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Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater Programming Calendar 8.4 April – June 2015 NASHVILLE Omaha Steaks Classics Great Directors: FILMS The Long Goodbye 1973 California Split 1974 Robert Altman Nashville 1975 The Player 1992 April 24 – June 8 McCabe and Mrs. Miller 1971 Generously supported by Sam Walker Thieves Like Us 1974 Vincent & Theo 1990 When a new kind of brash, honest, and gritty American mainstream. His 40-year film 3 Women 1977 cinema arrived on the American scene in career produced such classics as M*A*S*H, M*A*S*H 1970 the 1970s, there was one voice that was McCABE AND MRS. MILLER, NASH- Short Cuts 1993 brasher, more honest, and grittier than VILLE, THE LONG GOODBYE, SHORT Brewster McCloud 1970 most. Robert Altman was among the group CUTS, and GOSFORD PARK. Altman was Popeye 1980 of New Hollywood directors that brought not afraid to reinvent the wheel, changing A Prairie Home a European arthouse sensibility to the the way filmmakers thought about sound Companion 2006 and modernizing staid genres like the Gosford Park 2001 western, film noir, and the psychological thriller. A fearless storyteller and a fan of ensemble casts, he was able to imbue his “Maybe there’s a chance to get back to films with a dense mixture of hilarity, trag- grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal edy, violence, and eroticism – in short, an with human emotions and gets down approximation of the big, messy life he loved. to what people are to people.” For this retrospective, Film Streams will — Robert Altman screen 14 of this important filmmaker’s fea- ture films – testaments to one of the towering figures of a crucial era in cinema. We’re Warner Bros./Photofest © Warner Bros. thrilled to include visits from local filmmaker Dana Altman, one of Robert’s grandsons. See reverse side for more information and dates. An eclectic program for our Spring Forever F orever Young Family & Children’s Series is sure to delight film lovers of all ages. The series opens Young with two beloved animated features, the outrageous WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT Family and the stop-motion favorite CHICKEN & Children’s Series RUN. Next, two family-friendly classics from the silent era, CHANG: A DRAMA OF Spring 2015 THE WILDERNESS and Charlie Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH, will prove why this art form POPEYE Series made possible is still wowing audiences. And, a cross-over with support from with Great Directors: Robert Altman, POPEYE, will round things out. FILMS Made possible with the support of the Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Lincoln Financial Foundation, Chicken Run 2000 films in this series have matinee screenings Chang: A Drama on Saturdays, Sundays, and Thursdays, of the Wilderness 1927 and kids 12 and under always The Gold Rush 1925 get in for just $2.50. Popeye 1980 See reverse side for more information and dates. The Met: With Prelude Talks by Opera Omaha Live HD before live showings. 2014 – 2015 Season Tickets: $24 General, Cavalleria $20 for Film Streams Rusticana Mascagni Member and PAGLIACCI & Pagliacci Leoncavallo Opera Omaha Live: April 25 Subscribers. Encore: April 29 $10 for students. MORE GOINGS-ON Hey Students! Closed for college baseball See DIOR AND I for FREE The first Monday tournament June 12 – 24 on Monday, May 4! Only 18+ of every month is We will be closed during the Interested in renting the students with ID or those Student Night — get one college baseball tournament theater for your event accompanied by guardian ticket FREE with your this year. Join us for our during the series? Contact or teacher will be admitted to valid school ID. grand reopening on Thursday, [email protected]. films rated “R.” June 25, with GREY GAR- Film Streams’ student programs are supported DENS and THE PRINCESS by grants from the Gifford Foundation and the BRIDE! John W. Carson Foundation. Ruth Sokolof Theater 1340 Mike Fahey Street Film Streams Information Film Streams is a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization dedicated to enhancing the cultural environment of the Omaha- Council Bluffs area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form. For more info, visit us at filmstreams.org. 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