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Cinema's Legacy at the Skirball
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Dear Friends and Colleagues:
American Film Institute and Skirball Cultural Center invite YOU to meet some of Hollywood's most important filmmakers at...
Cinema's Legacy
A monthly "great classics of cinema" film series at the Skirball Cultural Center inspired by the simple question, "Which filmmaker has most inspired you?"
Please note: Instant membership benefits now available by emailing us at cinemaslegacy@gmail.com
FREE membership to series now offered for a limited time only. Members receive discounted ticket prices and discussion groups with top Hollywood filmmakers!
To become a member, you must email us now at cinemaslegacy@gmail.com
UPCOMING THIS SUMMER!
- Friday, June 30 -
Roger Corman presents the noir classic THE BIG SLEEP
Roger Corman will answer your questions on the film and his career.
- Tuesday, July 11 -
Oliver Stone presents Costa-Gavras' Z.
Q&A; with Oliver Stone moderated by Leonard Maltin!
Don't fear the traffic! Take the scenic traffic-free route via Mulholland Drive. It's simply beautiful and so easy.
To join our Cinema's Legacy Listserve and become a member
Please just email us to join at CinemasLegacy@gmail.com
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Upcoming Events
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 7:30 PM
Writer/director/producer Roger Corman (LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, BUCKET OF BLOOD) presents Howard Hawks' THE BIG SLEEP.
Q&A; to precede the screening with award-winning filmmaker Roger Corman.
THE BIG SLEEP
1946 114MIN 35MM
DIR Howard Hawks SCR William Faulkner, Lee Brackett, Jules Furthman based on the novel by Raymond Chandler CAST Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, John Ridgely
THE BIG SLEEP (1946) is one of Raymond Chandler's best hard-boiled detective mysteries transformed into a film noir classic. It is a complex, logic-defying whodunit with a quintessential private detective (Marlowe), false leads, unforgettable dialogue and wisecracks, raw-edged characters, sexy women, tough action, gunplay, a series of electrifying scenes and screen violence, starring one of the most seductive on-screen couples, Bogie and Bacall.
ROGER CORMAN BIO
Roger Corman's eye for talent and unique abilities as a mentor, based on his extensive experience as a producer and director whose credits include THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, BUCKET OF BLOOD and ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL, have launched a number of stellar careers. Graduates of the "Corman film school" include producers Jon Davison and Gale Anne Hurd; writers and writer/directors Robert Towne and John Sayles; actors Sandra Bullock, Charles Bronson, Robert DeNiro, Peter Fonda, Diane Ladd, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone and directors Peter Bogdanovich, James Cameron, Francis Ford Coppola, Joe Dante, Jonathan Demme, Carl Franklin, Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese.
Roger Corman has received an Honorary Doctorate from the American Film Institute, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics. He also has been recognized by the American Cinema Editors, The Academy of Science Fiction and Fantasy, and the American Film Marketing Association. In 1998, he won the first Producer's Award ever given by the Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, his film FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960) was among the 25 movies selected for the National Film Registry, a compilation of significant films being preserved by the Library of Congress. Also, in 2006, Roger Corman received the David O. Selznick Award from the Producers Guild of America.
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TUESDAY, JULY 11, 7:30 PM
Writer/director Oliver Stone (PLATOON, NATURAL BORN KILLERS) presents Costa-Gavras' Z.
Q&A; to precede the screening with award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone.
Z
1969 125MIN 35MM
DIR Constantin Costa-Gavras SCR Jorge Semprum, Constantin Costa-Gavras based on source material by Vassili Vassilikos CAST Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Papas
A left-wing, pro-peace political candidate in an unnamed country (suggesting Greece) is assassinated, leaving his deputies and an ambitious young magistrate to uncover a trail of conspiracy that leads to the highest-ranks of the ruling right-wing government.
OLIVER STONE BIO
Oliver Stone, born in New York, September 15, 1946, has directed ALEXANDER ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, U-TURN, NIXON, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, HEAVEN AND EARTH, JFK, THE DOORS, BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, TALK RADIO, WALL STREET, PLATOON, SALVADOR, THE HAND and SEIZURE. He's also written or co-written MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, SCARFACE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, YEAR OF THE DRAGON, EVITA and 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE. He's directed 3 documentaries-LOOKING FOR FIDEL, COMANDANTE and PERSONA NON GRATA.
Stone's new feature film, WORLD TRADE CENTER starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, will be released in August.
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Ticketing
$10 General / $8 Members* / $6 Students and Seniors
*Union, Guild, ArcLight, Skirball and AFI Members
To order advance tickets, call 866.468.3399 or order online at www.ticketweb.com.
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About Skirball Cultural
Center Hailed by The New York Times as "a lesson on how to connect the eye to heart and mind," the Skirball Cultural Center has established itself as one of the world's most dynamic Jewish cultural institutions, and among the most prominent cultural venues in the United States. Its mission is to explore the connections between four thousand years of Jewish heritage and the vitality of American democratic ideals. It seeks to welcome and inspire people of every ethnic and cultural identity in American life. Guided by our respective memories and experiences, together we aim to build a society in which all of us can feel at home.
More information about Skirball can be found at: www.skirball.org
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Contact Us
If you have questions regarding the Cinema's Legacy series, schedules,
ticketing information or directions to the Skirball Cultural Center, please
contact us at:
onscreen@afi.com
info@skirball.org
private-events@skirball.org
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