7:30pm LITTLE DARLINGS – Directed by Ronald Maxwell
Containing: Tatum O’Neil, Kristy McNichol, Matt Dillon, Cynthia Nixon. 1980

We kick off our Summer Camp night with one of the most sincere female coming of age films ever made. With the same amount of compassion to girl’s struggles as FOXES, this camp competition places tuff grrrl Angel (McNichol) up against the snobby priss Ferris (O’Neil) as they both compete to see who can lose their virginity first. Nostalgic wacky antics ensue with everything from food-fights to late nights! But what really punctuates this is the genuinely heartbreaking performance by Kristy McNichol. Throw in a super young (and super cute) Matt Dillon and you’ve got a Camp classic that will stick with you for years to come. Extremely RARE Widescreen print! NOT AVAILABLE ON DVD! 96min + trailers preceeding the film including RUMBLE FISH, TEX and LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN.

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9:45pm MEATBALLS – Directed by Ivan Reitman
Containing: Bill Murray, Matt Craven, Chris Makepeace, Kate Lynch. 1979

You won’t find a more perfect summer camp film than this BAD NEWS BEARS inspired fun-fest! Camp counselor Tripp Harrison (perhaps Bill Murray’s best role?) creates the ultimate summer extravaganza for his pre-pubescent attendees. The non-stop Camp hi-jinx include campfire stories, hot-dog eating contests, and pranks galore. This is good-ol’ fashion, clean fun... 1970’s style. The film’s competition climax between rivaling camps, combined with an extraordinary number of essential one-liners, you’ll feel like you’re thirteen-years-old all over again. (And that’s a good thing!) Preceeded by a pile of Camp-y trailers including REVENGE OF THE NERDS, MIDNITE MADNESS, SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, SLEEPAWAY CAMP. 99min + trailers.

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Midnite REVENGE OF THE CHEERLEADERS – Directed by Richard Lerner

Containing: Jerii Woods, Cheryl Smith, Helen Lang, Patrice Rohmer, Susie Elene and... David Hasselhoff in his very first movie! 1976

Capping the night off is the grand finale of teenagers-running-amok flicks. This unstoppable T&A classic not only sports some of the most beautiful (naked) women of the 70’s, it showcases David Hasselhoff’s very first screen appearance… bare-ass and all! The film is overflowing with so many legendary sequences that I can’t decide which is the finest: Is it the bubble bath orgy in the high school locker room or the marijuana induced lunchroom food fight (which is easily the longest food fight in film history). Don’t miss this RARE chance to see one of the major inspiration’s for Tarantino’s DEATH PROOF! Plus this will be screened from a genuine Drive-In print, scratches and all. Plus, be prepared for an onslaught of quintessential 70’s T&A cheerleader trailers including THE CHEERLEADERS, THE SWINGING CHEERLEADERS, H.O.T.S. HOT T-SHIRTS & SWAP MEET! 88min + trailers.

Advanced tix available at
www.ticketweb.com
$10 for ALL THREE FILMS

Our night of “Vertically Challenged Monsters” kicks off with one of the best Ancient Chinese secrets of the 1980’s. It all begins innocently when Billy receives his very own Mogwai, the most adorable pet in the world. (This is pre-Furby folks!) But Billy needs to keep his Mogwai away from bright lights, spilling water on him and especially, never feeding him after midnite. Sadly for Billy (but fortunately for us) the rules get broken and some of the most terrifying PG-13 monsters are set free to wreck havoc on the world. Experience this cute-critter classic with a whole new batch of 1980’s trailers preceeding the film. (Gizmo’s little purring song is worth the admission alone!)

9:45pm
HOWARD THE DUCK – Directed by William Huyck; Produced by George Lucas
Containing: Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones, & 8 actors inhabiting the $2M Howard the Duck costume! 1986, 111min.

So here it is folks… the Holy Grail of dismissed films from the 1980’s. This could be that “once-in-a-lifetime” chance to give George Lucas a happy-hug for his brave and misunderstood comic book adaptation. Follow Howard, an obscene, wise-cracking, cigar smoking duck who spouts out pop-culture references left and right, as he attempts to save the world from The Dark Overlord of the Universe. This 1980’s time capsule is chock-full of priceless goodies: Duck-boobies, a hyper-freaked-out scientist played by Tim Robbins and a New Wave punk’d-up Lea Thompson performing in an all grrrl glam-band. Screening for the first time in over 20 years, I hope that someday Sir George Lucas (and his ILM special effects team) will come to terms and embrace this misunderstood DUCK FLICK as much as we’re going to tonite! Preceeded by a few choice 80’s trailers. Extremely RARE print. Never released on DVD.

midnite TROLL 2 – Directed by Claudio Fragasso With SPECIAL GUESTS in person!
**Q&A following the screening with cast members Michael Stephenson, George Hardy. 1990, 95min.

Finally after 17 years, this infamous and irrelevant sequel to Troll, will grace the big screen for the very first time! Originally made for the video shelf, Troll 2 has become one of the most disrespected horror films in recent history. But more remarkable is how so many people from all over the world have fallen in love with this genuine failure (See www.bestworstmovie.com) without any prompting… until now. Be prepared to help protect our 12yr old hero, Joshua as he battles a gaggle of goblins, vicious vegetarians and a wickedly-wacked witch. (Curiously, there are no trolls in Troll 2.) This freeky fairytale sports some of the most memorable Method actors of our time, who just so happen to be appearing IN PERSON: Michael Stephenson (Joshua) and George Hardy (Dad) will hold a Q&A following this legendary screening. Top that with a handful of “Vertically Challenged Monster” trailers preceeding the film, plus a special Goblin cookie for audience members. (While supplies last!) Miss this and cry.

ADVANCED TIX available at www.ticketweb.com

We kick our Prom Night off with that ancient 80’s battle: The Yuppies vs. The New Wavers. As the kooky Duckman does his best to win the heart of fellow off-beat, post-punker Andie, the “major appliance” Blaine attempts to prove that there’s more to yuppie-love than hawt cars & blonde bimbos. With the red-headed charm of Ringwald, the dramatic romanticism of Cryer, and the soft-spoken words of McCarthy (not to mention the sleeze-drenched scenes of Spader-man), nothing captures late-80s High Skool Hollywood better than this. And beware, there’s gonna be some ‘80s Teen-trailers that will be as much fun as the feature!

9:45p: Carrie - Directed by Brian DePalma 1976, 98 mins
Containing: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, Nancy Allen, John Travolta, P.J. Soles;
Combining female empowerment, witch mythology, young adult novels & some good ol’ fashioned T&A, Stephen King’s first novel makes for the perfect big screen, blood-drenched, fright-fest. Carrie White’s (Spacek) good-natured innocence is put to the ultimate test by the most deliciously mean-spirited teenagers you ever did see. Even with the help of her Gym teacher & “The Greatest American Hero” (Katt), Carrie’s nightly battles with her over-bearing mother (Laurie) & the random cruelty from principals & neighborhood boys punctuates just how hellish High Skool truly is.
Come on out and support poor “Creepy Carrie” from all the meanies in the world!

11:59p (midnite): Prom Night - Directed by Paul Lynch 1980, 90 mins
Containing Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Casey Stevens, Anne Marie-Martin

We round out the night with this Canadian knockoff of John Carpenter’s Halloween, which packs quite a punch with it's ominous camera angles, brutal deaths and bitchin’ soundtrack. As the teens are hunted down by an axe-wielding maniac for a childhood crime they all committed, Jamie Lee Curtis will be awarded (by me) the Prom Queen crown for being totally sexy and for her show-stopping Disco dancing routine. Here’s your chance to see a true Stalker classic before the official remake disgraces theatres later this year. Plus, there’s gonna be some killer trailers from obscure Stalker films before the film!

MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS programming & notes by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
Advance Tix for $10 available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office. Please contact Jesse at www.midnitesformaniacs.com or email him at freekyfridays@gmail.com

Late one night, a macho American truck driver named Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) takes a wrong turn and finds himself smack dab in the middle of a hyper-stereotyped San Francisco Chinatown, filled with everything from underground caverns to mystical demons. Our Chinese American hero, Wang Chi (played triumphantly by Dennis Dun), joins forces with this ignorant trucker to help rescue a green-eyed beauty (Penthouse pet Suzee Pai) who’s been kidnapped by a 2000-year-old magician (all hail James Hong!) and his three invincible sidekicks, the martial arts masters Thunder, Rain & Lightning (Carter Huang, Peter Kwong and James Pax!) Throw in Egg Shen (the legendary sleepy-eyed Victor Wong), SEX AND THE CITY’s Kim Cattrall, hundreds of badasssss Hatchet Men and creepy sewer monsters and you’ve got one of the most exhilarating films of the ‘80s.

The film exploits every Chinese stereotype in the book, but director John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN; ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) and cast take these racial myths to such heightened, self-aware levels that now, twenty years later, we can enjoy this Asian American celebration for what it truly is: A rockin-good time! This rare 35mm print was brought from the U.K., so do not miss this special event!

$10 Advance Tix available at www.tickets.com or at Van Ness 1000 Box Office 3.1-3.14
$11 Regular priced tix at The Castro Box Office on the day of the show.

We kick off our Jodie Foster night with a nostalgic time about tomboys growing up too fast and when Disney films were actually funny. One morning, Annabel wakes up to find her-self switched into her mother’s body and vice-versa. As the two experience what it’s like to be in the other’s shoes, Foster proves that she truly was the greatest child actor of our time. (She made this wacky romp in the same year as playing the under-age prostitute in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.) Be prepared for some amazing trailers from your childhood preceeding the movie.

9:45pm FOXES – Directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance)
Containing: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid & Cherie Currie (The Runaways). Music by Giorgio Morodor, Donna Summer. 106min, 1980

This portrait of four teenage girls growing up in the late-70’s is as poignant and powerful as it was 27 years ago. The film captures that disenchanting moment as you start drifting away from your best friends. For Jeanie (Foster) the drugs, sluffing school, rocking out to your favorite band, even the cute skater boy (Baio), it’s all secondary when it comes to friendships. Problem is, things don’t always work out the way they’re suppose to. This really does rank up there with the most important teen films. Don’t miss this special screening!

11:59pm BUGSY MALONE – Directed by Alan Parker (Fame)

Containing: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio and a whole lotta kids! Music by Paul Williams. 93min, 1976
You wanna talk about obscure cinema, how about an entire cast of kids, (led by Scott Baio and Jodie Foster!) that re-imagines the early 1920’s gangster story of Bugsy Malone as a down-right musical!? Each and every authentic roaring-twenties costume was specially cut-down for the child actors, while the tommy guns shot custard pies (aka “Splurge guns”). If that’s not bizarre enuff, all of the musical numbers were written and performed by kooky-eyed musician Paul Williams (Phantom of the Paradise)! As the tagline said in 1976, “Quite simply, there’s never ever been a movie like it.” Super rare 35mm print.

ALL THREE FILMS for only $10.00
The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street (@ Market)
Advanced Tix at www.ticketweb.com

1. OLD JOY - Kelly Reichardt (3)

2. NEW WORLD - Terrence Malick (3)

3. L'ENFANT - The Dardenne Brothers

4. PiNE FLAT - Sharon Lockhart

5. MUTUAL APPRECIATION - Andrew Bujalski

6. Battlestar Galactica: The TV Series - Michael Rymer

7. A SCANNER DARKLY - Richard Linklater (2)

8. The Wire: TV Series - David Simon

9. CHiLDREN OF MEN - Alfonso Cueron

10. The DEPARTED - Marty Scorsese (2)

11. DiSTRiCT B13 - Pierre Morel (2)

12. HOSTEL - Eli Roth (2)

13. The HOST - Bong Joon-Ho

14. LiNDA, LiNDA, LiNDA - Nobuhiro Namashita (3)

15. BLOODRAYNE - Uwe Bol

16. LiTTLE MAN - Keen Ivory Wayans

17. Poli-Docs (In alphabetical order)
AMERICAN BLACKOUT - Ian Inaba
BLACK GOLD - Marc & Nick Francis
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS - James Longley
JESUS CAMP - Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
JONESTOWN - Stanley Nelson
MY COUNTRY MY COUNTRY - Laura Poitras
WHEN THE LEVEES BREAK - Spike Lee
WHY WE FIGHT - Eugene Jarecki

Here's a list of my most important albums of 2006 (and where I saw them live).

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys (@ Great American)
2. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (@ Lollapalooza & The Fillmore)
3. Cat Power - The Greatest (@ Great American)
4. Built To Spill - You In Reverse (@ Slim's)
5. Matisyahu - Youth (@ Lollapalooza)
6. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics (@ The Greek Amphimtheatre & Lollapalooza)
7. Dr. Octagon - The Return of Dr. Octagon
8. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
9. Peeping Tom - Self Titled (@ Great American & Lollapalooza)
10. Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (@ Lollapalooza)
11. Man Man - Six Demon Bag (@ Pitchfork Music Festival)
12. The Knife - Silent Shout
13. Erase Errata - Nightlife (@ Cafe Du Nord & The Fillmore)
14. Spank Rock - Yo Yo Yo (@ Pitchfork Music Fesival)
15. Deerhoof's live soundtrack to Harry Smith's films @ The Castro

Dolly Parton can evoke a smile from even the most hardened criminal… for more reasons than one. Which is why we have three films celebrating the joy that Dolly brings to our universe. Here Dolly shines as an optimistic prostitute in this wacky whorehouse hybrid: part nudie film, part musical extravaganza. This early 80’s camp-classic delivers as many raunchy innuendos, close-ups of Burt’s moustache, and foot-stomping Country/Western numbers to get you up and dancin’ the night away.
Nobody does it like Dolly! - 114 mins, SCOPE
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9:45pm
NINE TO FIVE - Directed by Colin Higgins - 1980

Containing: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden.

Feminism reached mainstream America because of this movie right here. Come cheer for these three pragmatic, audacious, and hilarious women as they take on The Man (Coleman) and raise the chauvinist ceiling for the modern day working-woman. Rarely will you experience the dominance of actresses like Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in one film. 110 min.
Make sure to get ADVANCE TIX early, cuz this baby is gonna be packed!
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11:59pm (midnite)
RHINESTONE - Directed by Bob Clark - 1984

Containing: Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Richard Farnsworth.

Apart from being the forgotten gem of both Dolly & Sly Stallone’s career, this 1980’s glitter-fest is also one of the funniest films you’ve never seen! Dolly plays a Country/Western singer who bets everything she has on being able to turn a typical New York cabbie (Stallone) into a famous singer. Dolly & Sly will have you laughing to tears (and I’m not even talking about their skin-tight 80’s costumes!) But what’s truly addictive about Rhinestone is how well it dances that fine line between total embarrassment and sheer brilliance. (You know which side I’m on!)
111 min, Pristine 16mm SCOPE print!
(Plus, this is directed by the man who made both BABY GENIUSES films!!)

Advance Tix of $10 available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office. MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS programming & notes by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks Please contact Jesse at www.midnitesformaniacs.com or email him at freekyfridays@gmail.com

MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS presents
Pop, Rock N' Lock Til You Drop Triple Feature!

7:30p:
BREAKIN'

Directed by Joel Silberg (Rappin’, Lambada), Containing: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo “Shabba Doo” Quinones, Michael “Boogaloo Shrimp” Chambers and Ice-T. 1984, 90 mins

Pop, rock n’ lock yourself to this month’s Freeky Friday extravaganza, where Ozone and Turbo will teach you the ways of the Los Angeles “street dance” with an emphasis on spinning on your head, dancing late at night with a magical broom, and truly creating some of the greatest dance moves of the 1980s. This quintessential Breakdancing film has enough bandanas, ripped-up sweatpants, tiny moustaches, and dangly earrings for you to fall on the floor and start “doing the worm!” Plus, who doesn’t want to see a young spandex’d Jean-Claude Van Damme, dancing on the sidelines!

9:45pm
BEAT STREET

Directed by Stan Lathan, Containing: Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Saundra Santiago. 1984, 105 mins

Released the same year as Breakin’, this Bronx-based Breakdancing film showcases your most favorite b-boy (and b-girl) artists on the spray-painted, snowy streets of the old New York City. The musical performances are to-die-for including Africa Bambaataa, Melle Mel, Brenda Star, Kool Moe Dee and Doug E. Fresh. The dancing between the almighty Rock Steady Crew and the NYC Breakers is the best you’ll ever get and the story (even if it’s a bit hokey) is strikingly more poignant. Don’t miss yr chance to see this nostalgic classic on the big screen!

11:59pm (midnite)
COOL AS ICE

Directed by David Kellogg, Containing: Vanilla Ice, Naomi Campbell, Kristin Minter, Deezer D. as “Jazz”. 1991, 100 mins

“Yep, yep!” It’s time to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Vanilla Ice’s post-b-boy, ego-vehicle that was meant to crash & burn in 1991, but was destined to be a MiDNiTE FOR MANiACS in 2006! The original white rapper (Snow & Eminem have nothing on the Iceman!) plays a free-wheelin’ rebel-without-a-clue musician who rolls into a small town and meets a high-school honor student who catches his “livin’ large” heart. Can a “good” girl fall for such a “bad” guy? Come check out one of the most satisfying films you’ve never seen, which delivers a “stunning” visual style and acting performances that only dreams are made of. Extremely Rare Print! NOT ON DVD.

Advance Tix available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office. Please contact Jesse at www.midnitesformaniacs.com or email him at freekyfridays@gmail.com

7:30pm
Return of the Living Dead
Written & directed by Dan O’Bannon Containing: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Linnea Quigley 1985, 91 mins.

Leave it to our government to mishandle some canisters containing toxic waste that creates an epidemicthreatening every person in the country. Come on out and cheer for yr favorite drrrty new wave punks as they take on the apathetic dead in this hilarious gore fest. And…this is a new print for this genuine 1980s horror classic!

9:45pm
Sid & Nancy
Directed by Alex Cox Containing: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Courtney Love 1986, 112 mins

In the late-70s punk rock gave people the wake-up call that the decade needed. The side effects of total anarchy are brilliantly captured in this morbid biography about Nancy and Sid’s passionate and totally disturbing relationship. Oldman embodies Vicious perfectly as we watch heroin slowly turn him into his own kind of “walking dead.” Lastly, Courtney Love co-stars in what has to be one of the most eerily ironic roles in cinema history.

11:59pm (midnite)
They Live
Written & directed by John Carpenter Containing: Roddy Piper, Keith David, 1988, 93 mins, ‘SCOPE

“I have come here to chew bubble-gum and kick ass! And I am all out of bubble-gum.” Pro-wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper does his best Kurt Russell impersonation in his ultimate fight against evil, brain-washing aliens who look and act exactly like the rest of the brain-dead society. One of the most subversive films ever made. Plus, the alley brawl is the longest fist-fight in film history! Come protected…wear your Ray-Bans at midnite!

ALL THREE FILMS for only $10.00! Advance Tix available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office. Please contact Jesse Hawthorne Ficks at freekyfridays@gmail.com

7:30pm
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone in 3-D
Directed by Lamont Johnson Containing: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside 1983, 90 mins, ‘SCOPE

One of the few 3-D films made in the 80s to not be a three-quel, this gutsy, trashy sci-fi ditty has a bevy of bodacious babes, bounty hunters and a brilliant bad guy (psychotically played by Ironside). Be prepared to retrace your adolescence as the film combines Mad Max, Escape From New York, and Star Wars with creative special effects and killer vehicles. Throw in a super young Molly Ringwald, some hilarious dialogue and a bunch of compromising situations and you’ve got yourself the perfect 80’s obscurity…in 3-D!

9:45pm
Jaws 3 in 3-D
Directed by Joe Alves Containing: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lou Gossett Jr., Lea Thompson 1983, 99 mins, ‘SCOPE

Originally planned as a spoof of the Jaws series, this hilariously serious installment takes the underwater terror… to Sea World! Mike Brody (Quaid) is all grown up (quite quickly might I add), yet he can’t seem to get away from those now growling sharks! Luckily for him, his girlfriend (Armstrong) has telekinetic powers over the dolphins who help this movie swim towards one of Hollywood’s greatest 3-D’s moments. Did I mention that this movie takes place at Sea World?! Amazing.

11:59pm (midnite)
Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D
Directed by Steve Miner Containing: Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Nick Savage, and Richard Brooker as “Jason” 1982, 95 mins, ‘SCOPE

Three-quels have never been given the respect that they deserve. But all that’s gonna change on this Friday the 13th. Especially when Jason Voorhees gets to slaughter a group of slutty teenagers using everything from pitchforks to harpoons. And the kicker isn’t just that it’s in glorious 3-D, this third chapter has the funky grooves of an electro-remixed soundtrack! You’ll be dancing in the aisles and screaming in your seats. Be prepared with yr Friday the 13th trivia, cuz I’ve got some amazing giveaways!

ALL THREE FILMS for only $10.00! Advance Tix available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office

Advance Tix available at the Castro Theatre box office. Festival Pass is $30 for 8 films!
PLEASE NOTE: Crispin's screenings of WHAT IS IT? at 7:30pm are separate admission.
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Friday, October 20th
Admission ONLY $5
11:59pm (midnite)
Friday the 13th part IV: The Final Chapter
Directed by Joseph Zito Containing: Kimberley Beck, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, Ted White as Jason 1984, 90 mins

This supposed “final chapter” not only is the goriest film in the series, it’s also the best. A 13-year-old Corey takes on Jason Voorhees while Crispin does one of the greatest solo dance routines ever filmed. Special effects wizard Tom Savini returns to create the disturbingly gruesome murders and finally, we get to see Jason’s disfigured face. What more can you ask for? How about a reel of trailers preceeding the film, all of which have Crispin in them at some point!
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Saturday, October 21st
DOUBLE FEATURE is $10
1:00pm: River’s Edge
Directed by Tim Hunter Containing: Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, Dennis Hopper. 1986, 99 mins

A group of suburban teenagers find one of their friends dead on the side of the river. Crispin gives a stunning performance as he attempts to keep the gang from falling apart in this near perfect film about the apathetic youth of the 80s. Do not miss this! Keanu gives one his best performances as well!

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3:00pm Twister (not the tornado movie!)
Directed by Michael Almereyda Containing: Harry Dean Stanton, Suzy Amis, Crispin Glover, Dylan McDermott. 1989, 93 mins

An isolated family on a Kansas farm struggle to keep their sanity as they wait for a descending storm. Crispin perfects the oddball brother as he designs his own music downstairs and deals with his first relationship with a girl. This strange and honest family portrait will knock your socks off. As will the cameo by William S. Burroughs. Plus the closing credits song is composed entirely by Crispin!
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Saturday, October 21st
MIDNITE DOUBLE FEATURE ($10)
11:59pm (midnite): The Orkly Kid
Directed by Trent Harris Containing: Crispin Glover, Elizabeth Daily 1984, 34 mins

This half hour short film was made just before Back To The Future and is actually the grand finale of it’s own trilogy: The Beaver Trilogy. Salt Lake City filmmaker Trent Harris cast Crispin to re-enact a documentary he made a few years prior about an Olivia Newton-John impersonator who designs a talent show in his small town of Idaho, hoping to showcase his disco-diva performance. Extremely Rare 16mm screening! (Not on DVD)

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Rubin & Ed
Directed by Trent Harris Containing: Crispin Glover, Howard Hesseman, Karen Black 1991, 82 mins

Crispin wanders across the Utah desert wearing bell-bottoms & 6 inch platform shoes, hoping to find the perfect place to bury his dead cat which he is carrying around in a cooler filled with ice. Did I mention his sidekick is Howard Hesseman from Head of the Class and WKRP in Cincinnati? Pure cult classic. And of course this is an extremely Rare 35mm screening! (Not on DVD)

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Sunday, October 22nd
TRIPLE FEATURE for ONLY $10
11:30am Back To The Future
Directed by Robert Zemeckis Containing: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover 1985, 111 mins

George McFly is one of the all time greatest characters from the 1980s. And looking back on this film, which is over 20 years old, Crispin is even more convincing now when you realize that he is actually the main character of the film! Bring out your kids, grandmas, little brothers and older sisters to one of the greatest films ever made... from the 1980s!

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1:40pm Bartleby
Directed by Jonathan Parker Containing: David Paymer, Crispin Glover, Joe Piscopo, Seymour Cassel 2001, 83 mins

Dead-end jobs are brought to life by Crispin’s wonderful performance in this dead-on deconstruction of desk-jobs. Based on Herman Melville's existential short story, Bartleby questions society with the simple response, “I would prefer not to.” This overlooked gem is a perfect counterpiece to Willard, Crispin’s r.a.t. infested remake proving that this decade is definitely Crispin’s return.

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3:15p: Willard
Directed by Glen Morgan Containing: Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Elena Harring (of Mulholland Drive) 2003, 100 mins, ‘SCOPE

Crispin takes the lead role in this horrifying remake about a man who after being fired by his cruel boss, finds revenge by calling upon his rodent friends, especially one big, fat rat, Ben. Crispin sheds real tears in this frighteningly disturbing flick. Plus he sings the closing credits song, “Ben”, originally written and performed by Michael Jackson! In Widescreen!
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Advance Tix are available at the Castro Theatre box office.
Festival Pass is $30 for 8 films!
PLEASE NOTE: Crispin's screenings of WHAT IS IT? at 7:30pm are separate admission.

CRiSPiN GLOVER SERIES programming & notes by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks with essential assistance tracking down print sources and booking films by Brian Collette.

How's yr summer ya'll?! I hope you've some of the amazing new films in theatres these days! DISTRICT B-13 is an amazing combo of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and THE TRANSPORTER and is still playing at the Little Roxie (7pm) and the little Four Star (7pm & 930pm). Plus, the most anticipated film of the summer comes out on Friday: LITTLE MAN, the amazing follow up to WHITE CHICKS, where Marlon Wayans head is digitally-imposed on a little person's body and Shawn Wayans kidnaps him confusing him for a baby. Oh my gawd! These are the films I live for!

Anyways, let's get to our totally awesome upcoming events!

MiDNITES FOR MANiACS presents
SF's premiere of a brand new 70MM PRINT of

TRON

You think you're obsessed with playing video games? Transport yourself into this pulsating neon world that looks more amazing and revolutionary now than in 1982! No other 80's film, besides BLADE RUNNER, created a more breathtaking and psychotic look at the future than this hyper-computerized video-game masterpiece.

Directed by Steven Lisberger
Containing: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan 1982, 96 min

Advance Tix for $9.00 available at www.ticketweb.com or the Castro Theatre Box Office.

Freeky Fridays presents

A Triple Feature of DIGITAL SEX: 80's Style!

7:30pm

HEARTBEEPS

Andy Kaufman gives the performance of his film career as a Latka-esque robot who escapes destruction and falls in love with the sexiest android in the factory, played by Peters. Stan Winston's disturbing special effects are a sight to be believed but nothing beats Jerry Garcia's guitar (yes, Jerry!) as the voice of the couple's baby robot!! Oh, bring your kleenex, seriously.

Containing: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid, Christopher Guest, Paul Bartel, Dick Miller and the voice of Jerry Garcia's guitar!
1981, 79 minutes, 'SCOPE

Note: Due to the short length of HEARTBEEPS, the film will be preceeded by a special trailer collection of yr favorite yet not forgotten computerized films.

9:45pm

WEiRD SCIENCE

Freaks, geeks, and tons of twin peaks! This innocently sexist new wave classic is easily one of the best of its kind. Relive those adolescent days when you and your friend put bras on your head and created the ultimate super-woman (LeBrock) by electrocuting a Barbie doll into a super-computer! Watch out though, your bully older brother (Paxton) is making your life a living hell (and stealing the show!) I DARE you to show up wearing your sister's bra... on your head!

Containing: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr., Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Michael Berryman 1985, 95 min

11:59pm (Midnite)

JOYSTiCKS

This forgotten T&A classic not only has the greatest theme song of the 1980's ("Totally awesome video games!"), it combines everything you loved from that preposterous decade: Valley girls, arcades, nerds, slobs, boobies, left-over hippies and the all time greatest punk gang, The Vidiots (led brilliantly by Jonathan Gries of Napoleon Dynamite fame.) Help save the arcade from being closed down by those evil conservative townsfolk and yeah. Play some games while you're at it! You will not find another movie that genuinely captures the video game craze of the early 80's. Not available on DVD.

Containing: Jonathan Gries, Joe Don Baker, Jim Greenleaf, Leif Green, Scott McGinnis, Corrine Bohrer 1983, 88 min SUPER RARE 35MM PRINT

ALL THREE FILMS for only $10.00!
Advance Tix available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office.

Please contact Jesse Hawthorne Ficks at www.midnitesformaniacs.com or email him at freekyfridays at gmail dot com.

One last thing... Prepare for October. I've got three amazing once in a lifetime events that will freek you out so bad that you'll be left starry-eyed and drooling at the mouth.
An early 80's Drrrty Punks triple feature
Early 80's Horrifying 3-D triple on Friday the 13th
The very first Crispin Glover film festival in the U.S.