FRIDAY, JULY 05th, 2013
at the CASTRO theatre in San Francisco, CA.
"JOHNNY DEPP'S 50th BiRTHDAY" Triple Bill
(ONLY $13 FOR one or ALL THREE FILMS!)

** SPECiAL NOTE: ADVANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW! **

DOORS OPEN AT 7:00pm 

7:30pm - BENNY & JOON (1993)
(20th anniversay 35mm screening!)
Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
W/ Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt

We kick off Johnny Depp's 50th Birthday weekend by showcasing his most defining (non-Tim Burton) performance. This quaint & quirky tribute to everything from the great silent-era comedians Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, make sure to brace yourself for a genuinely heart-wrenching 1990s romance. With Johnny Depp's show-stopping charm and Mary Stuart Masterson's Oscar worthy achievement and Aidan Quinn basically carrying the weight of the entire world inside his cloud-like soft-eyes, you better walk 500 miles so you don't miss this 20th Anniversary 35mm screening at the greatest movie theatre in the country. 98min. 35mm print courtesy of MGM. Preceded by a slew of Johnny Depp trailers. 

Watch this Q&A with Johnny Depp on Regis and Kathy Lee circa 1993

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9:30pm - WHAT'S EATiNG GiLBERT GRAPE (1993)
Written by Peter Hedges; Directed by Lasse Hallström; W/ Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steeburgen, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover

Pulling together perhaps the decade's most astounding cast, director Lasse Hallström created this quiet, haunting picture of a middle-America that should rank on alongside the greatest films of our time. Yet somehow it continues to slip through cinephile's cracks making it one of those films that needs to be seen to be believed. Johnny Depp's understated delivery enabled Leonardo DiCaprio to give his career's tour-de-force performance (Tommy Lee Jones took the Oscar that year for... The Fugitive.) Bring your long-lost friends and family to the 20th Anniversary 35mm screening of this contemporary classic. 118min. 35mm print courtesy of Paramount. Preceded by upcoming M4M events.

WATCH THE ORiGiNAL THEATRiCAL TRAiLER 

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11:30pm CRY BABY (1990)
(23rd ANNiVERSARY 35MM SCREENING!)
Written/Directed by John Waters; W/ Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Iggy Pop, Mink Stole
After John Waters made his Hollywood crossover with Hairspray (1988), he set his sights on reinterpreting the modern musical Grease (1978), Baltimore-stye. Launching Johnny Depp's career is only one of the achievements that this toe-tapping, hip-skanking, camp-fest delivers. Although at the time of release Cry-Baby was too raunchy for mainstream moviegoers yet it didn't satisfy the grimy ghouls that worshipped John Waters' previous films. Now as it nearly reaches its 25th Anniversary (and getting its Broadway musical adaptation), come see how gratuitously groovy Johnny Depp and this actual cult classic truly is! 85min. 35mm print courtesy of Universal Studios. Preceded by a ton of John Waters trailers.

WATCH THE ORiGiNAL THEATRiCAL TRAILER

ADMiSSiON $13.00 for one or all three films! ADVANCE TiX AVAiLABLE.


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