A Genuine
Tribute to Peter Bogdanovich
Friday-SUNday, March 7-9, 2008
Presented & Hosted by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS
at The Castro Movie theatre
in San Francisco, CA
 The
charming and charismatic Peter Bogdanovich will be on hand, IN PERSON (as
well as Cybill Shepherd on Friday and Louise Stratten on Sunday) for an
amazing 3-day retrospective of eight of his films, to talk about everything
from
his
love for the cinema
to
his
underrated
directorial
efforts
to his
recent fame as an actor on the The Sopranos. Most importantly, the festival
will showcase World Premiere screenings of his new director's cuts of
NICKELODEON, the heartbreaking Cher vehicle MASK
and his masterpiece THEY ALL LAUGHED!
As an added surprise, on Saturday at 730pm (before NICKELODEON),
Sofia Coppola's first film LICK THE STAR (her 15 minute short that Peter
co-stars in) will screen. Admission is ONLY $10 a day or $25 for a
three-day
pass.
Advance tix available at www.ticketweb.com
FRIday
 7:00pm
- targets
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written
by Polly Platt, PB & Samuel Fuller
Containing Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff & PB
Mr. Bogdanovich's feature debut is a brilliant exploitation film
follows a Vietnam vet turned insurance salesman as he goes on a
shooting
spree
atop
a Los
Angeles
oil refinery.
Produced by Roger Corman in 1967, the film's release was delayed
due to the assasinations of Martin Luther King Jr. & Robert
F Kennedy. What's even more terrifying is how relevant the film
is
for today's
world. 1968, 90min.
(Preceded by an introduction by Peter Bogdanovich)
playing with...
 9:00pm
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written by Larry McMurtry
Containing
Timothy Bottoms, Cybil Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Cloris
Leachman,
Eileen Brennan, Ben Johnson, Ellen Burstyn, Randy Quaid.
This seminal coming-of-age flick not only captures the nostalgic
small town 1950s life better than any of its followers (American
Graffitti & Grease),
it evokes that inital excitement of why we all fell in love with
movies in the first place. A farewell to the old Hollywood and
welcome mat
to the new, this is one of the greatest American
films ever made. 1971, 126min.
(Preceded by an introduction and Q&A by Peter Bogdanovich and
followed by a Q&A with Cybill Shepherd & Peter!)
playing with...
 11:59pm - AT LONG LAST LOVE
Written/Directed
by Peter Bogdanovich
Containing Burt Reynolds, Cybil Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Eileen
Brennan.
This throwback to the
musicals of Ernst Lubitsch was dismissed and despised upon its only
theatrical
release in 1975. Not only are the musical numbers refreshing and
hilarious (inspiring musicals like Woody
Allen's Everyone Says
I Love You), the
actors genuinely achieve the rapid-fire interaction and casual kookiness
of the original Screwball comedies. Did critics really overlook the
fact that this was clever tongue-in-cheekiness? A true treasure that
serves both as a 1970s time capsule and as an inspiration for filmmakers
to take their chances all the way. It might have taken 32 years
for the world to catch up with this musical romp, Mr. Bogdanovich...
the time has finally come. 1975,
126min.
(Preceded by an introduction and Q&A by Peter Bogdanovich
Cybill Shepherd)
saturday
 1:30pm,
5:30pm - PAPER MOON
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written
by Alvin Sagent; Containing
Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline
Kahn, Randy Quaid.
Tatum O'Neal is still the youngest actress to win an Academy Award, for her hearbreaking
performance in this pitch-perfect Depression-era comedy. With heavenly camerwork
by Laszlo
Kovacs and wonderfully obscure period music, Bogdanovich's fourth feature has
the type of old movie magic that could stick with you for the rest of your life. 1973,
102min.
(Preceded by an introduction and Q&A by Peter Bogdanovich)
Playing with...
 3:30pm
WHAT'S
UP DOC?
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written
by PB, Buck Henry
Containing Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline
Kahn, Randy Quaid
Combining the 1930s Screwball comedies with Warner Brothers'
Looney Tunes cartoons, this wild & wacky antic-fest utilizes San
Francisco and Barbra Streisand in more ways than can be imagined. This
is pure comedic
bliss. With an introduction
and Q&A with director Peter Bogdanovich if schedule allows. 1972,
94min.
(Preceded by an introduction and Q&A by Peter Bogdanovich)
playing with...
 7:30pm " director's
cut World Premiere!"
NICKELODEON
preceded by sofia coppola's 1998 short
Lick The Star
Directed by PeterBogdanovich
Written
by PB & W.D Richter
Containing Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Stella Stevens,
John Ritter
It is the greatest honor to present Bogdanovich's
heartfelt tribute to the early silent-era of moviemaking
on the big screen for the first time in over 30 years! Not only will
it be the Director's Cut World Premiere, the film will be
presented for the first time in it's originally intended black & white
format! Bring the whole darn family to this
feel-good cinematic celebration! 1976, 121min, Digital Screening.
Sofia
Coppola's LICK THE STAR runs 14 minutes and has a cameo by Peter Bogdanovich.
Preceded by a Q&A with host Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
that will span Mr. Bogdanovich's love for cinema, his career of directing
films
and
his new
fame as an actor on The Sopranos, if schedule allows.
sunday
 2:00pm,
6:50pm
MASK - "Director's
cut theatrical Premiere!"
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written by Anna Hamilton Phela
Containing
Cher, Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott, Laura Dern
Ranking up there with David Lynch's ELEPHANT MAN, this fragile1980's
treasure gives as many hugs as it evokes tears. Cher (who won best
actress at Cannes) plays Rusty, a biker
mom
who loves her disfigured son Rocky (Stoltz) so deeply that you literally
feel the weight of the world being carried on her back. A contemporary
classic
in every
sense, you
don't want to miss this U.S. Premiere of the film's Director's
Cut (containing new footage and the originally intended Bruce Springsteen
soundtrack!)
With an introduction and Q&A with director Peter Bogdanovich,
if schedule allows. 1985, 127min.
(Preceded by an introduction and Q&A by Peter Bogdanovich at
the 650pm screening.)
playing with...
4:30pm, 9:10pm - they
all laughed "director's cut theatrical
premiere"
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich Written by PB & Blaine
Novak.
Containing Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, Dorothy Stratten, John
Ritter, Blaine Novak
Peter's updating of Max Ophuls La Ronde is one of Wes Anderson's
most influential films as well as (in my opinion) Mr. Bogdanovich's
greatest film. With a cast from heaven, this hypnotic
comedy masterfully interweaves eight characters, allowing it's
actors to share subtle and even magical moments. Influential
and memorable, reminscent to a late-70's Woody Allen film, the
studio
shelved the release due to the real-life murder of costar and
girlfriend Dorothy Stratten, making tonite's West Coast Premiere
of the Director's
Cut even that much more special. 1981,
115min.
(Preceded by an introduction and Q&A by Peter Bogdanovich
and Louise Stratten (Dorothy's younger sister) at the 4:30 screening.)
Admission is $10 a day. $25 for weekend pass! Advance tix online
at www.ticketweb.com and at the Castro Box Office.
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