"GRRRL
ROCKERS
OF THE
1980s"
TRIPLE
BILL
(SPECIAL
EVENT
AS
PART
OF
BAY
AREA
NOW
5)
SATURday,
SEPTEMBER
13,
2008
yerba buena center
museum
in
San Francisco,
CA.
6:00pm
- "ABC
Afterskool
Special" STARSTRUCK (1981)
Directed by Claude Kerven
Containing:
Trini
Alvarado,
Anna
Maria
Horsfield
 Kicking
off
our "Grrrl
Rockers of
the 80s" triple
bill is this
Emmy Award
Winning
ABC Afterschool
Special, confronting
a high school
grrrl's dilemma:
Either work
a summer factory
job alongside
her mom or
follow her
dream of becoming
a singer,
by waitressing
and performing
at a local
coffee shop.
Lynn Ahrens
of SCHOOLHOUSE
ROCK
fame wrote
the original
songs that
TIMES SQUARE
star
Trini Alvarado
performs. Be
prepared for
heart break.
NOT AVAILABLE
ON
DVD. 16mm
print, 45min.
Playing
with...
7:00pm
- TIMES SQUARE (1980)
Written & Directed
by Allan
Moyle
Containing:
Tim Curry,
Trini Alvarado,
Robin Johnson,
Anna Maria
Horsfield
 Heavily
censored
by the studio
to hide it's
lesbian undertones,
this quintessential "Grrrl
Rocker" flick
follows two
punks as they
run away from
a mental institution,
fall in love,
fight the man
and form a
band (The Sleaze
Girls!) With
a similar
storylline
to the equally
important
LADIES
AND
GENTLEMEN,
THE FABULOUS
STAINS, these
grrrl teenagers
question authority
through Punk
Rock music.
Tim
Curry plays
the empathetic
DJ with
a
bitchin'
soundtrack
including:
The Ramones,
Lou Reed,
Roxy
Music and
original
songs sung
by Trini
Alvarado & Robin
Johnson!
Extremely
RARE 35mm
print,
111 min.
Preceded
by a bunch
of Baadasssss-Babe
trailers.
Playing
with...
9:10pm
- BREAKING GLASS (1980)
Written & Directed
by
Brian
Gibson
Containing:
Hazel
O'Connor,
Phil
Daniels,
Jonathan
Pryce
The
evening
concludes
with
this
forgotten "Brit-Grrrl Rocker" masterpiece.
Hazel
O'Connor,
who
wrote
and
performed
the
entire
soundtrack,
is
downright
stunning
in
this
terrifyingly
relevant
punk-morality
tale.
Even
fans
of
the
era's
harshest
social
commentary
will
leave
the
theatre
with
their
jaws
ripped
wide-open
after
experiencing
this
widescreen
35mm
U.K.
print
(complete
with
the
original
ending never
before
seen
in
the
U.S.!)
NOT
AVAILABLE
ON
DVD!
104
min.
Preceded
by
a
few
more
legendary
trailers.
Plus, tons of trivia and giveaways!
Miss this night… and cry!
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