THE GUIDE Oct. 29-Dec. 30, 2004 ★ TO THEATRE AND MEMBER EVENTS VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 14 AFIPREVIEW European Union Film Showcase Oct 29-Nov 7

Plus: HEARTS AND MINDS EASY RIDER HEAVEN’S GATE Centennial 50th Anniversary! Also: New Films from the Czech Republic, Tribute to Elia Kazan, New 35mm Restoration Yuletide Classics, Washington Jewish Film Festival Much More! • TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 2 NOW PLAYING Institute, MembershipDepartment, 2021 N. Avenue, ,CA90027. ing offices. Membership. Periodicalspostagepaid atSilver Spring,Marylandandatadditionalmail- American FilmInstitute, 2021 N.Western Ave., Los Angeles,CA90027, Attention: and correspondences aboutsubscriptions,undelivered copies andaddress changesto: scriptions alsoincludemembership intheAmericanFilmInstitute. Send allremittances Silver Spring,MD20910(301.495.6720). Subscriptionprice: $50.00 peryear. Allsub- lishing andadvertising offices: AFISilver Theatre andCultural Center, 8633Colesville Rd., r essarily reflect theofficialinstitute policy. Institute’s office at8633Colesville Road, Silver Spring,MD. Signedarticlesdo notnec- AFI PREVIEW Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. Films andschedulesubjectto change. Information iscorrect atpress time. WATERFRONT THE Inset: andMarlonBrando inON ORANGE, On thecover: IN DC AreaExclusives Special Events Special Screenings Theatres 10 About AFISilver/Kennedy Center Calendar 8-9 Film Series Film Festivals F 4SILVERDOCS: AS LIFEGOESBY 14 MembersDirector’s Reception: 14 KENNETHTURANlive withA 14 6HEAVEN’S GATE, Restored 16 5Community Screenings Program 15 Montgomery College Series:THE 15 Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase: 15 5Folkstreams.net LaunchwithTHE 15 2Tribute to EliaKazan 12 3Washington Jewish FilmFestival: 13 3Yuletide Classics 13 eserved. Reproduction inpartorwholewithoutpermissionisprohibited. Editorial, pub- 1New from theCzech Republic 11 4 2E 2 3 3 7 eatures Anniversary Restoration ON THEWATERFRONT, 50th THE BIGREDONE,Restored FRANK (p.11) F EU SHOWCASE MZN,OTO H PAST THE OF AMAZING, OUT BED-SITTING ROOM,LOVELY AND SEASONS J MUSIC DISTRICT &live music Early S George Stevens Centennial HEARTS ANDMINDS, Restored AMES ENGEL:ANARTIST FORALL TREETCAR NAMEDDESIRE u im lsTEDAYO ANNE OF DIARY our filmsplusTHE AS Postmaster: Sendaddress changesto AFIPREVIEWatAmericanFilm (ISSN-0194-3847) ispublishedevery six weeks by theAmericanFilm Y RIDER © 2004 AmericanFilmInstitute. Allrights 112 min. Schneider.by Bert US, 1974, color, Directed byPeter Davis; produced time. forthefirst screen breadth—back full its onthebig Now—in painstakingly restored. been Ar Film andSciences Arts Motion Picture tw a hadyears later, After faded. prints all ( acclaim andcritical to box office releasedit EASYPIECES)later FIVE hot apotato, (EASYRIDER, Schneider Bert producer the Westerner.” astoo studio Shelved original byits “T Westmoreland William General opining, Commander US andformer ones areforchildren; the small that on thewar; explaining maker a Vietnamese coffin Tr S a visiting parade; airmen toaflag-waving returning wh ofacart soundtherattlings theonly village, Aquiet,peaceful images intheportrait: thewar andabroad—and here critics. engineering its The Vietnamese, theAmericans oftheSouthandNorth portrait vivid own its toletrawVietnam, eschewingnarration footage paint war-torn andinastill colorfootage shothere striking PENTAGON) combinednewsreel and reports, clips, TV Peter Davis (THESELLINGOF Documentarian THE minds ofthepeople.”—Lyndon BainesJohnson. “T Opens Friday, October 22 HEARTS ANDMINDS Documentary! A 35mm Print! New Academy-Restored 30th Anniversary! FEATURED FILMS Oscar, BestDocumentary). Thirty aigon brothel; presidents, pundits and advisors from andadvisors aigon pundits brothel;presidents, cademy Award-Winning uman to Nixon to Ellsberg andRostow commenting toEllsberg uman toNixon he Oriental doesn’the Oriental as onlife putthesamehighprice he ultimate victory will depend on the hearts and onthehearts depend will he ultimatevictory chive, lush colorphotography has its o- en Throttle Channel book about Americanmotorcycles, During EASY RIDER’s 35thanniversary presentation, thenew Discovery producedbyPeterSouthern; Fonda. US, 1969, color, 94min. byDennisHopper;Directed/Written co-w anera. soundtrackhelpsetthe toneanddefine Byrds/Hendrix-loaded Torn.for Rip LaszloKovacs’ cinematography andtheSteppenwolf/The edgy George Hanson,aroleintended lawyer nomination asboozing,football-helmetted Jack hosannas andanOscar helped. budget critical Nicholsonscoredwall-to-wall ona$375,000 gross million+ thatchanged Hollywood—$50 and becamethefilm award—EASYa directing America,” RIDERseemedtocatchthepulseofan“other May sensational at Cannes—whereits 12,1969worldpremiere Hopper itgarnered lookin’ sixties, the psychedelic andwhatever comestheirway. foradventure From Hopper andDennis Fonda head outonthehighway, through theirchoppers riding In Opens Friday, November 5 EASY RIDER 35th Anniversary Re-release! year effort bytheAcademyyear effort of

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Lee Marvin real-life Purple-Hearted One 1st (a the Big Red leads Pacific theater vet) In Ward, Kelly Skywalker), (post-Luke tion camp in Czechoslovakia. and Fuller alter-egoBobby Di Cicco, Carradine Robert carry nameless on while replacements the dust. bite original Fuller’s vision budget and suffered massive legendary editorial cuts nevertheless over producing one of cinema’s his objections, fi T Opens Friday, November 12 November Opens Friday, S of a ical chronicle of the travails W squadron provides of idio- a wealth syncratic, images: vividly poetic war wristwatch on Omaha Beach; horsemen a battle man’s a dead on away time ticks joining a fire amphitheater; an inmate shoutstank “I’m sane!” while fight in a Roman a Germanin an insane asylum; artillery-spotterperches behind a giant crucifix; and tw 50 Minutes of 50 Minutes A THE BIG RED ONE New 35mm New Re footage, presenting 15 new scenes—and Fuller’s original script in near entirety. presenting originalfootage, Fuller’s 15 new scenes—and script in near entirety. Directed/written by ; produced by Gene 1980/2004, Corman. US, 160 min. color, BOTH PHOTOS: RIALTO PICTURES RIALTO PHOTOS: BOTH 2004 EuROPeAN CZECH REPUBLIC FAITHLESS GAMES [Neverné hry] UnIOn Silver Theatre: Sun, Oct 31, 4:00; Mon, Nov 1, 7:00 A gently humorous live-action psychological study from an award-winning film animator seen entirely through the eyes of twelve-year-old neighbor Kristina showcase Swarinska. In a village on the Slovak/Hungarian border, Slovak composer Peter Bebjak feels fulfilled in his work, while his wife, Czech pianist Zuzana Friday, October 29 through Sunday, November 7 Stivínová, feels abandoned with nothing to do. Even a dalliance with cellist Vladimír Hajdu does little to break the monotony. AFI presents the 17th annual European Union Film Showcase, featuring a Directed by Michael Pavlátová; written by Tina Doisi; produced by Katerina Cerná and Pavel Strnad. Czech Republic, 2003, color, 93 min. In Czech with first-class selection of the latest exciting work from the newly expand- English subtitles. NOT RATED ed European Union, screening at both the AFI Silver Theatre and the AFI FINLAND National Film Theater at the Kennedy Center. This year’s selection offers UPSWING US premieres, international festival award winners and box office hits. [Nousukausi] AFI thanks the Cultural Counselors of the member states of the Silver Theatre: Sat, Nov 6, 4:30; Sun, Nov 7, 8:45 European Union for their support of this project, and particularly that of A couple of travel agents create the the Netherlands—the hosting country for the 2004 showcase. ultimate exotic survival vacation experience for bored yuppies Petteri Summanen and Tiina Lymi. If the UPSWING vacationers will just store their credit cards, passports, and keys at the travel agency, the agency will set them up as an unemployed couple in a rundown house in a tough Helsinki slum, with only a weekly cash allowance to live on for a month. But when no allowance arrives the second week, what’s happened to that travel agency?! Can love survive this? Johanna Vuoksenmaa’s debuting cleaned up at Finland’s Oscars with seven nominations, earning Jussi Awards for Best Film, Music and Script. Directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa.; written by Mika Ripatti; produced by Lasse Saarinen. Finland, 2003, color, 98 min. In Finnish with English subti- tles. NOT RATED

THE ALZHEIMER CASE FLANDERS IMAGE AUSTRIA MOVE! Silver Theatre: Tue, Nov 2, 9:00 ; Thu, Nov 4, 9:00 In this lively rap-musicians-tackle-the-international-road doc, three young Austrian women hunch at computers to generate videos of their male rapper buddies, who go off to storm , then attack racism and social ostracism at rallies... in Vienna! Rap and hip-hop span the world, sporting different skin colors and languages, but all speaking the universal, energized rhythm of words-to-music. Featuring docu- mentary footage of rappers coping with daily life, rockin’ on stage, and dealing with the business of music in a less-and-less culture-friendly environment. Directed/produced/co-written by Niki List; co-written by Regina Steinmetz. Austria, 2003, color, 90 min. In German, French and English with English subtitles. NOT RATED TRIPLE AGENT

• TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • BELGIUM THE ALZHEIMER CASE [De Zaak Alzheimer] TRIPLE AGENT Kennedy Center: Fri, Oct 29, 8:30; Sat, Oct 30, 8:00 Silver Theatre: Sat, Nov 6, 9:00; Sun, Nov 7, 6:25 In this award-winning roller coaster ride from Belgium, an aging hit man feeling Based on a true story and interspersed with newsreel footage, this who-is-he real- the onset of Alzheimer’s—a disease that already felled his brother—realizes his life thriller is a new departure for octogenarian auteur Eric Rohmer. In 1936 shadowy employers have set him up. Then multiple chases and twists begin, as , former Czarist general Serge Renko (THE LADY AND THE DUKE) fights the cops, aided by tips from the hit man himself, follow the trail of bodies Commie infiltration in the ranks of White Russian refugees. At least that’s what marking his revenge quest, even as his fat cat employers hire killers of their he tells his wife, Greek artist Katerina Didaskalu. But then Renko is spotted in own. In this box office , legendary Flemish star Jan Decleir—in his 75th Berlin when he should be in Brussels. Is he working for the Soviets or the Nazis? film—stars as an action hero for the first time. And does he know? Berlin Festival. Directed/co-written by Erik Van Looy; co-written by Carl Joos; produced Directed/written by Eric Rohmer; produced by Françoise Etchegaray, by Erwin Provoost and Hilde De Baere. Belgium, 2003, color, scope, 120 min. Philippe Liégeois and Jean-Michel Rey. France, 2004, color, 115 min. In In Flemish with English subtitles. NOT RATED French, German and Greek with English subtitles. NOT RATED 4 GERMANY HEAD-ON SINGING BEHIND THE SCREEN HEAD-ON [Cantando dietro i paraventi] [Gegen die Wand] Silver Theatre: Fri, Oct 29, 7:00; Sat, Oct 30, 7:00 Silver Theatre: Sat, Oct 30, 9:00; Sun, Oct A sweeping widescreen spectacle from erstwhile neo-realist master . 31, 6:00 On a giant stage lurking within an Oriental pleasure house, stylized figures act out German-Turk Biro Unel lives a life of an epic set in spectacular locations. A self-destruction based on the bearded sea captain (Spaghetti Western SINGING BEHIND THE SCREEN premise, “you can put an end to your legend Bud Spenser) narrates as he life without committing suicide.” becomes a participant: circa 1800, the Then an instantaneous proposal widow of a betrayed Chinese pirate from effervescent fellow hospital admiral takes over his fleet and goes inmate Sibel Kekilli sets the stage for a new outlook. But is their open marriage ulti- toe-to-toe with the Emperor. But the mately just a marriage of convenience—or does love come from the strangest places? Emperor employs a secret weapon— , Berlin Festival. Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, paper kites. Nominated for five Italian German Film Awards. Oscars; winning for costumes, designs Directed/written by Fatih Akin; produced by Stefan Schubert and Ralph and visual effects. Schwingel. Germany, 2004, color, 121 min. In German, Turkish and English Directed/written by Ermanno Olmi; with English subtitles. NOT RATED; SUGGESTED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES produced by Luigi Musini and Tom Rosenberg. Italy, 2003, color, scope, • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO 100 min. In Italian with English KONTROLL subtitles. NOT RATED

LUXEMBOURG STEP BY STEP [Un honnête commerçant] Silver Theatre: Tue, Nov 2, 7:00 After four corpses point to a crooked deal gone bad, cops Yolande Moreau and Frédéric Bodson (ROSETTA, EU ‘00) haul in Benoît Verhaert, seemingly an “honest dealer,” but to them the big fish they can never catch. In a cavernous interrogation room, the duel of wits begins, with the ever-calm, ever-plausible Verhaert’s only ally the great Philippe Noiret’s M. Cavalier. The directorial debut for the writer of I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SAINT (EU ’03). Directed/written by Philippe Blasband; produced by Olivier Rausin. 2003, Luxembourg, color, 86 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

NETHERLANDS THINKFILM GRIMM Silver Theatre: Sat, Oct 30, 4:00; Mon, Nov 1, 9:00 HUNGARY In this blackly humorous cross between Hansel and Gretel and Spaghetti Western, KONTROLL Halina Reijn and Jacob Derwig are abandoned by their father in a forest in a Silver Theatre: Fri, Nov 5, 9:00; Sun, Nov 7, 1:45 cold, drizzly Holland. But Derwig finds a note in his pocket directing them to In this dazzling debut and box office smash shot completely within the an uncle in Spain. There (it’s a fairy tale!) they end up at the isolated mansion of Budapest subway, ticket inspectors get no respect! Sándor Csányi and his crew surgeon (and EU Showcase regular) Carmelo Gómez (WE ARE BEING of goofballs must contend with snotty passengers, a veteran scofflaw and a rival WATCHED, ’03), complete with an ailing sister, mysterious butler and a sinister team boss—between meetings with the lovely bear-suited Eszter Balla. Add to locked room. San Sebastian, Toronto Festivals. the mix: a serial killer! And when has Csányi last been aboveground? Recipient Directed/written by Alex van Warmerdam; produced by Marc van of the Award of Youth, Cannes Festival; Most Popular Film, Hungarian Film Warmerdam. Netherlands, 2003, color, 110 min. In Dutch and Spanish with Week. English subtitles. NOT RATED Directed/co-written by Nimród Antal; co-written by Jim Adler; produced by Tamás Hatlassa. Hungary, 2003, color, 105 min. In Hungarian with IN ORANGE IN ORANGE English subtitles. NOT RATED [In Oranje] ITALY Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 30, 2:00; Sun, Oct 31, 4:30 Talented 12-year-old soccer fanatic Yannick CHRISTMAS REMATCH van de Velde has just one dream: to play for [La Rivincita di Natale] the Dutch national team. But there’s a Kennedy Center: Sun, Oct 31, 6:30 bigger soccer nut in the family, dad Thomas Silver Theatre: Fri Nov 5, 7:00; Sat, Nov 6, 7:00 Acda, whose know-it-all coaching leads to intra-family trouble, patched up by mom The latest work of EU Showcase favorite (, ‘03; A Wendy van Dijk. But when dad dies, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DANCE, ‘00) rematches the five from Avati’s orig- Yannick tries everything—including Winti- inal poker epic, CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Regalo di Natale, 1986). Seventeen years Surinamian voodoo—to keep up his game. after the disastrous Christmas Eve poker game for five hands that drove cinema Well-staged soccer action enlivens this owner (THE BEST MAN, EU ‘98) to the brink, he’s now the funny and touching box-office smash, so biggest theater owner in Milan. But then, by chance, he finds out the whole game big that multiple remakes are pending. was a set up—two of his friends hustled him. Maybe it’s time for another game. Directed by Joram Lúrsen; written by Frank Ketelaar; produced by Jeroen Directed/written by Pupi Avati; produced by Antonio Avati. Italy, 2004, Beker, San Fu Maltha and Frans van Gestel. Netherlands, 2004, color, 90 color, scope, 99 min. In Italian with English titles. NOT RATED min. In Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED 5 2004 EuROPeAN UnIOn film showcase

POLAND SYMMETRY [Symetria] Silver Theatre: Sat, Oct 30, 2:00; Wed, Nov 3, 9:00 A striking visual experience, despite—or because of—its all-prison settings after the opening. One minute, unassuming Arkadiusz Detmer is leaving a movie on a rainy night, the next he’s facing time in the slammer when a woman who’s been assaulted picks him out of a lineup. Keyed by a vibrant musical score, Detmer’s nervous rookie inmate decides to join the hardened “regulars,” leading SOUTH FROM GRANADA to a powerful, seemingly inevitable conclusion. Critics Award, Polish Film Festival; Karlovy Vary, Toronto Festivals. SPAIN Directed/written by Konrad Niewolski; produced by Krzysztof Dobosz. SOUTH FROM GRANADA Poland, 2004, color, 99 min. In Polish with English subtitles. NOT RATED [Al sur de Granada] Kennedy Center: Fri, Oct 29, 6:30; Sat, Oct 30, 3:45 Silver Theatre: Sat, Nov 6, 2:00 Matthew Goode’s (real-life British author of The Spanish Labyrinth) flees 1920s England for inspiration in a remote Spanish village—bringing along 2000 books by mule and hilariously hosting real-life chums and Lytton Strachey. But an unexpected passion looms with an unlettered, dirt-poor village girl, Verónica Sánchez. Featuring dazzling wide-screen color photog- raphy. Goya Award for Music, among five nominations. Directed/co-written by ; co-written by Jonathan Gathorne- Hardy; produced by Fernando Bovaira, Gustavo Ferrada and Beatriz de la Gándara. Spain, 2003, color, scope, 111 min. In Spanish and English with English subtitles. NOT RATED; SUGGESTED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES

SWEDEN PORTUGAL AND CO. SLIM SUSIE [Smala Sussie] PORTUGAL Silver Theatre: Sun, Oct 31, 8:30; Thu, Nov 4, 7:00 PORTUGAL AND CO. Amidst drug abuse and murder, flashbacks unreel within flashbacks in “one of the most unusual comedies ever in Sweden”—Variety. Back from Stockholm to [Portugal S. A.] look for missing sweet-little-sister Susie in his one-horse hometown, Jonas Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 30, 6:00; Sun, Oct 31, 2:00 Rimeika finds things have changed. Old buddy (hilarious non-pro Bjorn Starrin) As friends celebrate the wedding of up-and-coming financial whiz-kid Diogo Infante is now a drug addict who shoots porn in his living room, cop Kjell Berkgqvist (THE STONE RAFT, EU SHOWCASE ‘03) to coke-sniffing Ana Bustorff, every- advises him to body’s wondering whether boss Henrique Viana is going to pull a fast one with his leave town—and latest big deal. Then Infante’s old flame Cristina Câmara (TEMPTATION, EU ‘98) SLIM SUSIE Tuva Novotny’s returns—from Harvard—to complicate things both romantically and financially. Susie is appar- From the director of ERÉNDIRA and ’s “Cinema Novo” of the . ently no angel Directed by Ruy Guerra; written by Carlos Vale Ferraz; produced by Tino herself. A major Navarro. Portugal, 2004, color, 95 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. box office hit. NOT RATED Directed/co- • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • written by Ulf SLOVENIA Malmros; co- written by CHEESE AND JAM Petteri [Kajmak in Marmelade] Nuottimäki; Silver Theatre: Sun, Oct 31, 2:00; Wed, Nov 3, 7:00 produced by A box office smash in Slovenia topped only by TITANIC and JURASSIC PARK. Christer Nilsson. After shiftless Bosnian Branko Djuric gets dumped by hard-working Slovenian Sweden, 2003, girlfriend Tanja Ribic, he decides to straighten out. But wheeler-dealer pal color, 97 min. In Dragan Bjelogrlic can only find him two job options: dressing up as Mickey Swedish with Mouse or smuggling illegal immigrants into Italy. The directorial debut of the English subtitles. star of the Oscar-winning NO MAN’S LAND. NOT RATED; SUGGESTED Directed/written by Branko Djuric; produced by Janez Jauh. Slovenia, 2003, color, FOR MATURE NOT RATED 91 min. In Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. AUDIENCES 6 GEORGE STEVENS CENTENNIAL

ALICE ADAMS horse that’s missing. Directed/written Sun, Nov 14, 5:00; Wed, Nov 17, 5:00 by Leo McCarey; co-written by Lewis George Stevens Centennial R. Foster; produced by ; “Katharine Hepburn is bitten by the photographed by George Stevens and Sunday, November 7 through Wednesday, December 29 most antipathetic bug of them all, Jack Roach. US, 1928, b&w, silent, 20 From to , World War II’s European theater, Anne social climbing, and she manages to min. NOT RATED make it seem like the most charming PLUS Frank and the Bible, George Stevens (1904-1975) spanned the genres and subjects of aspirations...” —Molly Haskell. “As for Hollywood. Granted a remarkable independence in Big Studio Hollywood—he Alice Adams, Hepburn’s beautiful BIG BUSINESS angularity and her faintly absurd Bryn Laurel and Hardy are Christmas tree produced most of his own films—Stevens was able to articulate a strikingly Mawr accent are perfect for Booth salesman selling trees in Southern personal vision, all with an underlying humanity regardless of genre. His Tarkington’s desperately pretentious, —in July. Directed/written by small-town social climber. Hepburn’s James W. Horne; co-written by Leo painstaking attention to detail, ruthless McCarey; produced by Hal Roach; GEORGE pantomiming in some of the scenes is STEVENS exploration of a scene’s every visual possibility, as fine as the best American acting photographed by George Stevens. US, and editing with continually layered meanings I’ve ever seen.”—critic Pauline Kael. 1929, b&w, silent, 20 min. NOT RATED Directed by George Stevens; written created a subtly unique signature style. With six by Dorothy Yost and Mortimer GUNGA DIN films nominated for Best Picture Academy Offner, from the novel by Booth Sun, Nov 28, 1:00; Wed, Dec 1, 7:00 Tarkington; produced by Pandro S. • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Awards—and winning the Best Director Oscar Sergeants three (, Douglas Berman. US, 1935, b&w, 99 min. Fairbanks, Jr. and Victor McLaglen), twice (A PLACE IN THE SUN, GIANT)—George RATED: APPROVED with the aid of faithful native water boy Stevens was one of the most honored Sam Jaffe, take on Eduardo Cianelli’s Restored 35mm Print! nasty high priest of the goddess Kali. OURTESY OF A.M.P.A.S. OURTESY C filmmakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Dubbed “The Rover Boys in India” by Sun, Nov 21, 2:00; Wed, Nov 24, 7:00 director Stevens when the Hecht- OF THE YEAR with the director; Cary MacArthur script proved only a blue- George Stevens’s son, AFI Grant, Douglas Fairbank, Jr., and It’s splitsville for and Cary print and improvisation raged on. Founding Director George Victor McLaglen clown on Stevens’ Grant, but then Dunne starts to spin “Rip-roaring fun all the way; all the Stevens, Jr., plans to appear locations for GUNGA DIN; Joseph those records and the flashbacks begin. action, spectacle, fights, chases, cavalry on stage at AFI Silver during Mankiewicz and The third pairing of the King and charges and last-minute rescues of a the series. AFI Silver’s free remember fighting McCarthyism with Queen of Farce (THE AWFUL dozen westerns, serials and frontier weekly E-Newsletter will him in the 50s—and his color footage TRUTH, ) is a epics rolled into one.”—film historian announce his appearance unforgettably chronicles D-Day and dramatic change of pace, a movingly William K. Everson. date. To subscribe, go to straightforward depiction of an ordi- Dachau. George Stevens’s five-decade Directed/produced by George www.AFI.com/Silver. nary couple grappling with childless- career in Hollywood is chronicled by Stevens; written by Joel Sayre and ness, adoption and tragedy, with Grant his son, George Stevens, Jr., featuring , from a story by Ben Oscar-nominated (his first of only two New 35mm Print! interviews with his father’s co- Hecht and Charles MacArthur, nominations for his entire career.) SHANE workers, home movies, film clips, and inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s poem. his own wartime footage. “One of the Directed/produced by George Stevens; US, 1939, b&w, 117 min. NOT RATED Sun, Nov 7, 4:00; Wed, Nov 10, 9:25 best studies of a single director that written by Morrie Ryskind. US, 1941, Young Brandon DeWilde watches exists on film.”—Vincent Canby, New b&w, 125 min. Print courtesy of wide-eyed as father , aided York Times. UCLA. RATED: APPROVED by mysterious stranger Shane (Alan Directed/produced and written by Ladd), squares off against the ranchers’ George Stevens, Jr. US, 1985 , Silents with Live Organ hired gun in this color/b&w, 113 min. NOT RATED. Accompaniment! sodbusters vs. cowpunchers All- HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO TRANSFER. American Western. George Stevens’s LAUREL & HARDY painstaking and elaborate production AND GEORGE STEVENS stressed realism—all-weather shooting, GIANT Sun, Nov 28, 3:25 Thu, Nov 11, 7:00; Sun, Nov 14, 1:00 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK specially aged costumes and shabby- In the 1920s, George Stevens was the but-authentic sets that ended up in a The battle between Texas cattle regular cinematographer for Hal museum. The archetypal iconography ranchers (old money) and oil barons Roach’s Laurel and Hardy series, Co-presented by the of the traditional Western was created (new money) picks up steam as it working on dozens of the comedic Washington Jewish by villain Palance’s all-black outfit and goes along due to the care with which duo’s two-reelers and honing the Film Festival Ladd’s buckskin-clad Good-Bad Oscar-winning director George skills he’d later use as a director. AFI cowboy. A classic, oft-picked Western Stevens established the conflict in the Silver presents three of his best: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK lovers’ favorite. methodically paced first hour. Lead Sun, Dec 5, 1:00 Directed/produced by George Stevens; performances by Rock Hudson and THE FINISHING TOUCH “George Stevens has brilliantly flowed remain memorable, written by A.B. Guthrie Jr., from the An antsy home owner contracts the a three-hour picture through an attic in but audiences still get their biggest novel by Jack Schaefer. US, 1953, color, boys to build a house in one day, with Nazi-occupied and etched kick out of watching (in a 118 min. RATED: APPROVED predictable results. Directed by Clyde a harrowing ordeal for survival in the role nixed by Alan Ladd’s wife as too Bruckman; written by H.M. Walker; brave behavior of eight Jews hiding unsympathetic for him) evolve from a Re-mastered with produced by Hal Roach; photo- there. Superbly detailed scenes convey poor, generally sympathetic ranch graphed by George Stevens. US, 1928, the shuttered, claustrophobic nature of Restored Footage! hand into a bigoted multimillionaire. b&w, silent, 20 min. NOT RATED their hideout; and with a beautiful GEORGE STEVENS: Directed/produced by George PLUS series of balanced close-ups of his A FILMMAKER’S JOURNEY Stevens; written by Fred Guiol and assorted characters, he has probed the Wed, Nov 10, 7:00 , from the novel by Edna WRONG AGAIN slow drama of the erosion—and the Ferber. US, 1956, color, 198 min. 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THE MORE lawyer Ronald Colman. Nominated THE MERRIER for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, with comedy highlights New Films From including the recipe for Grant’s favorite dish (borscht with egg) and Arthur hiding the front-page story of the Czech Grant’s breakout with a fried egg. Directed/produced by George Stevens; Republic written by and Sidney Buchman. US, 1942, b&w, 118 min. Opens November 17 RATED: APPROVED On the 15th Anniversary of the Velvet SMART PHILIP minds.”—Bosley Crowther, New York I REMEMBER MAMA Revolution, it's a good time to look SMART PHILIP Times. Three Oscars among eight nomi- at the country’s latest award-winning nations, including Best Supporting Sun, Dec 26, 1:00 [Mazany Filip] Actress for Shelley Winters. looks back at films, all exhibiting the humor and Wed, Nov 17, 9:15; Sat, Dec 4, 5:00 Directed/produced by George Stevens; growing up in turn-of-the-century humanism that have been constants In 1930s Los Angeles, hard-boiled written by Frances Goodrich and and her Norwegian private eye Philip Marlowe comments Albert Hackett, from their play based mama Irene Dunne (in a performance in its grand tradition of cinema. Our in voiceover as his search for his on Anne Frank’s diary. US, 1959, b&w, that earned her a fifth and final Oscar thanks to Jana Kalimonova in the client’s twin brother starts to get • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO scope, 170 min. NOT RATED nomination). Stevens’s adaptation of complicated. Sound familiar? This the Broadway hit was his first film Embassy of the Czech Republic for good-natured parody of Raymond after his life-changing war experi- making this series possible. All films Chandler detective classics is packed SWING TIME ences, and the first flowering of his with Chandler allusions, featuring the Wed, Dec 8, 6:55 later, more expansive style. Featuring are in Czech with English subtitles. hilarious actor/standup comedian Gambler/hoofer , feigning San Francisco location shooting and a Tomás Hanák in the written-for-him incompetence, is exhorted to Pick tour-de-force death scene for Oscar role of Marlowe. Yourself Up by dance instructor Ginger Homolka as Uncle Chris. THE BRATS [Smradi] Directed/written/produced by Rogers; sings The Way You Look Tonight to Directed/produced by George Wed, Nov 17, 7:10; Mon, Nov 29, 9:10 Václav Marhoul. Czech Republic, a Rogers resplendent in a dowdy Stevens; written by De Witt Prague-dwellers Ivan Trojan and Petra 2003, color, 99 min. NOT RATED wrapper; trades barbs with her in A Fine Bodeen, from the play by John Van Spalková think a move to fresh air and Romance and recapitulates their entire Druten and the book Mama’s Bank quiet living are just the thing for their relationship in Never Gonna Dance—“the Account by Kathryn Forbes. US, BORED IN BRNO asthmatic son and two adopted Roma most glorious duet they ever performed 1948, b&w, 138 min. NOT RATED [Nuda v Brne] together”—critic Stephen Harvey. boys. But there’s racial prejudice in the Sun, Nov 21, 1:00; Sun, Dec 5, 9:20 country too. Despite the obstacles, a Directed by George Stevens; written New 35mm Print! light, “Prague Spring” treatment of a Are there really 150,000 couplings in by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott, difficult subject, based on co-scenarist “big little” Brno? Slightly mentally from a story by Erwin Gelsey; pro- A PLACE IN THE SUN Boucková’s own experiences as the impaired Jan Budar (who co-wrote) duced by Pandro S. Berman. US, 1936, Sun, Dec 26, 4:00; Wed, Dec 29, 7:00 adoptive mother of Roma children. travels there to meet amorous corre- b&w, 105 min. RATED: APPROVED “One of the greatest films ever to come Winner of the Czech Lion for Best spondent Katerina Holánová, with his out of Hollywood”—Charles Chaplin. Actor, plus six nominations; Audience more experienced brother Martin In Stevens’s adaptation of Dreiser’s Award Karlovy Vary Festival. Pechlát along for the ride. But there’s classic An American Tragedy, also a married actor, a female psychol- Sun, Dec 12, 7:00; Wed, Dec 15, 7:00 Directed/produced/written by portrays the poor ogist and a masochistic owner of a Thanks to the wartime housing squeeze Zdenek Tyc; co-written by Tereza factory worker forced to choose bull terrier (etc.), as multiple stories in Washington, DC, government agent Boucková and Jirí Soukup; between prosperity and passion—and entwine in this multiple award- Joel McCrea and dollar-a-year zillion- produced by Vratislav Sajer. Czech between rich Elizabeth Taylor and winner. aire adviser-to-the-Feds Charles Republic, 2002, color, 99 min. NOT pregnant lower-class girlfriend Shelley Coburn (Oscar-winner for Supporting RATED Directed/co-written by Vladimír Winters. Stevens’s directorial show- Actor) end up sharing the same apart- Morávek; co-written by Jan Budar; piece—with gigantic closeups and ment with already engaged . produced by Cestmír Kopecky. slow, overlapping dissolves—garnered THE PIED PIPER [Krysar] Then things get complicated. Classic Czech Republic, 2003, b&w, 103 him his first Oscar, among five for the Sun, Nov 28, 5:00; Mon, Nov 29, 7:00 sequences include the interweaving min. NOT RATED film. Featuring Perry Mason’s morning routines, the tete-a-tete on the A loose modern adaptation of the Raymond Burr as a prosecutor. front steps with action belying legend, shot by director/cameraman SENTIMENT dialogue, and the lovers’ continually Directed/produced by George F.A. Brabec in 24 hours over Prague’s Sat, Nov 20, 1:00; Sun, Dec 5, 7:45 Stevens; written by Michael actual 2002-2003 New Year. As frustrated search for privacy in jammed- A probing, heartfelt portrait by a close to-the-gills Washington. Wilson and , from the revelers celebrate New Year’s Eve on play by Patrick Kearney, adapted the streets of Old Prague, Richard friend of the great director Frantisek Directed by George Stevens; written from An American Tragedy by Krajco and his pregnant girlfriend Vlácil, despite Vlácil’s death just by Robert Russell, , Theodore Dreiser. US, 1951, b&w, Ester Geislerová drive their red before filming started. Jirí Kodet, in a Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster 122 min. RATED: APPROVED convertible in frantic search of a tour de force performance as Vlacil, and (uncredited). US, church that will marry them. But Petr brings the director’s writing and films 1943, b&w, 104 min. NOT RATED Jákl’s black-clad Pied Piper, on a to life with film-collaborator inter- mission from the Devil, lurks in their views and clips from his classic films, THE TALK OF THE TOWN wake. What if the Piper has found including the epic MARKETA Sun, Dec 19, 4:00 love himself for the first time? LAZAROVA, interspersed throughout. Don Quixote Award, Cary Grant’s union man Leopold Dilg, Directed/photographed/written by Plzen Festival. on the run from a phony murder rap, F.A. Brabec; co-written by Ivana finds a congenial hideout when Jean Nováková; produced by Alena Directed/produced/co-written by Arthur believes his protestations of Jáklová. Czech Republic, 2003, Tomas Hejtmanek; co-written by A PLACE IN Jirí Soukup Czech Republic, 2003, innocence. The only problem is her THE SUN color, 67 min. NOT RATED planned houseguest is by-the-book b&w/color, 76 min. NOT RATED 11 • TO ORDER TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER • 12 is currently outofcirculation untilsummerof2005. NOTE: AFIhadhopedto includeEAST OFEDEN inourKazanseries,butthattitle dramatic artists,oneofAmerica’sgreate of others,thespanhiswork manifests himasoneofthemostpersonal Brando andDeanfor whichheremains mostnoted. Long seenasaninterpreter w dramas and“Southerns”to themostpersonalandautobiographical ofworks, it energy onfilm.ThoughKazan’swork ranged from gritty location-shotsocial and unparalleled emotionalexplosiveness thatalsocharacterized hisdirectorial his work evidenced thesignature Kazanstyle—the raw immediacy, lustfor truth of Broadway where hedirected modernclassicsby Wilder, MillerandWilliams, nings asanactor andfactotum inthelegendaryGroup Theater, to hisconquest sider, asevidenced by hisbrutallyhonestautobiography Kazan, aTurkish-Greek immigrant attheageoffour, remained theeternal out- Allowed his pickofscriptsfrom bothHollywood andNewYork athispeak,Elia F A Tribute To EliaKazan A TRIBUTETOELIAKAZAN wa w production. 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uck. US, 1952, b&w, 113 min. Film andTelevisonFilm Archive. ored 35mmPrint! HOLIDAY FARE FESTIVAL Yuletide Classics A CHRISTMAS STORY Jules Feiffer Live On Stage December 11! Friday, December 3, to Washington Jewish Film Festival Thursday, December 30 As part of December’s 15th Washington Jewish Film Festival, AFI Silver pres- ents four exciting films about compelling Jewish protagonists. Two of the Instant Holiday Classic! four are new from France; the third (plus an animated fourth) are American ELF classics from Jules Feiffer. December 3 through 9 Will Ferrell stars as the eponymous Tickets for all Washington Jewish Film Festival screenings can be pur- (albeit enormous) elf, an eager and inno- chased ONLY on-line at www.wjff.org or www.boxofficetickets.com. or by cent giant who doesn’t quite fit in at the calling 1.800.494.8497. Available for purchase starting November 18, tickets North Pole. Turns out he’s a foundling (raised by papa elf Bob Newhart) who are are $9 for adults and $8 for students and seniors and will NOT be on sale must now venture to the big city in at AFI Silver’s Box Office or at www.AFI.com/SILVER. search of his true identity. James Caan is Ferrell’s cranky biological father and Ed Asner makes an impressive Santa. OODRTCES W.F.O/IVR• TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Directed by Jon Favreau; written by writer of this now classic Christmas PRINCESSE MARIE David Barenbaum; produced by Jon tale. No matter how many times audi- Sunday, December 5, 4:15 Berg, Todd Komarnicki and Shauna ences see this film, they keep coming sparkles in this compelling portrayal of Marie Bonaparte, Robertson. US, 2003, color, 95 min. back for brilliant comedic turns by grand-niece of Napoleon and princess of and Denmark. Suffering from RATED PG Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon and “frigidity” in 1920s France, Deneuve travels to Vienna for an experimental new Darren McGavin. treatment: psychoanalysis with Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their doctor-patient rela- ELF Directed by Bob Clark; written by tionship evolves into a 20-year friendship, with Princess Marie becoming Leigh Brown, Bob Clark and Jean Freud’s disciple, patron and—after the rise of the Nazis—protector, at one Shepherd; produced by Bob Clark, point even retrieving Anna Freud from Gestapo detention. A powerful portrait René Dupont and Gary Goch. of one of history’s most formidable heroines. US/, 1983, color/b&w, 94 Directed by Benoît Jacquot; written by Louis Gardel and François-Olivier min. RATED PG Rousseau; produced by Hans-Werner Honert, Daniel Leconte and Michael von Wolkenstein. France/Austria, 2004, color, 185 min. NOT RATED IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE December 17 through 30 LE GRANDE RÔLE [The big part] [aka La bonne attitute] What would it be like if you had Saturday, December 11, 6:00 never lived? Fed up, frustrated, at-his- This follow-up to director Steve Suissa’s TAKING WING (featured in WJFF wit’s-end small-towner ’01) presents a similar group of Parisian-Jewish actors, now older, more finds out on a snowy Christmas Eve, mature and still struggling for their big break. When famous American film thanks to guardian angel Henry director Grichenberg (Peter Coyote in a dead-on Spielberg impression) comes A CHRISTMAS STORY Travers. What began as a greeting to Paris to cast the role of Shylock for an all-Yiddish production of December 10 through 16 card story has become an American Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Stéphane Freiss lands the part. But with perennial and lives on in posterity as All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a this momentary triumph comes a greater challenge—when he’s replaced by a both the late Frank Capra’s and Red Ryder BB gun, but the only famous American star, he has to conceal his dismissal from a critically ill wife. response he gets from his mother is, Jimmy Stewart’s favorite film. Directed/co-written by Steve Suissa; co-written by Daniel Cohen, Sophie “You’ll shoot your eye out.” For those Directed/produced by Frank Capra; Tepper and Daniel Goldenberg, from Goldenberg’s book. France, 2004, who’ve experienced A CHRISTMAS written by Frances Goodrich, 35mm, 89 min. NOT RATED STORY, it’s hard to imagine that Albert Hackett and Frank Capra. phrase without hearing the voice of US, 1946, b&w, 130 min. NOT Jean Shepherd, the narrator and RATED Special Event! Jules Feiffer Live On Stage! CARNAL KNOWLEDGE Saturday, December 11, 8:00 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE This not-too-sweet peek at the sexual attitudes and histories of two Jewish men—famously played by and Art Garfunkel—remains one of the signature films of the “New Hollywood” movement of the 70s. Director convincingly traces their dysfunctional friendship from its original sexual competitiveness in college through adulterous middle age—with Candace Bergen wandering in and out between them. Directed/produced by Mike Nichols; written by Jules Feiffer. US, 1971, color, 98 min. RATED R PLUS MUNRO In this award-winning classic animated short, four-year-old Munro’s life changes profoundly when the Army sends him a draft notice. Part comedy, part parable, Feiffer’s admonition about the mindlessness of military mentality brought Feiffer’s drawings to life—and won him a 1960 Oscar for Best Animated Short. Directed by Gen Deitch; written/drawn by Jules Feiffer; produced by William L. Snyder. 1961, US, color, 9 min. NOT RATED

13 SPECIAL EVENTS Special Free SILVERDOCS: SPECIAL MEMBERS’ EVENT FOR AFI/Discovery Channel Event ●AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS & ABOVE M AS LIFE GOES BY AFI SILVER DIRECTOR’S RECEPTION [La vie comme elle va] Tuesday, December 7, 6:00 Saturday, November 13, 4:00 Documentarian Jean-Henri Meunier turns his lens on 13 Join us for an elegant reception at the Italian Embassy with AFI Silver Director characters in a provincial French village where nature is Murray Horwitz and special guests. This annual event with AFI Silver’s always close at hand and the seasons distinct. In Najac, a director will begin with a reception, followed by a screening at AFI Silver of village perched on a Rouergue mountaintop between the first film directed by Frank Capra that received a public exhibition, LA Auvergne and Occitanie—on the borders of three regions VISITA DELL’INCROCIATORE ITALIANO LIBIA A SAN FRANCISCO, CALI- and three climates—Meunier documents a small group FORNIA, 6-29 NOVEMBRE 1921 (THE ITALIAN CRUISER LIBIA VISITS of neighbors and friends who embody the village. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 6-29, 1921.) This lost docu- Meunier’s subjects: a centenarian who breaks out in song mentary was recently restored by AFI at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, whenever she’s asked; a slightly fatalistic mechanic who’s , and will be presented with live musical accompaniment. repatriated from Indochina; the mayor, one of five char- Directed by Frank Capra; titles by J.J. Moro; cinematography: Amos acters in five Don Camillo films shot between 1951 and Stillman; participant: Dorothy Valerga. Italy, 1921, silent, b&w, 40 min. 1965; a farmer’s son reconverted to organic farming; and The evening’s program will also include a screening of selected 1982 a love-torn woman who gladly consoles herself with a footage of Frank Capra’s AFI Life Achievement Award tribute shown on wee drink or two—creating a portrait of a village CBS. He was the 10th recipient of the AFI honor—the highest for a career peopled by characters ranging from poetic to surrealistic, in film. and comic to pathetic. Observed through Meunier’s The evening’s screening program also features the comedy short, FUL- magnifying glass, this microcosm of mankind reveals the TAH FISHER’S BOARDING HOUSE, Capra’s first American film. (Directed richness of society in a human epic where time passes in by Frank Capra from the poem by Rudyard Kipling. US, 1922, silent, b&w, slow motion. 12 min.) Directed/produced by Jean-Henri Meunier. France, ATTENDANCE IS STRICTLY LIMITED. INVITATIONS WILL BE SENT TO 2004, color, 93 min. In French with English subtitles. AFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS AND ABOVE. NOT RATED The original 35mm tinted nitrate positive was donated by William Gray AS LIFE GOES BY is being presented as part of of San Francisco. Funding for the preservation project was provided the Best of INPUT program 2004, an annual con- by AFI and the Film Foundation. ference at which public broadcasters from around the world convene to discuss work either aired or rejected from public broadcasting. AFI thanks Istituto Italiano di Cultura for their collaboration, and the Admission to this SILVERDOCS-sponsored special Ilica-Italian Language Inter-Cultural event is free. To guarantee admission to the Alliance for sponsorship of the screening, post-screening discussion and recep- reception. tion, please RSVP to 301.495.6705.

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• TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • NPR’s Kenneth Turan Live On Stage! Monday, November 8, 7:30 Elia Kazan’s award-winning film adaptation of ’s classic Broadway play, featuring Marlon Brando and . See page 12 for full program note. NPR’s “Morning Edition” and film critic Kenneth Turan will discuss A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, one of the films featured in his new book, Never Coming to a Theater Near You. Mr. Turan will sign copies WILLIAMS PATRICIA BY PHOTO of the book and answer questions following the screening. This special event is co-sponsored by Politics and Prose.

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SPECIAL EVENT! Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase (MARS) Filmmakers & Musicians Live AFI, Montgomery College and the DC Independent Film Festival continue their ongoing monthly showcase of independent On Stage! films with a first-ever artist-in-residence presentation in November. The screening will be preceded by a casual filmmaker FOLKSTREAMS.NET “Meet and Greet” a half-hour before show time in the theatre’s café, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. MARS shows LAUNCH & SCREENING: are typically screened on the first Tuesday of the month. They are always $5. JAMES ENGEL: AN ARTIST FOR ALL SEASONS THE MUSIC DISTRICT Tuesday, November 9, 9:00 Saturday, November 6, 1:00 November’s MARS showcase presents a program sponsored by Creative Alliance at the Patterson’s artist in resi- To help launch the new on-line film dence, featuring the work of James Engel and director Janeann Dill. “We’ll be showing his films, as well as clips resource folkstreams.net—which provides from the documentary work in progress. We are also showing my film PARIS IS A WOMAN, a live-action film downloadable footage of films about and animation, in the sense that optical effects are animation.”—Janeann Dill American folk culture—director Susan Levitas will introduce her documentary about local African American music, THE

Montgomery College Series • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO MUSIC DISTRICT, now featured on the AFI Silver continues its presentation of outstanding films included in Montgomery College’s fall film course curricula, Website. Filmmaker and folkstreams.net director Tom Davenport will demonstrate including Introduction to Film, Film History to 1950, Screenwriting, and Basic Movie Production. Films are introduced by the site’s features. After the screening, an instructor and followed by a post-film audience discussion. The general public is invited to join in. Tickets are $5.00 Norvus Miller from the United House of for both students and the general audience. Prayer (featured in THE MUSIC about fitting in to a hite family as an eight-year-old DISTRICT), will lead his rousing gospel THE BED-SITTING ROOM Tuesday, November 9, 5:30 African-American with an eating disorder. But with shout-band Sweet Heaven’s Kings. mom about to undergo lipo and sister Mortimer In director Richard Lester’s (A HARD DAY’S willing to do anything for a big part, seeking approval is NIGHT) post-apocalyptic Britain, there are only 20 something everyone in this family struggles with. known survivors. starts mutating Directed/written by Nicole Holofcener; produced into a bed-sitting room, bobbies Peter Cook and by Anthony Bregman, Ted Hope and Eric Dudley Moore tell everyone to “keep moving,” and d’Arbeloff. US, 2001, color, 91 min. RATED R Mrs. Ethel Shroake is now Queen. A rare, surreal comedy from the play co-authored by “Goon Show” great Spike Milligan. OUT OF THE PAST Directed by Richard Lester; written by Charles Tuesday, December 7, 5:30 Antrobus, Spike Milligan and Charles Wood; co- “Nobody’s all bad, deep down.” “She comes the produced by Oscar Lewenstein. UK, 1969, color, 90 closest.” Jane Greer lives up to the billing as she sucks min. RATED R ex-detective Robert Mitchum back into a past he thought well-buried, complete with a young Kirk LOVELY AND AMAZING Douglas at his slimiest. “The finest film noir I know— Tuesday, November 23, 5:30 intelligent, expertly crafted and uncompromisingly heartless... Mitchum is at his tough, cunning best and Would-be artist Catherine Keener had enough trouble Greer, a carnal, dry-ice madonna, is even better.”— winning approval from self-centered mom Brenda PHOTO BY NICHOLAS R. SPITZER NICHOLAS BY PHOTO critic Joel Siegel. Blethyn and actress sister Emily Mortimer before mom Directed by Jacques Tourneur; written by Daniel adopted new sister Raven Goodwin, who’s some 30 Mainwaring, from his novel Build My Gallows years her junior. And Raven has issues of her own— THE MUSIC DISTRICT High. US, 1947, b&w, 97 min. RATED: APPROVED A profile of four distinct African-American music traditions flourishing in neighbor- hood churches and nightclubs just blocks from the monuments and government offices of Washington, DC. Presenting Community Screenings Program another side of life in the nation’s capital— AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is pleased to announce the Foundation enables us to offer the ambitious CSP program to a families and neighborhoods bound start of its Community Screenings Program (CSP), an innovative wider audience across diverse communities. together by diverse music traditions—the program capitalizing on 21st century enthusiasm for screen art by CSP films will be selected with expert partners in education, film features the Orioles, a third-genera- people of all ages. The CSP aims to educate and engage children, mental health, social services and community development, tion rhythm & blues vocal harmony group; senior citizens, teachers, at-risk families and community leaders and represent the best in fiction and documentary film. Free Junk Yard Band, DC’s premiere go-go from Silver Spring and surrounding communities. CSP screenings and guided discussions at AFI Silver will be con- group, melding funk, jazz and r&b; The This newly created program is generously funded by the Bank ducted by Education Program Coordinator Matt Boratenski, who Four Echoes, DC’s last active jubilee of America Foundation. will link selected films to audience members’ own lives, educa- quartet, delivering a fast-paced, synco- In its first year of operation, AFI Silver created the successful tion, and development. pated form of early gospel singing; and Educational Screenings Program, an imaginative approach to AFI Silver’s partners in the CSP program include Holy Cross Kings of Harmony, a gospel brass shout learning and teaching children through film, in a partnership Hospital, the Holy Cross Hospital’s Senior Source, Montgomery band from The United House of Prayer. with Montgomery County Public Schools and with the support of County Mental Health Association and the Montgomery County Directed/produced by Susan Levitas. US, a family foundation. The grant from the Bank of America Department of Recreation. 1996, color, 57 min. NOT RATED

15 SPECIAL SCREENING The Film That Brought Down a Studio! Restored 35mm Print! The Complete Version, Unseen Since Its Original Release! HEAVEN’S GATE Friday, Nov 26, 1:00; Saturday, Nov 27, 1:00, 7:30 When the Wyoming Cattlemen’s Association sends a horde of hired guns led by Christopher Walken to drive squatters off their land, marshall Kris Kristofferson does his best to avert the seemingly inevitable massacre—both men taking time out for visits with frontier prostitute . Following his DEER HUNTER triumph, director was handed “final cut”—but then went 400% over budget. Derided by its critics, withdrew and recut the film after a week of release in December, 1980, then dumped an hour- shorter version on audiences, who repaid only $1.5 million of the film’s $44 million budget. But when the complete version was released in , critics praised it as a masterpiece and turned it into a cause célèbre. “A majestic and lovingly detailed Western which simultane- ously celebrates and undermines the myth of the American frontier”—Time Out, London. Now the complete 3-hour, 45- minute version that played for a week in 1980 is back—in a new 35mm restoration highlighting the gorgeous Vilmos Zsigmond

cinematography and featuring a full-stereo INC. STUDIOS METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER IMAGES: BOTH soundtrack for the very first time. Directed/written by Michael Cimino; “A majestic and lovingly detailed Western produced by Joann Carelli. US, 1980, which simultaneously celebrates and color, scope, approx. 225 min. RATED R undermines the myth of the American frontier” —TIME OUT, LONDON • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: •

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