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Film Streams Programming Calendar Film Streams Information Film Film Streams Programming Calendar The Ruth Sokolof Theater . July – September 2011 v5.1 The Philadelphia Story 1940 Screwball Comedies July 22 – September 29, 2011 It Happened One Night 1934 His Girl Friday 1940 Twentieth Century 1934 The Palm Beach Story 1942 The Awful Truth 1937 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Trouble in Paradise 1932 New 35mm print! The Philadelphia Story 1940 Ball of Fire 1941 My Man Godfrey 1936 Any screenwriting course will teach that without conflict, there is no film. Screw- elevating flirtation to an art form and creating one of ball comedies thrive on conflict, running a taut line of tension between the the most memorable facets of the genre. Another re- sexes, social classes, and even personality types. From rich/poor, sexy/dour, to markable trait, apparent in every film in the series, is educated/uneducated, dichotomies fuel these madcap tales. And despite their the strength of the female characters. Independent, zany and farcical nature, an embedded layer of social commentary often lurks headstrong, and sharp-tongued, they were dimen- underneath the light-hearted veneer. To watch some of the greatest screen leg- sional, funny and often ran the show. Some of Amer- ends—Grant, Stanwyck, Gable, Lombard, Hepburn—wittily dish and banter at ica’s greatest directors, including Capra, Hawks, and a thrilling, rapid-fire pace is to realize how dull and formulaic most contempo- Sturges, worked in the genre and made bona fide rary romantic comedies are. Most of the films in this series were made under stars of their leading actors, names still synonymous the strict Hays Code, film regulations concerned with morality. As a result, the with the Golden Age of cinema. film critic Andrew Sarris loosely defined a screwball comedy as a “sex comedy without the sex.” To skirt the restrictions, screenwriters wrote sharp, layered dialogue encoded with hidden meaning; double entendres and allusions abound, See reverse side for full calendar of films and dates. 2011 Local Filmmakers Showcase August 19 – 25, 2011 The Program (7 films, 100 minutes): Irma (Dir. Charles Fairbanks), Frontier Renaissance #8 (Dir. Joshua France), In Silence and Tears (Dir. Molly Zavitz), Tongue Is Scissor (Dir. Teal Gardner), My Dad’s Illness (Dir. Megan Plouzek), One Too Many (Dir. Ryle Smith), The Snake Show (Dir. Joel Sartore) Now in its second year, Film Streams’ Local Filmmakers Showcase returns this Don’t miss this year’s showcase! Join us on Friday, August with a new program celebrating the wonderful creativity of area filmmak- August 19 at 7:30pm for a special opening night pre- ers. Another competitive process made things tough on this year’s jury, which miere and post-party with the filmmakers, or if you reviewed dozens of films (thank you to everyone who submitted!) on the way to can’t make it then, see the program in its entirety selecting seven films by artists from all over the state of Nebraska. Once again, any day the following week (August 20-25). For more the perspectives, subject matters, and filmmaking styles on display are amaz- information about each of the films and filmmakers ingly diverse. In a little less than two hours, you’ll see: an intimate portrait of in this year’s showcase, visit our Calendar page at the former world champion of women’s professional wrestling; a lovely music filmstreams.org. video for Omaha band Thunder Power; an experimental short challenging your assumptions about language and the meaning of words; a personal documentary Film Streams’ 2011 Local Filmmakers Showcase about one family’s struggle with mental illness; a photographic stop-motion short is curated by jurors Sara Adkisson-Joyner, Andrea chronicling a massive rattlesnake roundup in rural Oklahoma; a whimsical look at Dominguez, Roger duRand, Mark Hoeger, Peggy thirty-something romances; and a stirring drama about love and sacrifice. Jones, Simon Joyner, Bob Mundy, Maggie Mundy, Derek Pressnall, and Betiana Simon. Forever Young Family & Children’s Series Summer 2011 Mia and the Migoo 2011 Treasure Island 1950 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Little Women 1994 A World of Animation from Abbott and Costello Meet Children’s Film Festival Frankenstein 1948 Seattle 2011 Breathtaking works of animation, outstanding adaptations of literary classics, and the most delightful comedy of horrors you’re likely to see—this summer, our ongoing Forever Young Family & Children’s Series covers a lot of ground! We’re SERIES MADE POSSIBLE thrilled to feature two new Omaha premieres, starting with the visually stunning, WITH SUPPORT FROM hand-painted feature MIA AND THE MIGOO (from the distributors of last year’s Oscar-nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS). Then in August, A WORLD OF ANI- MATION FROM CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL SEATTLE 2011 lands in Omaha courtesy of Seattle’s own nonprofit cinema, Northwest Film Forum. In just over an hour, the program takes viewers around the world with seven fantastic short October with the perfect pre-Halloween family out- films suitable for ages five and up. For slightly older audiences, this season brings ing, the 1948 genre-bending farce, ABBOTT AND three outstanding live-action films with novel origins: Robert Mulligan’s TO KILL COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. A MOCKINGBIRD, Disney’s TREASURE ISLAND, and the Academy Award- nominated 1994 version of LITTLE WOMEN. Lastly, we round the corner into See reverse side for full calendar of films and dates. 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. Location, Hours & Parking Board of Directors Staff Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater is located at 1340 Scott Anderson Mike Fahey Street in downtown Omaha, within the Andy Holland Rachel Jacobson, Director Casey Logan, Communications Coord. Saddle Creek Records complex—west of Qwest Cen- David Jacobson, Chairman Hallie Sharkey, Membership Associate ter Omaha and one block south of Cuming Street. Rachel Jacobson, Founder/Director Maggie Wood, Office & Operations Manager Showtimes begin in the early evening Monday, Tues- Mark Javitch Robert E. (Bob) Mundy Amanda Fehlner, Associate Manager day, Wednesday, Friday, and early afternoon Thurs- Andrew Bouska, Shift Manager day, Saturday, Sunday. Alexander Payne Steven W. Seline Aaron Haug, Shift Manager Free parking is available in the lot behind our Betiana Simon Jim Foyt, Projectionist theater, accessible from 14th Street between Cum- Paul G. Smith Jeff Jenkins, Projectionist ing and Mike Fahey Streets. Street parking is also Katie Weitz White Caitie Caughey, Theater Staff available in the vicinity surrounding the cinema Robert Cook, Theater Staff Craig D, Theater Staff (free after 5pm weekdays and all day on weekends). Advisory Board Alex Elliott, Theater Staff Kurt Andersen Joe Knapp, Theater Staff Tickets Myriel Boes Chris Viner, Theater Staff Jason Kulbel Buy tickets in person at the box office (open 30 min- Alex Wodzinski, Theater Staff Danny Lee Ladely utes before the day’s first showtime) or online at Connie White, Balcony Booking Robb Nansel filmstreams.org. Unless otherwise noted, tick- Jimmy Helm, Intern ets are $9 general, $7 for seniors, students, teachers, Joel Schlessinger and military, and $4.50 for Members. See reverse Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein Michael B. Yanney, Director Emeritus Design Partner side for more about Film Streams Membership. Oxide Design Co. Omaha Public Power District Gifts & Ronald J. Palagi Donations Jill & Terry Petersen John & Terrie Ringwalt Film Streams Supporters $20,000 + Saddle Creek Anonymous John & Dianne Scott Many thanks to the following contributors for Douglas County Security National Bank Of Omaha Visitor Improvement Fund Ann & Ken Stinson The Holland Foundation Torchwerks their support of the Ruth Sokolof Theater. National Endowment for the Arts Charles Gifford Nebraska Arts Council & Michele Van Deventer The Todd & Betiana Simon Warren Distribution Foundation Peter & Kristae Zandbergen Jill June & John Twedt Shane & David Kotok Jerry & Janet Syslo Weitz Family Foundation Don & Beth Van de Water Mark & Charlsi Kratina Richard & Janice Tiggelaar $500 – $999 Tom & Sarah Waldman Robin & Gary Kratina Mike & Susan Toohey Ed & Colleen Warin Jim & Sharon Kresha Anonymous**** Anne Trumble $10,000 – $19,999 Christopher & Emily Wenstrom Marie & Jack Kubat Tom & Mary Jetton Charitable Aaron Ferer & Sons, Co. 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