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CONTENTS RESTROSPECTIVE, PART I July 4 - September 4 2 Steven Spielberg Retrospective, Steven Spielberg has been without peer for so long—just over three decades now—that ’s Part I easy to forget he was once a wunderkind, the twentysomething phenom who, gifted with both a preternatural vision for the medium and the tenacity to realize it, guided a trou- 4 Totally Awesome 2: More of bled project cursed with a malfunctioning robot into what became, at the time, the the biggest in history. He’s continued to deliver big-screen spectaculars ever since,

TM Photo courtesy ofwhether Photofest directing his own films or producing many others’, and while this dizzying level of Muppets , Music & Magic: Jim 7 productivity is surely unequalled in the post-studio era, just as remarkable is the fact that it’s Henson’s Legacy been accompanied by an equally steady maturation as a artist. AFI Silver presents the first part of a two-part career retrospective, focusing on Spielberg's innovative early work, including his first—and still most personal—masterpieces. 8 : A Centennial (Look for Part II during summer of 2009!) Celebration AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Steven Spielberg Retrospective, Part I series. 10 AFI Life Achievement Award DUEL Restrospective: Sunday, July 13, 1:00; Tuesday, July 15, 9:00 Driving down a deserted Southern highway at a safe and 11 The Films of Miloš Forman sane 55 miles per hour, David Mann () steps on the pedal to pass a large tanker truck. Moments later, the truck is back, 13 Johnny To: dangerously tailgating Mann before abruptly cutting him off. For the next 90 minutes, Mann and the never-seen truck driver are pitted 14 NIH Science in the Cinema against one another in a motorized duel to the death. Author WHAT IS AFI – HOW DO I JOIN? conceived DUEL after a similar experience with a reckless trucker. The director chosen to helm DUEL on location 15 Repertory Calendar – Full Schedule in Soledad Canyon was at www.AFI.com/Silver a bright 23-year-old who'd shown promise 16 Coming This Summer: MY on such series as WINNIPEG; MONGOL; ROMAN Photo courtesy of Photofest and POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED : Steven JAWS Spielberg. DIR Steven Friday, July 4, 2:00, 9:20; Saturday, July 5, 7:15; Sunday, July 6, 3:00; Tuesday, Spielberg; SCR Richard LOOK FOR THE July 8, 4:30, 7:00; Thursday, July 10, 4:30 AFI member passes accepted for designated Matheson, based on “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Spielberg’s hit, screenings. To find out how to become a his short story; PROD member of AFI, see page 14. adapted from the bestseller, didn’t merely set George Eckstein. US, box office records. It reshaped the fundamentals of the movie

1971, color, 90 min. Photo courtesy of Photofest AFI PREVIEW is published by the world, setting the template for how future summer blockbusters RATED PG DUEL . would be made, marketed and released. Though it spawned sev- Editorial Offices eral sequels and countless rip-offs, Spielberg’s original remains as 1941 DIR American Film Institute deliciously unsettling today as it was in the summer of 1975. Friday, July 18, 7:00; Sunday, July 20, 12:30 Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Steven Spielberg; SCR Peter Benchley and ; Having enjoyed massive success with JAWS and CLOSE 8633 Colesville Road PROD and Richard D. Zanuck. US, 1975, color, Silver Spring, MD 20910 ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND before the age of 30, the 130 min. RATED PG For address changes and subscription precociously talented Spielberg’s next picture was an ambitious services, contact: period farce, centered on the threat of a Japanese sneak attack on American Film Institute the California mainland in the very early days of WWII. Sadly, the 2021 N. Ave. Saturday, July 12, 12:45; Monday, July 14, 7:00 , CA 90027 film was given short shrift by critics and audiences alike, but for Attn: Membership Shot in 1974, THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS was made by a 26-year- Spielberg fans, it offers many pleasures, from the opening’s sly spoof old Steven Spielberg just one year before he rose to international of JAWS—substituting a Japanese sub for a man-eating shark—to On the cover: fame with JAWS. and are a husband Photo courtesy of Universal the jitterbug contest-cum-barroom brawl, still the director’s most and wife who have both done time for petty larceny in Texas. Hawn impressive sequence of sustained action and comedic choreogra- Editor: Julie Hill forces her husband into a jailbreak in pursuit of the child they were phy, rivaled only by the opening of AND THE Production Manager: Brooke Logan forced to give to an adoption agency, and the stakes grow higher TEMPLE OF DOOM. The wonderful includes funny- Design: Anna Joyce, Post- Media, Inc. as they take a state trooper hostage along the way and become out- men , and , plus , Information is correct at press time. Films and law celebrities in the process—with a fleet of police cruisers on , Toshiro Mifune as the Japanese sub commander, and schedule subject to change. DIR Steven their tails. Best , . horror legend as an imperious Nazi. DIR Steven Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. Spielberg; SCR and Matthew Robbins; PROD David Spielberg; SCR and ; PROD John You can also view a copy of this publication Brown and Richard D. Zanuck. US, 1974, color, 110 min. RATED online at Gazette.Net. Milius. US, 1979, color, 118 min. NOT RATED PG

2 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER STEVEN SPIELBERG RESTROSPECTIVE, PART I CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD heart, eventually led to the creation of KIND the PG-13 rating. DIR Steven Spielberg; SCR Williard Huyck and ; Saturday, July 19, 7:05; Sunday, July 20, 3:00; PROD and Frank Monday, July 21, 4:15; Wednesday, July 23, 4:15; Marshall. US, 1984, color, 118 min. Thursday, July 24, 9:30 RATED PG After the major box office success of JAWS, Spielberg had initially wanted to do a smaller-scale story about a man ob- sessed with an encounter, but, opt- Friday, August 22, 7:00; Saturday, August 23, ing to go with special effects, the project 7:00; Wednesday, August 27, 4:00 became enormously complicated—- Nominated for six . matographer was fired Based on J.G. Ballard’s autobiographical and rehired twice—but ultimately result- novel, EMPIRE OF THE SUN is Christian ed in another groundbreaking success. Bale’s feature film debut as a British boy witnesses a UFO on an living with his wealthy family in pre- abandoned road and, against the wishes World War II . With the Japanese of wife , goes searching for invasion, he is separated from his parents answers. Also featuring Francois Truffaut and falls in with American opportunist as a French UFO specialist who leads the while placed in an intern- effort to communicate with the aliens. ment camp. Stunning , sets Photo courtesy of Photofest and music enhance this underrated Nominated for eight Oscars—the only winner? Zsigmond for Best Spielberg historical epic. DIR/PROD Cinematography! DIR/SCR Steven ing, action-packed yarn that breathlessly TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE Steven Spielberg; SCR Spielberg; PROD and careens from steamy South American jun- Friday, August 8, 9:45; Monday, August 11, 7:20 based on the novel by J.G. Ballard; Michael Phillips. US, 1977, color, 135 gle to Nepalese mountaintop to Produced by Spielberg as a theatrical ver- PROD Kathleen Kennedy and Frank min. RATED PG dusty Egyptian desert, with Ford’s intrepid sion of the television classic, it features Marshall. US, 1987, color, 154 min. and wily adventurer-archaeologist Indiana three remakes of popular TV episodes by RATED PG Jones battling ruthless Nazis to be the Spielberg, , and George Miller first to discover an ancient and possibly and an all-new original directed by John magical relic. DIR Steven Spielberg; SCR Landis. The cast includes , , based on the story Dan Aykroyd, and the by George Lucas and ; future voice of Bart Simpson, Nancy PROD Frank Marshall. US, 1981, color, Cartwright. DIR Steven Spielberg, Joe 115 min. RATED PG Dante, George Miller, and ; SCR John Landis, George Clayton

Photo courtesy of Photofest E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL Johnson, Richard Matheson and Melissa CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND Friday, August 1, 1:30, 7:10; Saturday, August 2, Mathison, based on the TV series creat- Photo courtesy of Photofest 7:30; Sunday, August 3, 5:40; Monday, August 4, EMPIRE OF THE SUN RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK ed by ; PROD Steven 4:30; Tuesday, August 5, 7:00; Wednesday, Spielberg, John Landis, Jon Davison, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST Friday, July 25, 7:00; Saturday, July 26, 7:00, August 6, 4:30 9:30; Thursday, July 31, 7:00 Michael Finnell, Kathleen Kennedy. US, CRUSADE Winning four Academy Awards out of its 1983, color, 101 min. RATED PG Friday, August 29, 7:00; Saturday, August 30, [Screenings unconfirmed as of press time. nominations, E.T. would go on to Check www.afi.com/Silver for updates.] 4:15, 7:00; Monday, September 1, 7:45; become one of the all-time box office INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE Wednesday, September 3, 6:30; Thursday, The much-ballyhooed collaboration champions and cement Spielberg’s reputa- OF DOOM September 4, 3:45, 6:30 between ’ George Lucas and tion as a leading director. The Friday, August 15, 7:00; Saturday, August 16, [Screenings unconfirmed as of press time. wunderkind Spielberg resulted in one of science-fiction fable centers on with- 7:20; Sunday, August 17, 1:00 Check www.afi.com/Silver for updates.] the biggest blockbusters of the early drawn young boy who [Screenings unconfirmed as of press time. enters as Indy’s medievalist 1980s, launched an enduring and much- befriends an extra-terrestrial that has Check www.afi.com/Silver for updates.] father Prof. , kidnapped by loved franchise of sequels, and established been accidentally left behind by his space- The further adventures of Indiana Jones, the Nazis while researching the where- as an A-list leading man. ship. With the help of siblings Robert famously opening with a bravura action abouts of the fabled . Ford and The inspired script by Lawrence Kasdan MacNaughton and , he sequence that begins in a Shanghai night- Connery make for a wonderfully enter- synthesizes the tradition of boyish adven- helps E.T. navigate his new earthly envi- club and ends with our hero and compa- taining odd couple as they bicker their tures in exotic lands (not least, the triots jumping out of a plane over the ronment, with comic results, and evade way through the adventure. stories that Spielberg will bring to the Himalayas without the aid of parachutes. capture by the government, all in an stars in the opening sequence as the screen in 2009), two-fisted An Indian death cult that has enslaved vil- effort to get home. DIR/PROD Steven young Indiana Jones. DIR Steven heroes like Doc Savage and Allan lage children takes over the bad guy roles Spielberg; SCR ; PROD from the Nazis this time around. The Spielberg; SCR ; PROD Quatermaine, and the cliffhanger-heavy Kathleen Kennedy. US, 1982, color, 120 graphic human sacrifice scenes, involving George Lucas and Frank Marshall. US, serials of old Hollywood into a rip-roar- min. RATED PG the extraction of a still-beating human 1989, color, 127 min. RATED PG-13

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 3 July 4 - September 4 Last summer’s retrospective of enduring and influential 1980s films was one of AFI Silver’s most successful series ever…and there’s plenty more where that came from! Here’s another season of ‘80s-era summer fun—some of the cultural phenomena that helped make us what we are today—including big hits, cult classics, and quite a few of today’s stars, back when they were just starting out. AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Totally Awesome 2: More Films of the 1980s series. Photo courtesy of Photofest

THE GOONIES Friday, July 4, 12 midnight; Saturday, July 5, 9:45, 12 midnight Before was a man on the run with a satchel full of money and was a they were a misfit couple of brothers on a quest for buried treasure, to save their neighborhood from evil real estate devel- opers. Along for the ride are , , and a whole cast of ’80s characters, including “Where’s the beef?” lady . See the truffle Photo courtesy of Photofest shuffle the way it was meant to be seen—on the big screen! DIR/PROD ; SCR Chris Columbus, story by Steven Spielberg; PROD Harvey THE BREAKFAST CLUB SIXTEEN CANDLES Bernhard. US, 1985, color, 114 min. RATED PG Friday, July 11, 7:00; Saturday, July 12, 7:00, Thursday, July 17, Friday, July 11, 9:10; Saturday, July 12, 9:10; Thursday, July 17, 7:00 9:10 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Saturday, March 24, “Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?” Saturday, July 5, 12:30; Sunday, July 6, 5:30 1984. Shermer High Establishing herself here as John Hughes’s teen queen School, Shermer, and muse, Molly Ringwald is a girl in love with the All Sarah Jessica Parker wants to do is dance, dance, Illinois: A brain, an dreamiest guy at school. Unfortunately it’s only geeky dance! This teenage army brat is over the moon when a athlete, a basket case, Anthony Michael Hall who shows any interest in her, contest is announced to win a coveted spot as a house a princess and a with his constant shadowing and incessant chatter. Add dancer on her favorite criminal spend the to that a weird exchange student, a forgotten birthday, station, Dance TV. Along day in detention, and the impending nuptials of a superficial sister and the way she’ll have to forced to ponder the you have one of the funniest teen films ever. DIR/SCR deal with her overbearing question, “Who do John Hughes; PROD Hilton A. Green. US, 1984, color, father, but with the help we think we are?” 93 min. RATED R of best pal Helen Hunt posited by blowhard she ends up sneaking out principal Paul Photo courtesy of Photofest Ultra-Rare 35mm Print of the Cult Classic! to the auditions and THE BREAKFAST CLUB Gleason. United in LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS being paired with a hunky their contempt for him, they begin to reveal what landed Friday, July 11, 11:15; Saturday, July 12, 11:15 partner. Will Sarah Jessica Photo courtesy of Photofest them there in the first place and their uneasiness about find love? Will she win GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN “I don’t put out,” sneers punk-rock teen Corinne Burns themselves and the future. This quintessential Brat Pack (a very young Diane Lane), and even though she can’t the dance contest and movie set the standard for the coming-of-age genre and that spot on Dance TV? DIR Alan Metter; SCR Amy sing or , she rises to rock stardom on sheer force of remains one of John Hughes’s most beloved films. charisma—plus a few tunes nicked from boyfriend Ray Spies; PROD Chuck Russell. US, 1985, color, 90 min. DIR/SCR/PROD John Hughes; PROD Ned Tanen. US, RATED PG Winstone. Music producer turned movie director Lou 1985, color, 97 min. RATED R Adler outfits the film with a better-than-passable

4 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TOTALLY AWESOME 2: MORE FILMS OF THE 1980s the girl…until a pretty French foreign THE THING exchange student changes his mind—and Friday, August 8, 12 midnight; Saturday, August 9, helps him rebuild a boss Camaro in the 12 midnight; Wednesday, August 13, 10:20; process. DIR/SCR Savage Steve Holland; Thursday, August 14, 9:40 PROD Michael Jaffe. US, 1985, color, 97 More than 25 years after its release, John min. RATED PG Carpenter’s THE THING still boasts some of the most shockingly grotesque—and ONE CRAZY SUMMER fiendishly inventive—monster makeup Friday, July 18, 11:30; Saturday, July 19, 11:45 effects ever put on screen, courtesy of Photo courtesy of Photofest

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS John Cusack, the Jimmy Stewart of teen Photo courtesy of Photofest master makeup artist Rob Bottin, putting THEY LIVE comedies, is back in his second film with to shame today’s all-too bloodless CGI. pop/punk original soundtrack, and while O'Clock in the Morning by Ray Nelson; Carpenter mainstay leads a director Savage Steve Holland. A recent the humor is often hokey, it’s also pre- PROD Larry J. Franco. US, 1988, color, 93 rapidly dwindling and ever-more paranoid high school graduate, Cusack joins his scient: the not-yet established MTV video min. RATED R group of Antarctic-based scientists against buddy Curtis Armstrong on a road trip style of the mid-’80s is pretty well imag- an alien life form that can assume any ani- to Nantucket before pursuing his dream ined, and the way Corrinne’s fans adopt CAN’T BUY ME LOVE mal form, at times combining different of entering art school. In the midst of her signature two-tone hairdo and lin- Saturday, August 2, 9:50; Tuesday, August 5, 9:20 species’ parts into some gruesome gerie-centric getups prefigures the their journey, the two friends meet up improvisations. Stylish and suspenseful, with , an aspiring songstress Nerdy Patrick Dempsey, sick of being craze that would fol- ignored and mistreated by his fellow high- Carpenter and company’s lunatic vision whose grandfather is about to lose his demands to be seen on the big screen. low. Also starring , Christine schoolers, uses his hard-earned lawn house to a money-hungry developer. DIR/SCR ; SCR Bill Lahti, : THE NEXT mowing money to buy his way into the Eager to win Moore’s heart by saving her Lancaster; PROD David Foster and GENERATION’s , and, playing popular clique by paying pretty cheer- musicians, the Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook and grandfather from ruin, Cusack puts the Lawrence Turman. US, 1982, color, 109 house on the line in a boat race against leader Amanda Peterson $1,000 to pre- min. RATED R Steve Jones, the Clash’s Paul Simonon, and tend to be his girlfriend for one month. ’ Fee Waybill. DIR Lou Adler; the developer. DIR/SCR Savage Steve Holland; PROD Michael Jaffe. US 1986, Given a New Wave makeover and sport- SCR Jonanthan Demme and Nancy ing Peterson on his arm, he fools the Dowd; PROD Joe Roth. US, 1981, color, color, 89 min. RATED PG Saturday, August 9, 9:45; Sunday, August 10, popular kids into accepting him. Caught 7:20; Thursday, August 14, 7:20 87 min. RATED R up with his new identity, he alienates his “They’re heeere.” Directed by THE Friday, July 25, 2:45, 9:30; Saturday, July 26, nerd friends and fails to see that Peterson TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’s Tobe 1:00; Sunday, July 27, 3:05; Monday, July 28, has genuine feelings for him. When his Hooper, but overwhelmingly bearing the 5:00, Thursday, July 31, 5:00 ruse finally gets exposed, he loses every- stylistic fingerprints of writer/producer See page 7. thing—until he rediscovers his real identi- Steven Spielberg, POLTERGEIST repre- ty. DIR Steve Rash; SCR Michael sents an unholy marriage of family film LABYRINTH Swerdlick; PROD Thom Mount. US, 1987, and intense horror cinema. The haunted Friday, July 25, 11:30; Saturday, July 26, 3:00, color, 94 min. RATED PG-13 house genre moves to , as a 11:45; Wednesday, July 30, 10:20; Thursday, July 31, 9:30 See page 7.

THEY LIVE Friday, August 1, 11:45; Saturday, August 2, 11:45, Wednesday, August 6, 10:20 They influence our decisions without our knowing it. They numb our senses without our feeling it. They control our lives with- Photo courtesy of Photofest BETTER OFF DEAD... out our realizing it. THEY LIVE. A rugged loner (wrestler-turned-actor ) BETTER OFF DEAD… stumbles upon a terrifying discovery: Friday, July 18, 9:30; Saturday, July 19, 9:45 ghoulish creatures are masquerading as “I want my two dollars.” This immensely humans while they lull the public into sub- quotable black comedy finds John Cusack mission through subliminal advertising as a high schooler recently dumped by messages. Only specially-made sunglasses the girl of his dreams for the arrogant make the deadly truth visible. Equally captain of the ski team. In desperation he enjoyable parts action, sci-fi and subversive decides he would be “better off dead,” social commentary, this campy Carpenter and thus begins a series of misadventures gem demands discovery (or re-discovery). while trying to seal the deal or win back DIR/SCR John Carpenter, based on Eight Photo courtesy of Photofest POLTERGEIST

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 5 TOTALLY AWESOME 2: MORE FILMS OF THE 1980s family discovers that the mysterious ALIENS occurrences in their new tract home—at Friday, August 29, 9:30; Saturday, August 30, first amusing bits of mischievous telekine- 9:30; Sunday, August 31, 9:45; Wednesday, sis, later more terrifying acts of deadly September 3, 9:05; Thursday, September 4, 9:05 violence—may have something to do Nominated for seven Academy Awards, with the Native American burial ground this second film in the ALIEN series finds underneath their southern California sub- our heroine Ripley () development. DIR ; SCR back on earth after drifting in space for Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and 57 years. Her friends and family long Mark Victor; PROD Frank Marshall and deceased, she agrees to help the Steven Spielberg. US, 1982, color, 114 Company when they lose touch with the min. RATED PG colonizers of the alien’s home planet. 25th Anniversary! With a squad of Marines, an , and a Company man in tow, she returns to the scene of the crime to find her moth- Friday, August 15, 9:30; Thursday, August 21, 9:15 erly instincts awakened by the sole sur- Welder by day, vivor—a young girl—but to alive exotic dancer by she’ll have to face another mother who night, Jennifer has instincts of Beals is a girl with her own. DIR/SCR a dream—to gain acceptance into ; the prestigious SCR Dan O'Bannon,

Photo courtesy of Photofest , Conservatory of PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE Dance. Lambasted and by critics upon its Girlfriend Debbie Harry likes it so much Reubens makes the leap from cabaret Hill; release, FLASH- Photo courtesy of Photofest she wants to audition to be on it. But the theater to major studio movie with his PROD Gale Anne DANCE would go FLASHDANCE show’s origins are masked in secrecy, and sui generis Pee-Wee Herman character, Hurd. US, 1986, the production company is vaguely cult- along with his toys, gadgets, colorful on to become the third highest-grossing color, 137 min. Photo courtesy of Photofest film of 1983 and launch a pop culture like. The more Woods watches, the more friends, and of course, his beloved bike. RATED R ALIENS phenomenon in the process. Join us as we hallucinatory side effects kick in. DIR/SCR/ Its theft sets Pee-Wee on a cross-country salute this campy classic in its 25th year! PROD . Canada/US, quest, ending on the Warner Brothers’ 1983, color, 89 min. RATED R studio lot. Co-scripted by Reubens and DIR ; SCR Thomas Hedley Jr. Friday, August 29, 12 midnight; Saturday, August and ; PROD Jerry later SNL-star Phil Hartman. DIR Tim 30, 12 midnight; Sunday, August 31, 7:45 Burton; SCR Phil Hartman, Paul Bruckheimer and . US, Writer-director ’s cult 1983, color, 95 min. RATED R Saturday, August 16, 9:45; Tuesday, August 19, Reubens and Michael Varhol; PROD 9:45; Thursday, August 21, 7:00 Richard Gilbert Abramson and Robert classic relocates the vampire movie to rural Oklahoma, crossing horror with “Nobody puts baby in a corner.” Indeed. Shapiro. US, 1985, color, 90 min. RATED Herschel Gordon Lewis-style hicksploita- Jennifer Grey is ‘Baby,’ a plain-Jane daddy’s PG tion. is the patriarch of a girl, poised to enter the Peace Corps before going to college and marrying a ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING clan of leatherclad, roadhog vampires, who doctor in the . But her life is Sunday, August 24, 8:30; Tuesday, August 26, drive their Winnebago around the deso- thrown into a tailspin one summer when 9:40; Wednesday, August 27, 9:40 late highways of the West preying on the hapless habitués of backwoods roadhous- she goes on a family trip to the Catskills Elisabeth Shue is stood up by her es and truckstops. When randy farmboy and falls in love with hunky dance instruc- boyfriend on their anniversary, so she tor . With his regular takes a babysitting job for the neigh- gets infected with the curse after some heavy petting with troubled Photo courtesy of Photofest dance partner on ice, Baby steps in. Let bors—a horny teenage boy, his 9-year-old VIDEODROME the dance montage begin! DIR Emile sister, and the brother’s equally randy teen vampire Jenny Wright, he becomes 25th Anniversary! Ardolino; SCR Eleanor Bergstein; PROD best friend. When she gets a fearful call an unwanted adoptee to the brood. With VIDEODROME Linda Gottlieb. US, 1987, color, 100 from neurotic best friend Penelope Ann and round- ing out Henriksen’s band of bloodsuckers, Friday, August 15, 11:30; Saturday, August 16, min. RATED PG-13 Miller to pick her up at the bus station in 12 midnight the city, she hauls the kids on a rescue NEAR DARK is also an unofficial ALIENS reunion—the three actors having played “Long live the new flesh!” Is TV bad for PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE mission. But when her car gets a flat, you? In this case, very. Sleazy cable TV Friday, August 22, 10:00; Saturday, August 23, these suburban kids are in for a night of key supporting roles in James Cameron’s head catches a pirate 10:00; Thursday, August 28, 10:20 zany misadventures. DIR Chris Columbus; megahit the year before. DIR/SCR Kathryn broadcast of an ultraviolent show called ’s feature debut represents SCR David Simkins; PROD and Bigelow; SCR Eric Red; PROD Steven- “Videodrome” and thinks he’s found an the improbably weird beginning to his . US, 1987, color, 102 min. Charles Jaffe. US, 1987, color, 94 min. edgy new hit to bring to his station. improbably weird mainstream career. Paul RATED PG-13 RATED R

6 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER MUPPETSTM, MUSIC & MAGIC: ’S LEGACY July 12 - August 24 MuppetsTM, Music & Magic explores all facets of Jim Henson’s creative legacy, including both beloved old favorites and rarely seen projects. The series is scheduled in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s new exhibit, “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World,” on display from July 12 to October 5 at the Ripley Center (International Gallery), and produced by The Jim Henson Legacy and Brooklyn Academy of Music. The tour’s Executive Producer is Irena Kovarova. AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the MuppetsTM, Music & Magic series. (c) Photography courtesy of , Studio, LLC, and (1989). This beautiful evocation of the rainforest with Saturday, July 12, 5:00 stunning color graphics focuses on the story of a golden toad that must avoid the “uprights” (humans) trying to In their first foray onto the silver screen, Kermit the capture him. 90 min. Frog and his Muppet cohorts , and and the gang sing their way to Hollywood, MUPPET FAIRY TALES (shorts program) hoping to make it big. But Charles Durning’s evil Doc Hopper, a frog leg restaurant magnate, has other plans Sunday, August 10, 12:45 for Kermit. Tremendously funny—as much for adults as THE FROG PRINCE (1971): What happens when you for kids, and maybe more so—with memorable musical kiss a frog? No one can tell that classic fairy tale better numbers like and Moving Right than Kermit and his friends. With: THE ELVES AND THE Along, plus cameos galore, including , Mel SHOEMAKER (1994): What if the elves who come to Brooks, Madeline Kahn, , and the aid of the shoemaker were actually Elvises? If . Rapunzel appeared on , what twists on the story would you expect? See these classic tales through MUPPET HISTORY 101 (shorts program) the eyes of the Muppets in this program of rarely seen Sunday, July 13, 5:00 shorts. 105 min. This unique program of rarities examines the origins of COMMERCIALS & EXPERIMENTS (shorts program) LLC, and Sesame Workshop the Muppets. Includes early live TV appearances, unusual (c) Photography courtesy of The Jim Henson Company, , commercials, guest spots on the and “Dance, !” Henson’s visionary fairy tale now Saturday, August 23, 1:00 DICK CAVETT shows, plus the rarely seen episode enjoys a devoted among viewers who This program is a collection of experimental shorts, of . 90 min. grew up on it. Resentful of having to babysit her brother crazy commercials and other rarities from the Henson Toby, a young inadvertently casts him vault. Highlights include excerpts from Henson’s experi- MUPPET MUSIC MOMENTS (shorts program) into the hands of the Goblin King, played with mental television programs THE CUBE and YOUTH 68: Saturday, July 19, 1:00 haughty relish by rock icon . To rescue Toby EVERYTHING’S CHANGING...OR MAYBE IT ISN’T, and before he is forever transformed into a goblin, Connelly the Oscar-nominated 8-minute experimental master- Music was always an integral part of THE MUPPET must navigate the many obstacles—and dangerous pup- piece, , from 1965. 90 min. SHOW, and this collection features some of the petry—of the Goblin King’s labyrinth. DIR/SCR Jim Muppets’ best-loved musical numbers. This compilation Henson; SCR Dennis Lee and ; PROD Eric THE ART OF AND STORYTELLING features a wide range of musical genres and performers, Rattray. UK/US, 1986, color, 101 min. RATED PG (shorts program) including Harry Belafonte, and . 75 min. Sunday, August 24, 1:00 THE MUPPETS TAKE Go behind the scenes to witness the magic of the THE DARK CRYSTAL Saturday, August 2, 12:30; Sunday, August 3, 12:30 Muppets in this compilation of rare footage showing the THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN is the Muppet take amazing variety of puppetry created by Jim Henson. on the backstage musical. Kermit and the troupe decide Includes a classic episode of THE MUPPET SHOW Friday, July 25, 2:45, 9:30; Saturday, July 26, 1:00; Sunday, July to take their musical revue to the Great White Way, only (1979) hosted by Harry Belafonte and an episode from 27, 3:05; Monday, July 28, 5:00; Thursday, July 31, 5:00 to find that making it in the Big Apple takes teamwork Henson’s innovative series THE STORYTELLER (1989) Adapted from a story by Jim Henson and co-directed and determination. Cameos include Gregory Hines, Liza directed by Henson himself. 120 min. by fellow Muppeteer , this all- magical Minnelli and Brooke Shields. DIR/SCR Frank Oz; SCR adventure is set in a dark fantasy world that is a decid- Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses; PROD David Lazer. US, CITY (1989) ed departure from the light-hearted realm of the 1984, color, 94 min. RATED G Muppets. The story centers on two young Gelflings— Sunday, August 24, 6:30 the last of their kind—on a quest to end the dark rule Set in a 1940s city populated entirely by A BETTER WORLD: LIVING IN HARMONY (all incredibly detailed and realistic ). With of the evil Skeksis by mending the legendary Dark (shorts program) Crystal. DIR/SCR/PROD Jim Henson and Frank Oz; SCR Muppet favorite Rowlf the dog (voiced by Henson) nar- Saturday, August 9, 1:00 David Odell; PROD . US/UK, 1982, color, rating from a piano, the action and in-jokes come at a 93 min. RATED PG A 1983 episode of the TV series that furious pace. With: THE STORYTELLER: THE SOLDIER contrasts three communities—the musical Fraggles, the AND DEATH (1987). This tale of a soldier returning LABYRINTH industrious Doozers, and the giant Gorgs, who all co- home from war who uses the gift of three magic objects exist in a carefully balanced underground world—with to outwit a pack of demons, leading to an encounter those mysterious creatures who live above ground, the with Death himself, was Oscar-winner Friday, July 25, 11:30; Saturday, July 26, 3:00, 11:45; Wednesday, humans. With: THE SONG OF THE CLOUD FOREST . 90 min. July 30, 10:20; Thursday, July 31, 9:30 MUPPET, MUPPETS and the Muppets Characters are registered trademarks of The Muppets Studio, LLC. All rights reserved. © The Muppets Studio, LLC. Sesame Street ® and associated characters, trademarks and design elements are owned and licensed by Sesame Workshop. © 2007 Sesame Workshop. All rights reserved. TM & © 2007 The Jim Henson Company. All rights reserved. For more information, please visit www.jimhensonlegacy.org TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 7 DAVID LEAN: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION July 4 - September1 This year marks the centennial of the birth of one of the cinema’s greatest filmmakers, David Lean. AFI Silver presents a selection of Lean’s finest work, from his early, intimate British films to his sprawling international co-productions that, in their scope, ambition and expansive humanism, came to define the word “epic.”

AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the David Lean: A Centennial Celebration series. Photo courtesy of Photofest

SUMMERTIME Sunday, July 27, 1:00; Tuesday, July 29, 4:45; Wednesday, July 30, 4:45 After years spent saving for it, American schoolteacher takes her dream vacation to Venice, Italy. Shopping for antiques, she meets hand- some art dealer Rossano Brazzi in Piazza Photo courtesy of Photofest BLITHE SPIRIT San Marco, and while she discovers he’s invisible to everyone else. The simple but not above dealing fake antiquities to effective special effects, all the more tourists, falls for his charms nonetheless. impressive in Technicolor, won an Oscar. Lean’s sensitive handling of the romance (Note courtesy BFI) DIR/SCR David Lean; between Hepburn and Brazzi, who both SCR , Anthony Havelock- deliver top performances, is combined Allan and Noël Coward, based on his with a powerful sense of place provided play; PROD Noël Coward. UK, 1945, color, by the Venice locations—it plays like 96 min. NOT RATED BRIEF ENCOUNTER transported to one of the exotic locations that would typify GREAT EXPECTATIONS Lean’s later works. DIR David Lean; SCR Friday, July 18, 4:30; Saturday, July 19, 3:00; H.E. Bates, and David

Photo courtesy of Photofest Lean; PROD Ilya Lopert. UK/US, 1955, BRIEF ENCOUNTER Tuesday, July 22, 4:30; Thursday, July 24, 4:30 Undoubtedly one of the finest Dickens color, 100 min. NOT RATED OLIVER TWIST ENCOUNTER adaptations, the film is studded with Friday, July 4, 4:30; Monday, July 7, 7:00; Friday, July 11, 5:00; Sunday, July 13, 3:00; memorable set-pieces, from young Pip's Wednesday, July 9, 4:30 Wednesday, July 16, 5:00; Thursday, July 17, hair-raising encounter with Magwitch in 5:00 Dickens's extravagant vision of Victorian the graveyard to the eerie Gothic fantasy London is perfectly balanced by superb David Lean's international reputation was world of Miss Havisham. The Oscar-win- performances and Lean's fierce grip on the established with this study of unfulfilled ning team of sprawling narrative. Guy Green and John passion and guilt—themes that were to and production designer John Bryan bring Bryan lend an Expressionist look to Fagin's recur in his later work. Critically debated, Dickens's settings to vivid, indelible life— hellish underworld and , in mocked, referenced and remade, this as does the terrific cast, including Alec his second major role, gives a finely drawn account of an unconsummated affair Guinness, Jean Simmons and as theatrical—if controversial—depiction of between a middle-class housewife (Celia the grown up Pip. (Note courtesy BFI) Photo courtesy of Photofest SUMMERTIME Fagin. Lean was always eager to open a film Johnson) and a doctor (Trevor Howard), DIR David Lean; PROD Noël Coward. UK, forced to meet at a railway station, without dialogue and here he outdoes him- 1945, b&w, 86 min. NOT RATED THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI self with a tour-de-force sequence of retains a tight emotional grip on any con- Friday, August 1, 4:00; Saturday, August 2, 4:20; temporary audience. (Note courtesy BFI) Oliver's pregnant mother battling against a Sunday, August 3, 2:30; Tuesday, August 5, 3:45; storm. (Note courtesy BFI) DIR/SCR David DIR David Lean; PROD Noël Coward. UK, Thursday, August 7, 3:45 Lean; SCR 1945, b&w, 86 min. NOT RATED “Madness . . . madness.” Burma, 1943: Stanley Haynes, ordered by Japanese prison camp com- based on the BLITHE SPIRIT mandant Sessue Hayakawa to construct a novel by Saturday, July 12, 3:00; Monday, July 14, 5:00; bridge, British POW Colonel Alec Charles Dickens; Tuesday, July 15, 5:00 Guinness at first refuses but then acqui- PROD Ronald David Lean's first comedy, scripted by fre- esces, reasoning that the undertaking will Neame. UK, quent collaborator Noël Coward from his provide a morale boost for his men. But 1948, b&w, 116 stage hit, stars as a successful in his obsession with detail and pride in his work, Guinness loses sight of the fact min. NOT and cheerfully cynical novelist whose mari- that the bridge will serve a deadly pur- RATED tal bliss is interrupted by the mischievous Photo courtesy of Photofest

Photo courtesy of Photofest pose—the transport of Japanese muni- BRIEF OLIVER TWIST ghost of his first wife, visible to him but GREAT EXPECTATIONS

8 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER DAVID LEAN: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION RYAN’S DAUGHTER Saturday, August 23, 3:00; Monday, August 25, 7:30 The third collaboration between Lean and screen- writer Robert Bolt (after LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and DOCTOR ZHIVAGO), again places complex, even

Photo courtesy of Photofest contradictory character psy- THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI chology against a backdrop tions. It falls to American escapee and of world-changing historical British Major Jack Hawkins to lead a mission back to the events. A British-occupied camp to destroy Guinness’s folly. A powerful portrait of village in 1916 Ireland is Photo courtesy of Photofest war and madness, and winner of seven Oscars including scandalized when word gets RYAN’S DAUGHTER Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Guinness. out that , the DIR David Lean; SCR based on the novel much younger wife of staid schoolteacher Robert Le pont de la rivière Kwai; PROD . UK/US, Mitchum (puzzlingly miscast, but slyly effective), is carry- 1957, color, 161 min. RATED PG ing on an affair with British officer Christopher Jones. Despite hysteria among the townspeople, Mitchum’s

In 70mm! Photo courtesy of Photofest reaction is to patiently let the fire burn out. But when LAWRENCE OF ARABIA DOCTOR ZHIVAGO Miles’s father turns informer for the British, the personal Friday, August 8, 3:00; Saturday, August 9, 3:00; Sunday, August DOCTOR ZHIVAGO and the political become entwined. DIR David Lean; SCR 10, 3:00; Monday, August 11, 3:00; Tuesday, August 12, 3:00, 7:30; Friday, August 15, 3:00; Saturday, August 16, 3:30; Sunday, August Robert Bolt; PROD Anthony Havelock-Allan. UK, 1970, Wednesday; August 13, 2:30; Thursday, August 14, 3:00 17, 3:30; Monday, August 18, 3:00; Tuesday, August 19, 3:00; color, 195 min. RATED R David Lean’s signature achievement, winning seven Wednesday, August 20, 3:00; Thursday, August 21, 3:00 Oscars in 1962 including Best Picture, and the film that Ten nominations and five Oscar wins for Lean’s adapta- A PASSAGE TO INDIA made a then-unknown Peter O’Toole an international tion of the Pasternak classic recounting the time before, Friday, August 29 3:30; Sunday, August 31, 1:00; Monday, star (and for which O’Toole would earn the first of his during and after the , as experienced September 1, 1:00 eight Oscar nominations for Best Actor—amazingly, by soulful doctor-poet and recounted later Nominated for 11 Oscars, Lean’s first film after a 14- none of which he won!). O’Toole is riveting as T.E. by his half-brother, Soviet Army officer Alec Guinness. year hiatus was also his last, a suitably grand gesture of Lawrence, the legendary British officer who rallied the Sharif navigates a difficult love between his aris- both return and farewell from the filmmaker who had by Arabs against Turkish invaders during , and tocratic wife Geraldine Chaplin and new love Julie this time become synonymous with epic cinema. In Lean’s film, a two-year undertaking shot entirely on loca- Christie, a nurse who has suffered heartbreak as the for- 1920s colonial India, headstrong Brit befriends tion, is one of the true masterpieces of 70mm photogra- mer lover of self-righteous revolutionary Tom Courtenay, local doctor Victor Bannerjee, but—after she suffers a phy. With Alec Guinness, and Omar and dishonor at the hands of politician/rapist Rod mysterious spell while touring the mystical Marabar Sharif. DIR David Lean; SCR Robert Bolt and Michael Steiger. DIR David Lean; SCR Robert Bolt, based on caves with him—later accuses him of rape. Lean exquis- Wilson; PROD Robert A. Harris and Sam Spiegel. UK, the novel by ; PROD . US, itely realizes E.M. Forster’s classic novel for the screen— 1962, color, 216 min. RATED PG 1965, color, 197 min. RATED PG-13 meticulous in its period detail, spectacular in its setting, and faithful to Forster’s implicit, allusive criticism of colo- nialism. DIR/SCR David Lean; SCR based on the novel by E.M. Forster and the play by Santha Rama Rau; PROD John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin. UK/US, 1984, color, 163 min. RATED PG Photo courtesy of Photofest Photo courtesy of Photofest LAWRENCE OF ARABIA A PASSAGE TO INDIA

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 9 AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RETROSPECTIVE: WARREN BEATTY Sunday, July 13, 7:15; Tuesday, July 15, 7:00 Beatty plays a hapless nightclub comedian in trouble with the mob who, along with girlfriend , tries to stay one step ahead of trouble by keeping on the move through Chicago’s seediest locales, hustled along by Eddie Sauter’s jazz score (fea- turing ). Ambitiously conceived by , the puzzled reception that greeted the film’s release would cause him to contemplate quitting movies, until Beatty wooed him back a few years later to collaborate on . DIR/PROD Arthur Penn; SCR Alan M. Surgal. US, 1965, b&w, 93 min. NOT RATED

HEAVEN CAN WAIT

July 4 - September 2 Photo courtesy of Photofest BONNIE AND CLYDE Sunday July 20, 7:40; Tuesday, July 22, 9:00 Sometime in the mid-1960s, Jack Warner, founder BONNIE AND CLYDE Nominated for nine Academy Awards, with Beatty as of the studio that bears his name, is discussing a the affable quarterback of the LA Rams to heaven project in his Burbank office with a young actor Friday, July 4, 7:00; Saturday, July 5, 2:20; Sunday, July 6, 7:25; Tuesday, July 8, 9:30 before his time by an overzealous angel. Anxious to play hoping to branch out into producing. Warner, in the Super Bowl but unable to return to his body due “They’re young . . . they’re in love . . . and they kill peo- using one of his favorite rhetorical flourishes, to cremation, he chooses to be sent back to Earth in ple.” Nominated for 10 Oscars, one of the landmark points out the window to a water tower with the the body of a recently-deceased millionaire industrialist films of the 1960s—trailblazing, taboo-breaking, and iconic Warner Bros. shield on it and asks “What when he spies the lovely in the man’s zeitgeist-capturing, BONNIE AND CLYDE uniquely house. Beatty proceeds to buy the L.A. Rams, hires his does it say?” To which the young man replies, embodies the moment where Old Hollywood transi- old coach Jack Warden to get him Super Bowl ready insouciantly, “Well, its got your name, but its got tioned into the . Arthur Penn imbues and attempts to romance Christie, while Charles my initials.” his innovatively styled biopic of the Depression-era Grodin and plan to kill the old man for bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow with The young man was, of course, Warren Beatty, his money! DIR/SCR/PROD Warren Beatty and Buck New Wave-inspired verve, and is careful not to let the soon to act in and produce 1967’s groundbreak- Henry; SCR , based on the play by Harry facts get in the way of the legend. Beatty and Faye ing BONNIE AND CLYDE, and on his way to a sin- Segall. US, 1978, color, 101 min. RATED PG gular career in American film as an actor, produc- Dunaway make a to-die-for screen couple, with , Oscar-winner and Michael J. er, writer and sometime director. His career choic- Pollard rounding out the gang. DIR Arthur Penn; SCR es, paradoxically, seem both careful and daring, Friday, July 25, 4:45; Sunday, July 27, 7:00; Tuesday, July 29, 9:00 and ; PROD Warren just as his body of work, so often graced with Beatty. US, 1967, color, 112 min. RATED R This classic political conspiracy thriller finds Beatty as timeliness, was just as often the result of years- muckraking journalist Joe Frady. Three years earlier his long, even decades-long, gestation and reworking. television reporter ex-girlfriend wit- nessed the assassination of a popular US Senator and Rocketing to stardom in his early twenties, Beatty Saturday, July 5, 4:45; Sunday, July 6, 12:30 subsequently all of the witnesses have met mysterious almost immediately set to parlaying his fame into “No nice girl feels like ends. She believes she’s next. He shakes it off, but after that.” Small-town repres- learning the art of moviemaking and eventually her suspicious suicide, Beatty begins to investigate and sion in eve-of-the- assuming control of his projects—placing him at discovers that a shady ‘therapy institute,’ the Parallax Depression Kansas keeps the vanguard of the “New Hollywood” and mak- Corporation, might be responsible. DIR/PROD Alan J. the teenage love of Warren ing him an example for both his peers and the Pakula; SCR David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr.,

Beatty and SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS Photo courtesy of Photofest generations to come. He may not have always based on the novel by Loren Singer. US, 1974, color, unconsummated and tension-filled, until Beatty’s dal- chosen the easy way to do things, but in the 102 min. RATED R liance with another sends Wood over the edge. Beatty’s unfailing quality of his work, and in the worldly magnificent screen debut launched him to instant star- SHAMPOO wisdom so often on display there, lies an argu- dom—at the age of 24—while Natalie Wood’s bravura Friday, August 1, 9:30; Monday, August 4, 7:00; Thursday, August ment that he did things the right way. performance earned her her second Oscar nomination. 7, 6:45 To honor this year’s recipient of the AFI Life The outstanding cast includes as Beatty’s Beatty had kicked around the idea of a movie about a overbearing father and as his wildheart- Achievement Award, AFI Silver screens a selection stud hairstylist as early as the mid-1960s, but in its long ed flapper sister. ’s direction is in peak form, of some of the defining works in Warren Beatty’s gestation from gag character to fully formed script and while playwright/ won an brilliant career. 1975 release, SHAMPOO acquired the hard-earned Oscar for his sensitive, savvy screenplay. DIR/PROD Elia wisdom of post-1960s disillusionment. Set on the eve of AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings Kazan; SCR William Inge. US, 1961, color, 124 min. the 1968 election, but imbued with a Watergate-era in the AFI Life Achievement Award Retrospective: NOT RATED Warren Beatty series. sensibility, the movie follows Beatty’s serial entangle-

10 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RETROSPECTIVE: WARREN BEATTY MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER Saturday, August 16, 1:00; Monday, August 18, Friday, August 22, 4:20; Tuesday, August 26, 7:00; Wednesday, August 20, 9:35 4:00; Wednesday, August 27, 7:00; Thursday, Warren Beatty’s boast- August 28, 4:45 ful-but-sensitive gam- Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, with bler and Julie Christie’s Beatty as real-life gangster , a business-minded whore native New Yorker who on a trip to enjoy an overnight suc- Nevada conceives of the idea of a casino cess setting up a bor- in the desert. Now living in California dello together in the after becoming smitten with actress Photo courtesy of Photofest Photo courtesy of Photofest SHAMPOO frontier town of MCCABE AND (), he employs the help of some old “friends,” ments with bored socialite , Presbyterian Church. MRS. MILLER Mickey Cohen () and Meyer sassy Julie Christie, and youngster Carrie But their success draws the interest of Photo courtesy of Photofest Lansky (), who back his idea Fisher—as it turns out, the wife, mistress the local mining company, which, when REDS for 1 million dollars. Things quickly run off and daughter, respectively, of wealthy rebuffed in their effort to buy them out, Actress ( as radical the rails with disastrous consequences businessman Jack Warden—all the while resorts to strong-arm tactics. Vilmos ), this thoughtful, roman- for Siegel. DIR/SCR ; SCR ignoring girlfriend Goldie Hawn. Director Zsigmond’s gorgeous wide-screen pho- tic and historical epic take on the life of Dean Jennings a elicits surprisingly soulful per- tography, Leonard Cohen’s moody bal- nd ; PROD communist (who became the Mark Johnson. US, 1991, color, 134 min. formances from the terrific cast, while ladry and director ’s eye only American to be buried at the RATED R expertly alternating sexy farce with what and ear for detail make this revisionist Kremlin) was a stunning success for amounts to ambient political commentary, Western classic a must-see on the big Beatty. Score by and REDS as election updates periodically intrude screen. DIR/SCR Robert Altman; SCR on-screen appearances by “witnesses” via TV and radio. DIR Hal Ashby; SCR Brian McKay based on the novel by Saturday, August 30, 12:30; Tuesday, September , Adela Rogers St. Johns, 2, 7:30 and Warren Beatty; Edmund Naughton; PROD Mitchell Roger Baldwin, and many more. DIR/SCR/ PROD Warren Beatty. US, 1975, color, Brower and David Foster. US, 1971, Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, with PROD Warren Beatty; SCR Trevor 109 min. RATED R color, 120 min. RATED R wins for Best Director (Beatty), Best Griffiths. US, 1981, color, 194 min. Cinematography, and Best Supporting RATED R THE FILMS OF MILOŠ FORMAN comic mayhem and thinly veiled political July 19 - September 3 allegory in this satire, which was banned The international commercial and critical success of Miloš by the Czechoslovakian government. This Forman's films is a testament to his blend of passionate, deceptively simple masterpiece is a sharp, personal interpretation, a remarkable ability to capture the lucid representation of human weakness zeitgeist, and a healthy dose of black humor. This retro- and moral decay. DIR/SCR Miloš Forman; spective celebrates the unique vision he has sustained over SCR Jaroslav Papousek and Ivan Passer, 45 years. based on the story by Václav Sasek; PROD Rudolf Hájek. Czechoslovakia/ Based on intelligent scripts, Forman's work is characterized Italy, 1967, color, 71 min. In Czech Photo courtesyby of Photofest a sharp anti-authoritarian spirit and a lucid, heartfelt with English . NOT RATED humanism. His films maintain an intoxicating relevance to contemporary living by identifying iconic trends and events—evident both in his early features TAKING OFF (LOVES OF A BLONDE, THE FIREMEN’S BALL), which helped jump-start the leg- Sunday, July 20, 5:40; Tuesday, July 22, 7:00 endary Czech New Wave in the mid-1960s, and in his renegade Hollywood films from the to today (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, THE PEO- In this dark, affectionate, and rarely seen PLE VS. LARRY FLYNT). A master of his métier from his career's (AUDI- satire, a husband and wife embark on a wild goose chase after their runaway TION, 1963), Forman developed an unmistakable style in collaboration with his Photo courtesy of Janus Films THE FIREMEN'S BALL longtime cinematographer, Miroslav Ondrícek, that is marked by fastidious daughter and wind up experimenting with the wild habits of youth counterculture. attention to set design details (exemplified by his much-admired period films of THE FIREMEN'S BALL [Horí, má the 1980s), augmented by a rare insight into the nuances of performance. panenko] In his first film after migrating to the US in the wake of the Soviet crackdown, Saturday, July 19, 5:25; Monday, July 21, 7:00 Organized by Jytte Jensen, Curator, Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art, Forman offers a fresh, idiosyncratic per- with the kind collaboration of The Czech Center, New York; The National Film The last film Forman made in his home- spective on his adopted country. Ike and Archive, Prague; and Irena Kovarova, independent curator and tour manager. land is perhaps the finest example of the contribute an electrifying per- With warm thanks to Ceska Televize for their loan of prints to this series. All Czech New Wave's trademark combina- formance. DIR/SCR Miloš Forman; SCR notes courtesy of Jytte Jensen, Museum of Modern Art. tion of warm humanism and stinging Jean-Claude Carrière, and social commentary. A party organized by AFI member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Miloš Forman Series. Jon Klein; PROD Alfred W. Crown. US, a small-town fire department builds into 1971, color, 93 min. RATED R TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 11 THE FILMS OF MILOŠ FORMAN RAGTIME Sunday, August 24, 3:30; Monday, August 25, 4:30; Tuesday, August 26, 6:45 Driven by his experience of injustice and personal loss, Coalhouse Walker, a black piano player, sets off a nationwide cam- paign of terror in 1906 New York. Forman’s adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s novel dramatizes the interconnection of lives (both actual and imaginary) across Photo courtesy of Janus Films LOVES OF A BLONDE the American social spectrum, capturing LOVES OF A BLONDE [Lásky jedné the sense of possibility and political awak- plavovlásky] ening at the turn of the . The large cast features remarkable young Saturday, July 26, 5:05; Tuesday, July 29, 7:00 talent alongside the great , Forman's breakthrough film, a commen- who returned from retirement to star in tary on the perils of totalitarianism, fol- this sprawling epic. DIR Miloš Forman; lows the everyday life and sexual fumbles Michael Weller and Heinrich von Kleist, of a naive teenage girl in a dreary town. A based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow; cornerstone of the Czech New Wave, the PROD . US, 1981, film grapples with the realities of injustice color, 155 min. RATED PG and disillusionment, yet its international Photo courtesy of Photofest popularity was due in part to the opti- ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST mism and tenderness of its outlook. their talented (and less-than-talented) DIR/SCR Miloš Forman; SCR Jaroslav In Person August 19: Sunday, August 31, 4:15; Monday, September 1, participants. Set to a wonderful sound- Director Miloš Forman!* 4:15; Tuesday, September 2, 4:00; Wednesday, Papousek, Ivan Passer and Václav track that includes Czech pop, folk, and ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S September 3, 3:00 Sasek; PROD Rudolf Hájek and Doro orchestral music, Forman's first major NEST Plagued by jealousy of—and admiration Vlado Hreljanovic. Czechoslovakia, work is both light and passionate in tone. Sunday, August 17, 7:20; Tuesday, August 19, 1965, b&w, 88 min. In Czech with for—his rival, Mozart, the mediocre court DIR/SCR Miloš Forman; SCR Ivan Passer. 7:00*; Wednesday, August 20, 7:00 English subtitles. NOT RATED composer Salieri narrates his encounters Czechoslovakia, 1963, b&w, 47 min. In One of Forman's most acclaimed films, with the childish but sublimely gifted Czech with English subtitles. NOT BLACK PETER [Cerný Petr] this adaptation of Ken Kesey's widely prodigy. This visually lavish period piece— RATED read anti-establishment novel stars Jack Sunday, July 27, 5:05; Monday, July 28, 7:00 which mixes fact and fiction, high art and Nicholson as a convict in a psychiatric vulgarity, meticulous detail and jarring An empathic look at the alienation of HAIR hospital who leads his fellow patients in anachronism—tears through the stuffy Czech youth, Forman's first fiction feature Friday, August 8, 7:20; defying the icy Nurse Ratched, one of the conventions of the genre with a swell of depicts the miserable title character at Saturday, August 9, 7:20 greatest villains in film history (#5 on operatic emotions. Filmed in Prague, the his day job and after work when he clash- A triumph of the AFI’s 100 Heroes and Villains list!). This production was Forman's first return to es with his old-fashioned father and pines musical genre, and rallying cry against authority and con- his homeland. DIR Miloš Forman; SCR for a classmate. Employing nonprofession- an uplifting recollec- formity struck a nerve with viewers and al actors, improvisation, and vérité cam- , based on his play; PROD tion of America dur- became the second movie ever to win all era work, as well as a gently ironic, anti- . US, 1984, color, 160 min. ing the Vietnam War, five major Academy Awards. DIR Miloš authoritarian tone, the film exhibits the RATED PG Forman's take on Forman; SCR and Bo qualities that would place Forman at the the Broadway sensa- Photo courtesy of Photofest Goldman, based on the novel by Ken forefront of the Czech New Wave and tion celebrates reckless behavior through anticipates his future success on the Kesey and the play by Dale 's energetic choreography and Wasserman; PROD 1970s Hollywood auteur scene. DIR/SCR a string of unforgettable anthems. Re- Miloš Forman; SCR Jaroslav Papousek; and Saul Zaentz. US, 1975, color, 133 leased at the end of the 1970s, the film is min. RATED R PROD Rudolf Hájek. Czechoslovakia, marked by a strong nostalgia for the 1964, b&w, 85 min. In Czech with politically charged mood, raw passions, English subtitles. NOT RATED and youthful anxieties of the previous decade. DIR Miloš Forman; SCR Michael AUDITION [Konkurs] Weller, based on the musical book by Saturday, August 2, 2:30; Sunday, August 3, 8:00 Gerome Ragni and James Rado; PROD This mix of documentary and fiction Michael Butler and Lester Persky. offers a humorous look at different kinds US/West , 1979, color, 121 min. of competitions and the motivations of RATED PG Photo courtesy of Photofest AMADEUS

12 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER JOHNNY TO: ACTION AUTEUR

JOHNNY TO: ACTION AUTEUR

Part of the 13th annual Made in Film Festival at the Freer and Sackler Galleries, cosponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office. July 6 - August 18 Johnny To is one of Hong Kong’s most prolific and accomplished directors. Although he has worked in multiple movie genres, hybrid genres, and genre-defying categories of his own creation, he is most closely associated with action-packed criminal thrillers. To has worked with most of the major HK stars, from to Maggie Chung to , and while his films are now regularly programmed at international

Photo courtesy offilm Photofest festivals, they are still barely shown commercially in the West. This retrospective of some of To’s major work offers viewers the opportuni- ty to become acquainted with one of the most talented filmmakers working today. All films are in with English subtitles unless otherwise indicated.

AFI Member passes will be accepted at all screenings in the Johnny To: Action Auteur series.

THE MISSION [Cheung fo] BREAKING NEWS [Daai si gin] Sunday, July 13, 9:15; Monday, July 14, 9:15 Sunday, August 3, 9:45; Monday, August 4, 9:15 After an attempt on the life of triad boss Eddy Ko, his A police-versus-gunmen show- brother recruits a motley quintet of killers down turns into media warfare to act as Ko’s bodyguards, including former hairdresser in this Cannes-selected thriller, Anthony Wong, pudgy overeater , studly Jackie a on Lui, cheerful Roy Cheung and explosive Francis Ng. the streets of Hong Kong. Coming together to do the job, the five very different (Note courtesy Pacific Film men forge close bonds of friendship. But when Ko Archive) DIR/PROD Johnny To; orders one of the men to be killed as punishment for SCR Hing-Ka Chan and Tin- having an affair with his wife, their friendship and pro- Shing Yip; PROD Cao Biao. fessionalism is put to the test. DIR/PROD Johnny To; Hong Kong/China, 2004, color, SCR Nai-Hoi Yau. 1999, Hong Kong, China, color, 81 88 min. In Mandarin and Photo courtesy of Palm Pictures min. Cantonese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

FULLTIME KILLER [Chueun jik sat sau] ELECTION [Hak se wui] Sunday, July 20, 9:45; Monday, July 21, 8:40 Sunday, August 10, 9:45; Monday, August 11, 9:30 Andy Lau stars as Tok, a ELECTION takes place among the Wo Sing, the most movie-loving killer for hire in venerable Triad clan of Hong Kong. The elders who rule this sleek from the organization are about to elect a new chief, and a Johnny To and Ka-Fai Wai. On rivalry emerges between two eligible candidates. Lok the trail of his arch enemy, (Simon Yam) is wise, cautious and favored for the cov- known only as O (Takashi eted position, but the fiery and aggressive Big D (Hong Sorimachi), Andy Lau plots Kong superstar Tony Leung) refuses to concede. elaborate schemes to get rid DIR/PROD Johnny To; SCR Nai-Hoi Yau, Tin-Shing Yip; of him based on scenes from PROD . 2005, Hong Kong, China, color, his favorite movies. A film Photo courtesy of Palm Pictures 100 min. In English, Cantonese and Mandarin with buff's delight, is crammed with movie English subtitles. references and jaw-dropping action set pieces. DIR/PROD Johnny To and Ka-Fai Wai; SCR Ka-Fai Wai and Joey Photo courtesy of IFC Films ELECTION II (TRIAD ELECTION) [Hak se wui yi wo O'Bryan, based on the novel by Ho-Cheung Pang; wai kwai] [Sun taam] PROD Andy Lau. Hong Kong, 2001, color, 102 min. In Sunday, August 17, 9:45; Monday, August 18, 9:30 Sunday, July 6, 9:45; Monday, July 7, 9:20 English, Mandarin, Japanese, Cantonese and Italian ELECTION II (TRIAD ELECTION) is set two years with English subtitles. RATED R Lau Ching-wan is a cop who can sense the paranor- later as the election starts again. Jimmy (Louis Koo) is a mal in a “wild, hilarious, and thoroughly disturbing PTU 21st-Century gangster with an MBA. He is using the entertainment.”- Vancouver Film Festival. “A jolt of triads to get on the fast track to financial success and Sunday, July 27, 9:10; Monday, July 28, 9:00 energy. Bullets, elegant mayhem and an homage to winning the election would consolidate his land deals That’s PTU, as in “police tactical unit,” set up to take Orson Welles's LADY FROM SHANGHAI follow amid on the mainland. Embarking on a violent campaign, he down the Hong Kong triads. No-nonsense captain Simon circling cameras; bodies in fast, furious motion; and realizes the fate of the Wo Sing hangs in the balance of Yam must deal with the fallout after screw-up Sergeant shattered film space. Reaffirms ['s] status as a far greater power. (Note courtesy Toronto Film Lam Suet loses his police revolver in a run-in with local an action master.”- Manhola Dargis, The New York Festival) DIR/PROD Johnny To; SCR Nai-Hoi Yau and mobsters. A frantic all-night pursuit ensues. DIR/PROD Times. DIR/PROD Johnny To; DIR/SCR/PROD Wai Ka- Tin-Shing Yip; PROD Dennis Law. Hong Kong, 2006, Johnny To; SCR Nai-Hoi Yau & Kin Yee Au. 2003, Hong fai; SCR Au Kin Yee. 2007, Hong Kong, China, color, color, 92 min. In Mandarin and Cantonese with Kong, China, color, 85 min. 89 min. English subtitles. NOT RATED

TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 13 FREE SCREENINGS! July 9 - August 13, Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. This summer, AFI Silver will once again host the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Education’s (OSE) exciting public program, Science in the Cinema. This six-week series offers a different film with a medical- or science-related theme every Wednesday. An audience Q&A session with a guest expert follows each screening. Admission to the series is FREE!

July 9: AWAY FROM HER (2006) July 30: THE QUIET DUEL (1949) July 16: THE DIVING BELL AND THE August 6: LIFE SUPPORT (2006) BUTTERFLY (2007) August 13: REIGN OVER ME (2007) July 23: CANVAS (2006)

Science in the Cinema is open to the general public and intended for a broad range of individuals interested in movies, science and medicine. For more information on this year’s lineup of films and guest speakers, visit AFI.com/Silver or www.science.education.nih.gov/cinema. All films will be shown with open captions for the deaf and hard of hearing and American Sign Language inter- preters will be available for the post-film discussions. Those requiring reasonable accommodations to participate should contact OSE at least five days prior to the event (e-mail: [email protected]; tel: 301.402.2470; TTY: 301.496.9706.) Tickets are available only from the AFI Silver box office the day of the show on a first-come, first-served basis. The AFI Silver box Photo courtesy of office opens 30 minutes before the first film of each day. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY ABOUT AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE (AFI)

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14 n TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER REPERTORY PROGRAM July 4 – September 4, 2008 at AFI Silver JULY The calendar lists all repertory dates and special events/programs as of press time. Always FRI SAT n :00, 9:20 n GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE check www.AFI.com/Silver for updated daily showtimes and additional openings, and to 4 n OLIVER TWIST 4:30 5 FUN 12:30 register to become an AFI Insider. Insiders receive AFI Silver's weekly e-newsletter! n BONNIE AND CLYDE 7:00 n BONNIE AND CLYDE 2:20 n THE GOONIES 12 midnight n SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS 4:45 n JAWS 7:15 SUN MON TUES WED THURS n THE GOONIES 9:45, 12 am n SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS n OLIVER TWIST 7:00 n JAWS 4:30, 7:00 n OLIVER TWIST 4:30 n JAWS 4:30 n BRIEF ENCOUNTER 5:00 n THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS 6 12:30 7 n MAD DETECTIVE 9:20 8 n BONNIE AND CLYDE 9:30 9 n NIH: AWAY FROM HER 7:00 10 11 n THE BREAKFAST CLUB 7:00 12 12:45 n JAWS 3:00 n SIXTEEN CANDLES 9:10 n BLITHE SPIRIT 3:00 n GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE n LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, n THE MUPPET MOVIE 5:00 FUN 5:30 THE FABULOUS STAINS n THE BREAKFAST CLUB 7:00 n BONNIE AND CLYDE 7:25 11:15 n SIXTEEN CANDLES 9:10 n MAD DETECTIVE 9:45 n LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS 11:15

n DUEL 1:00 n BLITHE SPIRIT 5:00 n BLITHE SPIRIT 5:00 n BRIEF ENCOUNTER 5:00 n BRIEF ENCOUNTER 5:00 n GREAT EXPECTATIONS 4:30 n MUPPET MUSIC MOMENTS 13 n BRIEF ENCOUNTER 3:00 14 n THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS 15 n MICKEY ONE 7:00 16 n NIH: THE DIVING BELL AND 17 n THE BREAKFAST CLUB 7:00 18 n 1941 7:00 19 1:00 n MUPPET HISTORY 101 5:00 7:00 n DUEL 9:00 THE BUTTERFLY 7:00 n SIXTEEN CANDLES 9:10 n BETTER OFF DEAD… 9:30 n GREAT EXPECTATIONS 3:00 n MICKEY ONE 7:15 n 9:15 n ONE CRAZY SUMMER 11:30 n THE FIREMEN’S BALL 5:25 n THE MISSION 9:15 n CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 7:05 n BETTER OFF DEAD… 9:45 n ONE CRAZY SUMMER 11:45

n 1941 12:30 n CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF n GREAT EXPECTATIONS 4:30 n CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF n GREAT EXPECTATIONS 4:30 n THE DARK CRYSTAL 2:45, n THE DARK CRYSTAL 1:00 20 n CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF 21 THE THIRD KIND 4:15 22 n TAKING OFF 7:00 23 THE THIRD KIND 4:15 24 n CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF 25 9:30 26 n LABYRINTH 3:00, 11:45 THE THIRD KIND 3:00 n THE FIREMEN’S BALL 7:00 n HEAVEN CAN WAIT 9:00 n NIH: CANVAS 7:00 THE THIRD KIND 9:30 n THE PARALLAX VIEW 4:45 n LOVES OF A BLONDE 5:05 n TAKING OFF 5:40 n FULLTIME KILLER 8:40 n *RAIDERS OF THE LOST n *RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK n HEAVEN CAN WAIT 7:40 ARK 7:00 7:00, 9:30 n FULLTIME KILLER 9:45 n LABYRINTH 11:30

n SUMMERTIME 1:00 n THE DARK CRYSTAL 5:00 n SUMMERTIME 4:45 n SUMMERTIME 4:45 n THE DARK CRYSTAL 5:00 n THE MUPPETS TAKE 27 n THE DARK CRYSTAL 3:05 28 n BLACK PETER 7:00 29 n LOVES OF A BLONDE 7:00 30 n NIH: THE QUIET DUEL 7:00 31 n *RAIDERS OF THE LOST 1 AUGUST 2 MANHATTAN 12:30 n n n n ARK 7:00 n AUDITION 2:30 BLACK PETER 5:05 PTU 9:00 THE PARALLAX VIEW 9:00 LABYRINTH 10:20 n E.T.: THE EXTRA- n LABYRINTH 9:30 n THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER n THE PARALLAX VIEW 7:00 TERRESTRIAL 1:30, 7:10 n PTU 9:10 KWAI 4:20 n THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER n E.T.: THE EXTRA- KWAI 4:00 TERRESTRIAL 7:30 n SHAMPOO 9:30 n CAN’T BUY ME LOVE 9:50 n THEY LIVE 11:45 n THEY LIVE 11:45 n THE MUPPETS TAKE n E.T.: THE EXTRA- n THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER n E.T.: THE EXTRA- n THE BRIDGE ON THE n LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 3:00 n A BETTER WORLD: LIVING IN 3 MANHATTAN 12:30 4 TERRESTRIAL 4:30 5 KWAI 3:45 6 TERRESTRIAL 4:30 7 RIVER KWAI 3:45 8 n HAIR 7:20 9 HARMONY 1:00 n THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER n SHAMPOO 7:00 n E.T.: THE EXTRA- n NIH: LIFE SUPPORT 7:00 n SHAMPOO 6:45 n TWILIGHT ZONE: THE n LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 3:00 KWAI 2:30 n BREAKING NEWS 9:15 TERRESTRIAL 7:00 n THEY LIVE 10:20 MOVIE 9:45 n HAIR 7:20 n E.T.: THE EXTRA- n CAN’T BUY ME LOVE 9:20 n THE THING 12 midnight n POLTERGEIST 9:45 TERRESTRIAL 5:40 n THE THING 12 midnight n AUDITION 8:00 n BREAKING NEWS 9:45

n MUPPET FAIRYTALES 12:45 n LAWERENCE OF ARABIA n LAWRENCE OF ARABIA n LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 2:30 n LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 3:00 n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:00 n MCCABE & MRS. MILLER 10 n LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 3:00 11 3:00 12 3:00, 7:30 13 n NIH: REIGN OVER ME 7:00 14 n POLTERGEIST 7:20 15 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE 16 1:00 n POLTERGEIST 7:20 n TWILIGHT ZONE: THE n THE THING 10:20 n THE THING 9:40 TEMPLE OF DOOM 7:00 n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:30 n ELECTION 9:45 MOVIE 7:20 n FLASHDANCE 9:30 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE n ELECTION 9:30 n VIDEODROME 11:30 TEMPLE OF DOOM 7:20 n DIRTY DANCING 9:45 n VIDEODROME 12 midnight

n *INDIANA JONES AND THE n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:00 n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:00 n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:00 n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:00 n BUGSY 4:20 n COMMERCIALS AND 17 TEMPLE OF DOOM 1:00 18 n MCCABE & MRS. MILLER 19 n ONE FLEW OVER THE 20 n ONE FLEW OVER THE 21 n DIRTY DANCING 7:00 22 n EMPIRE OF THE SUN 7:00 23 EXPERIMENTS 1:00 n DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 3:30 7:00 CUCKOO’S NEST 7:00 CUCKOO’S NEST 7:00 n FLASHDANCE 9:15 n PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVEN- n RYAN’S DAUGHTER 3:00 n ONE FLEW OVER THE n ELECTION II 9:30 n DIRTY DANCING 9:45 n MCCABE & MRS. MILLER TURE 10:00 n EMPIRE OF THE SUN 7:00 CUCKOO’S NEST 7:20 9:35 n PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE n ELECTION II 9:45 10:00

n THE ART OF PUPPETRY AND n RAGTIME 4:30 n BUGSY 4:00 n EMPIRE OF THE SUN 4:00 n BUGSY 4:45 n A PASSAGE TO INDIA 3:30 n REDS 12:30 24 STORYTELLING 1:00 25 n RYAN’S DAUGHTER 7:30 26 n RAGTIME 6:45 27 n BUGSY 7:00 28 n PEE-WEE’S BIG 29 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE 30 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE n RAGTIME 3:30 n ADVENTURES IN n ADVENTURES IN ADVENTURE 10:20 LAST CRUSADE 7:00 LAST CRUSADE 4:15, 7:00 n 6:30 BABYSITTING 9:40 BABYSITTING 9:40 n ALIENS 9:30 n ALIENS 9:30 n ADVENTURES IN n NEAR DARK 12 midnight n NEAR DARK 12 midnight BABYSITTING 8:30

n A PASSAGE TO INDIA 1:00 n AMADEUS 4:00 n AMADEUS 3:00 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE 31 n AMADEUS 4:15 1 SEPTEMBER 2 n REDS 7:30 3 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE 4 LAST CRUSADE 3:45, 6:30 n NEAR DARK 7:45 LAST CRUSADE 6:30 n ALIENS 9:05 n A PASSAGE TO INDIA 1:00 n ALIENS 9:45 n ALIENS 9:05 n AMADEUS 4:15 n *INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE 7:45

*Screenings unconfirmed as of press time; check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. n Steven n Totally n MuppetsTM, Music n David Lean: A n AFI Life n The Films of n Johnny To: n NIH Science in the COLOR KEY Spielberg Awesome 2: & Magic: Jim Centennial Achievement: Miloš Forman Action Auteur Cinema Retrospective, More Films of Henson’s Legacy Celebration Warren Beatty Part I the 1980s TICKETS & FULL SCHEDULE at WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER n 15 COMING THIS SUMMER OPENS JUNE 27 OPENS JUNE 27 OPENS JULY 18 Photo courtesy of IFC Films Photo courtesy of Picturehouse Photo courtesy of THINKFilm MY WINNIPEG MONGOL : WANTED Have you ever wanted to relive your childhood and do From award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov AND DESIRED things differently? Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC (PRISONER OF THE CAUCASUS) comes a stunning Reopening a case that has inspired curiosity, controversy, IN THE WORLD) casts B-movie icon as his historical epic of the life and legend of Genghis Khan. In and confusion for over three decades, ROMAN POLAN- domineering mother in an attempt to answer that ques- twelfth-century Mongolia, nine-year-old Temudgin, who SKI: WANTED AND DESIRED is an extensive explo- tion in MY WINNPEG, a hilariously wacky and profound- will grow up to become the warrior known as Genghis ration of the circumstances that led up to—and the cir- ly touching “docu-” and goodbye letter to his Khan, must flee his home shortly after choosing the spir- cus that followed—Roman Polanski’s conviction for hav- childhood hometown. DIR/SCR Guy Maddin; PROD Jody ited Borte as his bride when his father is murdered and ing unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Unearthing Shapiro, Phyllis Laing. 2007, Canada, color/b&w, 80 a rival seizes power. With the help of his blood brother, a trove of telling footage from the past, and combining it min. tribal prince Jamukha, the adult Temudgin battles his with insightful interviews from today, filmmaker Marina rivals and works to unite the region's warring clans Zenovich brings comprehension and clarity to events “The finest, funniest, saddest film I've seen.... under his authority. DIR/SCR/PROD Sergei Bodrov; SCR long clouded by myth and misconception. DIR/SCR/ I haven't laughed so hard or with such good Arif Aliyev; PROD Sergey Selyanov, Anton Melnick. PROD Marina Zenovich; SCR Joe Bini, Peter G. Morgan; reason since BORAT” Germany/Kazakhstan/Russia/Mongolia, 2007, color, PROD Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub. US/UK, 2008, 120 min. In Mongolian with English subtitles. color/b&w, 75 min. In English and French with - , TIME MAGAZINE English subtitles.

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