Archive On Broadway CAL
Archive On Broadway CAL
Archive On Broadway CAL
Co-presented by UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Million Dollar Theater
tHe FrencH connection 1971 DIR: William Friedkin. Gene Hackman and the greatest car chase ever. 35mm, color, 104 min. WedneSdaY, noveMBer 16 7:30 PM laWrence oF araBia 1962 dIR: david Lean. Peter OToole in the timeless, unbeatable classic of misadventure in the Desert. 35mm, color, 216 min. WedneSdaY, noveMBer 23 7:30 PM Writers in Los Angeles Double Feature! Barton FinK 1991 dIR: joel Coen. The solitude of writing pushes John Turturros Fink to the edge. 35mm, color, 116 min. BarFlY 1987 dIR: Barbet Schroeder. Mickey Rourke is the embodiment of grizzled LA writer Charles Bukowski. 35mm, color, 100 min. WedneSdaY, noveMBer 30 7:30 PM Nicholson/Rafelson Double Feature! Five eaSY pieceS 1970 dIR: Bob Rafelson. Society drop-out Jack Nicholson and waitress Karen Black in a perfect movie pairing. 35mm, color, 98 min. tHe King oF Marvin gardenS 1972 dIR: Bob Rafelson. Radio talk show host Nicholson, taken in by conman brother Bruce Dern. 35mm, color, 103 min. WedneSdaY, deceMBer 7 7:30 PM SUperMan 1978 dIR: Richard donner. Christopher Reeve soars in this magnificent adventure classic. 35mm, color, 143 min. WedneSdaY, deceMBer 14 7:30 PM Sci Fi Double Feature! tHe daY tHe eartH Stood Still 1951 dIR: Robert Wise. Bringing a futile message of peace to unruly earth, visiting aliens up the ante! 35mm, b/w, 92 min. tHiS iSland eartH 1955 dIR: joseph Newman. Crafty, big-headed aliens kidnap earthly scientists for nefarious purposes. 35mm, color, 87 min. WedneSdaY, deceMBer 21 7:30 PM Rock Opera Double feature! toMMY 1975 DIR: Ken Russell. The Who, Ann-Margret, Elton John, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner somebody stop me! 35mm, color, 111min. JeSUS cHriSt SUperStar 1973 dIR: Norman jewison. Ted Neely and Carl Anderson square off in this iconic rock opera, still the gold standard. 35mm, color, 108 min.
UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to partner with the Million dollar Theater to bring specialty motion picture entertainment to downtown Los Angeles. Opened in 1918, the Million Dollar Theater, the first theater built by legendary entrepreneur Sid Grauman, has presided over Broadway for nearly a century as a home to vaudeville, live theater and film. The Archive is proud to become a part of this legacy beginning in October with a regular Wednesday night screening series of classic and popular films.
please note: There will be no Archive programming at the Million dollar Theater on Wednesday, November 2. all films in this series are being screened at the Million dollar theater, 307 South Broadway avenue. Tickets for Archive screenings at the Million Dollar Theater are $10 general and $9 students/seniors. (UCLA student free ticket policy does not apply.) Tickets are available at the Million Dollar Theater box office only. Theater box office opens an hour before program start time on the day of the show. For information about directions and parking, please visit www.milliondollartheater.com.
WedneSdaY, octoBer 5 7:30 PM Belushi/Akroyd Double Feature! tHe BlUeS BrotHerS 1980 dIR: john Landis. The brothers save the day with music, and invent some unforgettable dance steps. 35mm, color, 133 min. neigHBorS 1981 dIR: john g. Avildsen. Same old story: a peaceful life, upended by crazy neighbors. 35mm, color, 94 min. WedneSdaY, octoBer 12 7:30 PM Cronenberg Double Feature! 25th anniversary tHe FlY 1986 dIR: david Cronenberg. Cronenbergs superb remake is a creepy classic par excellence. 35mm, color, 96 min. videodroMe 1983 dIR: david Cronenberg. This scarily plausible look at media excess was ahead of its time. 35mm, color, 87 min.
WedneSdaY, octoBer 19 7:30 PM On the Road Double Feature! eaSY rider 1969 dIR: dennis Hopper. Timeless classic of counter-cultural bikers Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda. 35mm, color, 95 min. tWo-lane BlacKtop 1971 dIR: Monte Hellman. Drag racers chase the meaning of life in America. 35mm, color, 102 min. WedneSdaY, octoBer 26 7:30 PM Funny Fright Night! YoUng FranKenStein 1974 DIR: Mel Brooks. Maybe the greatest spoof ever, so funny its scary. 35mm, b/w, 106 min. love at FirSt Bite 1979 dIR: Stan dragoti. A curiously sun-tanned Count Dracula (George Hamilton) pursues lovely Susan Saint James in moonlit Manhattan. 35mm, color, 96 min. WedneSdaY, noveMBer 9 7:30 PM Friedkin Double Feature! to live & die in la 1985 DIR: William Friedkin. William Peterson chases evil counterfeiter Willem Dafoe to a Wang Chung score! 35mm, color, 116 min.