. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you? Robert Alt- M*A*S*H in 1970. (Ironically, it might DIR/PROD Robert Altman; SCR Julian Fel- man’s 1992 sendup of and its have never been: his unorthodox lowes, based on an idea from Robert Altman strivers did exactly that. Studio exec Tim Rob- methods so puzzled co-stars Donald and ; PROD Bob Balaban and bins fights boardroom threats from hotshot rival Sutherland and that they David Levy. UK/US/Germany/Italy, 2001, , but his fight in the parking lot tried to have him removed from the color, scope, 137 min. RATED R picture!) with embittered Vincent D’Onofrio results in the latter’s accidental death. It turns Looking back nearly 40 years later, out that getting away with murder is a useful BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS, his films have lost none of their vitali- skill for the rising Hollywood exec. DIR OR SITTING BULL’S HISTORY LESSON ty. They’ve also greatly influenced Robert Altman; SCR/PROD , younger filmmakers like Paul Thomas Sunday, May 28, 8:50; Monday, May 29, 1:00; after his novel; PROD Nick Wechsler, Wednesday, May 31, 9:20 Anderson and . Altman William S. Gilmore and . US, has received five Academy Award chews the scenery as Buffalo Bill 1992, color, 124 min. RATED R Cody, a drunk and skirt-chaser who, thanks to nominations for Best Director and ’s mythmaking reportage, has be- never won, but the Academy award- come a national hero and hugely successful en- ed him an honorary Oscar this year. Saturday, May 27, 3:35; Sunday, May 28, 3:35; tertainer. Plied with liquor and flattery by press With A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, Monday, May 29, 3:35; Tuesday, May 30, 6:45 agent/handler , he just about keeps it he may find himself again in the run- Just as MATCH POINT refreshed Woody together long enough to perform in his Wild ning. Allen’s fortunes, Robert Altman’s late-career West Show. But the introduction of Chief Sit- AFI Member Passes will be ac- trip to the UK did wonders for his creativity. A ting Bull gets under Bill’s skin . . . right before cepted at all screenings in the classic English murder mystery, complete with President is due to attend. Robert Altman Series. country house and upstairs-downstairs intrigue, DIR/SCR/PROD Robert Altman; SCR Alan proves a great fit for Altman’s sprawling-cast- Rudolph, based on the play by Arthur L. with-overlapping-dialogue dynamic. Some of Kopit. US, 1976, color, scope, 123 min. Britain’s best light up the screen, includ- RATED PG

6 ■ TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ROBERT ALTMAN M*A*S*H DIR/SCR/PROD Robert Altman; SCR Brian Their spree takes McKay, based on the novel by Edmund them to Vegas Friday, June 2, 9:20; Saturday, June 3, 4:15; Naughton; PROD Mitchell Brower and David and a shot at a Sunday, June 4, 8:00; Monday, June 5, 7:00; Wednesday, June 7, 9:30 Foster. US, 1971, color, scope, 120 min. big-money game. RATED R By turns funny #7 on AFI’s 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs. Army and poignant, surgeons “Hawkeye” Pierce () and “Trapper John” McIntyre (Elliott Gould) use THE LONG GOODBYE SPLIT captures hi-jinks to keep their sanity amid the madness of Friday, June 9, 9:30; Saturday, June 10, 5:10, the highs of gam- the . The comedy is black, at times 10:00; Sunday, June 11, 2:55 & 9:35 Photo courtesy of Photofest bling and its brutal, and the depictions of field surgery frank Resetting ’s detective mania, while in their bloodiness. But this unorthodox blend classic in the 1970s should not have worked, but Gould and Segal struck the right chord with Vietnam-era audi- Altman and company created a one-of-a-kind are at the top of ences, giving Altman a smash hit and launching film that gleefully breaks all the rules. Elliott their games as the his career. Palme d’Or, 1970 Cannes Film Festi- Gould plays as a shambles—a gambling bud- val, and five Oscar nominations including a win mumbling oddball who’s nonetheless a lone dies. DIR/PROD for Ring Lardner, Jr.’s, screenplay. DIR Robert voice for moral order in a corrupt world. Memo- Robert Altman; Altman; SCR Ring Lardner, Jr., based on the rable turns include a Hemingwayesque Sterling SCR Joseph Walsh; PROD , novel by ; PROD Ingo Pre- Hayden, violent thug , and Joseph Walsh and Leonard J. Goldberg. US, minger. US, 1970, color, scope, 116 min. pitcher/BALL FOUR author as Mar- 1974, color, scope, 108 min. RATED R RATED R lowe’s missing friend. Groundbreaking camera- work—constantly gliding, never still—from Vil- MCCABE & MRS. MILLER mos Zsigmond. DIR Robert Altman; SCR , based on the novel by Ray- COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, Friday, June 9, 7:00; Saturday, June 10, 2:40 & 7:35; Sunday, June 11, 12:30, 5:10 mond Chandler; PROD Jerry Bick. US, 1973, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN color, scope, 112 min. RATED R As a braggart gambler and an opium-addicted Tuesday, June 20, 9:05; Thursday, June 22, 9:20; whore, and display Sunday, June 25, 8:50 terrific chemistry as they set up a bordello in a CALIFORNIA SPLIT Twenty years after came to their frontier town named Presbyterian Church. Their Saturday, June 3, 9:20; Sunday, June 4, 3:30; small Texas town to shoot GIANT, the Disciples successful operation draws the interest of the Tuesday, June 6, 9:20; Wednesday, June 7, 7:00; of James Dean fan club reunites at Woolworths. mining company, who wants to buy them out. Thursday, June 8, 9:15 They share stories and secrets, while elegantly ’s gorgeous wide-screen pho- For many, this is the movie about gambling. El- constructed flashbacks unfold in the background. tography, ’s moody balladry and liott Gould and become fast Great performances from , who a complex make this classic a after meeting at a California poker parlor. believes James Dean is the father of her son; must-see on the big screen. as a small-town sexpot; and

M*A*S*H

TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ■ 7 ROBERT ALTMAN as a mystery woman whom no one recognizes. shines as the troubled painter. DIR Robert Alt- DIR Robert Altman; SCR , based man; SCR ; PROD Ludi on his play; PROD Scott Bushnell. US, 1982, Boeken. /UK/France, 1990, color, color, 109 min. RATED PG 138 min. RATED PG-13

“The funniest epic Photo courtesy of Photofest version of ever to reach the screen.”

Photo courtesy of Photofest —CRITIC NASHVILLE Friday, June 30, 8:30; Saturday, July 1, 3:30 & “A riveting experience, 9:15; Sunday, July 2, 8:30; Monday, July 3, 8:40; Tuesday, July 4, 8:40 magnificently acted and shot.” Altman’s masterpiece: 24 characters and story- —CRITIC RICHARD ROUD lines surround a Nashville political rally and music festival, with the actors developing much 3 WOMEN SHORT CUTS of their own dialogue in rehearsal and co-author- Sunday, July 2, 6:00; Monday, July 3, 3:35; Friday, June 23, 8:30; ing songs with music director . Wednesday, July 5, 7:00 Saturday, June 24, 2:00 & 8:30 Standout performances include , lu- Reputedly, Altman’s most enigmatic movie came Altman’s kaleidoscopic adaptation of Raymond minous in her screen debut; as to him in a dream. When shy teenager Sissy Carver short stories merges the visions of two Barbara Jean, the first lady of and Spacek takes a job in a California desert town great American artists. Twenty-two characters a crackup waiting to happen; and nursing home, she falls under the influence of struggle to find solace and meaning in contem- as sanctimonious crooner Haven Hamilton. Five ’s self-styled, would-be sophisti- porary Los Angeles. The extraordinary cast in- Oscar nominations and a win for Best Song, cate. Seemingly a blank slate, Spacek adopts Duvall as role model, then appropriates her per- cludes , , Robert I’m Easy — #81 on AFI’s 100 Years . . . 100 sonality—and possessions. Artist is Downey, Jr., and Jennifer Jason Songs. DIR/PROD Robert Altman; SCR the third woman, pregnant with the child of her Leigh, all giving fearless performances in one of ; PROD Martin Starger, womanizing bartender husband. Her childbirth Altman’s most compassionate creations (note and Scott Bushnell. US, induces another round of personality swapping. courtesy of ). 1975, color, scope, 159 min. DIR/SCR/PROD Robert Altman. US, 1977, DIR/SCR/PROD Robert Altman; SCR Frank RATED R color, scope, 124 min. RATED PG Barhydt, based on short stories by ; PROD Cary Brokaw. US, 1993, color, scope, 187 min. RATED R Saturday, July 1, 1:00; Tuesday, July 4, 3:35; Thursday, July 6, 7:00 The bride’s nouveaux riches Southerners are VINCENT & THEO united with the groom’s old money Midwest Sunday, June 25, 1:00; Tuesday, June 27, gentry at this big wedding in suburban Chicago. 6:45; Thursday, June 29, 6:45 Robert Altman chose the stunt of doubling his record Nashville cast, stuffing 48 roles into a Robert Altman emerged from his long sprawling farce. Standouts include slump of the 1980s with this fascinating as the mother of the bride and as the

examination of the relationship between Photo courtesy of Photofest sister; plus , and painter and his art- Altman regulars , Bert Rem- dealer brother, Theo. The ups and downs sen and . DIR/SCR Robert of Altman’s career made him uniquely Altman; SCR John Considine and Allan qualified for a movie that examines the Nicholls; PROD Tommy Thompson. US, compromises that art and commerce 1978, color, scope, 125 min. RATED PG must make for each other. VINCENT & THEO

8 ■ TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ELAINE MAY DIRECTED BY ELAINE MAY May 5 - 7 A genius of modern American comedy, Elaine May has directed four brilliantly hi- larious films: A NEW LEAF, in which she starred opposite ; the dev- astatingly funny adaptation THE Photo courtesy of Photofest HEARTBREAK KID; the legendary , starring and ; and the wondrous and unfairly maligned ISHTAR, starring Warren Beatty and . Recently, Lincoln Cen- ter paid tribute to the multi-talented May, a great comic actress THE HEARTBREAK KID (, ), playwright (Adapta- tion) and screenwriter (HEAVEN CAN WAIT, ) who formed a MIKEY & NICKY revolutionary comedy team in 1957 with . The Elaine May trib- Friday, May 5, 7:10 & 9:30; Saturday, May 6, 2:45 ute was presented earlier this year as part of the Film Society of Lincoln Cen- & 9:30; Sunday, May 7, 3:10 ter's Selects program, curated by Gavin Smith. The saga behind the making of this film is leg- endary: 1 million feet were shot to get sponta- AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all screenings in the neous raw drama; 18 months in the editing Elaine May Series. room; May and star Peter Falk purloined the footage to keep it from prying studio execs. mixture of screwball and slow burn. DIR/SCR After a botched release, May’s preferred version Elaine May, story by Jack Ritchie; PROD (the one being shown) saw the light of day a Hillard Elkins, Howard W. Koch and Joseph decade later. John Cassavetes is the small-timer Manduke. US, 1971, color, 102 min. with a contract out on him; , in one of RATED G his best roles, is the hit man. Cameos by leg- endary acting teachers and playing mob bosses. DIR/SCR New 35mm print Elaine May; PROD Michael Hausman. US,

Photo courtesy of Photofest 1976, color, 119 min. RATED R THE HEARTBREAK KID Saturday, May 6, 7:20; Sunday, May 7, 1:00 An upwardly mobile Jewish boy ISHTAR () marries within the , only Saturday, May 6, 12:30; Sunday, May 7, 8:00 to meet the shiksa of his dreams (Cybill Shep- A NEW LEAF From the musical numbers to the blind camel, herd) on his honeymoon. This film every comic moment is perfectly realized in this New 35mm print wouldn’t have been possible without May’s film—even though critics disagreed at the time. A NEW LEAF daughter (Jeannie ) as the gauche, grating Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, an awful and pitiful Lila. Few directors would dare to cast musical comedy team, get a gig in the fictional Saturday, May 6, 5:10; Sunday, May 7, 5:45 their own child in such a role, and few actresses nation of Ishtar, where they become embroiled One of the finest and funniest directorial debuts could bring so much life to a character who em- with the local revolution—and revolutionary Is- in Hollywood history. Walter Matthau, old- bodies bad luck. DIR Elaine May; SCR Neil abelle Adjani. CIA agent Charles Grodin enlists money and bankrupt, laments: “All I am—or Simon, based on story by Bruce Jay Fried- one of the boys, rationalizing the low salary was—is rich. It’s all I wanted to be.” May is a man; PROD Edgar J. Scherick. US, 1972, with: “You can’t really put a price on democracy, ditzy heiress in whom Matthau sees his financial color, 106 min. RATED PG can you?” DIR/SCR Elaine May; PROD War- salvation. “Miss May’s film . . . belongs oddly to New print courtesy of , ren Beatty. US, 1987, color, 107 min. RATED what I think of as Depression Comedy,” wrote Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences PG-13 critic , who rejoiced at her expert

TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ■ 9 GUGGENHEIM “Non-fiction Nirvana” SYMPOSIUM HONORS —VARIETY JUNE 13 – 18, 2006 ILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival brings the IN PERSON Sbest new documentaries to Washington, DC, audiences, with six days of programming showcasing nearly 100 films. In just three years, SILVERDOCS has built a reputation for presenting compelling and engaging films that connect with audiences in theaters—and be- yond. Now in its fourth year, SILVERDOCS is the most talked-about documentary festival in the . The 2005 edition of SILVER- DOCS screened sold-out shows to more than 19,000 participants who viewed 89 of the world’s best documentary films and experienced free outdoor screenings and performances, panel discussions and The Festival’s signature program, many special events with such Festival guests as , Gilbert the Charles Guggenheim Symposium, Gottfried, , , Penelope Spheeris and honors the legacy of artistic excel- Paul Provenza. lence, profound respect for humanity and democratic values of the late ashington, DC, is the third-largest film market, and SILVERDOCS four-time Academy Award–winning Wgoes beyond screenings to provide business and creative connec- Washington filmmaker. In 2006, the tions for more than 450 filmmakers, broadcasters, distributors and Symposium will honor the legendary funders from both established and emerging media markets at the Martin Scorsese for his extraordinary concurrent International Documentary Conference. From June 15 body of documentary work, ranging through 17, 2006, Conference programs will explore the “Future of from his first documentary, 1974’s Real” at a moment when distribution technologies are radically alter- , to A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE ing the financial, marketing and storytelling models of the documen- THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES, to THE tary world. LAST WALTZ, to MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: THE and last year’s : .

10 ■ TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.SILVERDOCS.COM “SILVERDOCS is just capital” —FRED WILLARD

SPECIAL PROGRAMS SPECIAL SCREENING Along with the annual Sterling Award feature film competition, the Festival features special the- matic programs. DOCS Rx: A World of Documentaries on Global Health showcases doc- umentaries that illumi- WORDPLAY, by Patrick Creadon nate complex issues in More than 50 million Americans do crossword puz- public health, using the zles each week, and no puzzles are as respected as Above: SILVERDOCS DOCS Rx Pro- those in , edited by Will best of cinematic story- gram to present WORLD PREMIERE telling. A Who’s Who of Linda Pattillo's BREAST CANCER Shortz. WORDPLAY intercuts profiles of puzzle DIARIES. constructors and the history of the crossword since of global health profes- 1942, interviewing celebrity crossword addicts such Left: GAO JUN from the World Pre- sionals is lending sup- miere of BLOOD OF THE YINGZHOU as , Bob Dole, , Ken Burns DISTRICT directed by Ruby Yang and the Indigo Girls. For dramatic tension, the film- port and advice to help maker tracks the annual Crossword Puzzle Tourna- guide the program and extend its impact. ment, founded by Shortz. What separates WORD- PLAY from other documentaries on spelling bees or Scrabble is its affectionate portrayal of an everyday Celebrate American institution and the people who love it. South Africa! In col- DIR Patrick Creadon; PROD Christine O'Malley. US, 2005, color, 90 min. laboration with Artists Join and director Patrick Creadon for a for a New South Africa unique SILVERDOCS-related crossword, Sunday, and Encounters—the June 18, following the screening. leading South African embers’ Benef documentary festival— M its SILVERDOCS will fea- SILVERDOCS ture the best new films offers pass and ticket discounts to AFI members and will host from this rapidly BEYOND FREEDOM: THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNEY a members’ reception during the Festival. emerging media market. Jacquie Trowells documentary animation is the collaborative product from For more information, artists and animators in South Africa to show the rich spectrum of South please visit www.AFI.com. African culture, flourishing under peace and democracy after Apartheid.

TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.SILVERDOCS.COM ■ 11 MEMBER NEWS SPECIAL MEMBERS EVENT FOR CONTRIBUTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE

34th AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TELECAST honoring Sir Sean Connery Wednesday evening, June 21 Join AFI Silver for a special members’ screening of the 2006 AFI Life Achievement Award honoring film icon Sir Sean Connery. This special telecast will be hosted by AFI Silver Director Murray Horwitz. Enjoy complimentary drinks and popcorn while watching the highest honor given for a career in film. Established in 1973, the AFI Life Achievement Award is presented each year to a single honoree whose talent has in a fundamental way advanced the art of film.

Attendance is limited to Contributor level members and above. One guest per member. Tickets for this event are free and will be distributed on a first-come, first- served basis. Members may RSVP to [email protected] or to 301.495.6760.

EXCLUSIVE! AFI SILVER DIRECTOR’S RECEPTION Membership RSVP ❑ FRIEND $50 Four free screening passes ($37 value), $1.75 each discount for HIGH SOCIETY a pair of tickets to all regular screenings, members-only screenings, AFI Preview Special Event for Affiliate Level Members & Above calendar mailings, American Film members magazine, access to the online AFI Cata- log of Feature Films, voting for the annual AFI’s 100 Years . . . series and much Monday, May 8, 6:30 more. AFI Silver members at the Affiliate level and above are invited to a spe- ❑ CONTRIBUTOR $100 All above benefits, plus: sneak preview screenings, cial annual event, the AFI Silver Director’s Reception, with Murray Hor- priority ticketing for select screenings, $1.75 discount on up to four tickets, four more screening passes for a total of eight ($74 value) and more. witz. This year the event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of ______Cole Porter’s classic MGM musical HIGH SOCIETY, with a champagne NAME reception featuring live Porter music, a screening of selected clips and a ______full showing of the film starring , , Louis Arm- ADDRESS strong and . ______CITY Senior Music Specialist Mark Horowitz cataloged the ______STATE ZIP entire Cole Porter collection. He will join Murray Horwitz in a discussion PHONE (INCLUDE AREA CODE) E-MAIL (ESSENTIAL FOR ONLINE BENEFITS) about Porter, one of America’s most brilliant songwriters, and about the ❑Check payable to AFI enclosed ❑Visa ❑Mastercard ❑Discover ❑AmEx luminary musical stars of the film. ______CARD NUMBER EXPIRATION DIR Charles Walters; SCR John Patrick, based on the play The ______Philadelphia Story, by Philip Barry; PROD Sol Siegel. US, 1956, SIGNATURE color, 111 min. NOT RATED YES! I want to join as a Member and support AFI Silver Theatre ATTENDANCE IS STRICTLY LIMITED. INVITATIONS WILL BE and Cultural Center SENT TO AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS AND ABOVE. FOR MEMBERSHIP AT OTHER LEVELS, PLEASE VISIT For inquiries about AFI Silver Affiliate and above membership, please www.AFI.com/Silver OR CALL 1.800.774.4234 contact 301.495.6760 or e-mail: [email protected].

12 ■ TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS “Slow Food on Film” 2006 USA Tour Friday, June 2, 7:00; Saturday, June 3, 11:30 A.M.; Sunday, June 4, 5:45 Slow Food on Film aims to increase awareness of eco- gastronomy and the culture of food, presenting short fic- tion and documentary films that showcase innovative ap- proaches to these topics. In partnership once again with the Washington branch of Slow Food USA, AFI Silver presents selections from Italy’s CINEMA CORTO IN BRA International Slow Food on Film festival. The 2006 USA Tour will be launched at AFI Silver on OVERLORD June 2, 3 and 4; Slow Food on Film then travels to Chat- New 35mm Print lessly, creating a poetic balance be- tanooga, , Cleveland, , Santa Fe, tween documentary, narrative and ex- Iowa City, Chicago, Napa, Vancou- OVERLORD perimental modes. Co-produced by ver, and more. Coming in June London’s Imperial War Museum and The three-day AFI event features This remarkable film enjoyed high crit- shot by cinematographer , films from all over the world. Visit ical praise and won a Silver Bear at the ’s favorite (information http://www.slowfoodonfilm.it/wel- 1975 Berlin Film Festival. An ordinary courtesy of Telluride and London Film come_eng.lasso for more information. British soldier prepares for D-Day dur- Festivals). DIR/SCR Stuart Cooper; Produced by Slow Food Washington, DC, with the sup- ing the 1944 Allied invasion of Europe, SCR Christopher Hudson; PROD port of Route 11 Potato Chips, Agraria LLC, Clyde’s, codenamed Overlord. Dramatic footage James Quinn. UK, 1975, b&w, 85 Council of Insurance Brokers and E. Broadhead. and the real thing are interwoven seam- min. NOT RATED

MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SHOWCASE (MARS) Special FREE AFI continues its ongoing showcase of independent local and re- pre-broadcast screening! gional films with Washington, DC, filmmaker Brian Liu's DISARM. Filmmakers Brian Liu and Mary Wareham will be joined for a post-screening Q&A by Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams and Steve Goose of Human Rights Watch. Tickets for this event are $5. THE DEVIL’S MINER Presented by Maryland Public , ITVS and AFI DISARM Wedneday, May 31, 7:00 Saturday, May 6, 11:00 A.M. Visually stunning, Living in poverty with their mother in the mountains of DISARM spans a dozen Bolivia, 14-year-old Basilio and his 12-year-old brother, countries to see how, de- Bernardino, work long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver spite a global ban, mil- mines, where they brave deadly conditions to earn enough lions of antipersonnel money to attend school. THE DEVIL’S MINER follows mines continue to claim the brothers into the underground mining tunnels as they victims daily. A contem- tempt fate in order to gain a better life. DIR/SCR/PROD porary, intelligent and Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani. US/Germany, critical investigation into 2005, color, 82 min. NOT RATED how weapon systems, war and the way it is DISARM The film will be followed by a discussion. RSVP to waged are being redefined with devastating [email protected] to ensure a seat. consequences in the 21st century. DIR Brian Liu; SCR/PROD Mary Wareham. US, 2005, color, 67 min. NOT RATED

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TICKETS & SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ■ 15 COMING SOON Exclusive Washington Engagement! Hou Hsiao-hsien’s THREE TIMES [Zuidhaode Shiguang] Opens Friday, April 28 “One of the most perfect pieces of cinema I have ever seen.” THREE TIMES — Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien (FLOWERS OF Restored 35mm Print , THE PUPPETMASTER) has delivered Never Before Released in the US! one of the most rapturously beautiful movies of the year. Told as three love stories in different eras of Taipei—a ARMY OF SHADOWS 1966 pool hall ("A Time for Love"), a 1911 brothel ("A Opens Friday, May 12 Time for Freedom") and today’s metropolis ("A Time for France, 1942: an escape from the Gestapo, so hairsbreadth as to leave even the toughest Youth")—the film stars the same actors throughout. Shu gasping with icy relief. Two brothers remain unaware, to the end, of each other’s clan- Qi (Hou’s MILLENNIUM MAMBO, THE TRANS- destine activities. New Wave precursor and French -film legend Jean-Pierre PORTER) variously plays a girlish hostess, queenly cour- Melville (BOB LE FLAMBEUR, LE CERCLE ROUGE) realized a longtime dream in tesan and pop singer. Chang Chen (A BRIGHTER SUM- adapting “the book of the Resistance,” written in 1943 by Joseph Kessel (author also of MER DAY; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAG- Belle de Jour, the source novel for Luis Bunuel’s notorious film). Melville, who served ON) is a soldier, elite member and fashion photographer. underground for years, turned the unblinking gaze of his classics on memories Lensed by regular Hou collaborator Mark Lee Ping-bin of his youth-, adding jarring final lines and producing a so uncompromising that (who also photographed Wong Kar-wei’s IN THE MOOD even Kessel sobbed. Original cinematographer personally supervised this FOR LOVE), each episode speaks with its own visual po- superb new restoration. Starring gallic icon (ELEVATOR TO THE GAL- etry. DIR Hou Hsiao-hsien; SCR Chu Tien-wen; LOWS, ) and . DIR/SCR Jean-Pierre PROD Chang Hua-fu. Taiwan, 2005, color, 135 min. Melville, after the novel by Joseph Kessel; PROD Jacques Dorfmann. France/Italy, In Mandarin with Eglish subtitles. NOT RATED 1969, color, 145 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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