Friday & Saturday, January 28 & 29
THE WRIGHT STUFF II
FRIDAY SCHEDULE UPDATE - The Warriors director Walter Hill, star James Remar & producer Frank Marshall will now appear IN PERSON, schedules permitting, to discuss! Please note that the previously announced film order has switched to accommodate the addition of these very special guests. The Warriors will now screen first at...
[read more] Friday & Saturday, January 28 & 29
THE WRIGHT STUFF II
FRIDAY SCHEDULE UPDATE - The Warriors director Walter Hill, star James Remar & producer Frank Marshall will now appear IN PERSON, schedules permitting, to discuss! Please note that the previously announced film order has switched to accommodate the addition of these very special guests. The Warriors will now screen first at 7:30 followed by The Wanderers at 9:50. The Saturday showtimes remain the same.
The Warriors
1979, USA, 92 minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/
directed by Walter Hill; starring Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Fri: 7:30; Sat: 9:50, Trailer
Edgar says: Walter Hill's The Warriors is rightly celebrated as a cult phenomenon beyond even its origins as a movie; dialogue, sounds and images have entered into the consciousness in music, fashion and videogames. At the heart is still a barnstorming late night rumble of a film, another classic all-in-one-night tale as our heroes perform a lethal A to B in the dark terrain of a New York long forgotten.
- plus on the same bill -
The Wanderers
1979, USA, 117 minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080117/
directed by Philip Kaufman; screenplay by Rose Kaufman & Philip Kaufman based on the novel by Richard Price; starring Ken Wahl, John Friedrich, Karen Allen, Toni Kalem, Alan Rosenberg
Fri: 9:50; Sat: 7:30, Trailer
Edgar says: 1979 was a clearly a banner year for gang culture, as these two movies are the best of the genre. I showed these movies as a double bill in Toronto and they complemented each other beautifully. One is hugely underrated, the other is a cult phenomenon, both are amazing movies.
Phil Kaufman's The Wanderers is a bruising, funny knuckleduster of a movie, a rites of passage set among the warfare and initiations of 60's New York's neighbourhood gangs. There's so much from this film that has stayed with me, Perry's haymaker punches, the fog bound streets where the Ducky Boys lurk, Ken Wahl belting out Dion, the apocalyptic football game. I love this movie.
