2007
January 2007
Friday 5 January 2007
Fri 5 Jan, 3:45 pm. Garland's sole collaboration with Fred Astaire, this Academy Award-winning (Best Score) Irving Berlin musical features highlights such as Stepping Out With My Baby, A Couple of Swells and the title song. Astaire is shaken when his long-time dance partner Ann Miller goes solo. After drunkenly boasting that he can turn any plain Jane into a first-class dancer, he sets his sights on transforming Garland. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1948, color, 107 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Fri 5 Jan, 6 pm. The third and final of the Reed-Graham Greene collaborations, this time in spoof mode: Havana vacuum cleaner salesman Alec Guinness is surprised to find himself recruited by Caribbean spymaster Noel Coward for service in MI6. He's happy forthe extra income, but when nothing much happens, Guinness spices up his reports to please his superiors. Matters are complicated when a real spy ring gets whiff of Guinness. Ralph Richardson, Burl Ives and Maureen O'Hara round out a terrific cast, with Ernie Kovacs shining as the crafty Batista enforcer Captain Segura. DIR/PROD Carol Reed; SCR Graham Greene, based on his novel. UK,1959, b&w, 111 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Fri 5 Jan, 8:15 pm. THE Cotton CLUB In Jazz Age New York, rival gangsters battle for supremacy in the streets and live the high life in Harlem's famed Cotton Club. Richard Gere earns the good graces of mob boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) after saving him from a hit, then courts danger by playing around with the boss's teenage girlfriend, Diane Lane. Interweaving story lines include turns by Gregory and Maurice Hines, Nicholas Cage, Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR William Kennedy, after the novel by James Haskins; PROD Robert Evans. US,1984, color, 127 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Fri 5 Jan, 10:45 pm. An "art film for teenagers"is how Coppola described his second S.E. Hinton adaptation. Matt Dillon is a wanna-be hoodlum who idolizes his brother, former gang leader Mickey Rourke. Dennis Hopper is their wayward father who can't shake the bottle. Daringly shot in b&w, with splashes of color. Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Penn and Nicholas Cage shine in supporting roles, while The Police's Stewart Copeland contributed the film's memorable score. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR S.E. Hinton, based on her novel; PROD Doug Claybourne and Fred Roos. US, 1983, b&w/color, 94 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Saturday 6 January 2007
Sat 6 Jan, 12:45 pm. Jeff Bridges dreams of building the safest and most reliable family automobile in 1948-with fancy amenities such as seat belts, disk brakes and other safety features-while the big Detroit automakers and lobbyists look for ways to ruin him. Memorable turns from Joan Allen, Martin Landau and Dean Stockwell as Howard Hughes. DIR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR Arnold Schulman and David Seidler; PROD Fred Fuchs and Fred Roos. US, 1988, color, 110 min. RATED PG. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Sat 6 Jan, 3 pm. Mark Lester plays the young waif Oliver in this musical version of Charles Dickens's classic novel. He runs away from an orphanage only to fall in with a group of pick-pocketing hoodlums, including Oliver Reed's Bill Sikes and Ron Moody's Oscar-nominated Fagin. Nominated for 11 Oscars in all, Oliver. won five, including Johnny Green's music adaptation, Reed's direction and Best Picture. Adapted from Lionel Bart's stage musical. DIR Carol Reed; SCR Vernon Harris, based on the novel by Charles Dickens; PROD John Woolf. UK, 1968, color, 153 min. NOT RATED. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Sat 6 Jan, 6 pm. The third and final of the Reed-Graham Greene collaborations, this time in spoof mode: Havana vacuum cleaner salesman Alec Guinness is surprised to find himself recruited by Caribbean spymaster Noel Coward for service in MI6. He's happy forthe extra income, but when nothing much happens, Guinness spices up his reports to please his superiors. Matters are complicated when a real spy ring gets whiff of Guinness. Ralph Richardson, Burl Ives and Maureen O'Hara round out a terrific cast, with Ernie Kovacs shining as the crafty Batista enforcer Captain Segura. DIR/PROD Carol Reed; SCR Graham Greene, based on his novel. UK,1959, b&w, 111 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Sat 6 Jan, 8:15 pm. THE Cotton CLUB In Jazz Age New York, rival gangsters battle for supremacy in the streets and live the high life in Harlem's famed Cotton Club. Richard Gere earns the good graces of mob boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) after saving him from a hit, then courts danger by playing around with the boss's teenage girlfriend, Diane Lane. Interweaving story lines include turns by Gregory and Maurice Hines, Nicholas Cage, Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR William Kennedy, after the novel by James Haskins; PROD Robert Evans. US,1984, color, 127 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Sat 6 Jan, 10:45 pm. An "art film for teenagers"is how Coppola described his second S.E. Hinton adaptation. Matt Dillon is a wanna-be hoodlum who idolizes his brother, former gang leader Mickey Rourke. Dennis Hopper is their wayward father who can't shake the bottle. Daringly shot in b&w, with splashes of color. Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Penn and Nicholas Cage shine in supporting roles, while The Police's Stewart Copeland contributed the film's memorable score. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR S.E. Hinton, based on her novel; PROD Doug Claybourne and Fred Roos. US, 1983, b&w/color, 94 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Sunday 7 January 2007
Sun 7 Jan, 1 pm. Garland's sole collaboration with Fred Astaire, this Academy Award-winning (Best Score) Irving Berlin musical features highlights such as Stepping Out With My Baby, A Couple of Swells and the title song. Astaire is shaken when his long-time dance partner Ann Miller goes solo. After drunkenly boasting that he can turn any plain Jane into a first-class dancer, he sets his sights on transforming Garland. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1948, color, 107 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Sun 7 Jan, 8:30 pm. Jeff Bridges dreams of building the safest and most reliable family automobile in 1948-with fancy amenities such as seat belts, disk brakes and other safety features-while the big Detroit automakers and lobbyists look for ways to ruin him. Memorable turns from Joan Allen, Martin Landau and Dean Stockwell as Howard Hughes. DIR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR Arnold Schulman and David Seidler; PROD Fred Fuchs and Fred Roos. US, 1988, color, 110 min. RATED PG. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Monday 8 January 2007
Mon 8 Jan, 4:20 pm. Garland's sole collaboration with Fred Astaire, this Academy Award-winning (Best Score) Irving Berlin musical features highlights such as Stepping Out With My Baby, A Couple of Swells and the title song. Astaire is shaken when his long-time dance partner Ann Miller goes solo. After drunkenly boasting that he can turn any plain Jane into a first-class dancer, he sets his sights on transforming Garland. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1948, color, 107 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Mon 8 Jan, 6:30 pm. Mark Lester plays the young waif Oliver in this musical version of Charles Dickens's classic novel. He runs away from an orphanage only to fall in with a group of pick-pocketing hoodlums, including Oliver Reed's Bill Sikes and Ron Moody's Oscar-nominated Fagin. Nominated for 11 Oscars in all, Oliver. won five, including Johnny Green's music adaptation, Reed's direction and Best Picture. Adapted from Lionel Bart's stage musical. DIR Carol Reed; SCR Vernon Harris, based on the novel by Charles Dickens; PROD John Woolf. UK, 1968, color, 153 min. NOT RATED. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Mon 8 Jan, 9:30 pm. An "art film for teenagers"is how Coppola described his second S.E. Hinton adaptation. Matt Dillon is a wanna-be hoodlum who idolizes his brother, former gang leader Mickey Rourke. Dennis Hopper is their wayward father who can't shake the bottle. Daringly shot in b&w, with splashes of color. Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Penn and Nicholas Cage shine in supporting roles, while The Police's Stewart Copeland contributed the film's memorable score. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR S.E. Hinton, based on her novel; PROD Doug Claybourne and Fred Roos. US, 1983, b&w/color, 94 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Tuesday 9 January 2007
Tue 9 Jan, 4:20 pm. Second screening: 6:30pm Garland's sole collaboration with Fred Astaire, this Academy Award-winning (Best Score) Irving Berlin musical features highlights such as Stepping Out With My Baby, A Couple of Swells and the title song. Astaire is shaken when his long-time dance partner Ann Miller goes solo. After drunkenly boasting that he can turn any plain Jane into a first-class dancer, he sets his sights on transforming Garland. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1948, color, 107 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Tue 9 Jan, 8:45 pm. THE Cotton CLUB In Jazz Age New York, rival gangsters battle for supremacy in the streets and live the high life in Harlem's famed Cotton Club. Richard Gere earns the good graces of mob boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) after saving him from a hit, then courts danger by playing around with the boss's teenage girlfriend, Diane Lane. Interweaving story lines include turns by Gregory and Maurice Hines, Nicholas Cage, Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR William Kennedy, after the novel by James Haskins; PROD Robert Evans. US,1984, color, 127 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Wednesday 10 January 2007
Wed 10 Jan, 4:45 pm. Garland's sole collaboration with Fred Astaire, this Academy Award-winning (Best Score) Irving Berlin musical features highlights such as Stepping Out With My Baby, A Couple of Swells and the title song. Astaire is shaken when his long-time dance partner Ann Miller goes solo. After drunkenly boasting that he can turn any plain Jane into a first-class dancer, he sets his sights on transforming Garland. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1948, color, 107 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Wed 10 Jan, 7:15 pm. The third and final of the Reed-Graham Greene collaborations, this time in spoof mode: Havana vacuum cleaner salesman Alec Guinness is surprised to find himself recruited by Caribbean spymaster Noel Coward for service in MI6. He's happy forthe extra income, but when nothing much happens, Guinness spices up his reports to please his superiors. Matters are complicated when a real spy ring gets whiff of Guinness. Ralph Richardson, Burl Ives and Maureen O'Hara round out a terrific cast, with Ernie Kovacs shining as the crafty Batista enforcer Captain Segura. DIR/PROD Carol Reed; SCR Graham Greene, based on his novel. UK,1959, b&w, 111 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Wed 10 Jan, 9:30 pm. Jeff Bridges dreams of building the safest and most reliable family automobile in 1948-with fancy amenities such as seat belts, disk brakes and other safety features-while the big Detroit automakers and lobbyists look for ways to ruin him. Memorable turns from Joan Allen, Martin Landau and Dean Stockwell as Howard Hughes. DIR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR Arnold Schulman and David Seidler; PROD Fred Fuchs and Fred Roos. US, 1988, color, 110 min. RATED PG. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Thursday 11 January 2007
Thu 11 Jan, 4:45 pm. Garland's sole collaboration with Fred Astaire, this Academy Award-winning (Best Score) Irving Berlin musical features highlights such as Stepping Out With My Baby, A Couple of Swells and the title song. Astaire is shaken when his long-time dance partner Ann Miller goes solo. After drunkenly boasting that he can turn any plain Jane into a first-class dancer, he sets his sights on transforming Garland. DIR Charles Walters; SCR Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1948, color, 107 min. NR. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Thu 11 Jan, 7 pm. THE Cotton CLUB In Jazz Age New York, rival gangsters battle for supremacy in the streets and live the high life in Harlem's famed Cotton Club. Richard Gere earns the good graces of mob boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) after saving him from a hit, then courts danger by playing around with the boss's teenage girlfriend, Diane Lane. Interweaving story lines include turns by Gregory and Maurice Hines, Nicholas Cage, Bob Hoskins and Fred Gwynne. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR William Kennedy, after the novel by James Haskins; PROD Robert Evans. US,1984, color, 127 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]
Thu 11 Jan, 9:30 pm. An "art film for teenagers"is how Coppola described his second S.E. Hinton adaptation. Matt Dillon is a wanna-be hoodlum who idolizes his brother, former gang leader Mickey Rourke. Dennis Hopper is their wayward father who can't shake the bottle. Daringly shot in b&w, with splashes of color. Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Christopher Penn and Nicholas Cage shine in supporting roles, while The Police's Stewart Copeland contributed the film's memorable score. DIR/SCR Francis Ford Coppola; SCR S.E. Hinton, based on her novel; PROD Doug Claybourne and Fred Roos. US, 1983, b&w/color, 94 min. RATED R. 2021 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, 90027-1657. 323.856.7600. American Film Institute - [email][events]