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Special Events and Guest Speakers


The Avon’s Annual Oscar® Nominated Film Festival


Join us every Saturday and Sunday at 11:00am, from February 13 through March 7,
And Thursday, March 4th at 6pm & 7:45pm.

FANTASTIC MR. FOX - Saturday, February 13 - 11:00am
BURMA JV - Sunday, February 14 - 11:00am
OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS - Saturday, February 20 - 11:00am
OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS - Sunday, February 21 - 11:00am
THE MESSENGER - Saturday, February 27 - 11:00am
INVICTUS - Sunday, February 28 - 11:00am
OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS - Thursday, March 4 - 6:00pm
OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS - Thursday, March 4 - 7:45pm
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS - Saturday, March 6 - 11:00am
NINE - Sunday, March 7 - 11:00am


Other Special Events and Guest Speakers at the Avon

Free Special Event Girls' Guide To Paris & Best Movies By Farr
Wine Tasting and Gourmet Hors d'oeuvres
Screening with introduction by John Farr, co-founder of the restored Avon
Tuesday, February 9 - 6:00

French Cinematheque presents COULD THIS BE LOVE (JE CROIS QUE JE L’AIME)
Thursday, February 18 - 7:00pm

Documentary Night presents 100 HEARTBEATS
Post-film Q&A with producer Tim Smith
Wednesday, February 24 - 7:00pm

Critic's Choice presents WINTER KILLS
Hosted by Joe Meyers, CT Post
Wednesday, March 10 - 7:00pm

Documentary Night presents BOB DYLAN AND FRIENDS
Legends of the Rock Live series hosted by Bill Shelley (Shelley Archives)
Wednesday, March 17 - 7:00pm

French Cinematheque presents THE PAGE TURNER (LA TOURNEUSE DE PAGES)
Thursday, March 25 - 7:00pm

Critic's Choice presents THE THIRD MAN
Hosted by Drew Taylor, Fairfield Weekly
Wednesday, April 7 - 7:00pm

The Avon Theatre presents STARSTRUCK
Book signing & discussion with author Ira M. Resnick
Followed by a special screening of THE AWFUL TRUTH
Hosted by John Farr (Best Movies By Farr/Avon co-founder)
Thursday, April 15 - 7:00pm

Documentary Night presents ROLLING STONES
Legends of the Rock Live series hosted by Bill Shelley (Shelley Archives)
Wednesday, April 21 - 7:00pm

 

The Avon’s Annual Oscar® Nominated Film Festival

Missed some of this year’s Oscar® nominees?

Well so did we, and that’s why we’re going to bring you a screening series of nominees from various categories!

Join us every Saturday and Sunday at 11:00am, from February 13 through March 7,
And Thursday, March 4th at 6pm & 7:45pm.


Tickets may be purchased individually,
or you can purchase a FESTIVAL BADGE
to receive a discount:

Individual ticket price: Members - $6 / Nonmembers - $10
Festival badge price (valid for all 8 dates):
Members - $38 (save $10) / Nonmembers - $60 (save $20)


To purchase a festival badge, call our administrative office at 203-661-0321.  When calling, ask to find out information about our GALA event and how you can be eligible to receive a FREE festival badge!

Screening Schedule:

FEBRUARY 13

Fantastic Mr. Fox

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score

Saturday, FEBRUARY 13 – 11:00am

PG, 88 minutes, In English

ABOUT THE FILM: Director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, Royal Tenebaums) takes a whimsical and modern approach in adapting Roald Dahl’s classic book to the big screen. George Cloony, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray provide their voices to tell the story of one sly Mr. Fox and the angry farmers who will stop at nothing to prevent him from stealing their chickens. A must-see for all ages!

 

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FEBRUARY 14


BURMA VJ

Nominated for Best Documentary

Sunday, FEBRUARY 14 – 11:00am

NR, 87 minutes, In English and Burmese, with English subtitles

Burma VJ

ABOUT THE FILM: This award-winning documentary shows a rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in Myanmar through the cameras of the independent journalist group, Democratic Voice of Burma. While 100,000 people (including 1,000s of Buddhist monks) took to the streets to protest the country's repressive regime that has held them hostage for over 40 years, foreign news crews were banned to enter and the Internet was shut down. The Democratic Voice of Burma, a collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs) recorded these historic and dramatic events on handycams and smuggled the footage out of the country, where it was broadcast worldwide via satellite. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police – even after they themselves become targets of the authorities.


 

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FEBRUARY 20

2010 Shorts Poster

OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS

Nominated for
Best Animated Short Films

Saturday, FEBRUARY 20 – 11:00 am

NR, 80 minutes, In English & French
w/ English subtitles

ABOUT THE FILMS: This year’s selections include French Roast, Granny O’Grimms Sleeping Beauty, The Lady And The Reaper, Logorama, A Matter Of Loaf And Death

 

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FEBRUARY 21

2010 Shorts Poster

OSCAR NOMINATED
LIVE ACTION SHORTS

Nominated for
Best Live Action Shorts

Sunday, FEBRUARY 21 – 11:00 am

NR, 92 minutes, In English, Swedish, Russian and Hindi, w/ English subtitles

ABOUT THE FILMS: This year’s selections include The Door, Instead Of Abracadabra, Kavi, Miracle Fish, The New Tenants

 

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FEBRUARY 27

 

THE MESSENGER

Nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay

Saturday, FEBRUARY 27 – 11:00am

R, 112 minutes, In English

The Messenger

ABOUT THE FILM: This is a powerful and tender story about a returned war hero making his first steps toward a normal life. Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will’s emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.


 

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FEBRUARY 28

 

INVICTUS

Nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor

Sunday, FEBRUARY 28 – 11:00am

PG-13, 134 minutes, In English

Invictus

ABOUT THE FILM: From director Clint Eastwood, Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country.  Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid.  Believing he can bring his nation together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.


 

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MARCH 4

 

OSCAR NOMINATED
LIVE ACTION SHORTS

NR, 80 minutes, In English & French w/ English subtitles

Followed by a separate* admission screening of:

OSCAR NOMINATED
ANIMATED SHORTS

2010 Shorts Poster

NR, 92 minutes, In English, Swedish, Russian and Hindi, w/ English subtitles

Thursday, March 4

LIVE ACTION at 6pm

ANIMATED at 7:45pm

Join us for a repeat screening of
the ever-popular Oscar nominated shorts in case you missed them the first time around! 

*A separate admission fee is charged for each program.

 


 

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MARCH 6

 

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA:
DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

Nominated for Best Documentary

Saturday, MARCH 6 – 11:00am

NR, 92 minutes, In English

The Most Dangerous Man In America

ABOUT THE FILM: This is the story of Daniel Ellsberg, a high-level Pentagon official and Vietnam War strategist, who in 1971 concluded that the war was based on decades of lies and leaked 7,000 pages of top secret documents to The New York Times, making headlines around the world. A riveting story of how one man’s profound change of heart, at great personal risk, created a landmark struggle involving America’s newspapers, its president and the Supreme Court.


 

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MARCH 7

 

NINE

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song

Sunday, MARCH 7 – 11:00am

PG-13, 118 minutes, In English

Nine

ABOUT THE FILM: Director Rob Marshall (Chicago) returns to the musical genre with this big-screen adaptation of the popular Broadway musical of the same name.

Daniel Day Lewis stars as Guido, a film director who is facing a midlife crisis that has impeded on his creative ability to get his latest film off the ground and led him into a variety of romantic complications.

Co-starring an all-star cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren.


 

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Other Special Events and Guest Speakers at the Avon

FEBRUARY 9

FREE* Special Event at the Avon

Girls' Guide to Paris & Best Movies by Farr

invite you to a Complimentary* French Wine Tasting
and film screening of the hilarious French comedy,

Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner Game)

In French with English subtitles.

Tuesday, FEBRUARY 9

6:00 - 7:30PM Wine Tasting and Gourmet Hors d'oeuvres
7:30PM Screening with introduction by John Farr, co-founder of the restored Avon

Admission: FREEfor those patrons who sign up for the sponsors' email newsletters:

www.girlsguidetoparis.com

www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com

Girls Guide To Paris

RSVP

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FEBRUARY 18

FRENCH CINEMATHEQUE, a Focus on French Cinema films series

Co-presented by the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich & the Avon Theatre
Courtesy of Culturesfrance & the Cultural Services of the French Embassy

COULD THIS BE LOVE
(JE CROIS QUE JE L’AIME)


Thursday, FEBRUARY 18 – 7:00 PM

Carte Blanche - Free / Avon & AFG Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

Could This Be Love

ABOUT THE FILM: Lucas, a rich 43 years old industrialist, is just getting over a terrible breakup when he meets Elsa, a nice looking, famous, 38 year-old ceramist to whom he commissions a fresco. Irresistibly attracted to the young lady, Lucas tries to conquer her. But even though he is a highly-skilled business man, Lucas lacks assurance when dealing with love. He therefore hires Roland Christin, a private detective from his firm, to spy on Elsa and find the reasons behind Elsa’s celibacy. Roland uses all the latest investigation techniques at his disposal for an ancestral feeling: love.

Focus on French Cinema 2010 opens the weekend of April 9-11, 2010. For more info go to www.focusonfrenchcinema.org and click on our logo.

 

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FEBRUARY 24

DOCUMENTARY NIGHT

Co-presented by The Brown Club of Fairfield County

100 Heartbeats

Post-film Q&A with Producer Tim Smith

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 24 - 7:00 PM

Avon & Brown Club members - $6 / Students & Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

100 Heartbeats

ABOUT THE FILM: Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats, is a blockbuster 90 minute documentary with naturalist and t.v. personality Jeff Corwin, as our knowing host and guide. We learn that Earth’s animal species are facing what scientists are now calling, The Sixth Extinction. The cause of this Sixth Extinction? As Pogo said, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” – it is an extinction caused by what we humans are doing to the world – from pollution to habitat destruction to global warming. Corwin focuses not only on the growing menace of species extinction but also on the life affirming solutions being developed to stop it. He travels the globe to showcase evocative stories of survival and renewal – like the California condor, as it gloriously takes flight once again after nearly disappearing; and the Herculean efforts of wildlife specialists to save the last remaining black rhinos of Eastern Africa. Based on his own book of the same title (to be published by Rodale), this film is an evocative and personal journey for Jeff Corwin. It was produced for MSNBC by Peacock Productions.

ABOUT TIM SMITH: Mr. Smith is a veteran of both television and web production, having worked over the years for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Unapix Entertainment, Newsweek Productions, Docere Digital Studios and now, MSNBC. He is a senior producer with MSNBC’s Long Form (documentary) unit. While at MSNBC, he has co-produced with or acquired a number of programs from international distributors including Darlow Smithson, Off the Fence, RDF, Electric Sky and All3Media. MSNBC broadcasts over 3000 hours a year of documentary programming and produces 50 new hours a year. He also works closely with msnbc.com in developing the companion websites for his series and programs.

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MARCH 10

Critic's Choice

Favorite film selections from the metro area’s film critics


WINTER KILLS

Starring Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins,
Eli Wallach, Elizabeth Taylor, Toshiro Mifune, Sterling Hayden

Hosted by Joe Meyers, CT Post


Wednesday, MARCH 10 – 7:00 PM

Carte Blanche - Free / Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

Winter Kills

ABOUT THE HOST: Joe Meyers writes about movies for the Connecticut Post. A native of Chicago, Joe did most of his schooling in Philadelphia and studied journalism at Penn State. The former editor of the (now sadly defunct) Delmarva News, he spent two wonderful years in the late 1970s running the first (and only) arthouse movie theater on the Delmarva Peninsula, where he learned many valuable lessons about the differences between commerce and art. A collection of Joe's pieces about film stars of the past - "Whatever Happened to..." - went through several printings.

 

ABOUT THE FILM: This exhilarating kaleidoscope of a movie, from a surreally layered novel by Richard Condon (The Manchurian Candidate), combines post-Watergate paranoia, gallows humor, political sci-fi, dazzling suspense set pieces, something we might call postmodern historical burlesque, and gonzo performances by a truly all-star cast.

It's held together by Jeff Bridges as the surviving scion of a Kennedy-like dynasty who reluctantly sets out to solve his brother's assassination. John Huston's own dynastic credentials and rough-hewn aristocracy make him perfect casting as the family patriarch, a simultaneously genial and appalling American monster.

Writer-director William Richert, a virtual unknown, somehow corraled an amazing ensemble, including an unbilled Liz Taylor, North by Northwest production designer Robert Boyle (who also contributes a delicious cameo), composer Maurice Jarre, and the great cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond. The widescreen camerawork and zesty primary-color palette demand DVD, which may finally do right by this quintessential '70s film that the '70s just weren't ready for.

--Richard T. Jameson



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MARCH 17

Documentary Night Presents

LEGENDS OF ROCK LIVE SERIES
Hosted by guest speaker Bill Shelley (Shelley Archives)

BOB DYLAN AND FRIENDS
(Featuring Clips from 1963 – 2000)

Wednesday, MARCH 17 - 7PM

Carte Blanche – FREE / Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

ABOUT THE FILM: Bob Dylan’s work will be celebrated in rare film clips and television broadcasts, along with a wide range of performers: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, The Byrds, Eric Burden & The Animals, Joan Baez, The Turtles, Peter Paul & Mary, George Harrison, Neil Young, Manfred Mann, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, The Band and more.

Some of these film clips have never having been seen before. They range from his earliest folk days in 1963 to his electric period of folk rock / political protest statements in song and beyond. They clearly demonstrate why Dylan has been called the “voice of his generation” for his almost 50-year history, during which time he created a wide variety of song hits, including “Blowin’ In The Wind,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Like A Rolling Stone,” “Positively 4th Street,” and “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.”  Dylan’s songs are classic and legendary and have been covered by a wide range of performers, some of whom will appear in this program.   So come join the celebration of Bob Dylan’s legacy in this unique retrospect.

Running Time: 2 hours
Bill Shelley

ABOUT BILL SHELLEY/SHELLEY ARCHIVES: As a filmmaker, William Shelley has been shooting professionally since the 1970’s when he captured on film and video bands such as The Stray Cats, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts playing in small bars and clubs before they became famous.  Shelley later associated with rap group Public Enemy (PE), then known as Spectrum City, going on to direct a number of their videos and become an honorary member of PE’s African American Media Network cable television studio.

Shelley Archives Inc. was started in 1985. After working with Readers Digest Entertainment in 1990, the company’s end product was nominated for an Emmy in 1993 for the three part series “Legends of Comedy.” The program was broadcast on the Disney cable network, and home video sales exceeded a record breaking one million copies sold.  Today the company has over 100,000 reels of original 35mm and 16mm films in its archive and over 10,000 hours of rare concerts, television shows (from Europe & USA), promos, interviews, out-takes, and home movies, from a wide-ranging variety of subjects. The company has licensed them to numerous documentary and commercial projects throughout the world. Preservation of films and music clips is a main focus of the organization, as well as the desire to compensate the artists.

LEGENDS OF ROCK LIVE will continue this Spring
THE ROLLING STONES - Wednesday, April 21 at 7pm
THE BEATLES - Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm

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MARCH 25

FRENCH CINEMATHEQUE, a Focus on French Cinema films series

Co-presented by the Alliance Francaise of Greenwich & the Avon Theatre
Courtesy of Culturesfrance & the Cultural Services of the French Embassy

THE PAGE TURNER
(LA TOURNEUSE DE PAGES)


Thursday, MARCH 25 – 7:00 PM

Carte Blanche - Free / Avon & AFG Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

The Page Turner

ABOUT THE FILM: Melanie is a young woman whose ambitions as a concert pianist were dashed as a child by the thoughtless behavior of the jury chairwoman, the famous pianist Madame Fouchecourt, during her exam. Ten years later, Melanie sets up an elaborate plan for revenge and soon begins to ingratiate herself into the family. Unrecognized by Madame Fouchecourt, Melanie becomes her trusted "page turner" as both women prepare for the performance of a lifetime. The Los Angeles Times calls the film “an impeccably made psychological melodrama.”

Focus on French Cinema 2010 opens the weekend of April 9-11, 2010. For more info go to www.focusonfrenchcinema.org and click on our logo.

 


 

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APRIL 7

Critic's Choice

Favorite film selections from the metro area’s film critics


THE THIRD MAN

Hosted by Drew Taylor, Fairfield Weekly columnist/critic


Wednesday, APRIL 7 – 7:00 PM

Carte Blanche - Free / Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

The Third Man

ABOUT THE HOST: Drew Taylor reviews movies, television, books, music and comic books as a columnist and blogger for the Fairfield County Weekly and its sister papers.

He is also a critic and columnist for influential New York-based movie blog The Playlist, and a regular reviewer for home video website High Def Digest.

His critical work has also appeared in Print Magazine and his fiction work in the Longriver Review. 

He has worked on (and had a brief cameo in) Freezer Burn, a locally produced independent film by Charles Hood.

He has a beard.    

ABOUT THE FILM: (1949) “In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” In rubble-strewn postwar Vienna, its occupation divided among four powers, Joseph Cotten’s pulp Western writer Holly Martins arrives to meet up with his old friend Harry Lime only to find that he’s dead — or is he? And as the supremely naive Cotten, a monoglot stranger in a strange land, descends through the levels of deception, and as he discovers his own friend’s corruption, the moral choices loom. With its Vienna locations, including the gigantic Prater ferris wheel and the dripping sewers, shot over a five-week period of double shifts (8PM to 5AM, then 10AM to 4PM), this is a triumph of atmosphere, with its tilted camera angles (“to suggest that something crooked was going on” – Reed), its Robert Krasker-shot shadows, and Anton Karas’s unforgettable zither theme. And with its stars in perhaps their most iconic roles: bereted Trevor Howard at his most Britishly military; Alida Valli, after her unsuccessful Hollywood period (Hitchcock’s The Paradine Case), here truly enigmatic and Garboesque; and Welles’s Harry Lime arriving in one of the greatest star entrances ever, and adding the famous “cuckoo clock” speech to Graham Greene’s original script. With the whole topped by its legendary, almost endlessly drawn-out final shot, imposed by Reed over Greene’s original objections.

At the very top of the pantheon of films that define “classic,” The Third Man’s many honors include three Oscar nominations (for Director and Editing; it won for Krasker’s atmosphere-oozing cinematography) and the Grand Prize at Cannes. It also has the distinction of being the only film on both the AFI and BFI Top 100 lists of, respectively, the greatest American and British films (#1 for the Brits) – as well as being named The Greatest Foreign Film of All Time... by the Japanese!



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APRIL 15

The Avon Theatre Presents

STARSTRUCK
Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood

Book signing & discussion with author Ira M. Resnick

Followed by a special screening of
THE AWFUL TRUTH

Hosted by John Farr (Best Movies By Farr/Avon co-founder)


Thursday, APRIL 15 – 7:00 PM

Carte Blanche - Free / Avon & AFG Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

Starstruck

ABOUT IRA M. RESNICK: Author Ira M. Resnick started his impressive collection while studying at New York University Film School. A professional photographer he founded the Motion Picture Arts Gallery, the first gallery devoted exclusively to the art of the movies.

Resnick is a trustee of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and served as chairman of the board from 1999 to 2005. Resnick is also a trustee of the International Center of Photography and MUSE Film and Television.

He resides in New York City with his wife and two children.


 

ABOUT THE BOOK: A lively, firsthand account of the evolution of a world-class collection of vintage film posters and stills, accompanied by descriptions of the stars and films depicted. For four decades film historian Ira M. Resnick has been amassing a superb collection of 2,000 vintage movie posters and 1,500 stills, which has never before been published. Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters From Classic Hollywood features the best of Resnick’s collection, with vivid reproductions of 258 posters and 28 stills from a golden age of Hollywood, from 1912 to 196l. In a moving introduction, Resnick relates how his love of vintage movie art translated in to a career as a collector and the founder of the Motion Picture Arts Gallery, the first gallery devoted exclusively to the art of the movies. Resnick's firsthand account offers entertaining anecdotes about how he managed to acquire such stellar film artwork, as well as historical information about the stars and films shown on the pieces he collected. Guiding the reader through the best posters and stills of his collection, Resnick provides a tour of cinematic history, starting in the silent film era and continuing up to Breakfast at Tifrany's (1961). Offering both a chronological and thematic organization, in later chapters Resnick discusses some of Hollywood's legendary directors and films, and critiques fantastic graphic art from little-known films. Bonus material includes a list of Resnick's fifty favorite one-sheets, helpful tips for the collector, and a glossary of terms and poster sizes. A must-have book for every collector and film buff, Starstruck offers a beautifully illustrated, personal tour of a bygone age of the motion picture advertising industry.

Vintage Hollywood Posters
ABOUT THE AWFUL TRUTH : This hilarious 1937 screwball comedy stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant as a squabbling couple who decide to part ways due to alleged infidelities committed by each partner.  They subsequently go to great lengths to spoil one another’s new love lives, leading to many witty and comedic exchanges delivered in a fast-paced banter that became a trademark for the genre.  A nominee for six Academy Awards and winner for Best Director (Leo McCarey), The Awful Truth was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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APRIL 21

Documentary Night Presents

LEGENDS OF ROCK LIVE SERIES
Hosted by guest speaker Bill Shelley (Shelley Archives)

THE ROLLING STONES
(The Brian Jones years, featuring clips from 1964 – 1969)

Wednesday, APRIL 21 - 7PM

Carte Blanche – FREE / Members - $6 / Students/Seniors - $7 / Nonmembers - $10

Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones

ABOUT THE FILM: Shelley Archives will present rare color and black and white footage of the Rolling Stones, when they made their first television appearances in the USA and Europe, promo films, concerts, and newsreels. Watch as they perform many classic numbers including “Under My Thumb,” “Time Is on My Side,” and “Honky Tonk Woman.”

This show is not to be missed. The Rolling Stones have had many smash hit records. During their first success in the 1960’s, they were up there in popularity with The Beatles in the hierarchy of pop music. The Rolling Stones’ original leader and rhythm guitarist, Brian Jones, was responsible for pushing the group to experiment with their “sound” and responsible for their early fame.

The combination of Brian Jones’ bluesy instrumental influence sparked Mick Jagger’s and Keith Richards’ writing skills to create such classic songs as “Satisfaction,” “Play With Fire,” “Paint It Black,” “Lady Jane,” “The Last Time,” and “Get Off of My Cloud,” all of which are included in this program. Many consider Jones’ involvement to be the Stones’ greatest period of music. Come to the program and judge for yourself.

 

Bill Shelley

ABOUT BILL SHELLEY/SHELLEY ARCHIVES: As a filmmaker, William Shelley has been shooting professionally since the 1970’s when he captured on film and video bands such as The Stray Cats, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts playing in small bars and clubs before they became famous.  Shelley later associated with rap group Public Enemy (PE), then known as Spectrum City, going on to direct a number of their videos and become an honorary member of PE’s African American Media Network cable television studio.

Shelley Archives Inc. was started in 1985. After working with Readers Digest Entertainment in 1990, the company’s end product was nominated for an Emmy in 1993 for the three part series “Legends of Comedy.” The program was broadcast on the Disney cable network, and home video sales exceeded a record breaking one million copies sold.  Today the company has over 100,000 reels of original 35mm and 16mm films in its archive and over 10,000 hours of rare concerts, television shows (from Europe & USA), promos, interviews, out-takes, and home movies, from a wide-ranging variety of subjects. The company has licensed them to numerous documentary and commercial projects throughout the world. Preservation of films and music clips is a main focus of the organization, as well as the desire to compensate the artists.

LEGENDS OF ROCK LIVE will continue this Spring
THE BEATLES - Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm

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