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★ Than Life June 23 – August 7, 2003 Than Life and 2001: Larger and 2001: Larger 70 MM Rules! 70 MM Rules! Lawrence of Arabia Lawrence of Arabia PREVIEW PREVIEW osse Fest Featuring , Featuring osse Fest Celebrating of The Work Good Evenings with Hitchcock Footwork The Fancy of Astaire and Rogers Japanese Fest Zhivago, A Passage Also: Dr. Classicals, to India, WETA F AFI’s 100 Best Series Kickoff, Germany Looks Back Czech Fantasy, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE GUIDE AND MEMBER EVENTS TO THEATRE AFI AFI FEATURED 70MM WIDE SCREEN SPECTACULARS “They don’t make ’em like that anymore!” Perhaps surprisingly, films in 70 mm—the films twice as big, the image twice as sharp—belong in this category, as well as in, “They don’t show ’em like that anymore.” From the beginning, the AFI Silver was designed to fill this void, with state of the art 70 mm projectors. Beautiful prints will be presented from a dwindling supply of the some of the most spectacular works of world cinema. See them as you would have at their great premieres, beginning with two of the greatest of all time: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and 2001.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Mon-Thu, June 23-July 10, 7:15; weekend and July 4 matinees, 2:00 WWI in the Middle East, and British Colonel T.E. Lawrence leads the Arab revolt—but sheik still grouses, “He is not perfect.” ’s epic—still the standard by which others are measured—delivers both spectacular action and, in then-nearly- unknown Peter O’Toole’s title performance (the first of his seven non-winning Best Oscar nominations—the record), one of the most complex and enigmatic character studies in the cinema, summed up in the haunting, final . With stunning only experienced fully on the big screen. “One of the peaks of narrative cinema—traditional movie storytelling raised to its highest form”—Stephen Farber. Seven

• TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, (the first of three Oscar-winning collaborations with Lean), and Score (’s first-of-four collaborations with Lean). Plus ’s first-of-three screenplays for Lean and ’s English language debut—coming out of a mirage. Directed by David Lean. UK, 1962, color, 70mm, 226 min.

On the cover: Peter O’Toole in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; Inset: in 2001: A SPACE Information is correct at press time. Films and schedule subject to change. Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates. AFI PREVIEW (ISSN-0194-3847) is published every six weeks by the ’s office at 8633 Colesville Film Institute. Send all remittances and correspondences about subscriptions, undelivered copies and address Road, Silver Spring, MD. Signed articles do not necessarily reflect the official institute policy. © 2003 American changes to: American Film Institute, 2021 N. Ave., , CA 90027, Attention: Membership. Periodicals Film Institute. All rights reserved. Reproduction in part or whole without permission is prohibited. Editorial, publishing postage paid at Silver Spring, Maryland and at additional mailing offices. and advertising offices: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD 20910 Postmaster: Send address changes to AFI PREVIEW at American Film Institute, Membership Department, (301.495.6720). Subscription price: $50.00 per year. All subscriptions also include membership in the American 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027. 2 TWO MORE DAVID LEAN CLASSICS: ZHIVAGO Mon, June 23-Mon, June 30, 7:30; Wed, July 2-Thu, July 3, 7:30; weekend matinees at 12:15, 3:50 Moscow in ! Shot in Spain and Finland, David Lean’s adaptation of Nobel-winner ’s banned-by-the- Soviets novel boasts photography as “... brilliant, tasteful and exquisite as any ever put on screen”—. Against a spectacular recreation of the Revolutionary years, Omar Sharif’s doctor/poet Zhivago, torn between wife and fated mistress (the object of his “subversive” Lara poetry), flees Red squalor for... Siberia! Exchanging sand for snow, the crew of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (with cameraman Freddie Fri, July 4 - Mon, July 7, 7:30; Wed, July 9 - Thu, July 10, 7:30;

Young winning his second straight Oscar) combine stunning weekend and July 4 matinees at 1:30 & 4:30 • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO realism, electrifying performances, and breathtaking wilderness David Lean’s triumphant return to after 14 years, scenery to produce a film of unparalleled lyrical beauty. Ten Oscar bringing E.M. Forster’s novel on the difficulties of interracial nominations, winning for Young, Robert Bolt’s script, Maurice friendship in British-ruled India to the screen with his signature Jarre’s score, Art Direction and Costumes. visual brilliance. On a trip to India in the ’20s, Englishwoman Judy Directed by David Lean. USA, 1965, color, 35mm, scope, 197 min. Davis decides not to marry companion ’s son, then is assaulted (or is she?) on a visit to the Malabar caves by Indian doctor —setting off an hysterical racial reaction across the community. Lean added the wordless scene in the monkeys’ temple but omitted Forster’s concluding scene (“it no longer applies”), making of literary adaptation a parallel commen- tary by another great artist… the director. Eleven Oscar nomina- tions, including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Screenplay, Photog- raphy, with Maurice Jarre winning for his score, and Dame Peggy winning for Supporting Actress in her last film and eighth decade. Directed/written by David Lean. UK/USA, 1984, color, 35mm, scope, 163 min.

Three million years ago, apes discover that 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY a mysteriously appearing black monolith is giving them new ideas… and then Stanley Fri-Thu, July 11-24, 6:30 & 9:15; Saturday & July 4 matinees, 3:30; Kubrick cuts from an upthrown bone to a Sunday matinees, 12:45 & 3:30 space ship: 2001, and that darn monolith is back! 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was perceived at the time as a multiple breakthrough—obviously in its pre- computer special effects, in its teaming of a world class director and a science fiction titan on normally B-picture material, in its eschewing of normal narrative structure (there are only about 40 minutes of dialogue in the film and exposition is minimal) and also in its tone of mystical transcendence. Many 1968 critics confessed bafflement, but today few could disagree that this is “the classic space film, which has yet to be eclipsed.”—Kate McMains, Space World. Adapted from The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke; and with Douglas Rain as the voice of HAL-9000. Directed/co-written by . UK/USA, 1968, color, 70mm, 141 min.

3 AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES

AFI 100 Greatest As a prologue to the June 23rd televised 31st AFI Annual Life Achievement Award ceremony, the AFI Silver will present a special Films Series screening of AFI’s 47th pick for best picture—featuring the 31st recipient of the institute’s award, actor Robert De Niro, in As part of a continuing series, every title of AFI’s list of America’s best will be screened. For the complete list go *Mon, June 23, 6:30; Tue, June 24, 6:30 & 8:45 to www.AFI.com. “You talkin’ to me?” Robert De Niro’s super-alienated Gotham hacker Travis Bickle yearns for a rain that’ll “wash all the scum off the streets,” blows his big date with , then DOUBLE turns mohawked crusader at the sight of pimp INDEMNITY slapping around child hooker . Scorsese’s controversial bicentennial classic added an immortal catch- phrase to the language—but didn’t garner the director an Oscar nomination in the year of . With the great ’s final score… he died the day after recording it. Directed by . USA, 1976, color, 113 min.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY Sun, June 29, 12:30; Mon, June 30, 6:30 at its noirest, as insurance salesman Fred MacMurray (12th THE MANCHURIAN SPECIAL EVENT choice after , etc.) and CANDIDATE at her iciest team Sun, July 13, 12:30; Mon, July 14, 6:30 THE GENERAL Sunday, July 27, 2:30; Mon, July 28, 6:30 Amid director Keaton’s spectacular re-staging of the Civil War’s Great Loco- up to murder her husband to the tune A Commie brain-washer orders motive Chase—revealing his Griffith-level mastery of crowds and action, of “Tangerine,” despite snooping to go jump in a plus the silent cinema’s most expensive single shot (guess which one)—actor Edward G. Robinson. Wilder and lake—the Central Park Reservoir— Keaton as the Confederate train conductor stops at nothing to catch up adapted James M. then to stalk a politico at a Madison with those damn Yankees. Bizarrely opening to tepid response from critics Cain’s novel—the double shooting is Square Garden convention… but and audiences ( Times: “by no means as good as Mr. Keatons’s their addition. “... An agonizing fellow ex-vet reshuffles experience... but I learned from it as previous efforts”), it has since been recognized as his greatest work. those cards. With Accompanied by Ray Brubaker at the AFI Silver organ. much about as I am (only three years older) as Harvey’s capable of learning”—Chandler. Directed/written by and Clyde Bruckman. USA, 1926, Mother from Hell. “Although it’s a b&w, 84 minutes. Directed/co-written by Billy thriller, it may be the most Wilder. USA, 1944, b&w, 107 min. sophisticated political ever to come out of ”—Pauline streets and contemplate impending mostly Spielberg works, the top- Kael. college and real life, backed by a near- grossing film of all time—as DUCK SOUP continuous classic oldies score. frightened police chief , Directed by . Sun, July 6, 12:30; Mon, July 7, 6:30 wry marine biologist Richard USA, 1962, b&w, 126 min. Directed/co-written by George When the Sylvanian ambassador Lucas. USA, 1973, color, scope, Dreyfuss, and crusty fisherman insults Groucho’s Rufus T. Firefly, 110 min. team up to take out a president of Freedonia—“the resort-terrorizing shark. John country’s going to war”—and so does Williams’ Oscar-winning score Harpo’s lemonade surfer, Chico’s incarnates one of the most instantly • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • peanut-hawking ‘Chicolini’, Zeppo, Sun, Aug 3, 12:30; Mon, Aug 4, 6:30 recognizable of movie themes. and, of course, Margaret Dumont, in “I think you’re gonna need a bigger Directed by Stephen Spielberg. “the most perfect of Marxist boat…” Until superseded by , USA. 1975, color, scope, 124 min. masterpieces”—Time Out—and the most surrealistic, complete with the JAWS classic mirror routine. Directed by Leo McCarey. 1933, b&w, 70 mins. AMERICAN GRAFFITI DUCK Sun, July 20, 12:30; Mon, July 21, 6:30 SOUP “Where were you in ’62?” Dusk to daylight on a summer night in a small town, as recent or about-to-be high school graduates— among them , , Charles Martin Smith, Paul LeMat, Cindy Williams, , and Suzanne Somers as the “blonde in the T-Bird”—cruise the

4 A LIFE’S ACHIEVEMENT TAXI DRIVER Robert De Niro See listing at left On the occasion of the 31st AFI Life MIDNIGHT RUN Achievement Award, here’s a look Wed, June 25, 8:45; Sat, June 28, 1:00 back at the work of one of America’s Skip tracer Robert De Niro figures tracking down bail-jumping greatest . Linked inevitably embezzler will just be with director Martin Scorsese (eight a “midnight run,” but when it turns films), De Niro began in youth come- out Grodin was Accountant to the Mob, this turns into a cross hunt dies by , and has gone chase with hit team leader Dennis on to work with great directors from Farina, FBI man and another bounty hunter in hot pursuit. around the world—indelibly incar- Just a buddy/chase picture, but this MEAN STREETS nating New Yawk cops, gangsters, was De Niro’s first full-blown and boxers, while also demonstrating part, with its inspired teaming of his taciturn tough cookie and whiny, with no winners. Scorsese’s profanity-

TRUE CONFESSIONS • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO his versatility and power in playing endlessly-commenting-on-the-action Tue, July 1, 8:30; Sat & Sun, July 5-6, 8:45 packed blowtorch boxing biopic of priests, conquistadors, studio heads, Grodin. the middleweight legend is number LA in the 40s, and of a 24 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies list, Directed by . USA, would-be actress and full-time floozie etc., with equal command of ferocity 1988, color, 126 min. while winning a Best Actor Award for and silence. Any retrospective of an spells trouble for both of the Spellacy De Niro’s tour de force (he trained brothers, police detective Robert with the real La Motta, then packed actor so prolific and accomplished can MEAN STREETS Duvall and up-and-coming priest on fifty pounds to play the bloated only be a core sample; we present Fri, June 27, 8:45; Wed, July 2, 8:15 Robert De Niro. Roughly based on the years.) notorious “Black Dahlia” case, this is a some well-known classics and some “You don’t pay for your sins in church, Directed by Martin Scorsese. USA, match-up of acting titans—both in 1980, b&w, 129 min. often overlooked gems. but in the streets.” Waking to the juicy roles and acting in perfect sync sound of the Ronettes, guilt-ridden as brothers. Note how they low level Mafioso Harvey Keitel (a communicate without speaking and confessed partial Scorsese self- A BRONX TALE how each subtly uses one of the Sun, July 6, 6:15; Tue, July 8, 6:30; portrait) tries to keep a low profile other’s mannerisms. Co-adapted from Thu, July 10, 8:15 while keeping don Danova his novel, by John Gregory Dunne. happy. But loco pal Robert De Niro, “You want to see a real hero? Look at dancing solo in the street to “Mickey’s Directed by Ulu Grosbard. USA, a guy who gets up in the morning and Monkey,” just doesn’t seem to give a 1981, color, 108 min. goes off to work and supports his damn about those gambling debts. family. That’s heroism.” In the 60s Scorsese’s frenzied breakthrough GREETINGS Bronx, 9 year-old Francis Capra sees work was “a true original of our Thu, July 3, 6:30; Sat, July 5, 3:00; Mafia man Chazz Palminteri gun period, a triumph of personal Sun, July 6, 4:20 down a man, but keeps his trap shut. filmmaking”—. As he grows up to be Lillo Brancato, “Yeah, you know, tragedy is… it’s a Directed/co-written by Martin he idolizes slick Palminteri, who funny thing.” When a film’s title refers Scorsese. USA, 1973, color, responds with a kind of mentoring of to the salutation on draft notices and 110 minutes. his own, to the anger of Brancato’s TRUE it begins with an LBJ speech on TV, dad, bus driver Robert De Niro. CONFESSIONS you know where you are. As three De Niro’s first directing effort, with HI, MOM! wait for that letter from Gen. Palminteri adapting his own play. Sat, June 28, 7:00; Sun, June 29, 4:45 Hershey, Jonathan Warden shyly Directed by Robert De Niro. USA, looks for love, budding filmmaker “You’re participating in a play, and 1993, color, 121 min. Robert De Niro decides which this is your part.” “But you’re the window in the neighboring apartment actors; we’re the audience.” Oh yeah? Tune In To building he’ll peep at tonight, while Ostensibly Robert De Niro, in this THE MISSION Kennedy conspiracy nut Gerrit follow-up to GREETINGS, rents an Tue, July 8, 8:45; Wed, July 9, 8:15 Graham plots bullet trajectories on De Niro & AFI apartment, chases Jennifer Salt, works To ’s pulsating score, the nude body of his sleeping with an off- troupe, and a priest lashed to a crucifix goes over The 31st AFI Life Achievement Award girlfriend. Often hilarious 60s youth then blows everything up… But in a waterfall, but that doesn’t stop 18th comedy from horror and violence many ways the “story” is just an century South American missionary A Tribute to specialist-to-be DePalma. excuse for dizzying plays on point-of- ; while hot-tempered Robert De Niro view, , Pirandellian Directed/co-written by Brian slave trader Robert De Niro—after Monday, June 23, on USA switches of reality and fiction, etc., DePalma. USA, 1968, color, 88 min. paying penance for his brother’s death with its highlight the hilarious/ Unconfirmed at press time. by hauling a net-full of armor up a 9:00 - 11:00 p.m. terrifying performance of “Be Black, cliff—joins in to create an Indian Featuring De Niro friends and colleagues: Baby” as the actors brutally turn on . But Cardinal Ray McAnally the audience—but is it just part of…? has bad news from the Vatican. • Leonardo DiCaprio • Fri, July 4, 7:40; Mon, July 7, 8:15; Jodie Foster • Harvey Keitel • Directed/co-written by Brian Sweeping, bitter epic of colonialism Juliette Lewis • • DePalma. USA, 1969, color and July 4 matinee at 1:00 pm and faith from a script by Robert Bolt. Chazz Palminteri • • b&w, 87 min. Robert De Niro’s Jake La Motta never Palme d’Or, Cannes Festival; Oscar for • • • hits the canvas in the ring, but his Best Cinematography. • and more.... battles with wife Cathy Moriarty and Directed by Roland Joffé. UK, 1986, brother Joe Pesci are a war of attrition color, scope, 126 min.

5 WILLKOMMEN

director of THE LAST BRIDGE, and the enemy. Obviously she’s got to be THE CAPTAIN FROM KOPENICK. sacrificed—but then her mother owns Post-War Directed/co-written by Helmut his apartment. But even after finding Käutner. Germany, 1947, b&w, 111 a new identity after the War, his guilt Germany Looks min. German with titles. lives on. Expressionism-influenced THE LOST MAN sole directing/writing effort for the Hollywood legend, intended as the Back THE DEVIL STRIKES effect of propaganda on youth—was Jewish (real name, László Löwen- AT NIGHT his subject. “Brutally cool and stein) actor’s return to Germany. After What do you say after a crushing lucid”—Pauline Kael. Five German its box office failure (for whatever [Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam] Film Awards, including Best Film, defeat, and the fall of a heinous Thu, June 26, 8:15; Sun, June 29, 9:00 reason) he returned to California. Direction, Music. Oscar nomination, Directed/co-written by . What to do when—under the Third regime? As Germany dug out from Best Foreign Film. Germany, 1951, b&w, 99 min. Reich—the half-witted mass under the rubble, “rubble films” Directed/co-written by Bernhard German with titles. murderer of 80 women turns out to Wicki. Germany, 1959, b&w, 103 (Trümmerfilme) were an early spe- be… a “pure Aryan?” Based on the min. German with titles. actual Bruno Luedke case, with THE DOCTOR FROM cialty (IN THOSE DAYS was shot with- Adorf as Luedke, and Hannes STALINGRAD out a studio or regular electricity). Messemer (THE GREAT ESCAPE) as AREN’T WE WONDERFUL the SS officer who engineers the [Der Arzt von Stalingrad] Filmmakers looked back at those evil [Wir Wunderkinder] Fri, July 4, 5:30; Sun, July 6, 2:15 doubly-corrupt cover-up. From the Tue, July 1, 6:30; Sat, July 5, 12:45 years with an often unblinking eye. If back-from-Hollywood (THE A cog in the Nazi war machine, KILLERS, THE CRIMSON PIRATE) -like chronicle of Germany from renowned doctor O. E. Hasse (the German suffering was emphasized, so Jewish . “Sends one the teens to the 50s, as an opportunist killer in Hitchcock’s I CONFESS) were the crimes and corruption of the out arguing about the characters”— moves from Nazi bigwig to successful gets captured at Stalingrad. Amid the Pauline Kael. Nine German Film post-war businessman, while an un- horrors of a Russian prison camp, he Nazi order, with tentative steps taken Awards, including Best Film, Director, compromising journalist is regarded resolves the moral dilemma he’s toward confronting the “Jewish Actor (Messemer), Screenplay, 3 other as a loser in the new democratic always labored under by returning to Acting Awards (including Adorf). Germany, as well as in the Third life saving, eventually earning the Question,” even as opponents-at- Oscar nominee, Best Foreign Film. Reich. Biting and risqué political respect of his brutal Soviet captors. satire from top comedy director the-time like Käutner could speak Directed by Robert Siodmak. Powerful personal against the Hoffmann, with renowned Berlin Germany, 1957, b&w, 105 min. background of war, adapted from the frankly, and back-from-Hollywood cabaret artists Wolfgang Neuss and German with titles. best-selling novel by Hans G. exile (and often Jewish) filmmakers Wolfgang Müller acting as guides and Konsalik. commentators throughout. Best Film, Directed by Géza von Radványi. could add their unique perspective. It German Film Awards. Golden Globe, SHARKS AND LITTLE FISH Germany, 1958, b&w, 110 min. Best Foreign Film. may be astonishing that—given the [Haie und kleine Fische] German with titles. Fri, June 27, 6:30; Sun, June 29, 6:45 Directed by Kurt Hoffmann. conditions—any films, let alone ones Germany, 1958, b&w, 108 min. on this subject, were made at all. 1940, and four young men become German with titles. naval cadets (among them Hansjörg TUESDAYS WITH And yet, it was “by far the most Felmy of Hitchcock’s TORN popular and successful period of CURTAIN) headed for the submarine KIRMES service under tough skipper Wolfgang Fri, July 4, 3:30; Sat, July 5, 6:45 German cinema”—Klaus Eder. Preiss… one will survive. Hair-raising Some things never change. 1945, and This series, organized by the Film antiwar pre-DAS BOOT underwater in the kind of one-horse kudorf where epic, based on the best-selling Wolf- Society of Touring everybody knows everybody else, gang Ott novel (“There is no other deserter Götz George arrives back Program with the Goethe-Institute book in German literature that can home on the run from the front, but compare with this one in ‘hardness’” Classical Music New York, has been made possible no one—not the local bigwigs, not —Der Tag), with then state-of-the-art the church, not even his father—will through the extraordinary generosity special effects for the battle scenes. give him refuge, from fear of the Film Festival First post-Hollywood film from the • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • of KirchMedia. Nazis. Fifteen years later, and Never let the facts get in the way of a director of FERRYMAN MARIA. although George’s skeleton has just Directed by Frank Wisbar. been discovered, those bad old times good story—or of a good symphony, Germany, 1957, b&w, 119 min. are gone, are best forgotten, and once ballet or opera. Hollywood has long IN THOSE DAYS German with titles. again… nobody cares. Angry protests been in love with classical composers [In jenen Tagen] greeted this controversial work from Wed, June 25, 6:30; Sun, June 29, 2:30 THE BRIDGE the director of THE MURDERERS and performers. And the shameful Germany, 1933-1947, told through the ARE AMONG US. With Juliette liberties it takes with the truth are [Die Brücke] Mayniel, Best Actress, Berlin Festival. story of a car and its seven owners— Sat, Jue 28, 8:45; Mon, June 30, 8:30 half the fun in this series presented in among them, a composer of Directed/co-written by Wolfgang “decadent” music, a Jewish couple April 1945, and seven carefree 16 year- Staudte. Germany, 1960, b&w, 104 partnership with WETA-FM 90.9. pondering suicide, a would-be olds (among them Fritz Wepper, min. German with titles. deserter, and the postwar mechanics CABARET), eager to be drafted after who cannibalize it for parts. In its being weaned on propaganda and chilling highlight, “Night Journey in Hitler Youth, are suddenly dragooned THE LOST MAN Russia, 1943,” two soldiers set out for into the last-ditch Volkssturm and [Der Verlorene] the front and into the darkness in the sent to guard the bridge at the edge of Thu, July 3, 8:15; Sat, July 5, 4:45 “the most memorable piece of film their town. And on their first day... During the War, Nazi scientist Peter made in Germany since World the Americans arrive. For first-time Lorre discovers that his fiancé has CARNEGIE HALL War II”—Vernon Young. From the director Wicki, not war—but the been selling his top-secret research to

6 PREMIERE XOXOXO

“Thumbs up! Pre-Code A great movie” Preservation —, EBERT & ROEPER Retribution for every transgression, one foot on the floor during every Exclusive DC Engagement of necking session—no, those were A SONG FOR Hollywood’s rules about sex on screen afterthe Hays Code really got MARTIN enforced in 1934. As indicated by the [En Sång för Martin] latest films preserved by the AFI— Fri, July 18-Thu, July 24, 6:40 & 9:00 (No 6:40 show Tue, July 28); weekend matinees at 2:00 & 4:20 with a grant from the Film Foundation First violinist Viveka Seldahl (CHRISTMAS ORATORIO, EU 97) and composer/conductor Sven using funds from the Hollywood

Wollter (MAN ON THE ROOF, JERUSALEM), both fadingly married to others, meet at symphony Foreign Press Association—people • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO rehearsals, find love again, and—after mutual divorces—make a happy marriage of love and work really did seem to have one thing on together. But then Wollter’s work on his opera falters and the worst of diagnoses is given. A warm, , ultimately even upbeat look at the end of a life together in the wake of Alzheimer’s disease. their minds. Thanks to Warner Bros. From the director of PELLE THE CONQEROR and THE BEST INTENTIONS, with Wollter and Pictures, Universal Studios and Seldahl winning Best Actor and Actress at the Karlovy Vary Festival. “A masterfully conducted work; . pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale; a remarkable achievement” —Lael Loewenstein, . Directed/written by . Sweden, 2001, Color, Scope, 117 min. Swedish with titles. AGE OF CONSENT Thu, June 26, 6:30; Sat, June 28, 3:30 College boy sure has “Superb, honest, humanist drama; two towering woman problems: After his girlfriend —MICHAEL WILMINGTON, TRIBUNE seems to have to have a fling with the performances” campus , he has a confrontation with her in the men’s room, gets advice on marriage vs. education with his bio prof, then has a frustrated fling himself with a waitress—and a shotgun wedding ... doesn’t take place. WETA Directed by . USA, 1931, b&w, 80 min. THE GREAT CARUSO the pianistic fireworks. Oscar, Best Tue, July 8, 6:00 & 8:45 Scoring of a Musical Picture. Directed by and THE WISER SEX The facts be damned, but those . USA, 1960, color, Sat, June 28, 5:20; Wed, July 2, 6:30 great arias just keep on coming, scope, 141 min. Although goes off on with in peak voice as With a special stage introduction by the legendary turn-of-the-century a cruise with someone else when DA National Public Radio film correspondent puts work ahead of her, , with as his wife, Pat Dowell. and Met star Dorothy Kirsten chim- she returns when he’s set up by ing in on the duets. (No, he didn’t gangster’s moll Lilyan Tashman on a NIJINSKY die on stage.) Oscar for Best Sound CARNEGIE HALL bogus murder rap, going undercover as Tue, July 22, 6:00 Recording. a cheap gold digger herself to crack the case. Almost unknown pre-Code NIJINSKY Directed by . USA, A stage mother and her pianist son’s Colbert starrer. Tue, July 1, 6:00 & 8:45 1951, color, 109 min. saga provides the excuse for the endless succession of musical seg- The tormented relationship of Alan With a special stage introduction by AFI Directed by Berthold Viertel. USA, ments featuring , Bates as the great impresario Silver director and former National Public 1932, b&w, 80 min. , , Diaghilev and George De La Pena as Radio commentator Murray Horwitz. Jan Peerce, Bruno Walter, the New the legendary dancer Nijinsky, York Philharmonic, as well as TEN CENTS A DANCE complicated when Nijinsky shows Vaughn Monroe and Harry James? Wed, July 9, 6:30, Thu, July 10, 6:30 up with Leslie Browne (THE Tue, July 15, 6:00 & 9:00 Shot on location at the 57th Street TURNING POINT) as his wife! Dance hall girl Barbara Stanwyck has a as , haunt- landmark by one of the fathers of Surprisingly chaste treatment of the rich admirer in , but ed by ’s Princess film noir. marries weaselly Monroe Owsley notorious , with Ronald Caroline—again not a biopic noted Pickup as Stravinsky. Directed by Edgar Ulmer. USA, instead; but when Owsley gets in too for accuracy—but sumptuously 1947, b&w, 134 min. deep with those gambling debts, Directed by Herbert . UK, staged by Vidor and Cukor (who With a special stage introduction by Stanwyck knows where she can get the 1980, color, 129 min. took over when Vidor died during National Public Radio film correspondent money. Inspired by the Rodgers and With a special stage introduction by production) and with the thunder- Pat Dowell. Hart song, and, yes, that’s the same National Public Radio film critic and WETA ous playing of providing Barrymore, in his last credit as director. “Around Town” panelist Bob Mondello. Directed by Lionel Barrymore. USA, 1931, b&w, 80 min. 7 COMING ATTRACTIONS

LABOR FILM LATIN AMERICAN EUROPEAN UNION FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL FILM SHOWCASE September 4-7 September 17-28 Early November LABOR FILM FESTIVAL 2003 will present films that With a schedule of more than 20 feature films, the One of AFI’s most significant and prestigious annual tell “the and of working life— annual Latin American Festival provides an extensive events, the European Union Showcase, now in its some of the great stories of our time.” A joint exploration of filmmaking throughout the Americas. 18th year, brings to Washington the film presentation of the Metropolitan Washington Organized by AFI in collaboration with the Cultural festival winners from Cannes, Berlin, —and Council of AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Foundation of the Americas and the Organization of more. Presented in partnership with the European Institute and AFI, festival co-sponsors select American States, the Festival has become an Commission and the embassies of its member states, vibrant stories of workers from an international enormously successful and highly anticipated part of the Showcase features a selection of more than 20 cinematic palette that explore and celebrate the the AFI calendar, and in the past has attracted the outstanding films, introduces new filmmakers to struggle for economic and social justice. participation of such major figures as Nobel Laureate American audiences and presents new works from Audiences participate in discussions with film Gabriel García Márquez (in a rare public appearance) the established masters. With some dozen American directors, labor leaders, activists and workers and maestro Placido Domingo. Look for a September premieres, the 2003 Showcase will expand its after the screenings. programming calendar and an announcement of this program to include films from the ten new, soon-to- year’s participants. be EU members.

guest discussants who will offer a craft of NFL Films. and , President, Motion unique perspective on the issues SYMPOSIUM: Filmmaker Steve Picture Association of America and a SILVERDOCS raised in each film. The showcase Sabol, president of NFL Films, will be close friend of Charles Guggenheim. films and Symposia for each night of joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning Moderated by NPR’s Juan Williams. the Festival are: Washington Post journalist David Is Here! Maraniss, author of When Pride Still SUNDAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 Mattered, the critically-acclaimed The last day of the Festival, Sunday at SILVERDOCS: The first ever FILM: Straight from its world biography of Vince Lombardi. SILVERDOCS will be Community AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary premiere at Cannes, the North Day, which will include a screening of American premiere of CHARLIE: SATURDAY, JUNE 21 the behind-the-scenes look at world- Film Festival—the exciting new com- THE LIFE AND ART OF For the last night of the Festival, renowned skateboarder Tony Hawk’s petitive Festival created to celebrate, CHARLES CHAPLIN, a SILVERDOCS will host the Boom Boom HuckJam Tour. After documentary by Time magazine film inaugural Charles Guggenheim the screening, Tony Hawk will honor and showcase documentaries critic and filmmaker Richard Symposium, honoring the prolific perform a live skateboard demo on from around the world—is opening Schickel, who will be in attendance documentary filmmaker and the streets of Silver Spring. along with Geraldine Chaplin. celebrating the 50-year legacy of his on June 18. If you haven’t had the lifework. Each year, SILVERDOCS will include opportunity to look over your special THURSDAY, JUNE 19 FILM: Exclusive Washington, D.C., selected program strands on note- worthy topics. For the inaugural SILVERDOCS program guide, here’s FILM: ONLY IN AMERICA, an in- theatrical premiere of four-time depth look at the historic choice of Academy Award winner Charles Festival, the strands include: World what to expect... Senator Joseph Lieberman as the first Guggenheim’s last film, BERGA: View, a collection of the best new Jewish vice presidential nominee SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR. documentaries from the U.S. and Between June 18 and 22, during the 2000 election. The film reveals a previously untold abroad, that cover a wide range of SILVERDOCS will present over 70 FILM: WE WUZ ROBBED, a story of World War II: imprisoned nonfiction genres and subjects; provocative documentary films at the 10-minute short by on the American GIs forced to work Competition, which showcases a AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural decision by Al Gore to first concede alongside slave laborers from Nazi diverse slate of short and feature • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • Center. The festival brings together the presidential election to George W. concentration camps. length films representing the latest filmmakers, international docu- Bush, and then recant that decision. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: the documentary trends from around the mentary professionals and the SYMPOSIUM: Hosted by ABC Guggenheim family, former Secretary world, and Inside Sports, which features communities of the Greater DC Political Director Mark Halperin of State, the Honorable Madeleine both new and classic international Metropolitan area to debate issues Albright (schedule permitting), documentaries emphasizing the raised by these documentary films FRIDAY, JUNE 20 author Stuart Eizenstat, several of connection that sports, ambition, and and celebrate their art. FILM: TIGHT ON THE SPIRAL, the Berga survivors, Roger Cohen, spirit have in our everyday lives. During the Festival, SILVERDOCS a film that reveals the art and Foreign Editor, , SILVERDOCS is presented by the will present four Symposia American Film Institute with the screenings that will be among the support of sponsoring partner, the signature events that define the Discovery Channel. For more Festival. These Symposia will information on the Festival, please go feature notable moderators and to www.Silverdocs.com.

Mark Your Coming FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 for a two week run The newly-restored director’s cut of ’s classic Spaghetti Western Calendar! with features twenty minutes of previously unseen footage with THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY recently looped dialogue by the film’s surviving original stars—and yes, brought back into the studio to loop in their 70’s—and beyond. JUNE 23 - AUGUST 7 AT AFI SILVER SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Taxi Driver 6:30 Taxi Driver 6:30, 8:45 In Those Days 6:30 Age of Consent 6:30 Sharks and Little Fish 6:30 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr.T 12:00 SILVERDOCS Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 12:15, 3:50, 7:30 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Midnight Run 1:00 Midnight Run 8:45 The Devil Strikes at Night 8:15 Mean Streets 8:45 Lawrence of Arabia 2:00, 7:15 Age of Consent 3:30 The Wiser Sex 5:20 JUNE Hi Mom! 7:00 The Bridge 8:45

29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Doctor Zhivago 12:15, 3:50, 7:30 6:30 Nijinsky 6:00, 8:45 The Wiser Sex 6:30 Greetings 6:30 Raging Bull 1:00, 7:40 12:00 Double Indemnity 12:30 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Aren't We Wonderful 6:30 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 A Passage to India Aren’t We Wonderful 12:45 Lawrence of Arabia 2:00, 7:15 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 Doctor Zhivago 7:30 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 A Passage to India In Those Days 2:30 The Bridge 8:30 True Confessions 8:30 Mean Streets 8:15 The Lost Man 8:15 Lawrence of Arabia 2:00, 7:15 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Hi Mom! 4:45 Kirmes 3:30 Lawrence of Arabia 2:00, 7:15 Sharks and Little Fish 6:45 The Doctor from Stalingrad 5:30 Greetings 3:00 The Devil Strikes at Night 9:00 The Lost Man 4:45 Kirmes 6:45 True Confessions 8:45 • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Duck Soup 12:30 Duck Soup 6:30 The Great Caruso 6:00, 8:45 Ten Cents a Dance 6:30 Ten Cents a Dance 6:30 2001 6:30, 9:15 The Secret Garden 12:00 A Passage to India Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 A Bronx Tale 6:30 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 Cabaret 6:40, 9:00 Cabaret 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:00 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 A Passage to India 7:30 Lawrence of Arabia 7:15 A Passage to India 7:30 A Passage to India 7:30 The Fifth Horseman is Fear 6:45 The Fifth Horseman is Fear 1:00 Lawrence of Arabia 2:00, 7:15 Raging Bull 8:15 The Mission 8:45 The Mission 8:15 A Bronx Tale 8:15 Valerie and her 2001 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 The Doctor from Stalingrad 2:15 Week of Wonders 8:45 Valerie and her

JULY Greetings 4:20 Week of Wonders 3:15 A Bronx Tale 6:15 Who Killed Jessie? 5:00 True Confessions 8:45 The Ear 7:00 8:50

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12:30 The Manchurian Candidate 6:30 Song Without End 6:00, 9:00 2001 6:30, 9:15 2001 6:30, 9:15 2001 6:30, 9:15 Max Keeble’s Big Move 12:00 2001 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 2001 6:30, 9:15 2001 6:30, 9:15 Cabaret 6:40, 9:00 Cabaret 6:40, 9:00 6:40, 9:00 Chicago 1:30, 6:45 Cabaret 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:00 Cabaret 6:40, 9:00 Morgiana 6:45 “Czech Mate” 6:45 Jan Svankmajer shorts 6:45 Chicago 6:45 A Song for Martin The Ear 3:00 Invisible 8:45 Invisible 8:45 Jan Svankmajer shorts 8:15 “Czech Mate” 8:00 All That Jazz 8:55 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 The Cremator 5:00 2001 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Who Killed Jessie? 7:00 Lenny 4:00 Morgiana 8:45 All That Jazz 8:55

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 American Graffiti 12:30 2001 6:30, 9:15 Carnegie Hall 6:00 2001 6:30, 9:15 2001 6:30, 9:15 6:30 Mighty Joe Young 12:00 2001 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 American Graffiti 6:30 2001 6:30, 9:15 A Song for Martin 6:40, 9:00 A Song for Martin 6:40, 9:00 Spirit of Wonder 6:40 Castle in the Sky 1:00 A Song for Martin A Song for Martin 6:40, 9:00 Chicago 6:45 Chicago 6:45 Chicago 6:45 Stangers on a Train 8:30 Carefree 2:00 2:00, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 All That Jazz 8:55 Star 80 8:55 Lenny 8:55 Star 80 8:55 A Tree of Palme 8:40 3:30 Chicago 3:00, 6:45 A Song for Martin 9:00 3:45 Lenny 8:55 Tamala 2010 5:20 Swing Time 6:00 Parasite Dolls 7:15 Stage Fright 8:15

27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Flying Down to Rio 12:30 The General 6:30 6:30 6:30 6:30 Shall We Dance 6:30 Inspector Gadget 12:00 Parasite Dolls 1:00 Spirit of Wonder 6:40 Jack and the Beanstalk 6:40 Kiki’s Delivery Service 6:40 Tamala 2010 6:40 Rumiko Takahashi Tribute 6:40 Junkers Come Here 1:30 The General 2:30 Family Plot 8:30 Roberta 8:40 8:30 Jack and the Beanstalk 8:30 Cinemania 7:00, 8:40 Cinemania 1:45, 3:40, 5:20, 4:15 A Tree of Palme 8:40 Castle in the Sky 8:40 Castle in the Sky 8:40 8:40 8:45 7:00, 8:40 A Tree of Palme 4:25 Junkers Come Here 8:50 The Gay Divorcee 2:00 Swing Time 6:15 Kiki’s Delivery Service 3:30 Spirit of Wonder 6:45 Torn Curtain 4:15 Tamala 2010 8:40 You’re Under Arrest 6:00 Frenzy 9:00 Carefree 6:45 Jungle Emperor Leo 8:00 3 4 5 6 7 Topaz 8:30 Jaws 12:30 Jaws 6:30 Follow the Fleet 6:30 Swing Time 6:30 The Story of Vernon Jungle Emperor Leo 1:00 Top Hat 6:30 You’re Under Arrest 6:40 Kiki’s Delivery Service 6:40 and Castle 6:30 The Story of Vernon Jungle Emperor Leo 6:40 Cinemania 7:00, 8:40 Cinemania 7:00, 8:40 6:40, 8:30 and Irene Castle 2:00 Topaz 8:30 The Birds 8:40 Marnie 8:40 Cinemania 7:00, 8:40 You’re Under Arrest 3:00 SCRYED/Please, Teacher 8:40 Junkers Come Here 8:50 SCRYED/Please, Teacher 8:50 The Birds 8:20 Cinemania 3:40, 5:20, 7:00, 8:40 Cinemania 8:50 Topaz 4:00 SCRYED/Please, Teacher 5:30

UGUST Shall We Dance 6:45 Rumiko Takahashi Tribute 8:00

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screen, while powerfully directing *Featuring a • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO straight dramas as well. As the AFI live discussion by Silver brings back CHICAGO, the show CABARET star he conceived that just cleaned up at at the July 11 CABARET screening. the Oscars, experience the *Fri, July 11-Mon, July 14, 6:40 & 9:00; flamboyant artistry of one of the Wed, July 16-Thu, July 17, 6:40 & 9:00; weekend matinees at 1:30 & 4:00 “Willkommen,” archly trills Joel Grey’s insinuating emcee to the patrons of an early 30s Berlin boite, and headliner most distinctive stylists of American Liza Minelli hopes “Maybe This Time” with Michael York—as Hitler Youth gloat “Tomorrow Belongs to Me.” Up musical theater and film. against , CABARET still carted home eight Oscars—a record for a Best Picture non-winner— including Best Actress for Minelli, Best Supporting Actor for Grey, and Best Director for Fosse, completing his never-equaled Grand Slam of Oscar, Tony (PIPPIN), and Emmy (“”) in a single year. Adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin stories, John Van Druten’s dramatization of (later filmed), and the smash Broadway musical version, with a John Kander/ score. Directed by Bob Fosse. USA, 1972, color, 124 min.

CHICAGO ALL THAT JAZZ Perrine, mother Jan Miner, and others Fri, July 18 - Sun, July 20, 6:45; Fri-Sat, July 18-19, Mon, July 21, 8:55 reminisce while ’s Lenny delivers the emphatically Sat, July 19, 1:30; Sun, July 20, 3:00; “It’s showtime!” as Oscar-nominated Tue, July 22 - Thu, July 24, 6:45 politically-incorrect, studiedly anti- Roy Scheider’s five-packs-a-day, religious, anti-Black, anti-homosexual, The Musical Returns! In 20s Chicago, womanizing workaholic director/ etc. comedy routines that alternately after star wannabee Renée Zellweger choreographer roller-coasters toward shocked and convulsed audiences and is sent to the slammer for blowing intensive care and a date with Jessica led to his obscenity prosecutions. Six away her “casting-couch” lover, whom Lange’s Angel of Death. Fosse’s Oscar nominations, including Best should she meet but her idol, version of 8 1/2 sees his life as a series Picture, Actor, Actress, Director. star and double murderess of high concept production numbers, Directed by Bob Fosse. USA, 1974, Catherine Zeta-Jones—and then with film à clef characters b&w, 111 min. sauve defense lawyer representing ex-wife enters the mix. With the numbers and daughter Nicole, while Oscar- re-imagined by first time director winning editor plays STAR 80 as taking place in himself. Longtime Fosse Broadway Tue, July 22, 8:55; Thu, July 24, 8:55 LENNY Zellweger’s mind, this is the stalwarts and Ben The flashbacks and fictional “filmed triumphant (Six Oscars, including Vereen appear in stellar turns. Four interviews” with the participants Best Film and Best Supporting Oscars among eight nominations, plus unreel in this look back at the Actress for Zeta-Jones, out of 13 a tie for Cannes’ Golden Palm with meteoric rise and demise of the real- nominations) adaptation to the screen . life , Playboy’s 1980 of Bob Fosse’s and Kander/Ebb’s 1926 Directed/co-written by Bob Fosse. Playmate of the year and beginning Broadway smash play. USA, 1979, color, 123 min. film actress—with Directed by Rob Marshall. USA, as Stratten (reportedly sporting 2002, color, 113 min. LENNY breast implants for the role), Cliff Sat, July 19, 4:00; Sun, July 20, 8:55; Robertson as , Roger Wed, July 23, 8:55 Rees as her lover/director (apparently based on ) and Eric Semi-documentary style look at the Roberts as her memorably sleazy life of the controversial ultimate promoter husband. hipster, outrageous 60s standup Directed/written by Bob Fosse. comic and eventual junkie, Lenny USA, 1983, color, 100 min. Bruce. Bruce’s stripper wife Valerie

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tive camera, also used to give us CZECH MATE Morgiana the cat’s POV. But irony Czech Horror asserts itself when the cat fouls up a carefully-planned fake suicide. Adapted from a story by Russia’s Poe, and Fantasy Alexander Grin. If the Czech cinema became “typed” Directed by Juraj Herz. Czechoslovakia, 1971, color, 99 min. in its international heyday in the 60s Czech with titles. as comical humanism and stark wartime drama—an equal strain in its literature and its rich film tradition is that of grotesquerie, surrealism, expressionism, horror and the fantastical, with often an undertone THE PIED PIPER

of the blackest of black, humor— FILM ARCHIVE, PRAGUE © NATIONAL both in normal and in the THE PIED PIPER [Krysar] SHOWN WITH wildest forms of animation. Wed, July 16, 6:45; Thu, July 17, 8:00 THE LAST THEFT Series curated by Steven Jay Wooden puppets, oil paintings, [Poslední lup] Schneider. Thanks to Irena Kovarova and actual live rats are used to A jewel thief gets a nasty surprise when MORGIANA © NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE, PRAGUE © NATIONAL of the Czech Film Center for making animate this expressionistic he breaks in to a crypt—it’s packed this series possible. version of the German legend— with vampires! Horror and hilarity via INVISIBLE a mysterious piper leads away animation, puppets, and actors in this [Prokletí domu Hajnù] Mon, July 14, 8:45; Tue, July 15, 8:45 THE FIFTH HORSEMAN theDirected children by Jirí of Barta. the village. parable. Directed by Jirí Barta. Czechoslovakia, 1987, (Literally, THE DAMNED HOUSE IS FEAR Czechoslovakia, 1986, color, 55 min. b&w and color, 21 min. Czech with titles. Czech with titles. OF HAJN). Slow opening: outside a [..a páty jezdec je Strach] mansion at night, eerie music and Fri, July 11, 6:45; Sat, July 12, 1:00 maniacal laughter, shattering glass, Jewish doctor Miroslav Machacek, Directed by Karel Kachyna. heavy fog, subjective camerawork. appointed curator of the Nazi WHO KILLED JESSIE? Czechoslovakia, 1970, b&w, 94 min. Businessman Emil Horváth is set to “museum of the Jewish race,” finds [Kdo chce zabít Jessii] Czech with titles. marry country gentry Petronela himself stuck with a wounded Sat, July 12, 5:00; Sun, July 13, 7:00 Vanciková, but there’s one problem— resistance fighter and must decide As a henpecked scientist finds refuge her deranged uncle Petr Cepek, who what to do about it—even if it means in dreams of the voluptuous Jessie THE CREMATOR thinks he’s invisible. But after he he has to remove the bullet he’s still (Olga Schoberová) from a popular [Spalovac mrtval] attacks her and is sent to the mad- got to nightmarishly wander , his equally scientific wife Sat, July 12, 8:50; Sun, July 13, 5:00 house, Vanciková becomes convinced he’s the father of her child… and then occupied streets of Prague in search decides to try out her latest During the Nazi occupation, when a of morphine. Orwellian fable about concoction on him—a serum that things get very complicated. Gothic crematorium operator (the great noir thriller, with elements reminis- life under —or is it really erases the unpleasant parts of one’s Rudolf Hrusínsky) visits a fairground about something else? With a terrific dreams. Only trouble is, those parts cent of , , with his family, the light only comes , etc. performance by Machacek, then become reality. Hilarious, often into his eyes when he enters the highlighted by his three-minute slapstick comic scifi fantasy, among waxwork chamber of horrors—and Directed by Jiri Svoboda. monologue of indecision. the first to mix comic strip figures then he starts making one of his own, Czechoslovakia, 1988, color, Directed by Zbynek Brynych. with reality; in vintage b&w scope. his passion for order and efficiency 107 min. Czech with titles. Czechoslovakia, 1964, b&w, scope, Directed by Václav Vorlícek. leading to mayhem in one of the 98 min. Czech with titles. Czechoslovakia, 1966, b&w, scope, creepiest bathrooms in films. Juraj

• TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • JAN SVANKMAJER 80 min. Czech with titles. Herz’s use of distorting camera lenses SHORTS VALERIE AND HER and extreme close-ups leads us in to the mind of ...? With the great comic Wed, July 16, 8:15; Thu, July 17, 6:45 WEEK OF WONDERS THE EAR [Ucho] From the master of animated gro- Sat, July 12, 7:00; Sun, July 13, 3:00 director Jiri Menzel as “Dvorzak.” [Valerie a tyden divu] Directed/written by Juraj Herz. tesquerie: CASTLE OF OTRANTO Back from a booze-sodden function, Fri, July 11, 8:45; Sat, July 12, 3:15 Czechoslovakia, 1968, b&w, 87 min. (1977, 20 min.)—live action and minor functionary Radoslav Adolescent awakening is tough for Czech with titles. animation blend as an amateur Jaroslava Schallerová’s Valerie: her Brzobohat and wife Jirina Bohdalová archeologist looks for the truth (or is her brother?) steals find their spare keys missing, the behind a legend; THE FALL OF THE her earrings, her grandmother dies or phone dead, the power out, and… is MORGIANA HOUSE OF USHER (1980, 15 min.)— disappears, a troupe of actors (or are their house bugged? As jagged Sun, July 13, 8:45; Tue, July 15, 6:45 Poe’s tale of terror, with animated flashbacks to the party find ominous they a wedding procession?) comes to Nasty Viktoria (Iva Janzurová), objects in place of humans; THE PIT, meanings in every little remark, town, complete with vampire (or is it jealous of her popular sister Klara THE PENDULUM, AND HOPE husband and wife start to play out her father?) in tow. Beautiful and scary (Janzurová in a dual role), notes that (1983, 15 min.)—Poe tale seen entirely their own savage WHO’S AFRAID surrealist work by Jaromil Jires, adapt- her Klara look-a-like doll is now up in from the POV of the prisoner; DOWN OF VIRGINIA WOOLF scenario. But ed from stories by 20s poet Nezval. the attic with its eyes plucked out… TO THE CELLAR (1983, 15 min.)— as the harsh truths start flying, there’s then administers a slow-acting poison plenty of obstacles en route to those Directed/co-written by Jaromil a knock at the door. Eerie paranoid that leaves her sister in a zombie-like potatoes for a plucky little girl. Jires. Czechoslovakia, 1970, color, 77 classic, filmed just after the Russian existence. Her neither dead-nor-alive min. Czech with titles. tanks moved in—then suppressed for existence is shared by us via subjec- two decades. 12 HITCHCOCK

case. Hitchcock’s return to Britain and return to form at his most SPECIAL OPENING WEEKEND EVENT Hitchcock at fiendish, making us identify with the killer even as he must retrieve Universal evidence from a victim’s finger—post rigor mortis. Screenplay by the Patricia Hitchcock in Person! For the last decade of his filmmaking , author of SLEUTH. Directed by . What’s it like to be the daughter of the Master of ? career, Alfred Hitchcock—and the USA/UK, 1972, color, 116 minutes. What’s it like to be directed by him? *Patricia Hitchcock *Join us production team he had cultivated— takes the AFI Silver stage to answer both questions, for these unique worked out of his bungalow on the TORN CURTAIN events Universal lot, producing some of his Wed, July 30, 8:30; Sat, Aug 2, 4:15 having played meaty parts in two of her father’s classics. Distraught wife follows most acclaimed and critically contro- atomic scientist husband Paul STRANGERS ON A TRAIN *Fri, July 25, 8:30 versial pictures. Here’s a record of Newman as he defects beside the Iron Curtain—or does he? Memorable Tennis star is approached by fellow train passenger and that time, all in recent 35mm prints sequences include an extended chase cheerful Robert Walker with an interesting proposition: he’ll kill from Universal Classics. Thanks to by bus, and one of the most prolonged Granger’s wife, but Granger must then kill Walker senior… just a joke—or is

murder scenes on the screen—Hitch: it? “One of Alfred Hitchcock’s supreme thrillers”—Danny Peary, with • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO Mike Daruty and Merrilee Griffin at “I thought it was time to show that it tour de force sequences including Walker’s strangling demonstration with Universal Studios. was very difficult, very painful, and it the director’s daughter, and a tennis match intercut with a fairground takes a very long time to kill a man.” stalking. Screenplay by Raymond Chandler (creator of “Philip Marlowe”), From an original screenplay from a novel by . (Pat Hitchcock plays smarter sister to by , author of THE LUCK Granger’s love interest, .) FAMILY PLOT OF GINGER COFFEY, CATHOLICS, Sat, July 26, 3:45; Mon, July 28, 8:30 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, 1951, b&w, 101 min. and BLACK ROBE. Phony medium and Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, boyfriend/cab driver/phony private 1966, color, 119 minutes. STAGE FRIGHT and lawyer get mixed up *Sat, July 26, 8:15 with the latest scheme of husband- On-the-run Richard and-wife kidnapping team, William THE BIRDS Todd hops in to Devane and . Near spoof- Fri, Aug 1, 8:45; Tue, Aug 5, 8:40; aspiring actress Jane like treatment in Hitchcock’s last Thu, Aug 7, 8:20 Wyman’s car, with work, with set piece highlights The Birds Is Coming!* Wyman then going including a brake-less drive down a Bratty playgirl , after undercover as a mountain road, a slow-motion chase exchanging barbs with lawyer Rod frumpish lady’s through a cemetery, and a bishop’s Taylor in a ’Frisco pet shop, follows maid to Marlene kidnapping in the middle of a service. him to Bodega Bay with a gift of Dietrich, who is—as ’ score marked his only (gulp!) lovebirds—and then… nature she sings—“the collaboration with the Master. turns. Hitchock’s tour de force of laziest girl in town.” Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, terror from the mundane includes British character 1976, color, 121 min. many optical tricks (cartoon birds actor overload: matted in) but subtler experiments in , Sybil sound, with a music-less track Thorndike, , Joyce Grenfell, etc., with as the FRENZY charming inspector, and with the controversial fake flashback. Sun, July 27, 9:00; Thu, July 31, 8:40 completely supervised by Bernard Herrmann, in his last work with Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA/UK, 1950, b&w, 110 min. Down-on-his-luck ex-RAF Jon Hitch. (*A nameless exec tried to Finch is on the run from accusations correct the grammar of Hitch’s of being The Necktie Killer, while memorable ad slogan!) chief inspector Alec McGowen must Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, contend with his wife’s “gourmet” 1963, color, 120 min. TOPAZ MARNIE cooking during discussions of the Sat, Aug 2, 8:30; Sun, Aug 3, 4:00, Sun, Aug 3, 8:50; Wed, Aug 6, 8:40 Mon, Aug 4 8:30 “Talk about dream worlds! You’ve got In a near-wordless ten minute a pathological fix on a woman who’s sequence, a Soviet bigwig defects to not only a criminal, but who screams Americans in Copenhagen, and those if you come near her.” What’s wealthy cards keep turning over, as publisher to do when French agent has to he finds employee Tippi Hedren is a clean up the mess from Harlem to compulsive klepto? Why marry her, of Havana to . Outrageous high- course. But the real surprises start on lights include a super-secret document the wedding night. With a very young used as a hamburger napkin and a Bruce Dern in a “memorable” cameo. murdered woman’s purple dress “Thrilling to watch, lush, cool and blossoming beneath her as she falls. oddly moving”—TimeOut. The international cast includes Michel Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, Piccoli, , and John 1964, color, 129 min Forsyth. Plus the alternate ending! Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. USA, 1969, color, 127 min. THE BIRDS

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luminous jellyfish and giant worms— partner Natsumi, compete in a beach aided by enigmatic girl Popo, young KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE volleyball tournament and deal with Festival Of warrior Shatta, and two donkey-eared [Majo no Takkyubin] the possible break-up of their partner- friends. Echoes of everything from Rene Wed, July 30, 6:40; Sat, Aug 2, 3:30; ship—all with charm and style. Based Japanese Laloux’s FANTASTIC PLANET to Wed, Aug 6, 6:40 on the by Kosuke Fujishima. Andrei Tarkovsky’s SOLARIS. A plucky but inexperienced young Directed by Junji Nishimura. 1997, Directed by Takashi Nakamura. 2002, witch named Kiki is forced to leave her color, 100 min. Animation color, 130 min. Japanese with titles. family home on her thirteenth birthday Unconfirmed at press time. and travel into the great wide world to Aliens regularly invade the pleasant learn about life and the true purpose of JUNGLE EMPEROR LEO [Jangaru taitei] suburbs of Tokyo, teenagers worry as her magical powers. Based on the novel CASTLE IN THE SKY by Eido Kadono. From the director of Sat, Aug 2, 8:00; Sun, Aug 3, 1:00; much about their hairdos as saving [Tenku no shiro Laputa] THE PRINCESS MONONOKE. Mon, Aug 4, 6:40 Sat, July 26, 1:00; Tue, July 29, 8:40; The noble King of the Jungle and his the universe, and nearly everyone has Wed, July 30, 8:40 Directed by . 1989, color, 102 min. English dubbed. inexperienced young cub must face a protective demon/robot/super- Inspired by the floating island in fire, flood and corrupt human powered best friend to help them out Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, two RUMIKO TAKAHASI TRIBUTE intruders in their struggle to save their orphans—a 14-year-old boy named Pazu Fri, Aug 1, 6:40; Sun, Aug 3, 8:00 fellow animals. Inspired by anime in a pinch—just a fraction of the and 13-year-old girl named Sheeta— master Osamu Tezuka’s classic phantasmagorical landscape of make an incredible journey to a long- Rumiko Takahashi is one of the most series “JUNGLE TAITEI” (released lost city in the sky. From the director phenomenally-popular and beloved here as “KIMBA THE WHITE LION”). Japanese anime (literally, “anima- of THE PRINCESS MONONOKE. manga artists in Japan. Join us for a Directed by Takao Takeuchi. 1997, tion”). With the recent success here of Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. 1986, program of episodes from three color, 98 min. Japanese with titles. color, 124 min. English dubbed. different television series based on Ms. television series (like “Pokemon” and Takahashi’ s creations! “SCRYED” Episodes 1 – 2 “Dragonball Z”) and features (like “INU YASHA” Episodes 1 and 4: 15 year-old TAMALA 2010 schoolgirl Kagome Higurashi lives at a Sun, Aug 3, 5:30; Mon, Aug 4, 8:40; SPIRITED AWAY and Osamu Tezukaís A PUNK CAT IN SPACE Japanese shrine. After a chance fall into Wed, Aug 6, 8:50 METROPOLIS), plus conventions, web- Sat, July 26, 5:20; Sun, July 27, 8:40; an abandoned well, Kagome meets the In a quarantined area called The Lost Thu, July 31, 6:40 well-named “dog demon” Inu Yasha, a Ground, outcast “alter-users” employ sites, magazines and more, anime has Imagine a mutant hybrid of HELLO half-human hybrid who longs to telekinetic power to deconstruct and entrenched itself in the mainstream of KITTY and Philip K. Dick, animated in become all-demon. Directed by reconstruct reality with explosive the classic TV style of Osamu Masashi Ikeda. 2000, color, 50 min. force. In the first episodes, rebellious U.S. pop culture. This series was based Tezuk: Super-cute space kitty Tamala PLUS—“RANMA 1/2” Episode 2: Martial arts gun-for-hire Kazuma is shadowed by on an event at the American Cinema- goes head-to-head with the Dark God teacher betroths his daughter to government organization HOLY, which pits mercenaries against their mutant theque in Los Angeles, and originally of Death, killer dogs, a robotic Colonel Ranma, the son of his training Sanders with an axe in his head, and partner—but “he” turned out to be a brothers. Series Director Goro organized by Dennis Bartok, Fred more, using her trademark karate kick “she”!! Series Dir. Tomomitsu Taniguchi. 2001, color, 50 min. Japanese with titles. Patten, Chris D. and Mutsuko Iwasa. and heart-shaped sunglasses. You’ve Mochizuki. 1989, color, 25 min. never seen anything like this before. PLUS—“” Episode 5: Yusaku PLUS—“PLEASE, TEACHER” Episodes 1 - 3: Film notes by Dennis Bartok and Chris D. Directed by the two-man music and Godai is young, broke, and lives in a “Nothing ever changes,” sighs high visual artist unit called “t.o.L.” 2002, crummy boarding house packed with school nerd Kei, until a gorgeous, red- SPIRIT OF WONDER— color, 92 min. Japanese with titles. nosy and noisy neighbors. Even worse, headed alien drops from the sky into he’s got a silent crush on the lovely his lap (who turns out to be his new SCIENTIFIC BOYS CLUB teacher!). One compromising situation JACK AND THE BEANSTALK building manager. Can he get the Fri, July 25, 6;40; Sun, July 27, 6:45; courage to speak? Series Dir. Kazuo on top of another as Kei frantically Mon, July 28, 6:40 Sat, July 26, 3:30; Tue, July 29, 6:40; Thu, July 31, 8:30 Yamazaki. 1986, color, 25 min. All tries to protect Ms. Kazumi’s true Brilliant planetary scientist Wendy episodes in Japanese with titles. identity from his and foster reluctantly helps her inexperienced Sumptuous version of the classic parents. Directed Yasunori Ide. 2002, husband and their mad professor friend children’s story. The Anime Encyclo- color, 75 min. build a dirigible capable of riding the pedia: “an excellent musical anime that JUNKERS COME HERE could easily have given Disney’s films Fri, Aug 1, 8:50; Sat, Aug 2, 1:30; ethereal currents to Mars. Featuring a Tue, Aug 5, 8:50 SAKURA WARS THE MOVIE • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: • prologue and epilogue with sexy, of the day a run for their money.” An Thu, Aug 7, 6:40 & 8:30 karate-kicking waitress China in her incredibly rare revival appearance. Teenaged girl Hiromi faces problems 1926, the 15th year of the reign of own other-worldly adventures! Poetic Dir. Gisaburo Sugii. 1974, color, 92 small (bratty boys at school) and large Japan’s Taisho Emperor. And in Tokyo, and wistful adventure from Kenji min. English dubbed. (her mother works too late, her a dark realm inhabited by mutating Tsuruta’s acclaimed manga (themselves parents don’t get along) with the help monsters, the Kouma is battled by inspired by the work of H.G. Wells and of a talking Scottish terrier named PARASITE DOLLS Teikoku Kagekidan, the Imperial Jules Verne). (Sequel to SPIRIT OF Junkers. Wistful and beautifully told, Sat, July 26, 7:15; Sun, July 27, 1:00 Fighting Troupe, a secret organization WONDER, 1992.) a la WHISPER OF THE HEART. Robot hookers going schizo, sinister comprised solely—except for its Dir. Junichi Sato. 1995, color, 100 Directed by Takashi Annou. 2001, young girls in red, energy-sucking commander—of lovely young maidens min. Japanese with titles. color, 90 min. Japanese with titles. metallic scorpions—welcome to Tokyo, who by day are stage actresses of the 2034. This latest installment in the Imperial Operetta Troupe! A TREE OF PALME “BUBBLEGUM CRISIS” prequel series, YOU’RE UNDER ARREST Episodes 39 and 49-51 Directed by Mitsuru Hongo. 2001, [Palumu no ki] “AD POLICE” revolves around a special color, 85 min. Japanese with titles. Fri, July 25, 8;40; Sun, July 27, 4:25; squad of Tokyo cops who are trying to Sat, Aug 2, 6:00; Sun, Aug 3, 3:00; Mon, July 28, 8:40 discover the cause of mysterious homi- Tue, Aug 5, 6:40 PHOTO CREDITS: SCRYED: © 2001 - 2002 SUNRISE•TX, ALL RIGHT RESERVED; SPIRIT OF WONDER: © 2001, 2003 KENJI Pinocchio-like wooden puppet Palme’s cidal breakdowns by synthetic human- No robots, demons, alternate dimen- TSURUTA/KODANSHA • , PRODUCED UNDER LICENSE FROM BANDAI VISUAL, ALL RIGHT quest: return a mystic egg to the World oids in the city. (This is the entire sions or anything with swords/spikes/ RESERVED; SAKURA WARS THE MOVIE: © 2001 SEGA • RED Below and the all-powerful deity Soma 3-part OVA of “PARASITE DOLLS.) multiple heads—instead two female • SAKURA WARS THE MOVIE • PRODUCTION COMMITTEE; JUNKERS COME HOME: © 1995-2003 NAOTO KINE/BANDAI —via an epic landscape of warring Directed by Nakazawa Kazuto. 2002, Tokyo Traffic Division cops, level- VISUAL • KADOKAWA SHOTEN, PRODUCED UNDER tribes, labyrinthine cities and caverns, color, 180 min. Japanese with titles. headed Miyuki and her impulsive LICENSE FROM BANDAI VISUAL 14 SCREEN LEGENDS

SPECIAL EVENT and *SWING TIME Sat, July 26, 6:00; Sun, July 27, 6:15, : Wed, Aug 6, 6:30 Gambler/hoofer Astaire, feigning incompetence, is exhorted to “Pick Gracing the AFI Yourself Up” by dance instructor Rogers; sings “” to a Rogers resplendent in Silver’s Screen dowdy wrapper and shampooed Hair; trades barbs with her in “A Fine Astaire/Rogers—what a world those Romance,” and recapitulates their words convey, of dinner clothes, entire relationship in “”—“the most glorious duet they nightclubs, lovers’ quarrels... and, of ever performed together”—Stephen course, the greatest dancing duo in Harvey. “The true miracle of the the history of musicals. Well, they're series”—Arlene Croce.

Directed by . USA, • TICKETS: WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER ORDER • TO back again—all nine of their films— 1936, b&w, 105 min. SHALL WE DANCE presented in the historic theatre by *Sun, July 27 special post-film discussion with dance historian and film choreographer Yourself Go’ to the zany comedy of popular demand. (Disney’s upcoming THE HAUNTED MANSION) ROBERTA Tue, July 29, 8:40; Wed, July 30, 6:30 ‘I’m Putting All My Eggs in One *Special events include July 27 and Elizabeth Aldrich; Washington Post Critic Basket’ to the limpid grandeur of Emeritus Alan M. Kriegsman; writer and Football player in- ‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance’”— August 1 on-stage presentations. former National Endowment for the Arts herits a Paris couture house, complete Arlene Croce. Dance Director Sali Ann Kriegsman; and Dance with designer ; while U.S.A. Executive Director Andrea Snyder. Directed by . USA, Fred Astaire and his Wabash 1936, b&w, 110 min. FLYING DOWN TO RIO Indianians need help from fake Polish Fri, July 25, 6:30; Sun, July 27, 12:30 countess Ginger Rogers to get a Gallic TOP HAT gig. With a stunning SPECIAL EVENT “Famous for Fred Astaire and the Sun, July 27, 4:15; Mon, Aug 4, 6:30 score, including “I’ll Be Hard to Carioca. For Astaire it was a triumph This Astaire-Rogers classic about Handle,” leading to a memorable pas de *SHALL WE DANCE against all the odds. Fifth-billed, cast mistaken identities impeding true deux: “This is the big event of the film, Fri, Aug 1, 6:30; Sun, Aug 3, 6:45 as a long-suffering best friend, love “has stylization on top of the number in which ‘Fred and The Gershwins’ “Let’s Call the Whole saddled with Herkimer Jerkimer lines, stylization. The plot and settings and Ginger’ became fixed screen Thing Off” and “They Can’t Take That he nevertheless made an impression manners and clothes established one deities”—Arlene Croce. Away from Me.” Fred Astaire as “an so strong that he could be ignored no level of artifice, and balanced on top Directed by William A. Seiter. USA, American ballet star who dances longer. The film is, in its own modest of that were perfect cut-glass 1935, b&w, 106 min. under a Russian name and who falls way, stupendous. It reverberates with flowerings of dance and song that in love with Astaire-style dancing and the romance of modern rose to infinite heights... Of all the with a Ginger Rogers-style dancer... communications, it crackles with Astaire-Rogers films, TOP HAT and FOLLOW THE FLEET The ballet vs. musical comedy theme technological pride. You get the SWING TIME come closest to the Thu, July 31, 6:30; Tue, Aug 5, 6:30 and the real vs. false Ginger theme are feeling that its makers are testing the level of the magnificent numbers they “One reason the numbers are as great merely stated in the course of the medium with an almost abstract contain... TOP HAT gives us [Fred] as they are is that Rogers had plot; the big production number at delight in its possibilities”—Arlene Astaire in the best role ever written improved so remarkably as a dancer. the end of the film makes them even Croce. for a dancer in a movie; the dance Under Astaire’s coaching she had more riotously exciting than we can Directed by Thornton Freeland. technique is an element in the developed extraordinary range, and believe possible”—Arlene Croce. USA, 1933, b&w, 89 min. characterization”—Arlene Croce. the numbers in the film are designed Directed by Mark Sandrich. USA, With an score. to show it off, from the terrific 1937, b&w, 108 min. CAREFREE Directed by Mark Sandrich. USA, unhinged gaiety and force of ‘Let *Featuring Broadway lyricist and AFI Silver Sat, July 26, 2:00; Sat, Aug 2, 6:45 1935, b&w, 101 min. Director Murray Horwitz in a live stage discussion about the Gershwins. , in topflight fifth- THE STORY OF wheel form, signs up his engagement- THE GAY DIVORCEE breaking fiancée for Tue, July 29, 6:30; Sat, Aug 2, 2:00 THE STORY OF VERNON with best pal shrink Fred Astaire— “The Continental” became the first AND IRENE CASTLE but then she turns out to be ... Ginger song to win an Oscar, and the Fred Sun, Aug 3, 2:00, Thu, Aug 7, 6:30 Rogers! “ and Dance” Astaire-Ginger Rogers combo was A real life husband-and-wife dance indeed, complete with an elaborate top-billed for the first time. Cole team become international celebrities dream sequence. Astaire’s driving Porter’s “Night and Day” is one of the before his tragic death in World range pas de golf club (rehearsed by movie’s high points. “When one WarI. “A classic that gathers perfectionist Fred over two weeks)— considers that only 10 minutes of the poignance with the years. It was a and all to an Irving Berlin score. total running time [is] taken up by mating of subject and stars such as Directed by Jay Sandrich. 1938, the dancing of Astaire alone or with movies seldom see, and it was made at b&w, 83 min. Rogers, the film’s enduring popularity a perhaps unguessably right moment seems more than ever a tribute to the in time for both the subject and the power of what those minutes stars”—Arlene Croce. contain”—Arlene Croce. Directed by H.C. Potter. USA, 1939, Directed by Mark Sandrich. USA, b&w, 90 min. 1934, b&w, 107 min.

15 AT THE AFI SILVER CINEMANIA... Have You Watched It Yet? “We loved it! These characters have clearly THE 5,000 crossed over FINGERS OF DR. T some line ... After watching your film, we are Special Children’s Matinees ready to cross that line ourselves.” —D.A. PENNEBAKER AND CHRIS HEGEDUS, The 5,000 FINGERS OF DR.T MAX KEEBLE’S BIG MOVE DIRECTORS OF ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Sat, June 28, 12:00 Sat, July 19, 12:00 Director Stephen Kijak The Heartbreak of Practice. Sixth-grader Max Keeble (Alex D. The DC Premiere of Dr. Seuss wrote this story, screenplay Linz) figures—now that he’s moving— has been invited to attend one of the screenings of this film. (t/b/d) and lyrics, and designed the sets and he can get revenge on those school CINEMANIA costumes. ’s Tommy Rettig bullies and on annoying principal Fri, Aug 1 - Sun, Aug 3, 7:00 & 8:40; prefers a baseball diamond to the Larry Miller… but what if he isn’t Mon, Aug 4, 8:50; Tue, Aug 5-Thu, Aug 7, 7:00 & 8:40; piano stool and his nemesis— moving? Weekend matinees Sat, Aug 2, 1:45, 3:40, & 5:20; Sun, Aug 3, 3:40 & 5:20 dreaded piano teacher Hans Conried. Directed by Tim Hill. USA, 2001, Keep a record of films that you’ve seen? Check on print quality before Directed by Roy Rowland. USA, color, 86 min. you attend? Squawk when a film runs short of its published running 1953, color, 88 mins. time? Seeing this picture might be like looking in to a mirror, although perhaps a distorting one. Filmmakers Christlieb and Kijak met in real life MADELINE MIGHTY JOE YOUNG when they both showed up to film Jack in action, a living-off-an-inheri- Sat, July 5, 12:00 Sat, July 26, 12:00 tance 30 year-old who sees multiple movies seven days a week, every Kinder, gentler son of Kong, as week—then went on to follow Bill, who dreams of meeting a fellow Parisian Hatty Jones has to be a good female Francophile buff; -worshipper Eric; 50 year-old problem-solver, since she gets into lovable gorilla Joe Young, raised from a baby by , lifts her and Harvey, who knows the running time of every film he’s seen and has an so much trouble—but now they’re encyclopedic collection of film scores but no turntable; and 60ish Ruth, her piano high above his head as she closing her school. From the book by who once attacked a ticket-taker who dared tear her stub. Only in New plays “.” Oscar for , starring Oscar York—or Paris—you say… but when is a passion an obsession (or vice winner Frances McDormand. special effects. versa)? Hilarious and sympathetic look at film buffery gone wild—or is Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. it? In any case, as you will see, the principals loved it. USA, 1949, b&w, 94 min. USA/, 1998, color, 88 min. Directed by Angela Christlieb and Stephen Kijak. Germany, 2002, THE SECRET GARDEN INSPECTOR GADGET color, 80 min. Sat, July 12, 12:00 Sat, Aug 2, 12:00 Back from India, orphaned Kate Injured, Matthew Broderick’s Maberly finds happiness restoring security guard is reconstructed as her cold and distant uncle’s garden. the cybernetic cop of the title, then From the beloved novel by Frances goes toe-to-toe with ’s The calendar is now located on Hodgson Burnett. Doctor Claw, in the live action version of the cartoon. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. UK, the center spread of AFI Preview 1993, color, 102 min. Directed by David Kellogg. USA, 1999, color, 78 min. • TO ORDER WWW.AFI.COM/SILVER TICKETS: •

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