70MM Festival

Description

September 18
Tu (1:30p), 4:45p, 8p: Patton

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden Music by Jerry Goldsmith; 1970, 170 min,
NEW 70MM PRINT!

September 19–20
W (2:30p), 5:30p, 8:30p; Th 5:30p, 8:30p: Lord Jim
Directed by Richard Brooks; Cast: Peter O’Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins; 1965,
154 min, 70MM
September 21 DOUBLE FEATURE
“MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS” in 70MM!
Hosted By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks

F 7p: Ghostbusters
Directed by Ivan Reitman; Containing: Bill Murray, Harold Raimis, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis; 1984, 105 min, 70MM
How could you not want to get slimed in 70mm?!

9:10p: Lifeforce
Directed by Tobe Hooper; Written by Dan O’Bannon; Containing: Steve Railsback, Patrick Stewart, Peter Firth, Mathilda May; 1985, 95 min, 70MM
The fact that you can attend a 70mm screening of this super sleazy, surreal sci-fi flick should be worth the price of admission alone. But more than that, you won’t believe how oddly hypnotic and enjoyable this film actually plays out. Astronauts discover a race of humanoid beings inside the core of Haley’s Comet and decide to bring the three naked ones back to planet Earth. Understandably, they wreck havoc on everyone and everything. Luckily, the female humanoid (Mathilda May) spends the entire film in the nude. Let me be frank, you will never in your lifetime get another chance to watch this obscure film in 70mm. WARNING: Gratuitous nudity and swirly, psychedelic space effects.
Notes by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks

September 22–23
Sa, Su 2:30p, 7p: Lawrence of Arabia
Directed by David Lean; Cast: Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif, Jose Ferrer; 1962, 216 min, 70MM
September 24 DOUBLE FEATURE ULTRA-RARE SCREENINGS IN 70MM!
M 7p: Starman
Directed by John Carpenter; Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel; 1984, 115 min, 70MM

9:10p: Brainstorm
Directed by Douglas Trumbull; Cast: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson; 1983, 106 min, 70MM

September 25–26
Tu 6:30p, 9:10p; W (1:10p), 3:50p, 6:30p, 9:10p: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Directed by Stanley Kubrick; Cast: Kier Dullea, Gary Lockwood, the voice of Douglas Rain; 1968, 139 min, 70MM
September 27 DOUBLE FEATURE—ARNOLD IN 70MM!
Th 7p: Total Recall
Directed by Paul Verhoeven; Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside; Music by Jerry Goldsmith; 1990, 113 min, 70MM

9:10p: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Directed by James Cameron; Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick; 1991, 137 min, 70MM

Schedule

Castro Theatre 429 Castro St San Francisco, CA

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