JackBurton

For those in the D.C. area:

Totally Awesome 4: More Films of the 80s (July 2 - September 9, 2010)

AFTER HOURS
Friday, August 27, 7:00; Tuesday, August 31, 9:25

BACK TO THE FUTURE
Friday, July 16, 7:00; Saturday, July 17, 8:30; Thursday, July 22, 6:30

THE BLUES BROTHERS
Friday, July 16, 9:30; Saturday, July 17, 11:00; Tuesday, July 20, 9:20; Thursday, July 22, 9:00

THE BREAKFAST CLUB
Friday, August 6, 7:00; Saturday, August 7, 6:10; Thursday, August 12, 9:00

CADDYSHACK
Friday, July 9, 9:20; Saturday, July 10, 9:00, 11:30--just added!; Wednesday, July 14, 10:30; Thursday, July 15, 9:45

CLASH OF THE TITANS
Saturday, August 21, 7:00; Monday, August 23, 9:15; Tuesday, August 24, 9:15; Thursday, August 26, 9:40

CLUE
Saturday, July 3, 10:45; Sunday, July 4, 9:30; Monday, July 5, 7:30, Wednesday, July 7, 9:30; Thursday, July 8, 7:00

DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN
Saturday, August 28, 8:15; Wednesday, September 1, 9:00; Thursday, September 2, 9:15

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Saturday, July 3, 8:00

ENEMY MINE
Sunday, August 29, 8:15; Monday, August 30; 9:25

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
Friday, August 13, 8:45; Saturday, August 14, 8:00; Sunday, August 15, 5:45; Thursday, August 19, 7:00

FLETCH
Friday, July 9, 7:00; Saturday, July 10, 11:00; Sunday, July 11, 9:00; Monday, July 12, 7:00--just added!, 9:20

THE FOG
Saturday, July 31, 7:00; Sunday, August 1, 9:00; Monday, August 2, 9:00; Tuesday, August 3, 9:25; Thursday, August 5, 9:25

FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE FINAL CHAPTER*
Friday, August 13, 11:00; Saturday, August 14, 10:30

LEGEND
Friday, July 2, 10:30; Tuesday, July 6, 9:30; Thursday, July 8, 9:00

THE LOST BOYS
Friday, September 3, 9:30; Sunday, September 5, 9:30

NEVERENDING STORY
Saturday, August 28, 10:30; Sunday, August 29, 3:30; Thursday, September 2, 7:00

PRETTY IN PINK*
Sunday, August 8, 7:30; Monday, August 9, 9:00; Tuesday, August 10, 9:00

RE-ANIMATOR
Friday, July 30, 10:00; Saturday, July 31, 9:00

SHE'S HAVING A BABY*
Sunday, August 15, 8:00; Tuesday, August 17, 9:00

SIXTEEN CANDLES
Saturday, August 7, 8:20; Sunday, August 8, 9:35; Thursday, August 12, 7:00

STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK
Saturday, September 4, 10:00; Sunday, September 5, 7:15; Monday, September 6, 8:45; Wednesday, September 8, 8:45; Thursday, September 9, 9:30

SUPERMAN II--THE RICHARD DONNER CUT*
Friday, September 3, 7:00; Saturday, September 4, 7:30; Monday, September 6, 6:15; Thursday, September 9, 7:00

UNCLE BUCK
Wednesday, August 18, 9:15; Thursday, August 19, 9:15

USED CARS
Sunday, July 18, 8:30; Monday, July 19, 9:15

WARGAMES
Saturday, July 24, 1:00, 10:30; Sunday, July 25, 9:20; Monday, July 26, 9:15; Thursday, July 29, 9:15

WEIRD SCIENCE
Saturday, August 7, 10:30; Wednesday, August 11, 10:30

XANADU
Saturday, August 21, 9:30; Sunday, August 22, 9:30; Wednesday, August 25, 9:15

YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sunday, July 25, 12:30; Monday, July 26, 7:00; Thursday, July 29, 7:00

* VERY DISSAPOINTED to see that some films (noted with *) will be "presented on DVD" this year. I've never seen AFI do this in the past.

For reference of past years selections:
Totally Awesome 3 (2009)
Totally Awesome 2 (2008)
Totally Awesome 1 (2007)


Anyone know if Empire was the shown in its unaltered form??

Trevor

Thanks for the list. I have a few free tickets, need to get to a couple of these.

Rypro 525

Last year they presented Pink Floyd's the Wall on dvd, but this is the first time i've noticed them actually acknowlodging that they're using dvd's. I wonder if they will mention it for all screenings

Mabuse

The donner cut of Superman II makes sense. I'm pretty sure the restoration was done on video. There is no 35 mm version.

FRwL

Legend has really stunning visuals even though i never saw the movie i saw maybe a few seconds of the main character's back walking through some trees which seem to be flickering or something all around him and the music was also really awesome.

Daytripper

Dumb question, but how do you show a DVD in a movie theater?

Rypro 525

kind of like how you would show a dvd on a 10 foot pull down screen, that some people have.

I wonder, what cut of Re Animator are they showing? Cause if its the Uncut, im def gonna chekc it out

My Other Self

I would never pay to see a film presented on DVD in a theater. It just feels so unnatural when you're watching it on the screen. I used to go to Three Stooges festivals in my old hometown every year and they stopped showing 35MM prints of the shorts because switching to the DVD format cost them nothing (in comparison to tracking down old prints and paying to rent them, etc.). I stopped going after that because it went from "for the fans" to "let's hose the fans".

I'm surprised a theater like the AFI Silver would even do that. Choose different films if you can't find original prints.

dhmac

Very blurrily.
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Daytripper

Wait wait wait. Where is the "projector" going to be, in the 10th row of the theater? They better not charge more than a few bucks for something like this. Hell, it should be FREE!

Blu Man

With a DVD player.

It sits right next to the 35mm and/or DLP projector. You know, it's the one they show the "Regal/AMC/Cinemark First Look" with.

Rypro 525

and yes, they charge regular admission price

Boba Fett

I assume ESB is a "Special Edition" print?

Rypro 525

didn't say (and if i would of known, i would have gone) but the listed run time was 124

Blu Man

It would be so awesome to see The Empire Strikes Back and Back to the Future on 35mm. Too bad I'm about as far away from D.C. as an American can get.

Giles

pissed that 'Empire' was only shown once - was wondering if they had shown it in 35mm as well, I'm assuming they might have, but with the Silver having DLP systems on all there screens, Fox could have easily sent them a harddrive of the movie.

saw 'Legend' last Thursday - a movie meant to be seen on the large screen - to bad it was the US cut and not the 116min director's cut - but that version wasn't released in the 80's was it now?

I think they have to denote when a film is sourced from a dvd, since they got tremendous shit for not publizing it in the past. A couple of films at prior European Union showcases were sourced from DVD's
The presentation of Superman II is actually being denoted as being sourced from the bluray, not the DVD.

Daytripper

Even though this is a terrible (TERRIBLE) film, it does have a fantastic soundtrack. And my God, Olivia Newton-John was just so smokin' hot in it. I remember seeing it as a kid at the Century City Theaters in L.A. Huge screen and the sound was incredible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA

Boba Fett

Now that I think about it, it was likely the SE. They had a charity screening of it a year or two ago in Portland and it was a 97 print.