"NERDS
WITH
BALLS" Triple
Feature
friday,
MARCH
20,
2009
at
the
castro
theatre
in
San
Francisco,
CA.
7:00pm
- MIDNIGHT
MADNESS (1980) +
SHORT
FILMS
Written & Directed
by
Michael
Nankin & David
Wechter
Containing:
David Naughton,
Debra Clinger,
Eddie Deezen & Michael
J Fox's film
debut
We kick things
off with the
nostalgic treasure
hunt extravaganza!
Not only is
this another
one of Disney's
earliest PG
rated films
(see THE BLACK
HOLE and WATCHER
IN THE WOODS),
this is Michael
J. Fox's feature
film debut
and it has
him battling
dozens of maniacal
contestants
including the
legendary Eddie
Deezan. The
film delivers
so much good
clean fun,
you'll be left
wondering who
could make
such a gem.
Well, as a
special bonus,
we'll be screening
some of the
filmmakers
inspired short
films, which
have been restored
and are the
reasons why
Disney decided
to fund their
feature! GRAVITY
(1976) and
GIRLS, SCHOOL & YOU
(1978) will
screen digitally.
Preceding the
feature will
be some of
your most favorite
Gang-Nerd trailers
including REVENGE
OF THE NERDS,
THE GATE and
SCAVENGER HUNT.
Very RARE 35mm
print, 112
min.
Playing
with...
9:45pm - REAL
GENIUS (1985)
 Directed
by Martha Coolidge (VALLEY
GIRL)
Containing:
Val Kilmer,
Gabriel Jarret,
Stacey Peralta & Jonathan
Gries
as Lazlo
Val Kilmer's
reign of the
mid-80s peaked
with this ultimate
NERDS WITH
BALLS tour-de-force.
Combining some
of the craziest
college campus
pranks with
heavy duty
politics &sealing
it all up with
consistently
hi-larious
dialogue, Martha
Coolidge's
little treasure
deserves to
be re-evaluated
as one of the
decade's finest
comedies. Just
curious, were
any of you
as obsessed
with Lazlo
(Gries), the
guy who lived
in their dorm
room closet?!
Preceded by
upcoming screening
trailers including
WAR GAMES,
RED DAWN and
INVASION U.S.A.
Original
35mm
Scope, 108
min, 1985.
Playing with...
11:59pm - ELECTRIC
DREAMS (1984)
Written
by Rusty Lemorande.
Directed by
Steve Barron
Containing:
Lenny Von Dohlen,
Virginia Madsen & Bud
Cort as Edgar's
voice
 Filmed
entirely in
San Francisco,
Miles (Von
Dohlen) is
the type of
Nerd that can't
keep his life
in order. So
he goes out
and buys one
of those newfangled
computer-things.
As the computer
(named Edgar)
helps Miles
put his life
in order (by
waking him
up on time,
setting the
timer to cook
his toast,
etc.) something
unexpected
happens...
Edgar falls
in love with
Miles' girlfriend
(Madsen). This
digital-era,
dark comedy
eerily predicts
just about
every complication
we have with
computers controling
our lives.
Bud Cort (HAROLD & MAUDE)
is the voice
of Edgar and
Giorgio Morodor
delivers one
of the best
synth soundtracks
you've never
heard. Don't
miss this ULTRA-RARE
35mm screening.
Preceded by
some killer
computer trailers
including (including
WEIRD SCIENCE
as
well as trailers
for the all-Sunday,
April
19 "FIGHTING
BACK... in
the 80s" Quadruple
Feature co-presented
with The Alamo
Drafthouse).
35mm print,
95 min, 1984.
NEVER RELEASED
ON
DVD.
Plus,
tons
of
trivia
and
giveaways!
Miss this
night… and
cry!
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