alamo guide: apr-may 2007
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lhe new digr: Renovation begins on'Alam0 Drafthouse at the Ritz"in April 2007
WAIAMo DowNTowNCEI.EBRAIES TEN VEAR AN N IVERsARY...Ten years ago, my wife Karrie and I opened the doors to the original (olorado
Street Alamo Drafthouse (inema. We had just finished the most grueling six
months of our lives, working 0n the (onstruction every day, 7 days a week
about 15 hours a day. We worked at a feverish pace and did damn neareverything ourselves, mainly because we had no money. With a paltry sum
raised by hitting up our parents and friends and an assortment 0f (redit card
loans, we installed new plumbing, air conditioning, ele(trical, and fabricated
the screening room that we've been enjoying for the last decade. 0n openingday, we had 520,000 left in the bank, and with our freshly-hired staff, our firstever employees, that was enough to last us for about a month if no-one (ame
to the theater. lt was a miserably naive business plan.
Thankfully, Austin responded to us quickly and we stand looking back ten years
laterto happily see the concept of our original cinema still intact. ln the next
three months, we will be celebrating our 1 0 year anniversary by bringing back
many of our classir events and guests. We hope you will join us many times
in April through June as we celebtate and share some of our favorite movies
of the past decade. Lookforthe red"10"logo in this guideforall anniversary
screenings. - Tim league: founder, Alamo Drafthouse (inema
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IO THE HISTORI( RITZ THEATER!For the last 10 years, we have also seen the warehouse distlict grow up
around us. As the neighborhood has become more and more upscale, we've
seen many long-time businesses fall away: The Bitter End, Gilligans, Waterloo
Brewing (0, and Ruta Maya to name just a few. At the end of June, 2007, our
lease will expire and due to the high costs of rent, insurance and taxes, we
have been not been confident that we would be able to (ontinue occupying
our current space. With the end of our lease looming, the Downtown Austin
Alliance stepped in quickly and brought us together with the owners of theRitz Theater on 6th Street. ln a matter of weeks, we shook hands on a deal
and are now moving full-steam ahead with planning for the next decade ofAlamo Drafthouse Downtown programming: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema attheRitz. Renovation begins in April and we hope to be open as soon as possible,
maybe as early as summer's end. This theater will prove to be the best Alamo
Drafthouse yet. While retaining the intimacy and pr0gramming ofthe original
location, the Ritz will have two scieens, plush VIP seating, state-of-the-artprojection and sound and the new experience ofa remodeled and renovated
landmark Austin movie palace. Please stay tuned to the Alamo website and
blog for progress 0n the constru(ion as well as updates on opening weekprogramming and events.
We would like to thank Lany and Mary (raddock, owners of the Ritz property
who reached out to us and did everything they (0uld to make this happen-welook forward to collectively reviving a lost Austin movie palace; the Downtown
Austin Alliance for bringing the (raddocks and us together; 3ob Woody,
current operator of the Ritz for working with us to make the change; Danny
Roth of Southwest Strategies for believing in a couple of kids with no money
or experience 10 years ago-we are happy to still be working with you today;
Karen Bartoletti and the gang at Graves Dougherty for making the process
oflumping through legal hoops relatively quick and painless. We also thankour loyal and extremely hard-working staff, in particular man-in-charge Mike
Shenill for furthering and refining our original vision. Most of all, though,we'd like to thank the "Heroes of the Alamo" members and the entire city ofAustin for continuing to support us and watch movies with us over the years.
We love this city and we look forward to 1 0 more years of obsessive cinematic
exploits.
For more information about the 1 0 Year Anniversary screenings at the original
Alamo Drafthouse (inema, check out www.originalalamo.com. There are
only a few months left t0 enjoy the original location, we hope to see you there
soon and often! Every dollar you spend will be going towards the massive
renovation overhaul of the Ritz. Also, stay tuned for information on the"lastnight at the Alamo" final screening and party!
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The following is a selection of our signature special events featured as part of theAlamo Downtown's ten year anniversary celebration.
HAROLD & KUMAR: ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT MlNl BURGERS :: APRIL 4One of the few modern day cult-classics, Harold ond Kumar Go To ltlhite Cortle followsthe exploits oftwo Asian-American men in a nightlong pursuit ofdelicious White Castleburgers. As you watch the movie there is nothing more you wish for than t0 eat those
tasty Iittle morsels. At the Alamq we make that dream come true! Details Pg 34
GRINDHOUSI MARATH0N :: APRIL 7To celebrate the opening of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez's Grindhouse,the Alamo is hosting a dusk-til-dawn grindhouse marathon of exploitation featuresand trailers. We will also intermingle select submissions from the SXSW Grindhousetrailer competition. At the end ofthe marathon we will cap it offwith a screening of
Grindhouse! Detaih Pg 29
Titles Whiz KYLE COOPER Live! :: APRIL 10His two-minute masterpie(es made him one ofthe hottest properties in Hollywood.Meet the most sought-after opening titles designer in the business as he explains his
work, inspiration and process. Details Pg 16
MC CHRIS: GH0STBUSTER5:: APRIL 10We personally know him best asthe comedicvoice ofAqua Teen Hunger Force's M(Pee Pants, 5ir loin and little Brittle, but M( Chris is also an astonishingly talentedrapper in his day job. Following his show at Emos on the 10th, Join M( (hris fora
midnight screening of one of his all-time favorite films Ghostbusfers. M( (hris willintroduce and hang out after the show. Details on Pg 1 7
A CLOCKWORK 0RANGE with free MILK PLUS":: APRIt 16What would make one 0f the greatest films of all time even better? By enjoying a
little of the same intoxicating beverage that the droogs are drinking onscreen. Wecant print what gets added to our milk t0 make it "milk plus;'but it might give you an
erection or possibly aggressive tendencies... Details on Pg 33"The pregnant,the elderly andthe infirm should onlydrinkmilk plusafterconsulting with a physician,
BEERFEST w/ BEER FLIGHT & IOBBY BEER P0NG :: APRIt 19Sincewe opened ourdoors in 1997, no other movie has been m0re tailor-made to theAlamo experience than Beerfest. Now part of our regular rotating line-up 0f signatureshows, Eeerfesf is a romplete blast in the Alamo environment. This time we'll feature
lobby Beer Pong, extreme quarters, a dueling flight ofGerman vs. American beers,plus more surprises. Details on Pg. 34
SPAGHETTI WESTERN SPAGHETTI FEAST :: APRIL 23Twogreattastesthatg0greattogether.5ergioleoneathisabsolutepeak,delivering
168 minutes ofgritty Euro-western gold paired with168 minutes 0fserious carbo-loadingwithall-you-(an-eatpasta,focacciaandCaesarsalad. DetailsonPg33
SHAFT- FREE 40 oz. WITH EVERYTICKET:: APRIL 25ln the words ofWildman Steve, "BRlNG 0N THE BUtL!!1" lhis is one of our oldest
gimmicks, first unleashed on the Austin community in June of 1997. The sight 0f 20040 oz. Schlitz Malt liquors in the theater is enough to get a man misty. Details Pg 33
J0N GRIES LIVE, NAP0LEON DYNAMITE/J0YSTICKS :: MAY 5ln one insane evening, you get Uncle Rico live in person for Napoleon Dynamite,bulyou also get his legendary King Vidiot performance, the single greatest portrayal of
punk rock in film. Bells and whistles you ask? The Alamo will deliver in spades for thisfurious one-two punch of pure cinematic bliss. Detaik Pg 1 7
RED V5. BLUE LIVE lN PERSON :: APRIL 29DAVY R0THBART LIVE, DIRTY FOUND :: APRI[ 30
M0TH STORYTOUR :: MAY 3
LEB0WSKI BOWLING ROADSH0W :: MAY 4SMOKIY & THE BANDIT W Ll'L CAP'N TRAVIS :: MAY 6
FARLEY GRANGER LIVE: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN :: MAY 7F0LEYVISI0N W FRED NTWMAN :: MAY 12M0THERS DAY FOOD/FILM FEAST:: MAY 13
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HERSCHELL G0RD0N LEWIS LIVE :: MAY 26A HARD DAYS NIGHT W/THE EGGMEN LIVE :: MAY 27
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Filmmakers across the board seem unable to contain themselves, as this yeart crop of summer-si::l
barnburners kicks off early, and with the biggest bang on record. lf it's heroic, hilarious or horrifying, nu
is clearly going to be a major season for entertainment. Prepare to explode...
GRINDHOUSElikely the most hotly antidpated Austin produdion of all time, GRINDHOU5E stands on the verge 0f ledefining sarae
cinema for the new millennium. The two modern mastels 0f two-fisted film have joined forces to create back-r"
back nitro-fueled heartstoppers. In Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PR00F, three ladies out on the town are trailed h n
(razed stuntman with a killer car. ln Robert Rodriguez's PLANET TERROR, some unlikely walriors are a town's only h:'u'i
against an outbreak that turns everyday people into flesh-hungry maniacs. All this, plus brand new exploitahrlrtr
homage trailers from Eli Roth, Edgar Wright and Rob Zombie. The lesult i5 guaranteed to be veckless, vicious and t0tih
insane!!!
THE HOAXln what became an enormous media event, (lifford lrving (Richard Gere) sold his bogus biography of Howatd Hugiie
to a premiere publishing house in the early l 970s, creating an epic wave ofcontroversy and interpersonal espionag'-
pre-ielease buzz shows that many expect this film to eclipse Scorsese's THE AVIAT0R, and Richard Gere's performane
as the troubled writer is expected t0 put him on the fast track to an 0scar nominati0n. The fllm also features AlfrEr
Molina, Julie Delpy and the still-great Eli Wallach.
AQUA TEEN HUN6ER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS
An iction epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Fryloci.
and Meatwid,) who somehow berome pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment. This flir"rr
will be rated R for more reasons than you can shake a stick at, and follows the recent "zany" bomb scare (reated ri
advertising art featuring two of the [adult swim] tv series' minor characters. But the insuppressible tlio battle or'
joined by their unemployed neighbor Carl, M( Pee Pants and all your other AQUA TEEN favorites' PLUS! listen for ti*
voice of ihe mighty Bruce (EVIL DEAD) Ca mpbelll Screening with a special neotwod-fries-n-shoke menu ot S' Lonor;
HOT FUZZFrom the cast and creators of SHAUN 0F THE DEAD! Top London supercop Nicholas Angel is too damn good at his jor
and ends up transfened by a jealous police force to a small town. With his new schlub partner in tow, Angel realizu
(a lot fastei than anyone else) that a series of local accidents might be something a hell of a lot more sinister' Wha":
follows is a whirlwind of adion and hilarity as one steel-hearted law enfor(er is pitted against mutder, corruptior
and runaway geese. The world has hereby unanimously decided...H0T FUZZ is going to be the most fun we've eve'
had with the cops.
STVERANCEWhen a multi-national weapons manufacturer rewards their European sales division with a team-building weekenl
in the mountains of Eastern Europe, comedy blends with horror as the team fight first amongst themselves, and late
for survival against a group of war-crazed killers bent on revenge. SEVERAN(E went over big at last year's Fantastir
test, and hasilready got honor-tomedy fans champing at the bit. From British frlmmaker Christopher Smith, whosr
subway rhiller cREEP was so scary, it should've shut down rail systems across the world for a month,
NEXTCornered by the FBI after a relentless pursuit, a man (Nicolas (age) with the ability to see futute events and affeo
their outtome faces an ultimatum, as the country's intelligence agencies scramble to prevent a devastating terrorin
attack. The film also stars Julianne Moore in another sci-fi role to follow the great (HILDREN 0t MEN' Based on a
story by philip K. Dick, the incredible writer whose work has been adapted into many enduring science fiction films
including BLADE RUNNER, MIN0RITY REP0RT, A SCANNER DARKTY and T0TAt RECALL.
SPIDER-MAN 3Anyone who tells ygu they're not ex(ited about this movie is a liar. This time, Spider-Man is challenged by two
villains: Sandman, an escaped convict made powerful by a nuclear explosion, and Ven0m, a parasitic life form from
our hero's past. There's also going to be some earth-shaking vengean(e courtesy of...well, we don't want to give it all
away here, right? But one thing is loud and clear: the creators, cast and fans ate all (ertain that this stands to be the
mosi exciting entry in the series thus far. lf that's true, we're gonna need some defibtillators in the theater'
28 WEEKS TAIERSix months after London was struck by the RageVirus, the rity is being carefully repopulated by the U'S' Atmy. Though
under quarantine, a carrier of the virus is admitted to the (ity and unknowningly causes a second deadly outbreak.
2g DAyi... director Danny Boyle produces, but passes the dire(tor's (hair t0 INTA(T0's Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With a
s0lid new cast and somejuicy effe(ts Gee left), this bold revisioning of the world's spiral out 0f control should stand
out bursting-heads-and-shoulders above the bulk ofthis summet! honor offerings'
PIRATES 0F THE CARIEBEAN: AI t{r0RtDs END
While the threat to pirates-at-large nears its climax, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann form an alliance with villainous
a(compli(e Captain Barbossa and sail to the tar East and save Jack Sparrow fiom the mysterious afterworld known
as Davey Jonei'Locker. As unexpected as it may have been to Disney detlactors, the last PIRATES movie has betome
one oft'he five highest-grossing films ofall time, and now stars Chow Yun Fat and Keith Richards (!l) are added to the
mix to complete the stunning high+eas trilogy. As they say in situations like this: "Yarrttl'
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JAPANTSE SPIDERMAN IN FOI-EYVISION
WITH SPECIAL GUEST FRED NEWMAN OI,?
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION"ON MAY 12!
5AT. MAY 12 AND 19 - 7 & 9:45, D0WNT0lrtlNThis spring we're very excited to present the return of Foleyvision, an ex(iting new dimension in motion
picture entertainment. lnstead of playing the actual soundtrack of the film, we mute it and our talented
team of voice and sound effects artists make all the sounds live, right in front of your eyes. And it's triplesperial this time becauseforthe Saturday May 12 showswe have one ofthe mostamazing sound effects
men in the country - Fred Newman - teaming up with Buzz Moran and the Foleyvision gang to make
the show extra amazing. You may know Fred from his featured work on Ganison Keillor! PRAIRIE H0ME
C0MPANI0N radio show or from his incredible voicings fot MEN lN B[A(K'S aliens or even the GREMLINS
themselves. He's the best in the business and we're honored to have him join us. For these very spetial
shows our all-star team will be taking on the Japanese version of Spiderman. You would think that the
regular Spiderman would be awesome enough for anybody, but the Japanese cool him up by giving him a
spaceship that turns into a robot. Plus he knows karate. Hooray for Japan! Hooray for Foleyvision! Boo foryou ifyou don't get your tickets for this giant event todayl
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DIRTY FOUND: LIVE!WITH DAVY ROTHBARTIRIDAY APRIL 30 - 7PM" OOWNTOWNWe're thrilled to welcome back Davy Rothbart, creator of Found Magazine for another look at amazing stuff
that people have found. lfyou've never seen a tound Magazine live presentation, don't miss it. lt's one ofthefunniestthingsyou'll eversee asamazing discoveriesare read, discussed and shown on the hugescreen, Funny,
touching and unlike anything you've ever seen. "A compendium of society! cast-off doodles, photos, tape
recordings, rlippings, love letters, and more, tound Magazine has been a mainstay of the hip literati for years
- but like any good idea, sooner or later people want to know where the sex is. And so Found branched out
into a different type oftrash, giving birth to its gloriously pervy-kitsch prodigal son, DlrfyFound.5ure, some
whack-job teenager's lost diary pages are fun, but now we're talking nudie pictutes and earnest, misspelled
amateur erotica - think National Geographic meets National LampoonJ'(Flavorpill [A)
FACE TrMr W|TH RoCK IEGEND rAN MCTAGAN rN PERS0N mTUEs, MAY 29 - 7PM, DOWNTOWN IPThe SMALL FA(ES were the Fab Four of London's East End. But unlike their (ontemporalies The Who and
The Rolling Stones - and while consistently topping the (harts in the UK - they went practically unnoticed
stateside, with the ex(eption oftheir one US hit"ltchycoo Park". lt'5 often been said that they were the
biggest band in the world never to make it in the USA. After the departure ofsinget Steve Mal]iott, the boys
truncated their moniker to The Faces and took on Rod Stewart as lead vo(alist. ln a sharp departure from
the Small Faces'mod roots, The Fates were a rough, deliberately sloppy rock & roll band, able to pound out
a rocker like "Had Me a Real Good Time,"a blues ballad like "Tell Everyone,"or a folk number like"Richmond"
all in one album. Stewart, already becoming a star in his own right, let himself go wild with the ta(es,
tearing through covers and originals with abandon (despite his status as a rock legend, he was never as
good as he was with The Faces). Notorious for their hard-partying, boozy touts and ragged contetts, The
Faces lived the rock & roll lifestyle to the extreme. This ultra-rare music video show is dedi(ated to the
memories of Ronnie lane and Steve Marriott. legendary Fares keyboardist lan Mclagan will be in the
house t0 talk about his experiences and music. SPECIAL THANKS T0 KENT BENJAMIN AND IAN McLAGAN!!!
RED VS. BtUEWITH THE CREATOR5 FROM ROO5TTR TEETH IN ATTTNDANCT
SUN. APnIL 29 - 7 & 9:45, D0WNT0WNlf you've ever been within a half-mile of an X-box in your life, you've undoubtedly played Halo, and
you undoubtedly already know about the phenomenon that is RED VS. BIUE. But the truly incredible
thing about this series of short cartoons created entirely by recording and editing actual "gameplay"
is how successful it is at reaching people who haven't touched a video game controller since Dig
Dug first made an appearan(e at an ar(ade neat you. With its simultaneous lampooning of video
game worlds'goals (Why are we trying to capture their flag all the time? What purpose does thatserve?) and real world army brass, RED VS. B[UE has become a pop-culture icon. lt's been a few years
since we had Gus and Bernie in to show off their latest shorts and talk about how RED VS. B[Ut has
changed their lives and the world. Check out www.redvsblue.com for a sneak peek at some of what
we're going to be taking from your computer s(reen to our movie screen, and don't forget t0 show
up early for a chance to play Halo before the show
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COMI}.IG SOON! DATE TPAThis past November 28, we (ame into the office to find our inboxes stuffed with emails fiom friends
telling us that we had been name-rhe(ked on the show HER0ES. Apparently the (hara(ter HiIo
tried io cheer up a despondent girl by promising to take her to a 24-Hour Samurai Malathon at the
Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. we were sho(ked and pleasantly surprised, and we lan to watch at
many episodes ofthe show as we (ould. Turns out it's one 0fthe best shows on TV, and Hiro is the
coolest character to come along in quite some time. 50 as soon as we could, we got in tou(h with
Masi 0ka and asked him to come down and host an artual 24-Hour samutai Marathon. To our great
surprise he was as pumped up about the idea as we were. 5o mark your calendar and quit yout job
ifyou haveto because this is hands down the greatestthing that's ever happened in the history of
mankind. But,wedohaveonewordofclarifiration:24hoursisal0nglongtimesowewillspiceupthe proceedings by getting away from feudal Japan occasionally and mixing in some other Asian
comlat films to keep you alert and entertained. 5ee www.originalalamo.com for more details and
to buy ti(kets to this hotly antkipated event.
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SIRANGERS ON A IRAINWITH STAR TARTEY GRANGIR LIVE, SPONSORED BY BOOKPEOPLE
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DIR. ALTRTD HITCH(O(K, 195'I, 101 MIN, 35MM
Through a long and varied <areer, tarley Granger has appeated in dozens of movies and many more
television shows, but the fllm he i5 best known fot is one ofthe most suspenseful motion pi(ures evel
made, an enduring classi<, STRANGERS 0N A TRAIN. Granger plays a young tennis pro travelling by train
who inadvertantly makes a very nasty deal with a very nasty man, played by the late, great RobeIt Walker.
ln what Granger asumes is a dark joke, they make a pact to kill one inconvenient person for the othet.
For heir Walker, that in(onvenient person is his father, for Grangel it is his wife. Soon after the train ride
is over, Granger realizes that Walker was dead serious and now he has to (arry out his part of the plan oI
be targeted iimself. lt's an amazingly lean and simple scenario, tanied through to petfection by a gteat
director, Alfred Hitchcock, and two gteat stars; Farley Gtanger and Robert walker. we are truly honored to
welcome Farley Granger to the Alamo to share stories about working with Hitchtock and much more. He
will also be signing ropies of his new mem oir, lnclude Me 1ut ,with co-writer Robert (alhoun.
TITTE DTSIGNER KYLE COOPER LIVT IN PERSON
TUf5" APRIi-'i0, 9:45 PM
One of the most specialized jobs in Hollywood is that of the title designer. He or she must distill the essenc:
of the mood, (reate ex(itement, mat(h the visual style of the director and foteshadow the themes 0f tht
story. When it's done well it contributes hugely to the impact of a film. Kyle (oopet does it very well. His titk
sequences for the 5PIDERMAN movies, SUPERMAN RETURNS, 5E7EN and many more have made him one of tht
most respe(ed title designers of his or any era. He will be joining us fot an evening of true film-buff nirvana a:
he presents some of his title sequences and talks about the techniques and philosophy behind them. We hope
you are as fasrinated by his craft as we are. This is a one-of-a-kind event that you will remember every time yot
wat(h a title sequen(e.
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The Moth is old{ashioned $orytelling on thoroughly modern themes by wildly
divergent ra(onteurs. No notes and n0 (heat sheets are allowed on lhe Moth stage,
where real life stories have been told to live audiences since 1997. (alled "New York's
hoftest and hippest literary ti(keti'by The Wall Street Journal, The Moth has featured
(elebrated artists including Malcolm Gladwell, Gay Talese, Lili Taylor, Moby and Danyl
"DM(" McDaniels alongside an astronaut, a v0odo0 priestess, a pi(kpo(ket, a (0p and
hundreds of others. (at(h The l\4oth Story TouI in Austin atThe Alamo Drafthouse on
Thursday, May 3 , featuring Jonathan Ames (author, Wake Up, 5ir!) and others IBD See
www,themoth.0rg for more information,
Alamo praftho$s* (inerra . "Sest Thcater in Amsri{a" - gfitertainment Weekly ARSust ?005 " www,originalalamo'eom
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.l This is truly everybody's lucky day, betause the one and only Jon Gries is coming to the Alamo Drafthouse. All: the world knows him as the iconic Uncle Rico from the colosal hit NAP0IE0N DYNAMITI. And he'll be here
:. to toss the football around with YOU! We don't really need t0 tell you about NAP0I-E0N DYNAMITE, do we?.: Suffce to say it's the best high school movie sinre FAST TIMES AI RIDGEMoNT HIGH and Jon GrieJ Uncle Rico
.f. ptovides some of the biggest laug hs of the movie. But that's not the only side+plittingly hilarious movie we'l I
l1 be showing with Jon Gries. We're also screening the 1983 video anade comedy J0Y5T|(K5, starring a very'ii young Jon Gries as the bad ass punk villain King Vidiot. lt's an awesomely cool movie and it's a lifelong dream
i for a generation of uber-geeks to be able to wat(h this one with the man himself. Be there or be pixilatedl
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DIR. IVAN REITMAN,1984,105 MIN,35MM, PG
Nerdcore rapper M( (hris is coming ba(k to the Alamo to introduce and present another of his holy grail
movies. This time the almighty Dungeonmaster 0f Cerem0nies has chosen a movie that's adually gotten
funnier with age, GH05TBUsTER5. lf you haven't seen Bill Murray and Company deal with a gigantic evil
spirit infestation in New York recently you owe it to yourselfto see it again today. And ifyou've never seen
it at all, that's 0K, but hurry and buy your tickets for this event today if you want your nerd-cred to remain
intad. Rapper MC CHRI5 has appeared on many of Williams Street Studios' shows on ADU[T 5WlM, most
notably AQUA TtEN HUNGTR t0RCE (as the crude and often misguided M( Pee Pants) and 5EAIAB 2021 (in
some bit parts, consistently recurring as the also crude and often misguided Hesh), and a bit part in THE
BRAK 5H0W. He also wrote for SEALAB 2021 and THE BRAK 5H0W so you know he3 funny. We'll also have
rool vintage toys and prizes from Hogwild VintageToys to give away at the ihow!
The Rural Route Film Festival is based in
NY( and was founded by Alan Webber and
Mike Schmidt to celebrate films that are
rusti(, rulal or agricultural in nature.
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WH0 KlttED THE ELEfiRI( CAR - lt was among the fastest, most effi(ient produdion cars ever built. lt ran on
electridty, produced no emissions and catapulted American terhnology to the forefront ofthe automotiveindustry. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV I ele(tric vehicles in the Arizona desert?
POLIKARP&HISWOMEN- ahumorousshortaboutSiberianfolkartistPolikarpSudomoikinandhischoirof local peasant women.
SltVER JEWS "l"m Getting Back lnto Getting Ba(k lnto You" (music video)
4;00PM: MUSKRAT L0VELY & SH0RISWITH LIl': PI6 IN THE LOEBY!
TOTAT RUNNING TIME 1 15MIN.MUSKRAT LOVELY - Every skinning (ompetition needs a queen. . . Every year in the town of Golden Hill,
contestants gather for two important (ompetitions in the National 0utdoor 5how. Local high school girls
compete to become "Miss 0utdooni' queen of the show and its representative for the year. 0n the same
stage, the world's best muskrat skinners compete to see who can skin the fastest.(ROWS - Pro skateboarder mike McKinlay! haunting ode to his favorite bird.
USEI-E55 DOG - Hilariousshortabouta lazyfarm dog.
BEAR - An alternately humorous and disturbing short about the black bears who live in a garbage dump in 0ntario.
FAST TALKERS - A look into the world and unique language of rural farm auctioneers
50UTH CENTRAT FARMERS - a community garden in South (entral fights for survival against a wealthy
land developer.
6:45PM: DRESSED T0 KILL: W0MEN WHO HUNT & UP THE RIDGEWITH si|ORT FItM lUNIOR'TOTAT RUNNING TIME 132 MIN.DRESSED T0 KltL: WOMEN WHO HUNT - Hunting: an age-old rite of passage for American men takes an
interestingturnwhentheso-calledgentlersexentersthepicture. (Diredorinattendance)
JUNI0R - A sullen teenager reluctantly visits his estranged father in smalltown Texas. (Director in attendance)
UP THE RIDGT - A frightening doc about inmate abuse at Wallens Ridge Penitentiary, the Appalachian
region's newest prison built to prop up the shrinking coal economy. An in-depth look at the United States
prison industry and the social impact (and tragic consequences) of moving hundreds of thousands ofinner(ity minority offenders to distant rural outposts manned by racist. underedu(ated prison guards.
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GET Y0UR THINK 0N! The Dionysium is a monthly forum for debate, lecture, declamation, drinking and musi(:
a variety show of entertainment as well as edifi(ation. Created by [.8. Deyo, author of lN]/l5lBIE FR0NTIER
and Buzz Moran of F0[EYV|Sl0N, every meeting ofthe Dionysium also featutes the musk of Graham Reynolds
fiom The Golden Arm 1rio. Each mont-h, entertiinment will be fashioned around a particulal theme. Usually,
there i5 a spee(h, a debate, a lecture, a film, live musi< and a rousing drinking song to Iound out the evening.
There will be drinkingl There will be singing! There will be talking!
OPEN S(REEN NIGHTWEDNESDAY!, APR 11 & MAY 16,9;45 pM, ALAMO D0WNT0WN
opEN SCREEN NTGHT - NoW WITH FREE BEERI Seriously. lfyou bring a movie to 0pen Screet
this month, I will buy you a beer. That's ifyou bring ANY movie, anything at all' Dont make
yourself? Bring in a tape you made with your favorite commercials fiom the 80s' Doflt
iommercials? pull a DVD off the shelf and share your favorite special feature. I wanted to
the percentage of people in the crowd who show up with a movie, and I flgured beer would
Plui if we allloosen up, we (an both be a bit rowdiet and also be cool with it when the
brought in forfree beer but thought was brilliant anyway gets totally gonged offthe screen.
your movies, bring someone else's movies' bring ANYTHING you want to share with the (r(
your first beer is on me. (Henri)
2()O7 AUSTIN AIR GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIPS
TUE50AY5, APR 3 & MAY 1,9:45 FM
ALAMO DOWNTOWN
ISPONSORED BY 3!RO'5 BARBERSI"IOP A}ID TI'NE JA(KALO
Started in Finland as an effort t0 increase overall world peace
beauty of air guitar, the World Air 6uitar (hampionship has now
an international phenomenon with (ontestants from over 50
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competing for the world title as well as regional contests in over 20 I
in the U.5. Austin, dubbed by many the live music capitol ofthe worl4
seems poised to also (laim the title of Air Guitar capitol of the world'
firstTuesday ofthe month, comet0 theAlamo Drafthouse (inema,the
host venue of the Austin Air Guitar regionals t0 either wat(h the
to blast out your hottest air li(ks on stage. lt's free to (ompete in and
admission to watd what we feel tomfortable saying is the most
90 minutes of entertainment in the southwest. For a complete list of
FAQ for new (ontestants, video clips from last yeat and tickets to all
2006i2007 season petfotmances, check out www.AustinAirGuital.com'
THE UNNE(ESSARY SEQUEtS TILMMAKING (ONTEST
NIGISTER ON APRII- 2, s(NTTNINGs START MAY 22
FULL INFO AT WWW,UNNE(EsSARYsE8UEL5.(CIM
With BI00DSH0T5, we gave filmmakers the thance to make a honor movie
in 48 hours. The BIANKS 0N A BTANK competition asked you to envision
what other animal/vehicle disastet movies would follow in the vapor trail of
SNAKES 0N A PLANE. But the newest filmmaking challenge is the one we've
been the most excited about for months now - THE UNNECESSARY SEQUELS
CoNIEST. Now, plenty of people will argue that most of the sequels that
Hollywood tries t0 shove down out throats every summer are unnecestary,
butior this (ontest we're looking for films that are even more unnecessaly
than PREDAToR 2. We?e talking about things like TITANIC 2' 0r Ro(KY lll: Part
ll. 0r AP0CALYPSE N0W: AGAIN. 0ohl 0r a sCHINDtER'5 tlST 2' But I don't want
to say anymore, because for this (ontest Y0U get to choose what Unnecessary
5equel you want to make into a reality' That's right, this time aroundwe aren't
goi;q to uttign you u genre ot make you trust a (omputer-genelated program :io decide what sort oi sequel you'll have to make. Our only rule will be that :
no two filmmaking teams can do the same sequel, so when you sign up.at ..
the website (www.unnecessarysequels.tom), we'll confirm yout sequel idea .,'
as assigned to each team on a first (ome, first served basis' Registration will
be liveit 3pm on Monday, April 2nd and teams will then have until May 20 to
complete a three- minute trailer for their movie, as well as designing a poster
to go witfr it. We'tt trave a special panel ofAlamo-selected judges to choose the
lury winner. Check the website for information 0n prizes!
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APR 6,7, 13,14,2*&27,7 & 10 pnn, A|"AM0 D0WNT0WN
DlR. GEORGE M|11ER,1985,101 min,35mm, PG-13 .
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This March, rome watch the Alamo's snarky gabme:sters take on the third installment of .
the Mad Max trilogy. Featuring Australian ranter Mel Gibson (LETHAL WEAPoN 2, TETHAL . :
WEAP0N 3) as a nomadic leather-fetishht who stumbles onto a town run entirely on farts ::
where latter-day gladiatols compete inside a huge dutrh oven known, as "Thunderdome". i
The movie also stars Tina Turner as the singing mayot of Bartertown who sends our hero i:
into the arena against the formidable Master/Blaster, the baddest symbiotictwo-person-
bullying-entity-composed-of-one-mildly-retarded-guy-and-one-evil-genius since Bush/ :(heney. 5ee Mel in all his pre-anti-semitir pro-(hristian glory as he plays father figure to a
groupoforphanedchildrenwhoseworldviewisinformedbytheWho!rockoperaTOMMY:
Thunderdome: two men enter, one man leaves, one man dies (laughing)l Actually, three :.
men will enter, as Scott (hester will be joining Pancake regulars John Erler and Joe Parsons
fortherunofthisshow! (JohnErler) :
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'OWNTOWNDlR. ED FRIEDMAN & JOHN IRLER, 1985 & 2007,35mm, 'l00min
For a limited time only, John Erler (ofthe Alamot"Master Pancake Theater" and K00P 91.7 tM's
"Elk Mating Ritual Hour") provides a one-man, live, alternate voice-over for the 80t animated
movie HE-MAN AND THE SICRET 0F THt SW0RD. Based on the TV cartoon HE-MAN AND THE
MASTERS 0F TH E UNIVERSE, 5eaet ofthe 5word features all your favorite H E-MAN characters:
Battle-Cat, Man-at-Arm5, Beast Man, 5he-Ra, Tri-Klops and more! When Prince Adam learns
that he has a long-lost twin sister (5he-Ra), it's up to He-Man t0 rescue her from the nefarious
Hordak and his evil minions, the Horde. But who really cares about the original plot? John
Erler will single-handedly be re-voicing and re-writing the original script liberally tonight.
Prince Adam will be an Aryan goth-child. Skeletor will enjoy bubble baths and Julia Roberts
movies, and Beast Man will have an inexplicable craving for pudding and butter. Mr. Erler has
an embanassing amount ofexperience at re-interpreting He-Man-oriented characters, having
produ(ed, written and voiced the humorous cult-classic radio serial "My [vil Plans", featu]ing
bony-faced anti-hero Skeletor. [ongtime patrons of the Alamo will also remember Mr. Erler's
legendary vocal re-workings of (hristmas ca rtoon classics.
THE MASTER PANCAKE 5HOW: PRETTY WOMANft4AY 4, 11, 18,25 & 26, 7 & 10 prn, ALAM0 D0WNT0WNDlR. GARRY MARSHALL,1990,93 min,35mm, R(ome see Master Pancake rock PRtTIYW0MAN, one 0fthe ultimate guilty pleasure movies ofthe early
90's. Featuring tiny-eyed rodent enthusiast Rirhard 6ere (AMfRl(AN GlG0L0) as Edward, a (E0 who
becomes confused and tccidentally" pi(ks up a trirk on Hollywood Boulevard. lulia Roberts (MYSTl(
PIZZA, STEEL MAGN0ilA5) plays a giant set ofteeth in a wig who comes home with Edward for a nightof rhampagne, piilow fights and soui-searching. Directed by Garry Marshall (HAPPY DAYS, LAVERNE
AND SHIRLED with great supporting performances by Hector Elizondo (THE RUNAWAY BRIDt) as
the hotelier with a heart of gold and Jason Alexander (6eorge fiom SElNFEtDl) as Edward! overlygrabby business associate, PRETTYW0MAN alsofeatures everyone'sfavorite fi5t-pumping"vengeance
shopping" scene and an especially hot Julia Roberts. Groundbreaking for its sympatheti( depiction ofan oc(upation on(e thought indecent by most Ameri(ans, PRETTY W0MAN actually portrays Rirhard
Gere!rorporate raiderasasympatheticindividual,who bytheend ofthefilm hasmatured intoa(hiefExecutive Offlcer AND a 6entleman.
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,li*nrii tu,ttr' emcees who chased after the glory that only a turntable
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;;;il hil shunned th-ese artists and kept our allegiances with the OGs'
iiriii.n "rt.ittt would that have been? Besides' the Alamo already did
.itirti.i. oiJ sa.ol Rap, so this show doesn't have t0 be about the Melle
r,,r.iunJc"nat*ter tlash scene. No, this show pays tribute to the pioneers
;ili.';r;iil of rap, otherwise known as the musi( they adually played at
trUwf. itiitt f'l!h dantes in the early'90s' ln addition to giving us all a
,ftu.,. to if. tft, ffimpty Dan(e in public again, we'll also get !o :1y-*1td
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rrr r.irt.ii *i,r' vanilli lte, we'll'bust a move with Young M(' tL Cool J' DJ
i.trr i.trlto irt. rteth Prin(e, Will smith (cause, you know' he was a-totally
iii:Jt.tirapp.t t. eig Willie Style than hewas on Homebase) - and we'll have
il; hdi;; 6irt.tt.o, too. satt'tl Pepa, Neneh cheru'.tL! - thev'll all be
there. lfyouie an old school purist, then this probably isn't the show t0I you'
tf, ho*.u., you *ould like to pump up the jam, oI get some pra(ti(e,at doing
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Apparently there are two warring serts in the religious musical world - G0DSPELL and
5UPERSTAR. And murh like real-world religious conflicts, this battle between the musicals
has to tome to a peateful solution if we're ever going to have any real hope of peare on
earth. After all, isn't our musical preference primarily a symptom of how we were raised?
0wen performed in the stage production ofJESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in high school, so
as an adult he finds it to be far superior to the infidel's musical. Henri sang the songs of
G0D5PELL in a high school choir concert, so he thinks that"Day By Day" is the most sa(red
stage hymn ofall time. But in order to maintain the peace and stop the Alamo Downtown
from becoming a theater of conflict, Henri conceded to Owen that SUPERSTAR would be
the more fun show to put on this Easter season. Besides, after 2004's excesively violent
PASSI0N 0t THE CHRISI don't we all need a more light-hearted version ofthe savior's last
days on earth? 0ne with singing, and 70s fashions? Yes. Yes we do need that.
No, the critics already had their Hearst-bashing cinematic opus, but it wasn't untilNEWSIE5 came along that the tween set of the 90s had their very own rallying cry
against exploitive 1 9th century publishers. Sure, the real exploited newsies of 1 899
New York weren't actually capable of breaking into choreographed songs wheneverthey wanted to 0pen the Gates and Seize the Day, but wat(hing actual child laborers
barely scraping by be(ause some rich old white man wanted to make a little bit more
of a profit would be soul-crushingly depresing. Wat(hing Christian Bale do heel
clicks in the street as he inspires notjust his other cast members but each and every
one of us? That's dreamy! They'd been hawking headlines, but one day they detided
to make'em. And this time, the world will know. Wear a newsie cap to the show and i
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icon, but then there's nothing everyday about Prince at all. While "formerly known af'jokes will chase after him for as long as his legend lives on (whirh will be forever), he!still got so much credibility that the only aiticisms of his 2007 superbowl performance
have been that maybe his silhouette guitarpenis wasn't overtly sexual enough. This
Sing-Along Extravaganza will celebrate the entire career of his purple highness, so
whether you were first introduced to his music because your 12-year-old guy friend
took you to see PURPLE RAIN for Appolonia's boob scene, or because you just really,
really like Batdance, or even be(ause back in 1999 you kept asking everyone around
y0u/ "Are you sure we?e partying hard enough, given what year it is?" - No matter what,
there will be something for everyone. (ome early, wear purple, sing loud. (Henri)
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all of television. To reiterate that fact, we're bringing Buffy back to the screen for another incredible,vampire+laying, bunny-dancing, bubble-blowing, Dawn-hating sing-along tomplete with Buffy
videoke and a random episode to love and cherish! Also, we noti(ed that a certain "holiday" is coming
up on the 20th day of the 4th month 0f the year that some people may enloy celebrating. A lot. To
celebrate thisjoyous occasion, we?e bringing back REEFER MADNESS: THE M0VIE MU5l(AL and we inviteyou to (ome out and sing and giggle and spa(e out and then eat some brownies with us this 4/201
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Alternative (ountry and its booze-fueled macho mythmaking get a well deserved wo-r
over in l\,lichael Mabbott's raunchy mockumentary. The film takes as its starting point r'1making of a (ontemporary tribute album for the notorious Guy, a hard-drinking, ha:rliving legend who never quite made it. Guy starts out as a smalltown prairie boy v,:rjust wants to play music, until an improbable, unexpected windfall leaves him nev,'
wealthy. He soon acquires the requisite shady entourage, who encourage him to indul9:
in enough intoxicants t0fell a water buffalo. Riffing off a hostof outlaw-(ountry myth;
most notably the bizane saga of Gram Parsons's death - Mabbott also includes hysterica
funny testimonials to his hero from such legends as Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm ar:Merle Haggard. All of them adore Guy's songs (the few they've heard) but can't seem ::wrap their heads around his boorish, dickhead behaviour. Mixing in footage of notorror::
incidents in (ountry music history - such as Kristofferson's infamous a(ceptan(e speec'
at the 1 970 (ountry Music Awards - Mabbott creates a persistently witty portrait of th:music industry and its need to cann:balize and glamorize its past. (Steve Gravestock)
APfi:'-:3 - 1s:]5 rtul; THE MAGIC (HRlSTlAl{$i;H ar,iG* *[ATs9i&!{'q PtAYti]{ t!vt sf,r*ftt 1ilt },4*v;riD: J0SIPtl MCGRATH 1969 92MlN.3sMM R
THE MAGI( (HR|ST|AN stands as an archetypal movie - scripted by Teny Southern
staning a member of the Goons and one of the Fab Four, and with psychedelia and protesr
infusing every frame, it couldn't be murh more 1969 if it were wearing loon pants anc
dutching a copy of'Electric tadyland'; it remains one ofthe finest examples ofthe savage
sub-Bunuelian satire which ran rampant in cinema from about 1968-73.Sellers stars as
wealthy and successful business tycoon 5ir Guy Grand, taking a vagrant (Stan) under his
wing and spending the duration of the film proving to his adoptive charge that'everyon€
hastheirpricei Withtheexceptionofthefilm'sthemesong,allthesongswerepennedbyBadfinger, whose two lead singers would tragically commit suicide over the next decade,
This screening is dedicated to Badfinger's Pete Ham, who died 32 years ago tonight.
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D: DAVID NOIAN 2002 60MlN. VIDEO NR
ln this controversial BB( doc, comedian Vir Reeves nanates the story of
band the Smiths, featuring previoudy unseen film footage, animated
rare performances. Producer David Nolan recieved death threats from Smitts
*& who were upset bythe behind-thescenes dirtthatthey felt gottoo
PIU5! We'll have an assortment of5miths videos and performances added in!
MAY 7 - e:45PM: WE WERE NEVER HERE: A FILM AB0UTWIT}I DIAGONALS PLAYIN6 LIVE BEFORE THE MOVIEI
D: ANT0NIA GANZ 2004 97MlN. BETA SP NR' US PfrEMIERE!The German avant+ock band MUTTER is virtually unknown in the US, and may in
only spark re(ognition in those familiar with the transgressive honor films of
Buttgereit (NEKR0MANTIK), whose 1993 frlm 5(HRAMM involved the
MUTTIR f]ontman Max Muller as romposer and drummer Florian KoetnelVon
thetitlechara(ter(a delusional serial killerwho hallucinatesand hassexwith a
female torso). Made up of longtime vets from the German art-rock scene, most
from bands like H0NKAS and CAMPING 5EX, MUTTER's often slow, heavy, brutish
is undercut and refracted by self-mockery and humour - the latter ofwhich makes
unique among their (ontemporaries. Mixing tour footage, interviews, and private
8 films, the documentary takes us ba(k to the Berlin ofthe 80s and early 90s.
MAY 14 - e:45PM: TIM BUCKTEY: MY F[tETING H0USE
WITH T$T LOVELY sPARROWS PLAYING TIVT BTfORTT}IE MOVIE
D: VARI0US 2007 105MlN. VIDE0 NR
MVD presents this sneak-DVD Release pattyforthe fint-ever collection of rare
from Tim Buckley's live performances, including thirteen full-length songs!
footage spans his entire career, from 1967 to 1974, and includes unreleased
ofinteraction with Buckley on The Steve Allen 5how (1969) and on WITF'sThe
(1970). Also features interviews with Larry Be(kett (co-writer of many songs
Buckley), Lee Underwood (Buckley! guitarist) and David Browne (author of
Brother: The lives ofleff and Tim Buckley"].
DVDS AVAITABLE AITTRlHE SHOW TROM END OT AN MR!
MAY 21 - e:45PM: WASTED ORIENT: A FILM AB0UT J0YSIDE
WITH BTACK PANDA PLAYIN6 IIVT BEFORT IHE MOVIT!
D: KEVIN FRITZ 2006 91 MlN. BEIA 5P NR
Members of the popular Chinese punk band Joyside echo one (oncept
this at times gut wrenching dotumentary: "Rork and rolli'one of them states
"is addiction to chaos."This film explores that idea and illuminates not 0nly a(punk) that celebrates that chaos, but an entire generation that languishes in
Fan Bo, Liu Hao, Bian Yuan, Yang Yang, and the rest of Joyside rome to vivid life
they t0ur modern day China and settle in t0 their disaffected skins. There are no
answers here-questions about national identity, friendship, hard
and aesthetir authenticity subtly emerge am0ngst hundreds of beers, layers ofrock star swagger, and some astounding punk rock shows.
MAY 28-e:45PM: ZACHARIAH: THE ELECTRIC WTSTERN
WITH WEIRD WEEDS PI-AYING LIVE BEFORE THT MOVIE!
D: GEORGE ENGLUND, 1971,93M1N. 35MM NR
ln this loose retelling of Herman Hesse! SIDDARTHA, Zachariah (John Rubenstein)
his best fiiend Matthew (Don Johnson) are small-town boys who decide to
gunfighters. After first taking up with a band of musical outlaws, the
(hilariously played by the legendary agit-prop pop group (ountry Joe and the
the two decide t0 join ace gunslinger Joe (ain (Elvin Jonei and his gang (The Jamer
Gang featuring future Eagle Joe Walsh). Finding himselfdisturbed by killing, a shift ua pacifist philosophy (prompted by oracle Doug Kershaw) sends Zach back to farming
while Matthew blasts his way through the gunfighter ranks, inexorably working his
way to a showdown with the one marksman he's not sure he can beat - Zathariah.
Featuring heavily homoerotic overtones and a saipt bythe Firesign Theatre (0medyttoupe
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KII-I-ER OF SHIEP - I,ITW 35MM PRIHTMON MAY 21 & WED MAY 23 . 7PM, DOWNTOW}ID. (HARLTS BURNTTT 1977 83MIN.35MM, NROne of the greot Americon mosterpieces con now be seen the w|y it was melnt to be, in 0dozzling new 35nm p/nf. KlILER 0F SHEEP is something of a miracle - a 1 6 millimeter black-and-white movie which was made for around ten thousand dollars. For his nonprofessionalcast Charles Burnett used friends and people that he knew in his Watts neighborhood. The
result is a portrait 0flife in the ghetto remarkable for its realism. Thrust into a series ofscenesfeaturing many different rharacters, the audience must pay close attention until it becomesclear what the relationships are. Gradually a story emerges concerning a slaughterhouseworker named Stan, married with two kids, who is dissatisfied with his life but is unclear as
to why. His wife wants more intimary, but he closes himself off to her. Friends try to get himinvolved in some shady dealings - he rebuffs them. His everyday life is filled with setba(ksand frustrations. Even this cursory outline makes it seem as if is has a linear story-line, butit's really more like a series of fly-on-the-wall snapshots of neighborhood life. Ihe effect is
like a tapestry or mosaic which reproduces the day-to-day experience ofthat world.5electedforthe National Film Registry in 1990. ((hris Dashiell, Cinesrene)
PRTSTNTED BY BALTET AUSTINTHURS APRIT 5 - 7PM, LAMAR
D:6t0RGt SIDNEy 1953 110MlN.3sMM 3Dln conjunction with the Ballet Austin production of"Taming 0fThe Shrew,,we are happy to presentthe incredible atomic age 3D version of 5hakespeare's dassic, Kls5 ME KATE in real 3D Stereoxope.This is not the bad 3D with the red and blue glasses that gives you a headache and doesnt reillywork. Thisistherealdeal:old-school,silverscreen,polarizedfiltersandtwoprojectorsrunninginperfect synchronizati0n, one with the image for your right eye, one with the image for your left. 0nlya handful oftheaters in America are capable ofscreening this format. The Alamo Drafthouse is inthat elite category. And ifthat's not enough - master chefJohn Bullington is preparing a five courseRenaissance-themedfeastthatwilltameanyshrewyoucanname. sobringyoursenseofromanreand adventure, and bring your appetite too because we'll give you all the spectacle - and food andwine - you can handle. For more about the Ballet Austin production of,,Taming 0fThe Shrew,,seewww.balletaustin.com.
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D. ANTHONY HOWARD & JA(03 STPTIMUS 2O(}5 89MIN. BTTA SPlfyou've been to underground noise shows, unlawful bicycle events in the streets,or believe in the impending apocalypse, you might've noticed some of themembers ofthe Black Label Bicycle Club. They build their own bicycles. Tall-bikes,in particular: frames welded on top ofother frames so the seat rides six feet offtheground. They're easy t0 spot ffuising down a crowded avenue, orjousting under abridge, canying a long plumbing pipe and trying t0 kno(k an 0pp0nent to the tar.But if you've only ever gawked from afar at these very exclusive pedal-poweredHelll Angek, you don't know the whole story.
8-BIT SPONsORED BY HOGWILD!, AIN'T IT (OOt NEWS AND AMODA
WED APRlL 4 - 9:45, DOWNT0WN
D: JUSTIN STRAWHAND 2006 90MlN. BETA 5P NRPart rockumentary, part art expose and part (ulture-(ritical investigation, 8-BlT is adocumentary examining the influence of video games on contemporary culture - fromthe 80's demo scene to (hiptune musi( and contemporary artists using machinima andmodified games. With the help of media critir Ed Halter and new media curator andwriter Christiane Paul, these very re(ent artisti( strategies are put in the historicalcontext ofmodernist and postmodernist discourse and examined as potential examples0f a transition into fresh, uncharted tenitory. 8-BlT brings a global perspe(ive onthe new artistic approaches 0fthe DIY generation which grew up playing Atari and(ommodore 64,featuring artists su(h as (oryArcangel, Bit5hifter, Bodenstandig 2000,Bubblyfrsh, Mary Flanagan, Alex Galloway, Glomag, Paul Johnson, John Klima, JohanKotlinski, Nullsleep, Joe McKay, Tom Moody, Akiko 5akaizumi, Eddo Stern, TIAMTEND0,Treewave and (arlo Zanni.
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SMOKTY&IHE BANDITWITH tII. (AP'N IRAl'Is LIVT AND A TRUCKTOAD OF {OORs IN THE LOBBY!
SUNDAY MAY 6 - 7:00PM & 9:45PM - DOWNTOWN
DIRE(T0fi: HAt NEEDHAM 1977 96MlN.35MM PG
Slil0KEy AND THE BANDIT represents the cre( 0f Burt Reynolds career ar(. He's the pule sexual essen(e; the man all women want and all men want to
Then there,s the theme song, t0e-tapping distilled to pedection and sung by the inimitable Jeny Reed. With 0ne ofthe alFtime great natural perform
Jerry Reedjustwaitedforthe camera to ioll and simplyacted like himself.There's nowondering whySMOKEYwasthe setond highestgrosingfilm in
We,il have iive music by LIL CAP'N TRAVIS before the show, a semi full of (oors in the lobby, lyric sheets for the opening song and more! (Iim League)
PLAGUES AND PLEASURES ON IHE SALION sEAWITH TRIENDS OT DEAI{ MARTINEZ tIVE!
WEDNESDAY MAY 2 - 7:00PM - D0WNT0WNDlR!(T0R: Ct{RlS METZLER & JEFF SPRINGtR 2004 86MlN. EETA 5P NR
In the middle of a harsh desert valley in (alifornia's southeast (orner, lies a
mering blue jewel - the Salton Sea. Along its desolate shores stand boarded
motels, dusty rural towns, half-flooded va(ation homes, and miles of
fish carcasses. Amid this suneal and apocalyptlc landscape survives a mosl
usual and unexpected group ofeccentrics, who have carved outtheir own sli(e
paradise on the shores ofthis ecological disaster. With a recently-added
by John Waters and a store by triends of Dean Maftinez, who will be
live before the movie! Also plays May 8th at 9:45pm without the live music.
PKW PRODUCTION5 PRESENTS
AMADEUS - THE DIRECTOR'S (UIWlTl{ l-Nlt[ MlNl'5Y[,1pH0NV BEFoRt T]lE FILM!SUNDAY APRIL 15 - 1:30PM & 6:00PM - DOWNT0WN
DIRECT0R; Mlt05 FORMAN 1984180M1N" 35MM n
lf you have missed out on these usually sold-out shows, join us for two s<reeninqs
of Milos Forman's 1985 oxar-Winning masterpiece, AMADEUS! The dhector's tut
of AMADEUS thirkens the already arresting plot with tons of added footage thaadds even more depth and drama to the story of Court-(omposer Salieti (F Munay
Abraham in his0scar-Winning performance)and hisrivalrywiththerenown prodigy,
Mozart.The live music heard befote the movie and in an intermission concert will bea
mix offamiliar and re-imagined Mozart presented by basist and two-time Pulitzer
Nominated (omposer P. Kellach Waddle and the musidans of PKWprodudions'
PKW PRODUCTION5 PRESENTS
THE PINK PANTHER
WITH !-IVE FIENRY IvtAN(INI MUSIEAL TRIBUTE BEFORE THE FItM!SUNDAY MAY 20 - 6:00PM - D0WNT0WN
DlRtCT0fi: ELAKE TDWARDS 1963 11sMlN.35MM NR
CelebratedAustin bassistand (omposer P. KellachWaddle pays homageto mastercomposet Henry Mancini with a mini- :
(oncert of Mancini tunes before a screening of Blake Edwards'classic original Pink Panthet film' tormer Goon Peter
Sellers stars as the i(onic bumbling French lnspector Jacques Clouseau who is on the trail of the world's largest diamond
- "The Pink Panther'- which has recently been stolen by an infamous lewel thief known only as'The Phantomi TH E Pl N K 'pANTHER is one of nearly 30 films Mancini scored for Biake Edwards, and their collaboration helped Mancini to become
the sophisti(ated, subtle, sensitive and otiginal composerthat he was'
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THE JOURNEY SINGA[ONGJOURN[Y {OVER BAND ODYSSEY tIVE
WED MAY 30 - 9:45PM - DOWNT0WN[veryone atthe Alamo office knows that my real motivation for the whole
Music Mondays series was to build up enough street cred showing moviesabout the likes of (aptain Beefheart and Gil Scott-Heron that eventually I
could program an entire night ofjust J0URNty videos (unlike rerent ronvertsfrom the former"irony"camp, I have never stopped believing). lf I could dexribe
the sound of Journey in just one word, that word would have to be"triumphant'i So come down to the Alamo for one night only ofwhat I (onlider t0 be a very personal triumph, because the worldhas finally come around and given in to its long-represed love
of .lourney. We'll start off with the incomprehensible J0URNEy
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For our tenth annniversary we thought it would be ni(e t0 pay tribute to our most loyalcustomer and lifelong Beatles fan David Strong! This acting debut by the Fab 4 immortalizesthe "innocent" moptop era of the Beatles. teaturing their British invasion pop songs HardDay's Night, hnt Buy Me Love, and She Lores lou, among others, this bubbly little movie alsoshowcases the ineverent and contagious Liverpudlian humor that also defined the group. lt,sa peek into the crazy whirlwind center of Beatlemania, and will transport you t0 the sliqhtlyridiculous charm of the early 60's.
Aboutthe Eggmen:
Winners of"Best Cover Band" in the Austin Chronicle for five years running,The Eggmen not only sound like the Beatles, they dress, speak and performlike the Fab Four as welll Thanks to the faithful covers byThe EggMen, fans canexperience the magic of the Beatles'music again and again.
THE YACHT ROCK BOAT PARTY!: WITH JO RYZhIAR (MI(HAEI N4CDOIIATD},. LOG6INS), HOiLYWOOD STIVE ANO KOKO LIV[I. AND LIVE YACHT ROCK BY CAPTAIN SMOOTHE!RIDAYMAY ls. TPM-I1PM -TOWN IAKE: (SPONSORED BYAUSTIN RIVTRBOATS)
Although the term'ya(ht rock'generally refers to the highly polished brand of soft rock thatemanated fiom Southern (alifornia during the late 70s and early g0s, it became a part ofthevernacular pradically overn ight with the Channel 1 01 premiere of yA(HT R0(K in June of 2005.J.D. Ryznar and llunter Stair's saga detailing the unknown mythical origins of a previously obscuregenre of music struck the audience like a lightning bolt. Join usforthe ultimateYACHT RocK pARTy
featuring all episodes of the show followed by a Q&A with the stars and live nautically-themedmusic by (APTAIN 5M00THE (members ofthe Diamond Smugglers and 5ummer Breeze)!
SERGE GAINSBOURG's BIRTHOAY FEASTMO't{DAY APRIL 2 - 7:00PM - ALAMCI 00WNT0WNFEAST TICKETS INCTUDE FRENCH FOOD/WINE PAIRINGs - MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCEIt has b€en said that the Frend can't rock. And yet you'll rarely find a contemporary buzz-band that doesn'towe a (ertain debt to the Gallic visionary Serge Gainsbourg. Alternately considered one of the ugliest menin music and one ofthe sexiest men in music (depending on who you ask), Gainsbourg was the mastermindbehind the French ye-ye fad of the 60's, and his magnetism won him the attention of a stable of gorgeousfemale singers that included Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Hardy, Jane Birkin and Marianne Faithfull and theexpert produdion talents of frequent collaborator Philippe Lerichomme. (ome bask in the glory of 5erge as
wepulloutsomeofhisrarests(opitonesandtelevisionappearances. Highlightsindudethevideoforlernon/ncest (his tontroversial duet with pre-teen daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg), his propositioning of a shockedwhitney Houston on live television, and the infam0us MEL0DY NE[50N TV spE0Al, which sees his pivotalconcept album hilariously animated and performed by Gainsbourg and longtime partner Jane Eirkin. ,Vofe:
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entertainment), we'll have the amazing local Journey cover band0DY55EY playing live, and most importantly, we'll have an amazing Total Journey Experienceons(een, with spe(ial clips between the videos telling the story ofJourney and their importance
in pop (ulture and movies. (Kier-La Janisse)
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i;;;. ;riil i; ;; ir.irinq iiotunout grindhouse moviesthanks to the QUENTIN TARANTIN0 and R0BERT R0DRIGUEZ movie o{
the saie nime. Here at ihe Alamo wire giving you a unique opportunity to see some of the real shit. Since 2001 the Alann
Drafthouse Downtown has been hosting-a unique series ofexpioitation classics culled from private collections, abandoned
*ui.frour.r, even dumpsters. We prese-nt a peerless selection of horror, sexploitation, adion and more, mostly from th€
gJa;n .r. of t6. OOt and 70t. Many of thes; films_ are so -obscure
that little or nothing has ever been written about them.
iome of them are bad, all of them are enjoyable, and a rare few will change your life' Best of all it! absolutely free. We think of
it as an extension course in film hlsiory and a heaven-sent escape from the crushing lameness of the real world.
KItt OR BE KITLEDAPRIT 4 MIBNIGHT, FTFE, DIR. IVAN HALL, 1980,35MM,90 MIN' PG
This is the movie that bills itselfas "The Greatest Hollywood Martial Arts Movie Ever Made!" lt shouldn't surptise anyone
with the hardrell tacti(s employed by exploitation film promoters that not one shled 0f this daim stands up under ssutj
Noionly is it not qreat, it's tenible. lnd itt not a Hollywood movie at all - it's from South Africa. But here's the good nev.s
the kin; of hype;dumb karate movie that will delight the drooling hallwit underneath y0ur civilized veneer' lt's g0t an
ki*ing t<arate midget, a bitter Nazi whoformsthe greatest army 0f(white) karate guys in thewolld, and an uilstoppable
namei Steve. lf this goes over well, we wili show you the completely loco sequel KILL AND KltL AGAIN. (Lars)
MARIAAPRII. 11 MIDNIGIIT, FfiTE, DIR. JOST ANTONIO NIEVES, 1971, 35MM, 96 MIN, R
There,s onlyonedrug moreaddictivethan heroin: Eurotrash cinema.0nce it gets intoyourbloodstreamy0u haveto
seen people eat their own children when they don't have a(ess t0 it.l myselfam an addict. You may have seen me
down the middle of the street at night, looking through garbage cans for pointless zoom-lens shots, badly
voke style dubbing, lush sensual rinemascope compositions and most 0f all, gorgeous actresses with long straight hair
enough'eye make:up to paint every working girl in Paris. lt! a mania. lt's an obsession. This is an inaedibly rare
t<ink-iest staning the tesiicle-imploding beauty Marissa Mell and slumming American star Stephen Boyd, who looks
gotten int. the;ake-up kit too. But be warned, it's a .ne waytickett0 pleasure and madnes. (Lars)
CRUISIN'HIGHAPRIL 18 MIDN16HT, FREI, OIR. JOHN BUSHTLMAN, 1976,35MM, 1S2 MIN, R
A really gritty, nastyjuvenile delinquency movie that (uts like a swikhbladt. A janingflm in a_ l0t ofways, it's also 0ne of
most eniertiining movies in the genre. lttakes place in and atound one ofthose southern (alifornia high schoohthatan
familiar fiom a niillion I&A comedies, and the soundtrack is reminis(ent of yadt lo(k, but when the violence and brutal
start - school,s outlThere'sa hand-wringing veneerofsocial concem here but unlike a lot ofother moviesthat addresstee
crime there,s no pretense that these kids are merely misunderstood, tarnished little angels who need a spanking and/or
No - these teenagers are Demons who have escaped from Hell and set up shop in Santa Monica' with great,
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dialogue and a killer twist ending. (Lats)
DETIVER US TROM EVItAPfiIt 25 MIDNIGIlT, FRIE, DIR. TIORATE JA(KsOI{, 1977,35MM,96 MIN, PG
part 0fthejoy 0fWeird Wednesday is the thrill of uncovering little known exploitation auteurs. A good example of a directr
who developed his own unusual siyle in the golden age of the'70s is Horace Jackson, whose movies are angty, bittel sociC
tracts aboui life in the ghett0. 8ut wait, theyie also really strange and entertaining. This movie has the guts to take a stana
,guintt th. t inA of dope-pushers who stand around outside elementary schools and hook 7-year-olds on dangerous drugr
The hero is a recovering isychotk who teams up with a committed tea(her and a cute kid in a wheelchair to take on thP
neighborhood menace.it'sill so seriousand earnestthatthe ridi(ulousnessfactorreaches criti(al mass in abouttwo minutej
anjthe restofthe movie isa rollirking knee-slapperaboutlittle kids hooked on dope. Asa bonus,you'll getdumb, insensitin
white cops! (Lars)
BLACK COBRA
MAY 2 MIOI{IG}IT, TRFE, DIR.jOE D?MATO, 1976,35II4M,90 MIN' R
Every night before I lie down to-sleep, I say my prayers. I thank God for the birds and the flowers and the motninq dew and
puppy loqs... Sut mostly I thank God - at l;ngih - for Laura Gemser, star of BLACK C0BRA. Miss Gemserwas positively heaverF
t.niir tt'', r.*ntr .xplosion ofthe'70s: lithe, dark+kinned, with doe-eyes and movements as graceful as a lily in the bteeze
ir,. ruy *rrr have been the most beautiful adress of the '70s - period. But her <areer track led het to star in some of the
*ori fltu.o, nt.t .ver made. Her Black Emanuelle knockoff movies more than made up for in kink what they lacked in
giossy produaion values. The director she rollaborated with most fruitfulty was Joe D'Amato, a filmmaker ofsporadk brilliante
ivhoseialent reallycame to life with the addition ofGemser. BLA(K (0BRA is one oftheir best collaborations, and my personal
favorite. Gemser plays a stripper with a python act who has a very ttrange effed on two brothets - deazy charmet (and her
real life husbandjGabriele linti and the iate, greatJack Palance, as a bizarre, ranting snake fetishist. With an ending thatwill
leave you speechles. Musit by Piero Umiliani. (Lars)
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COP KILLTRSMAY 9 MIDNIGHT, Tfif T, DIN" WALTEft {'CI.IY, 1973,35MM,93 MIH, RNihilht whitesploitation from the makers of tLESH G0RD0N. This movie was clearly intended to be a peckinpah-esque existentialballet ofbullets and bloodshed but insteadit! a laugh-riot with everyclkhe in the book trotted outand given mouth-to-m0uthresuscitation. But maybe we shouldn't be so hard on this movie, since the entire cast appears stoned out oftleir minds throughgut.Ihe plot concerns a pair of drug middlemen who won't let anyone stand in their way ai they move a shipment of rocaine throughthe desert. N0t only do they kill many cops, they also badly mistreat an i(e cream vend0r, Aiong the way they abduct an innocentgirl, rant, destroya bunch ofstuffand even provide a qukk and instructive tutorial 0n howto snort cot<e, ttt a little sunbaked slkeof drive-in heaven, just for you. (Lars)
DAYDREAMMAY 16 MIDN16fIT, FRIT, DIR. TITSUJITAKE(HI, 1964,35MM,92 MIN, Rwe've shown some ptetty stlange movies in the six years or s0 we've been doing this. But we think you,ll agree that this is aboutthe stlangest one we've ever thrown at you, lt's a Japanese psychosexual "pink" movie that's about as odd and incoherent andunsexy a5 a movie (an get, the (entral story takes place in a dentist chair with a drill whining throughout. like many Japanesepink films of its era, it was made by hungry filmmakers eager to apply the techniques and aeithetk lessons theyd leirned fiomthe [uropean New Wave. And when you factor in the already bizarre tastes 0f the J;panese masses, you get a rwo-by{our ofartsyperverted w€irdness aimed right at your skull. 8am! Years fiom now you'll wake up in the middle ofihe night screaming and you,il{correctly) blame us for that, plus your persistant cold sweats and the fad that you can't look anybody in the eye an-ymore, butlhat'sYIAR5 FRoM N0W.5o see it now whileyou're young and healthy enough to have a decent chince of bouncing lail. (LaE)
HtttilTsMAY 23 MIDNI6HT, FRET, }IR. ROBTRT SIATITR, 1967,35MM" 90 MIN, R"Leatheron the outside...All woman on the inside!"ln the late'60r Biker moviestookoff,thankst0thesuc(essofRoger(orman!THE WlLD ANGELS' Evety schlock movie producer in the world started popping wheelies to rush product into the d-rive-ins andgrindhouses before the fad died down. HELI(AIS is certainly am0ng the most entertaining moviei to result from the great bikerfilm gold rush, though no one could posiblyconsider ita good movie byanystretch.Whaiit does have is amazing, ba"d dialogueand some ofthe best bad acting you'll evet see. And unlike most biker movies, which generally featured a simplipremise as anexcuse to show endles scenes of bikets tooling down the highway and having giant beer orgies, HtLI(ATS his more plot thanD0(T0R ZHIVAGO aammed into a tidy 80 minutes. Meltdown fuzz guitar musk by Davie Allan and the Anows. (Lars)
CHTSTYAIIDTRSON USNMAY 30 MIDNIGHT, IRE!, }IR. TP FONSYTI{, 1976, 16MM, B8 MIhI, ftThetitleshould dueyou intothedasynatureofthismovie. ltis, infact,abouta lovelyfemale naval cadetwhoteams upwith herequally attractive and buxom colleagues to find out what happened t0 her sister. h! all tied in with blarkmail and the mob andsome tompromising photos 0fa political (andidate but don'tworryt00 mu(h aboutthe plot - the filmmakers didn,t - it,s a dumbsex <omedy with a difference. And that difference is the always unpredidable (harader actor Timothy (arey, who plays a mobenforcer. (areywas an actor unlike any other, and he was well respe(ed in H0llywood. Stanley Kubrkk ind John Casiveites usedhim repeatedlyintheirfilms,and Francis Ford (oppola offered him roles inTHt G0DFATHERfilms,whkh he perverselydeclined, ashe was making his own insane films in his basement. He was always intense, even in throwaway roles. And in cHEsiy ANDER59NUSN hisconception ofthe hitman isasdangetousandscaryasa mad dogwithaflamethroweranda lawdegree. lt,sincredibleandyou shouldn't miss it.The rest0fthe (ast is good too: Scatman (rothers, Fred Willard (playing ittotallyserious), beautiful RoseanneKaton and sexploitation regulars Uschi Digard, DyanneThorneand Shari Eubanks. (Lars)
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of slasher cinema are largely populated by intellectually challenged psychopaths with an insatiable
hunger for college-age edibles. lt's stiff competition, but HELL NIGHT's leading maniac Andrew 6a(hreally steps up and shines. Stumbling...hideously deformed...clothed in rags...Andrew is an unstoppable
force of shrieking, craven violence bent on the absolute annihilation 0f several sorority sisters, in(luding
Linda Blair in her first big-screen fright role sinre EXOR(l5T I l. Director De5imone was brand new to honor,
having cut his creative teeth in the world of 1970s all-male hardtore porn. This era of his work included
titles like SWAP MEAT and 50NS 0F SATAN, in which a man finds that his brother has loined a cult of devil-
worshipping gay vampires. Find me a copy of that and l'll wash your goddamn car for a year. (Zack)
WHATWAITS BTLOWArR l: Mt&rit€,.'T, Fftrr, ltR. n*ru 5ilARp.'?983,35filldt,88 fif lN, FfiWe've put a man on the moon, split the atom and broken the sound barrier, but we still have so much
to learn. Like for instan(e, what's with all these aggressive, superdeveloped albinos living beneath the
earth's surface? Robert Powell and six adventuring schmucks have the same question, and get to find out
the answers firsthand when a cave-in and some enormous reptiles (!!) force them deep into the catacombs
beneath South America. One of these geniuses valiantly fends off a giant snake attack by clubbing the(reature with the barkofhis gun.0ur heroes eventually run afoul ofthe ivory-skinned Lemurians, who
have no intention of playing host t0 some lousy surface-dwellers...and the ultimate Human/Albino death
match is on! lfyou hate white people - and you should - then this is your bible. (Zack)
DARK AUGUSTArn i9 Mt$i{!shtl FREr, ntR. t"{At{TtN 60!-D&,141':.'1976,35MM, E: Mtilt, R
Look at that painting. Man. I don't like art, but that's just beautiful. lt's the type of VHS box cover thatwidened the eyes and sparked the imaginations ofhorror-(urious 1 0-year-olds across 1 980s America.When
we grew up, these forbidden titles had disappeared fiom shelves before we could rent them, telinquished
forever to storage rooms and (chokel) dumpsters. Thus, movies like DARK AUGUST went forgotten...but no
morel Gird your loins for an atmospheri( (reeper with a hearty injection of demoni( possession. When a
city sli(ker runs over a barkwoods sorcerer's granddaughter, witches and shotguns may not be enough to
save the urbanite fiom supernatural payback. And, apparently, great big pins. (Zack)
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There are two types of people in this world: those who enjoy fun...and adults. TERR0RVl510N is 1 00% adult
repellent, and ranks with heavy hitters like PEEWEE'5 BIG ADVENTURE and THE M0NSTER SQIJAD as a solid
monolith of pure undistilled entertainment. When polyester swingen The Puttermans (Mary Woronov
and Genit Graham) set up their swanky new satellite dish, they inadvertently beam in a carnivorous
mutated spacebeast that (an attack (and devour!) through the TV. luckily, Grandpa is a shell-shocked
survivalist with a military-grade arsenal, and he and grandson Sherman (a wee Chad Allen) are ready
to blast the menace from the Putterman home. A criminally underseen goldmine of'80s schlock, this
movie features more new wave hysteria, protoplasmic slime and hilarious dialogue than the next 20 years
of B movies would even hint at. Wat(h for funnybone-busting performances from Alejandro Rey as the
dynamite bisexual Greek love machine and Jon Gries (King Vidiot from J0YSTICKS) as a guitar-shredding
metal maniac named 0.D. Hey, that reminds me...be here to see J0n Gries present J0YSTICKS, the most
raging video game movie ofany millennium! Turn to pg. 17 f0r m0re detaiis!l (Za(k)
INVASION OI THE BEE GIRTS
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William Smith is a towering, musclebound rharacter actot who usually paid his bills portraying bikers,
sadists and various loose nuts in crucial cheapies like THE LOSERS and DARKER THAN AMBER. His action-
figure physique makes him recognizable from about 9 miles away, but here he shifts that romic book
bravado to play a straight-laced government agent investigating nefarious doings, lt appears that men
have been dying from "severe sexual exertion", and all roads lead back to a shady lady scientist with a
penchant for bee research. For various reasons (some of which actually be(ome clear later), said studies
necessitate massive amounts of female nudity and lethal humping. 5o if either of these subiects interest
you, we'll see you front row center at the screening. Scumbag. (Zack)icsE €J&1 -
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THE STEPIATHERMAY 1O MIDf'IIGHI FRTT, DIR. JOSTPH RUBEN, tr987,35MM,89 MI|\I, RJeny Blake is a hard-working American, a roving father and a ruthres psychopath. Hii simpre dream is tohave a perfect famiry, and whenever one doesn't meet his expectations, he butchers them, ,h*s., hl;identity and shacks up with a new singre mom. A simpre but originar srasher premis. i, .r*ri.; i;ir;ol_boiling nightmare rever by Teny O'Quinnt schizophienk-in-the-red performance. ft,'r. oi you
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(REATURE FROM BI.ACK LAKTMAy 17 MtDMGllT, FRrr, DtR. ioy N" !J0u(K JR., 1975,35ttr&4,95 M'ht, p6Bigfoot. Sasquatch. woods Devir. wendigo. There's a rong rist of names for the big feila, but none ascampfirey{oreboding as "THE (RIATURE lRoM gLncr mri."nnd 0fthe bumper crop of,70s movies madeabout the beast, thisjust might be the most fun. Two coilege students named pahoo and Reeves (reaJthaiagain) head down to discover the secrets of the Louisiani bayou, aided by wall-eyed screen id.,rd ;;;kElam and his fellow bumpkin Dub Taylor. unbeknownst to thim, The creiture has aectarea u screamingwar on humanity, and a night in the primeval swamps may spell D_E_A_D p_A_H_0_0. (Zack)
NIGHT OF THE COMETMAY 24 MtDNt6HT, FREE, DtR. TH0M IBERHARDI 1984,35MM, 95 MtN, p6_13DAWN 0F THE DtAD meets VAILEY GIRI in the ultimate'80s teenage AP0CALypSE! The peopie ofall nationsgather to witness the passing of a majesti( (omet through the;ight sky. one houriater, t umuniiy t uibeen reduced to red (alcium dust...with the exception oiHollywood Higi\,irte* Reggie and surriil,"The few other survivors are flesh-eating wasteoids or merciless subtenanean researiliers scambling forIive test subjects. This leaves our heroines with an important question: can they machin+gun eno'ughrotting cannibals and government goons to make it t0 the mailiBecause when ttre worra naienaeu, iilllatest fashions are free! Zombies, disorder and violence served up frantic, savage and T0TAL[y rad. (Zick)
BLOOD BATHn4Ay 31 MIoFIt6H[ FRFE, DtR..t0Et M" REEn, 1976,35Mtu1, &6 MtN, p6For better or worse, Joel M. Reed made his name with misogynist tortuie opus Bt00DSUCKING FREAKs.Thal same year, the NY firmmaker paid a far ress sreazy tromage to the Hammer and Amicus studiosanthology films with this collection of cockeyed tenor iales. Juit a sample of what you,ll see trere: anextremely mad bomber, a money-grubbing ghost, a cautionary tale about the dangers of time traveL anJan absolutely derailed story about a kung fu master facing o* against a fire-u"rtii.g q"rl.ilgi,. Aiirigit...th€re'siot actually a huge quantity of blood in BLoOD BATH...but there wererit inyrnonri.o o,balls in M0NSTER'S BALL and a ton of people saw that movie. (Zack)
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" No recent(omedy has becomeas iconicamongAustin'seternailyyoungasthe(oen Brothers,. slacker-detective homage to Raymond chandrer. Mixing in Leninist phitosophy, mistaken', identity, crazy characters, a kidnapping plot, and a deep love of bowling, the Coen brothers; unleashed upon an unsuspecting world the many glories ofTHE BIG LEBbwsKl. Jeff Bridges'. plays Jeff lebowski, known as the Dude, a laid-bick, easygoing burnout who happenito: have the same name as a miilionaire whose wife owes a io1 ofiangerous peopre i whore
bunch of money-resurting in the Dude having his rug soired and sending him siiraring intothe Los Ang€les underworrd. And as ifthe movie isn't already its own uitimatee*p.ri-.n,.,the good folks over at Austin's own Dart Bowr have teamed with the nramo so you ian enloy:. a game, a drink, and the night ofyour life!
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ALAf,frCI trii,LAfif , 5{.1'iJ. i1,1&Y 33,7:r}8DIR, BILLY WIIDER, 1954, 1 13 MIN, 35MMThe ultimate love triangle comedy of Hollywood's silver age, starring Audrey Hepburn,Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. The story is about two brothers, stuffy businessmanBogart & blonde playboy Holden, who fall in love with their chauffeur's daughter.Sabrinahad been a shy, wallflower type, who worshipped the dashing playboy brother, until shegoes away to school in Paris and comes ba(k a sophisti(ated, lovely young woman (and
chef!). All's fair in love and war, and soon Sabrina and the brothers have both on their handsin this light-hearted but razor-sharp tale from the director 0fSOME UKE lT H0T. The AmericanFilm lnstitute rerently added SABRI NA to the 1 00 Greate( Love Stories list, and its magic has
never paled throughout over 50 years. Alamo chefTrish Eichelberger will be preparing a feastjust for this screening. We dare you to find a better way to spend the holiday than with mom,Ms. Hepburn and the Alamo. Visit www,originalalamo.com for more details.
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TIIE ORIGINAL WITLY WONKA ANO THT CHO(CILATE FA(TORY{}*wl{T*ydi,i. l*0i',i. &nAY 'i6, 7:** W/ [i.{0C0I"ATE FEAST sffitrll&;l 9,9:45 & MAY '14, 7:il* W/ G0|-D[N Tl[KtT PRtZf CtViAt/JAy lfiilDIR. MEL STUART, 1gV1,rcA MIN,35MM,' *'**No offense, Hollywood...but there's no reason to mess with perfection. The originalinterpretation of Roald Dahl's children's classic was, is and always will be a true testamentto imagination and movie magir. Gene Wilder stars as ec(entric recluse Willy Wonka, amysterious candymaker who has created an imposible world of crackpot inventions,Oompa-Loompas and tempting treats, and invited a few ,,lucky,,
children to discover hisinronceivable secrets. for the May 14 screening, we'll be serving up a dele(table cho(olate_themed menu prepared by Alamo chef Thomas Hanawa, induding arugula with cho(olatebalsamic vinaigrette, (o(oa roast chirken and the incredible chorolate explosion dessert!More details on that menu at www.originalalamo.com. for May 1 6, one lucky attendee willunwrap his free Wonka bar and find prizes from ilolland Photo and llogwikl Toys!
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Who knew that the entire world would fall in love with a talking pig? But a dozen yearsafter its initial release, BABE is still the supreme barnyard charmer. The story ofa bashfulbut earnest young porker who faces adversity, brings a farm together as a family andlearns to herd sheep (!) came quietly from Australia to become one of the most enduringrhildren's fllms of the'90s. 0ur young hero's friends are equally memorable: Ferdinand theduck (who thinks he's a rooster), Babe! sheepdog "mother" Fly, and no one will ever forgetthe gentle friendship between the animals and their quiet, beloved Farmer Hoggett. Despitethe fad that it was written by the man behind the MAD MAX movies, BABE is an experiencethat anyone of any age can (and will without a doubt) enjoy. Some say the film did morefor vegetarianism and animal rights awareness than PETA and the Animal Liberation Frontcombined, and for this one-time event, Alamo chefTrish Eichelberger will be preparing a
beautiful organic vegetarian feast, featuring produce from local farms and even local organic(heese. And when it's done, you can lean back, pat your belly and say, "That'll do, pigl'
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST SPAGHETTIWESIERN FEAST: D0WNT0WhI, M0N. APRIL 23,6:30.' DtR.sERGtoi.EoNt, tsid,rcisMtN,35MM,pG ttfir' There are those who say that 0NCE upON A T|ME rN THE ltrEsT is the greatest f[fl- western ever made. They?e right. Sergio Leone had a seemingly imposible -_: task with improving on his regendary ir4an with No Nome tr|ogy, rt i,t t uo concruded in' 1966 with THt G00D, THE BAD AND THE uG[y. rn three yeuts und'u, many firms, reone hadcreated and estabrished a bord variation on the flagging western genre ihat wourd spawn' literally hundreds offirms over the next era of Europein firm. But ho'w was he to top his ownwork, much less his imitat'rs'? The director teamed with Bernardo Bertorurci uni u yorngDario Argentq mapped out a storyline and set out to tell a grand, sweeping tale of vio'lence]
- vengeance and redemption. The.resurt was breathtaking, and remains rinequailed. Everyshot is a masterpiece, and the firm b'asts career-best performances from Jason Robards,: clau.dia (ardinale, Henry Fonda (in a rare viilain rore) and (harres Bronson, who, harfa decadeearlier, had turned down the part that wourd make crint Eastwood an internationar star.i This screening ofthe rest.red 35mm scope print wiil be presented with an ail-you-can-eat
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and filmmaker in Hong Kong. His KUNG FU HUSTLE and 5HAOLrN 50(cER are widelv*eenexamples of HK movie-making at its most rewarding, but his earry on-screen ta'rent is i
no less potent. For this rare screening of his srapstick kung fu masierbrast, Aramo chef iThomas Hanawa has prepared a delicious accompanying men ui Winter melon souli arefreshing soup madefrom wintermelon, gingerand green o nions;Blackmushroom'boo:bite*ized steamed buns filled with braised blark mushrooms and served with hoisin and ..'
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ry^tlVryll$L TU.ES APRIL 24,9:45; IttrE0. ApRtL 25, e:45; WED. MAyt, e;45DIR. GORDON PARK5, 1971,100 MIN,35MM, RAmericar cinema shifted into fifth gear in the 1 970s when revered author and photographerGordon Parks breathed rife into the major studio brack action movie. sharp, keen ani highrystylized, sHAFT was a feature that demanded to be made. and it busted out with a fury. John5haft is a.harder-than{tone private detective battring mob boss Bumpy, and soon facing offagainst the Mafia in an all-out battle. lsaac Hayes'award-winning scoie is enough to mikeyou ten times tougher. 5HAFT was the first of countress urban actioners, creating a styre offilm that would eventually be dubbed "bracksproitation'i Many were action and ciime tares,but by the end of the '70s, audiences had been treated to black westerns, black vampireiand even a black gestap'r But this is where everything started, and where it was done withthe most heart, artistry and respect. with these screenings, we honor Gordon parks, the firstblack directorto make a major Hollywood film, who passed away March 7th oflastyear.
A CTOCKWORK ORANGEWITH A NICE COID GLASS OT MItK PLUS - TREE WITH TICKETID0WNT0W[{, M0N. APR|l" 16 - 7:00, WtD. ApRH"'tB - 9:45DIR. STANtEY KUBRICK, 1971,136 MIN,35MM, R
l4:.1 lk*: a,violentjuvenile roaming the streets of near-future London and endlesslyindulging in brutal violence and the pleasures of young women. Along with his fellow"droogs'i AIex (heats, steals, beats, violates, murders and humiliates who_ and whateverhe pleases, until his sudden incarceration leaver him alone and powerless. Behind bars,he becomes a guinea pig in a revolutionary experimental proceduie aimed at rearrangingthe criminal mind. Sweeping (inematography, unprecedented harshness and a brilliantlyicy performance by Malcolm McDoweil make this adaptati'n of Anthony Burgess, novera permanent burn on the brain. widely ronsidered one of the most arifully hanowingcinematic experiences, Stanley Kubrick's grim s(i-fi thug opera was released to a severestorm 0fc0ntroversy, and has since become an undeniable film landmark.
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This thinking stoner's stoner comedy is nill one ofthe slapstick genre's funniest movies ofrecent years. lt's from Danny Leiner, the director of DUDt, WHERE'S MY CAR?, and plays likean R-rated 45 RPM version of that film. Harold and Kumar are indeed stoners looking to feed
their drug-induced hunger pangs, but they're no dummies. As the movie begins, Haroldlobnoxious bosses conspire to make him do all their work for the next day! meeting, but Ku-
mar calls and insists the two of them get high first. They do, and see a commercial for White(astle. 0h. Man. Now all they have to do is get there...and that's where the trouble,stronglanguage, sexual content and crude drug humor begins. Plus a cameo by Neil Patrick"Doogie
Howser" Hanisl And because you ran't wakh HAR0LD & KUMAR without building up a majorcraving for some White (astle yourself, we'll have ALL-Y0U-(AN-EAT slider burgers ready and
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CROCKETT SPONSORSKristine Coco, Kent Hudson,,Aaron McAbee,Keith Peterson, Doug Simmer, Marc Blase,
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When brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes at0ktoberfest, they stumble upon a centuries old underground beer games competition - "Beer-
fest," the secret 0lympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome fromtheir German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens, who humiliate them, slander their relatives, and
finally cast them out of the event. Vowing to return to defend their country and family's honor,
the Wolfhouse boys assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and gamers to return and
restorethehonor0ftheironce-proudsudrguzzlingname. ThiseventwillbetheGermansvs.Americans Beer Showdown! A showdown of different brewing traditions. The Germans withtheir long brewing methods, brewing purity laws, and lederhosen, face off against the Ameri-(ans, with their flagrant use of hops, innovative brewing te(hniques, and nouveaux interpreta-tions of classic beers. The beer flight will consist of six classic German beers paired against six
American craft beer reinterpretations.
Presented in eonjundi0n with the National Brewers Association (onvention.
Special assistance from lndependence Brewing and the Draughthouse Pub.
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We would like to thank the following members who have donated to the Heroes of the Alamo Foundation, a non-profitcorporation forned for the purposes of supporting cutting-edge frlm in downtown Aust'n and acquiring andcontinuing the operations oft he Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. ln addition to the heroes below, we would also like tothank our 95 EOWIE 5PONSROS. Find out n.lore at rememberthe.originalalamo.com
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seen as passd, or conceived with jaundiced, anti-humanist cynicism. Equally importantly, he has presented demanding
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opens with I 4-year-ol d Ben ny watch i ng amateur footage ofa pig bei ng sla ughtered
with a butcher gun, Benny's prefened mediums ofexperience are video cameras,
action movies and surveillan(e m0nitors, and thus begins Haneke's lucid depiction
of human beings deprived of their capacity to empathize with others.
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Mirhael Haneke's third feature film expands on the claustrophobically endosed
subject matter of his earlier films, whith looked at various problems in society from
the viewpoint of the middle-das family. The focus remains on those disenthanted
by bourgeois morality, hypoctisy and the absurdities of modern society, but the
scope here is extended to examine this point ofview from a fradured cross-se(tion
of different viewpoints, all of them united by a moment of shocking and senseless
violence.
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*NRe {T0*: &4i{tiAf i- HAru[Kr ]997'!s8ft4ll'1.35&4ft,trIt is impossible t0 have a neutral opinion about FUN NY GAME5 - a movie so relentless
in its ability to sho(k that it gained pariah statur on the film festival (ir(uit in 1 997.
This is a film that addresses the controversy of screen violence by making the
viewer as guilty as the Leopold and Loeb-like killers who tenotize a young family
ofthree during their summer vacation. They anive as friendly neighbors, seducing
the family with phony congeniality, but soon FUNNY GA[4ES reveals its devious
strateg, turning savage and appalling... and completely captivating foI those who
can endure the tenor.
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A Cannes 2000 winner, C0DE UNKNOWN is a provocatively tomplex film that
combines a prescient deconstruction of modern urban living with more philosophical
meditations 0n the nature of human existence. The fotmet is made delibetately
explicit with the opening nine-minute tra(king shot that a(ts as a fluid entry-point
into the narrative, whilst the latter is constantly lutking under the surface ofthefilm, teased out by Haneke's manipulations. A tense vi0lent encountel and its effect
0n a disparate group of people sets the stene for the rest of the film.
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MAY 8 - 7:00FMTHE PIANO TTACHTRDIRECT0R: &4t{HAEt" }iAt{tK[ 2001 131Mil,t. isMMHaneke's interpretation of Erfriede Jerinek! book of the same name is one of themostharrowing portrayars offemare neurosis and sexuar represion evei comitteato.celluloid. lsabelle Huppert gives the performance ofa lifeiim. ui u piu* t,u,f,.,who embarks on a violent sexual relationship with her prizeA pupit. "
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MAY 22 - 7:00PMCA(HEDlHEfi0R: Mi{HAEI FtAilf }{r 2s0s t"t7Ml[t. JSMMGeorges (Daniel Auteil), who hosts, a TV literary review, receives packagescontaining videos of himself with his family _ shot secretly from the street .- anO
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TV PARTY: BATTLESTAR GALACTI(A ON SUNDAYS
1t": h! 1lAY5 AT Xrl:-tA{t, 9:45BATTLESTAR GAIACTI(A rages on with the sci-fi fan favorite really tearing through
new ground with the current developments. Each week we'll start with the previous
episode and then head right into the new one for a double-barrel laserblast of the
most important spa(e opera in the known universe. "lt's a fantasti( journey and a
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l+juI.D.4.J.4.p-R ?8_--LAMAR, FRrr, CHECK ALAM0 WTESTTE F0R SH0WTtMTDlR. RANKIN & BASS, l982,35mm,92min, Gweary of being arone in the vast foreit, unicorn Amirthea (Mia Farrow) begins to wonder if she,s thelast of her kind. Foilowing a rumor, she joins fones with feebrish ;iz;;; schmendrkk (Aran Arkin) andwayward barmaid Morry (Tammy Grimes) to rook for the mysticar Red Buil, a creature known to hunt andimprison unicorns. rn order to walk unnoticed among men, schmendrkk magicaily transforms Amartheainto a beautiful woman. Together the three embark o'n an adventurouslourney into the da* rand ofxingHaggard, the man rumored to (ontrol the Red Bull.
Based on Peter Beagre3 nover ofthe same name, THE IAST uNrcORN is a bright, colorfur tale about rove andloss. tanow loa.ns her fluttering voke inderibry to the rips of the unkorn, ind Arki,' i, ,pm ,,' piiyirqil.spell-casting wizard 5chmendrick. The firm ako featurei the vocal tarenti ofJeff Briag.i cf,ririrp'h.iL;.,3{_4!q.]gLansbury.(ompretewithan'ver-the-topsoundtrackbythe classic-ro&aanam[riia,iiiLAST uNl(0RN h perhaps the high point ofdirectors Arthur Rant<lnt anu iutes sas! film career.
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