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Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) @Texas Spirit Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History MONDAY 24 special screenings Museum, noon, 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) “Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Downtown 81 (1981) See p.70. BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN Black Liberation Movement” (2007) D: Andres Alegria and Claude Marks. (NR, 28 min.) Black August The symbol (*) indicates full-length reviews available online: austinchronicle.com/film. Observance. In 2004, a grand jury reopened the SPACES case of five New Orleans Black Panthers whose forced Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) @Texas Spirit confessions for the shooting death of a San Francisco Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History SPACES police officer in 1973 had long ago been thrown out of Museum, noon, 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) Lola Montès court. @MonkeyWrench Books, 7:30pm; free. Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) D: Will Dotter. (NR, 58 min.) This locally made feature film TUESDAY 25 documents Taylor’s annual Rattlesnake Sacking SATURDAY Championship. @Texas Spirit Theater at the Bob 22 Bullock Texas State History Museum, noon, 5pm. Day of Wrath (1943) See p.70. Anjaneyulu (2009) D: Parasuram; with 976-EVIL (1989) D: Robert Englund; with Ravi Teja-Nayantara, Ganesh Babu, Sonu Sood, Stephen Geoffries, Patrick O’Bryan, Sandy Dennis, Jim KIDS Prakashraj. (NR) New Telugu-language romance. Metzler. (R, 105 min.) Terror Tuesday. Directed by the (*) @Tinseltown South, 3, 6:15pm. Speed Racer (2008) D: Larry Wachowski and actor who played Freddy Krueger, this is Andy Wachowski; with Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Dillinger Is Dead (1969) @Paramount, about an introverted teen who gains satanic powers Sarandon, John Goodman, Matthew Fox, Paulie Litt, Scott 9:45pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) from a 976 number. @Alamo Ritz, 10:45pm. Porter, Roger Allam. (PG, 129 min.) Summer Kids Camp. Lola Montès (1955) @Paramount, 4:15pm. Tony Dungy’s Red Zone ’09 (2009) (NR, Free. (*) @Alamo Drafthouse Village, 11am. (See Thursday, 8/20.) 120 min.) NCM Fathom. Super Bowl-winning Coach Dungy will be joined by NFL stars Peyton Manning, The Witches (1990) D: ; with Anjelica Magadheera (2009) D: S. S. Rajamouli; with Bob Sanders, and Michael Irvin, and USC Head Huston, , Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Srihari, Sarath Coach Pete Carroll to share the motivational keys , . (PG, 91 min.) Summer Babu. (NR) New Telugu-language action film. (*) to success with high school football players and Kids Camp. Free. @Alamo Drafthouse South, 11am. @Tinseltown South, 9:30pm. fans across the country. @CM Cedar Park, Country The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Galleria, Metropolitan, Southpark Meadows, FRIDAY 21 Jim Sharman; with Richard O’Brien, Barry Bostwick, Tinseltown North, 7pm; $15. Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry. (R, 95 min.) Austin fans have been dressing up and doing the “Time Warp” Lola Montès (1955) @Paramount, 7pm. SPACES (See Thursday, 8/20.) thing live for more than 30 years straight. For more info, see www.austinrocky.org. @Alamo Drafthouse Fresh (2009) D: Ana Sofia Joanes. (NR, 72 The Real Bruce Lee (1973) D: Jim Markovic; Village, 12mid. min.) Rolling Roadshow. The film celebrates the with Dragon Lee, Bruce Lee. (NR, 120 min.) Kung Fu Z (1969) @Paramount, 7pm. (See Friday.) farmers, thinkers, and business people across Theatre. Put together in the wake of Bruce Lee’s America who are reinventing the food system. The sudden death, this movie comprises a half-hour docu- SPACES movie will be accompanied by a locally sourced THURSDAY 20 mentary and a full-length feature called The Ultimate picnic dinner prepared by the Alamo chefs. @Boggy Lee. The documentary includes rare footage of Bruce Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) @Texas Spirit Creek Farm, 7pm. Lee in early Hong Kong kung fu movies, footage from Dillinger Is Dead (1969) D: Marco Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History his funeral, and some behind-the-scenes material. Museum, noon, 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) @Texas Spirit Fereri; with Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg, Dragon Lee stars in the Bruce-wannabe feature. (*) Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Gino Lavagetto, Mario Jannilli. (NR, 90 min.) Summer @Alamo Drafthouse Village, 12mid. Museum, noon, 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) Film Classics: Austin Premiere. In this recently redis- covered and re-released Italian film, a bored industri- Z (1969) D: Costa-Gavras; with Yves Montand, SUNDAY 23 alist (Piccoli) finds a gun in his kitchen drawer which Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant. (PG, 127 min.) WEDNESDAY 26 may or may not have belonged to John Dillinger. After Summer Film Classics: Politics & Suspense. A Dillinger Is Dead (1969) @Paramount, sensation when it came out, Z is a political con- 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) exploring the gun’s totemic and lethal potentials Amarcord (1973) See p.70. within the confines of his house, he embarks on a spiracist’s movie dream. Based on a true Greek incident, the movie is an anatomy of a political Lola Montès (1955) @Paramount, 2:15pm. career as a cook on a yacht. @Paramount, 7pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) Choose Your Own Weird Wednesday assassination. Topical references to Greece’s Weird Wednesday. It’s interactive night as the audi- Lola Montès (1955) D: Max Ophüls; with right-wing military junta of the time added to Z’s Magadheera (2009) @Tinseltown South, 3pm. ence is given three different titles to select from Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Oskar Werner. (NR, 115 zest. It won the Oscar for best foreign film and (See Saturday.) as the evening’s viewing choice. (*) @Alamo Ritz, min.) Summer Film Classics: Singular Masterpiece. editing; one-name director Costa-Gavras has Z (1969) @Paramount, 7:30pm. (See Friday.) 12mid; free. The opulent Lola Montès was Ophüls’ final film and never equalled this work. It was shot by Jean-Luc the most expensive movie produced up until that Godard’s frequent cameraman in the Sixties, Raoul Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) time in France. After a disastrous premiere, Ophüls’ Coutard. @Paramount, 9:30pm. SPACES D: Hideaki Anno; with Megumi Ogata, Megumi swan song was butchered for release by his produc- Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi. Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) @Texas Spirit ers, and the filmmaker died before seeing a some- (PG-13, 98 min.) This is the first part of a four-part Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History what restored version celebrated in the Sixties by reimagining of the classic apocalyptic mecha anime SPACES Museum, 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) film lovers in America and Europe. Last year, an even series. The Rebuild of Evangelion project is being Gatica, the Monkey (1993) D: Leonardo more complete restoration was released, and it’s directed by its original creator. @Alamo Drafthouse Favio; with Edgardo Nieva, Horacio Taicher. (NR, 136 this new print – in all its colorful CinemaScope glory Lake Creek, 7:30pm. min.) Spanish Conversational Group: Noche de – that will unveil on the Paramount screen. Ophüls Pelicula. Biopic recounts the life of Argentine boxer uses the story of this notorious mistress to kings José María Gatica. @EsquinaTango, 8:30pm; $5 sug- and artists (among them King Ludwig I and Franz SPACES gested donation. Liszt) to examine the world of artifice and spectacle. Just a Little Bit Crazy (2004) @Texas Spirit @Paramount, 9:05pm. Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Monster From a Prehistoric Planet Museum, noon, 5pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) D: Haruyasu Noguchi; with Tamio Kawaji, offscreen (1967) Savage Streets (1984) D: Danny Steinmann; Yôko Yamamoto, Yuji Okada, Koji Wada. (NR, 90 min.) Austin Film Society Summer Youth Camps You know those kids want to learn how to make mov- with Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Drye, Linnea Cult Thursday. Japanese . @Alamo ies; AFS youth filmmaking camps teach hands-on narrative and experimental techniques using digital video. Quigley. (R, 93 min.) BYOB. (*) @Roadhouse Rags, Drafthouse Lake Creek, 10pm; free. The camps run Monday through Friday (9am-5pm) in August and are appropriate for ages 12-15. See website 9pm; $5. One-Hit Wonders of the Eighties @Alamo for details, and register soon. $250 ($225, AFS members). www.austinfilm.org. Ritz, 9:20pm. Austin FilmWorks: Feature Lab is now accepting registrations for this fall’s class sequence in which THURSDAY Live: filmmaker Steve Mims requires students to produce two short films and play a key role on a class-produced 27 feature-length film. See website for details. www.austinfilmworks.com. (1959) D: ; with , Mona Amarcord (1973) See p.70. McKinnon, Duke Moore, , . Austin School of Film Classes An excellent slate of classes is available for your cinematic advance- NCM Fathom. Michael J. Nelson, (Tom ment at the Austin School of Film, with professional instruction in Final Cut Pro, DV and HD cameras, anima- Cook County (2008) See p.68. Servo), and (Crow T. Robot), formerly of tion and lighting techniques, and more. See website for details. www.austinfilmschool.org/classes. Mystery Team With Mystery Science Theater 3000 and now of RiffTrax. (2009) D: Dan Eckman; with , D.C. com, live riff during the world premiere of a new, Floating the Future of Film Don’t let indie cinema drown in a flood of Hollywood sewage, put some money where true new movies come from. Supporting the Austin Film Society’s Texas Filmmakers’ Production Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Aubrey Plaza, Matt Walsh. color version of the film with the reputation of being (R, 105 min.) The Derrick Comedy troupe of YouTube the world’s worst. It is being broadcast live from the Fund and the Screen Door Film Series at Salvage Vanguard are two ways in which you can support goodness against a world of dreck. See the websites, click, and save the day! www.austinfilm.org, www.screendoorfilm.com. fame will be present for the local theatrical pre- Belcourt Theater in Nashville and featutes musical miere of their film, which is an R-rated comedy guest Jonathan Coulton and a special segment by Network Austin Mixer invites film- and entertainment-biz people to celebrate by schmoozing, network- throwback to the Encyclopedia Brown detective Rich “Lowtax” Kyanka of Something Awful. ing, and doing what they do best: entertaining one another in a movie-happy crowd. This week’s featured series. @Alamo Ritz, 7pm. @ CM Cedar Park, HIll Country Galleria, Metropolitan, speaker is the esteemed teacher/author/actor known to mortals as Barry Pineo. Wed., Aug. 26, 7pm. Mother Southpark Meadows, Tinseltown North, 7pm. Egan’s Irish Pub, 715 W. Sixth, 478-7747. Free. www.networkaustinmixer.com. One-Hit Wonders of the Eighties @Alamo Ritz, 11:10pm. (See Thursday, 8/20.) This Is Spinal Tap Sing- and Quote-Along The Screenplay Workshop Offerings include: Introductory Script Consultation A 1½-hour private con- (1984) D: Rob Reiner; with Reiner, Michael sultation on your or screenplay ideas. $70. Private Instruction and Story Consultation Package Summerhood (2008) See p.68. McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Tony 7½ hours of private instruction. $370. All programs taught by professional screenwriters in Central Austin Hendra, Fran Drescher. (R, 82 min.) @Alamo Ritz, 7pm. classrooms. www.thescreenplayworkshop.org.

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