★AFIPREVIEWAFIPREVIEWTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE GUIDE TO THEATRE AND MEMBER EVENTS VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 14

Oct. 29-Dec. 30, 2004

50th Anniversary! ON THE WATERFRONT

New 35mm Restoration

European Union Film Showcase

Plus:HEARTS AND MINDS EASY RIDER THE BIG RED ONE HEAVEN’S GATEGeorge Stevens Centennial Also: New Films from the Czech Republic, Tribute to Elia Kazan, Yuletide Classics, Washington Jewish Film Festival

Much More!

Oct 29-Nov 7

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FEATURED FILMSNOW PLAYINGFeatures2 HEARTS AND MINDS, Restored2 EASY RIDER3 THE BIG RED ONE, Restored3 ON THE WATERFRONT, 50th

Anniversary Restoration

Film Festivals4 EU SHOWCASE

13 Washington Jewish Film Festival:Four films plus THE DIARY OF ANNEFRANK (p.11)

Film Series7 George Stevens Centennial11 New from the Czech Republic12 Tribute to Elia Kazan13 Yuletide Classics

Calendar 8-9About AFI Silver/Kennedy CenterTheatres 10Special Screenings 16 HEAVEN’S GATE, Restored

Special Events14 KENNETH TURAN live with A

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 14 Members Director’s Reception:

Early Frank Capra14 SILVERDOCS: AS LIFE GOES BY15 Folkstreams.net Launch with THE

MUSIC DISTRICT & live music

DC Area Exclusives15 Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase:

JAMES ENGEL: AN ARTIST FOR ALLSEASONS

15 Montgomery College Series: THEBED-SITTING ROOM, LOVELY ANDAMAZING, OUT OF THE PAST

15 Community Screenings Program

On the cover: IN ORANGE, Netherlands

Inset: Rod Steiger and Marlon Brando in ON THE WATERFRONT

Information is correct at press time. Films and schedule subject to change. Check www.AFI.com/Silver for updates.

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35th Anniversary Re-release!

EASY RIDEROpens Friday, November 5In an epic journey from Los Angeles to New Orleans, retiring drug dealers PeterFonda and Dennis Hopper head out on the highway, riding their choppers throughthe psychedelic sixties, lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes their way. Fromits sensational May 12, 1969 world premiere at Cannes—where it garnered Hoppera directing award—EASY RIDER seemed to catch the pulse of an “other America,”and became the film that changed Hollywood—$50 million+ gross on a $375,000budget helped. Jack Nicholson scored wall-to-wall critical hosannas and an Oscarnomination as boozing, football-helmetted lawyer George Hanson, a role intendedfor Rip Torn. Laszlo Kovacs’ edgy cinematography and the Steppenwolf/TheByrds/Hendrix-loaded soundtrack help set the tone and define an era.

Directed/Written by Dennis Hopper; co-written by Peter Fonda and TerrySouthern; produced by Peter Fonda. US, 1969, color, 94 min. RATED R

During EASY RIDER’s 35th anniversary presentation, the new DiscoveryChannel book about American motorcycles, American Chopper at FullThrottle, will be available for purchase in the AFI Silver Theatre lobby.

30th Anniversary!New Academy-Restored 35mm Print!Academy Award-WinningDocumentary!

HEARTS AND MINDS Opens Friday, October 22“The ultimate victory will depend on the hearts andminds of the people.”—Lyndon Baines Johnson.Documentarian Peter Davis (THE SELLING OF THEPENTAGON) combined newsreel clips, TV reports, andstriking color footage shot here and in a still war-tornVietnam, eschewing narration to let raw footage paintits own vivid portrait of the South and North Vietnamese, the Americans engineering the war here and abroad—and its critics. Theimages in the portrait: A quiet, peaceful village, the only sound the rattlings of a cartwhen a soldier wanders into the shot; a US POWreturning to a flag-waving parade; airmen visiting aSaigon brothel; presidents, pundits and advisors fromTruman to Nixon to Ellsberg and Rostow commentingon the war; a Vietnamese coffin maker explaining thatthe small ones are for children; and former USCommander General William Westmoreland opining,“The Oriental doesn’t put the same high price on life asthe Westerner.” Shelved by its original studio as toohot a potato, producer Bert Schneider (EASY RIDER,FIVE EASY PIECES) later released itto box office and critical acclaim(Oscar, Best Documentary). Thirtyyears later, all prints had faded. After atwo-year effort by the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences FilmArchive, its lush color photography hasbeen painstakingly restored. Now—inits full breadth—back on the bigscreen for the first time.

Directed by Peter Davis; producedby Bert Schneider. US, 1974, color,112 min. RATED R

“HEARTS ANDMINDS is not only

the best documentaryI have ever seen,

it may be the bestmovie ever... a film

that remains every bitas relevant today.

Required viewing foranyone who says,

‘I am an American.’”—MICHAEL MOORE

(2004)

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New 35mm Reconstruction! 50 Minutes of Added Footage!

THE BIG RED ONEOpens Friday, November 12Samuel Fuller’s semi-autobiograph-ical chronicle of the travails of aWorld War II special infantrysquadron provides a wealth of idio-syncratic, vividly poetic war images:time ticks away on a dead man’s wristwatch on Omaha Beach; horsemen battle atank in a Roman amphitheater; an inmate shouts “I’m sane!” while joining a fire fightin an insane asylum; a German artillery-spotter perches behind a giant crucifix; andtwo men have their final confrontation in a concentration camp oven. Grizzled SargeLee Marvin (a real-life Purple-Hearted Pacific theater vet) leads the Big Red One 1stInfantry Division from the landings in North Africa, through D-Day, to an extermina-tion camp in Czechoslovakia. Mark Hamill (post-Luke Skywalker), Kelly Ward,Bobby Di Cicco, and Fuller alter-ego Robert Carradine carry on while namelessreplacements bite the dust. Fuller’s original vision suffered massive budget andeditorial cuts over his objections, nevertheless producing one of cinema’s legendaryfilms. Now, after the discovery of 70,000 feet of negative in a Warner Bros. vault,Time critic and producer Richard Schickel has restored nearly 50 minutes of lostfootage, presenting 15 new scenes—and Fuller’s original script in near entirety.

Directed/written by Samuel Fuller; produced by Gene Corman. US, 1980/2004,color, 160 min. RATED PG

50th Anniversary!Restored 35mm Print!

ON THE WATERFRONT Opens Friday, November 19 “I coulda been a contenduh,” agonizes pigeon-raising ex-boxer Marlon Brando as he getsmixed up in corruption and murder in aHoboken longshoremen’s union, thanks to hisbrother, mob mouthpiece Rod Steiger. Whenhe’s forced to face his victim’s sister—Eva MarieSaint (in her first film role)—Brando incarnatesa new American film archetype, the sensitiveman-of-few-words, his minimalist-dialoguescenes with her arguably topping even thelegendary cab confrontation. But this hard-hitting ripped-from-the-headlines melodrama/tender love story was also a cry of defiance byKazan and scenarist Schulberg to denouncers oftheir friendly testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee (after Brandotestifies to the crime commission, he says, “I’mglad I done it.”) But it’s the power of theperformances by Brando, Steiger, Saint, Lee J.Cobb and Karl Malden that remain indelibleover time. “If there is a better performance by aman [Brando] in the history of film in America, Idon’t know what it is.’’—director Kazan.Winner of eight Oscars, including Best Film,Director, Actor, Screenplay, Supporting Actress(Saint), and Photography. Now meticulouslyrestored from its original negative, with digitallyre-mastered sound, including LeonardBernstein’s sole film score.

Directed by Elia Kazan; written by BuddSchulberg, from articles by Malcolm Johnson;produced by Sam Spiegel. US, 1954, b&w, 108 min. RATED: APPROVED FOR GENERALAUDIENCES

See page 12 for other films in the Tribute to EliaKazan series.

“An intimate personalepic! A richness ofincident and characterthat it did not have thefirst time around! Thetriumph of Fuller’smature years!”

—KENNETH TURAN,LOS ANGELES TIMES

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MOVE!Silver Theatre: Tue, Nov 2, 9:00 ; Thu, Nov 4, 9:00In this lively rap-musicians-tackle-the-international-road doc, three young Austrianwomen hunch at computers to generate videos of their male rapper buddies, who gooff to storm New York, then attack racism and social ostracism at rallies... in Vienna!Rap and hip-hop span the world, sporting different skin colors and languages, butall speaking the universal, energized rhythm of words-to-music. Featuring docu-mentary footage of rappers coping with daily life, rockin’ on stage, and dealing withthe business of music in a less-and-less culture-friendly environment.

Directed/produced/co-written by Niki List; co-written by ReginaSteinmetz. Austria, 2003, color, 90 min. In German, French and English withEnglish subtitles. NOT RATED

BELGIUM

THE ALZHEIMER CASE[De Zaak Alzheimer]Kennedy Center: Fri, Oct 29, 8:30; Sat, Oct 30, 8:00In this award-winning roller coaster ride from Belgium, an aging hit man feelingthe onset of Alzheimer’s—a disease that already felled his brother—realizes hisshadowy employers have set him up. Then multiple chases and twists begin, asthe cops, aided by tips from the hit man himself, follow the trail of bodiesmarking his revenge quest, even as his fat cat employers hire killers of theirown. In this box office smash, legendary Flemish star Jan Decleir—in his 75th

film—stars as an action hero for the first time.

Directed/co-written by Erik Van Looy; co-written by Carl Joos; producedby Erwin Provoost and Hilde De Baere. Belgium, 2003, color, scope, 120 min.In Flemish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

CZECH REPUBLIC

FAITHLESS GAMES [Neverné hry]Silver Theatre: Sun, Oct 31, 4:00; Mon, Nov 1, 7:00A gently humorous live-action psychological study from an award-winninganimator seen entirely through the eyes of twelve-year-old neighbor KristinaSwarinska. In a village on the Slovak/Hungarian border, Slovak composer PeterBebjak feels fulfilled in his work, while his wife, Czech pianist ZuzanaStivínová, feels abandoned with nothing to do. Even a dalliance with cellistVladimír Hajdu does little to break the monotony.

Directed by Michael Pavlátová; written by Tina Doisi; produced by KaterinaCerná and Pavel Strnad. Czech Republic, 2003, color, 93 min. In Czech withEnglish subtitles. NOT RATED

FINLAND

UPSWING[Nousukausi]Silver Theatre: Sat, Nov 6, 4:30; Sun, Nov 7, 8:45A couple of travel agents create theultimate exotic survival vacationexperience for bored yuppies PetteriSummanen and Tiina Lymi. If thevacationers will just store theircredit cards, passports, and keys atthe travel agency, the agency will set

them up as an unemployed couple in a rundown house in a tough Helsinki slum,with only a weekly cash allowance to live on for a month. But when no allowancearrives the second week, what’s happened to that travel agency?! Can love survivethis? Johanna Vuoksenmaa’s debuting black comedy cleaned up at Finland’s Oscarswith seven nominations, earning Jussi Awards for Best Film, Music and Script.

Directed by Johanna Vuoksenmaa.; written by Mika Ripatti; produced byLasse Saarinen. Finland, 2003, color, 98 min. In Finnish with English subti-tles. NOT RATED

FRANCE

TRIPLE AGENTSilver Theatre: Sat, Nov 6, 9:00; Sun, Nov 7, 6:25Based on a true story and interspersed with newsreel footage, this who-is-he real-life thriller is a new departure for octogenarian auteur Eric Rohmer. In 1936Paris, former Czarist general Serge Renko (THE LADY AND THE DUKE) fightsCommie infiltration in the ranks of White Russian refugees. At least that’s whathe tells his wife, Greek artist Katerina Didaskalu. But then Renko is spotted inBerlin when he should be in Brussels. Is he working for the Soviets or the Nazis?And does he know? Berlin Festival.

Directed/written by Eric Rohmer; produced by Françoise Etchegaray,Philippe Liégeois and Jean-Michel Rey. France, 2004, color, 115 min. InFrench, German and Greek with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Friday, October 29 through Sunday, November 7AFI presents the 17th annual European Union Film Showcase, featuring afirst-class selection of the latest exciting work from the newly expand-ed European Union, screening at both the AFI Silver Theatre and the AFINational Film Theater at the Kennedy Center. This year’s selection offersUS premieres, international festival award winners and box office hits.AFI thanks the Cultural Counselors of the member states of theEuropean Union for their support of this project, and particularly that ofthe Netherlands—the hosting country for the 2004 showcase.

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HEAD-ON[Gegen die Wand]Silver Theatre: Sat, Oct 30, 9:00; Sun, Oct31, 6:00German-Turk Biro Unel lives a life ofself-destruction based on thepremise, “you can put an end to yourlife without committing suicide.”Then an instantaneous proposalfrom effervescent fellow hospitalinmate Sibel Kekilli sets the stage for a new outlook. But is their open marriage ulti-mately just a marriage of convenience—or does love come from the strangest places?Golden Bear, Berlin Festival. Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress, Cinematography,German Film Awards.

Directed/written by Fatih Akin; produced by Stefan Schubert and RalphSchwingel. Germany, 2004, color, 121 min. In German, Turkish and Englishwith English subtitles. NOT RATED; SUGGESTED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES

HUNGARY

KONTROLLSilver Theatre: Fri, Nov 5, 9:00; Sun, Nov 7, 1:45In this dazzling debut and box office smash shot completely within theBudapest subway, ticket inspectors get no respect! Sándor Csányi and his crewof goofballs must contend with snotty passengers, a veteran scofflaw and a rivalteam boss—between meetings with the lovely bear-suited Eszter Balla. Add tothe mix: a serial killer! And when has Csányi last been aboveground? Recipientof the Award of Youth, Cannes Festival; Most Popular Film, Hungarian FilmWeek.

Directed/co-written by Nimród Antal; co-written by Jim Adler; producedby Tamás Hatlassa. Hungary, 2003, color, 105 min. In Hungarian withEnglish subtitles. NOT RATED

ITALY

CHRISTMAS REMATCH[La Rivincita di Natale]Kennedy Center: Sun, Oct 31, 6:30Silver Theatre: Fri Nov 5, 7:00; Sat, Nov 6, 7:00The latest work of EU Showcase favorite Pupi Avati (INCANTATO, ‘03; AMIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DANCE, ‘00) rematches the five actors from Avati’s orig-inal poker epic, CHRISTMAS PRESENT (Regalo di Natale, 1986). Seventeen yearsafter the disastrous Christmas Eve poker game for five hands that drove cinemaowner Diego Abatantuono (THE BEST MAN, EU ‘98) to the brink, he’s now thebiggest theater owner in Milan. But then, by chance, he finds out the whole gamewas a set up—two of his friends hustled him. Maybe it’s time for another game.

Directed/written by Pupi Avati; produced by Antonio Avati. Italy, 2004,color, scope, 99 min. In Italian with English titles. NOT RATED

SINGING BEHIND THE SCREEN [Cantando dietro i paraventi]Silver Theatre: Fri, Oct 29, 7:00; Sat, Oct 30, 7:00A sweeping widescreen spectacle from erstwhile neo-realist master Ermanno Olmi.On a giant stage lurking within an Oriental pleasure house, stylized figures act outan epic set in spectacular locations. Abearded sea captain (Spaghetti Westernlegend Bud Spenser) narrates as hebecomes a participant: circa 1800, thewidow of a betrayed Chinese pirateadmiral takes over his fleet and goestoe-to-toe with the Emperor. But theEmperor employs a secret weapon—paper kites. Nominated for five ItalianOscars; winning for costumes, designsand visual effects.

Directed/written by Ermanno Olmi;produced by Luigi Musini and TomRosenberg. Italy, 2003, color, scope,100 min. In Italian with Englishsubtitles. NOT RATED

LUXEMBOURG

STEP BY STEP [Un honnête commerçant]Silver Theatre: Tue, Nov 2, 7:00 After four corpses point to a crooked deal gone bad, cops Yolande Moreau andFrédéric Bodson (ROSETTA, EU ‘00) haul in Benoît Verhaert, seemingly an“honest dealer,” but to them the big fish they can never catch. In a cavernousinterrogation room, the duel of wits begins, with the ever-calm, ever-plausibleVerhaert’s only ally the great Philippe Noiret’s M. Cavalier. The directorial debutfor the writer of I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SAINT (EU ’03).

Directed/written by Philippe Blasband; produced by Olivier Rausin. 2003,Luxembourg, color, 86 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

NETHERLANDS

GRIMMSilver Theatre: Sat, Oct 30, 4:00; Mon, Nov 1, 9:00In this blackly humorous cross between Hansel and Gretel and Spaghetti Western,Halina Reijn and Jacob Derwig are abandoned by their father in a forest in acold, drizzly Holland. But Derwig finds a note in his pocket directing them toan uncle in Spain. There (it’s a fairy tale!) they end up at the isolated mansion ofsurgeon (and EU Showcase regular) Carmelo Gómez (WE ARE BEINGWATCHED, ’03), complete with an ailing sister, mysterious butler and a sinisterlocked room. San Sebastian, Toronto Festivals.

Directed/written by Alex van Warmerdam; produced by Marc vanWarmerdam. Netherlands, 2003, color, 110 min. In Dutch and Spanish withEnglish subtitles. NOT RATED

IN ORANGE[In Oranje]Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 30, 2:00; Sun, Oct 31, 4:30Talented 12-year-old soccer fanatic Yannickvan de Velde has just one dream: to play forthe Dutch national team. But there’s abigger soccer nut in the family, dad ThomasAcda, whose know-it-all coaching leads tointra-family trouble, patched up by momWendy van Dijk. But when dad dies,Yannick tries everything—including Winti-Surinamian voodoo—to keep up his game.Well-staged soccer action enlivens thisfunny and touching box-office smash, sobig that multiple remakes are pending.

Directed by Joram Lúrsen; written by Frank Ketelaar; produced by JeroenBeker, San Fu Maltha and Frans van Gestel. Netherlands, 2004, color, 90min. In Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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SYMMETRY [Symetria]Silver Theatre: Sat, Oct 30, 2:00; Wed, Nov 3, 9:00A striking visual experience, despite—or because of—its all-prison settingsafter the opening. One minute, unassuming Arkadiusz Detmer is leaving a movieon a rainy night, the next he’s facing time in the slammer when a woman who’sbeen assaulted picks him out of a lineup. Keyed by a vibrant musical score,Detmer’s nervous rookie inmate decides to join the hardened “regulars,” leadingto a powerful, seemingly inevitable conclusion. Critics Award, Polish FilmFestival; Karlovy Vary, Toronto Festivals.

Directed/written by Konrad Niewolski; produced by Krzysztof Dobosz.Poland, 2004, color, 99 min. In Polish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

PORTUGAL

PORTUGAL AND CO. [Portugal S. A.]Kennedy Center: Sat, Oct 30, 6:00; Sun, Oct 31, 2:00As friends celebrate the wedding of up-and-coming financial whiz-kid Diogo Infante(THE STONE RAFT, EU SHOWCASE ‘03) to coke-sniffing Ana Bustorff, every-body’s wondering whether boss Henrique Viana is going to pull a fast one with hislatest big deal. Then Infante’s old flame Cristina Câmara (TEMPTATION, EU ‘98)returns—from Harvard—to complicate things both romantically and financially.From the director of ERÉNDIRA and Brazil’s “Cinema Novo” of the 1970s.

Directed by Ruy Guerra; written by Carlos Vale Ferraz; produced by TinoNavarro. Portugal, 2004, color, 95 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles.NOT RATED

SLOVENIA

CHEESE AND JAM [Kajmak in Marmelade]Silver Theatre: Sun, Oct 31, 2:00; Wed, Nov 3, 7:00A box office smash in Slovenia topped only by TITANIC and JURASSIC PARK.After shiftless Bosnian Branko Djuric gets dumped by hard-working Sloveniangirlfriend Tanja Ribic, he decides to straighten out. But wheeler-dealer palDragan Bjelogrlic can only find him two job options: dressing up as MickeyMouse or smuggling illegal immigrants into Italy. The directorial debut of thestar of the Oscar-winning NO MAN’S LAND.

Directed/written by Branko Djuric; produced by Janez Jauh. Slovenia, 2003, color,91 min. In Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

SPAIN

SOUTH FROM GRANADA [Al sur de Granada]Kennedy Center: Fri, Oct 29, 6:30; Sat, Oct 30, 3:45Silver Theatre: Sat, Nov 6, 2:00Matthew Goode’s Gerald Brenan (real-life British author of The Spanish Labyrinth)flees 1920s England for inspiration in a remote Spanish village—bringing along2000 books by mule and hilariously hosting real-life chums Dora Carrington andLytton Strachey. But an unexpected passion looms with an unlettered, dirt-poorvillage girl, Verónica Sánchez. Featuring dazzling wide-screen color photog-raphy. Goya Award for Music, among five nominations.

Directed/co-written by Fernando Colomo; co-written by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy; produced by Fernando Bovaira, Gustavo Ferrada and Beatriz de laGándara. Spain, 2003, color, scope, 111 min. In Spanish and English withEnglish subtitles. NOT RATED; SUGGESTED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES

SWEDEN

SLIM SUSIE [Smala Sussie]Silver Theatre: Sun, Oct 31, 8:30; Thu, Nov 4, 7:00Amidst drug abuse and murder, flashbacks unreel within flashbacks in “one ofthe most unusual comedies ever in Sweden”—Variety. Back from Stockholm tolook for missing sweet-little-sister Susie in his one-horse hometown, JonasRimeika finds things have changed. Old buddy (hilarious non-pro Bjorn Starrin)is now a drug addict who shoots porn in his living room, cop Kjell Berkgqvist

advises him toleave town—andTuva Novotny’sSusie is appar-ently no angelherself. A majorbox office hit.

Directed/co-written by UlfMalmros; co-written byPetteriNuottimäki;produced byChrister Nilsson.Sweden, 2003,color, 97 min. InSwedish withEnglish subtitles.NOT RATED;SUGGESTED FOR MATUREAUDIENCES

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GEORGE STEVENS CENTENNIAL

George Stevens’s son, AFIFounding Director GeorgeStevens, Jr., plans to appearon stage at AFI Silver duringthe series. AFI Silver’s freeweekly E-Newsletter willannounce his appearancedate. To subscribe, go towww.AFI.com/Silver.

New 35mm Print!SHANE Sun, Nov 7, 4:00; Wed, Nov 10, 9:25Young Brandon DeWilde watcheswide-eyed as father Van Heflin, aidedby mysterious stranger Shane (AlanLadd), squares off against the ranchers’hired gun Jack Palance in thissodbusters vs. cowpunchers All-American Western. George Stevens’spainstaking and elaborate productionstressed realism—all-weather shooting,specially aged costumes and shabby-but-authentic sets that ended up in amuseum. The archetypal iconographyof the traditional Western was createdby villain Palance’s all-black outfit andLadd’s buckskin-clad Good-Badcowboy. A classic, oft-picked Westernlovers’ favorite.

Directed/produced by George Stevens;written by A.B. Guthrie Jr., from thenovel by Jack Schaefer. US, 1953, color,118 min. RATED: APPROVED

Re-mastered withRestored Footage!GEORGE STEVENS: A FILMMAKER’S JOURNEYWed, Nov 10, 7:00Katharine Hepburn movingly discussesmaking ALICE ADAMS and WOMAN

OF THE YEAR with the director; CaryGrant, Douglas Fairbank, Jr., andVictor McLaglen clown on Stevens’locations for GUNGA DIN; JosephMankiewicz and Fred Zinnemannremember fighting McCarthyism withhim in the 50s—and his color footageunforgettably chronicles D-Day andDachau. George Stevens’s five-decadecareer in Hollywood is chronicled byhis son, George Stevens, Jr., featuringinterviews with his father’s co-workers, home movies, film clips, andhis own wartime footage. “One of thebest studies of a single director thatexists on film.”—Vincent Canby, NewYork Times.

Directed/produced and written byGeorge Stevens, Jr. US, 1985 ,color/b&w, 113 min. NOT RATED.HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO TRANSFER.

GIANTThu, Nov 11, 7:00; Sun, Nov 14, 1:00The battle between Texas cattleranchers (old money) and oil barons(new money) picks up steam as itgoes along due to the care with whichOscar-winning director GeorgeStevens established the conflict in themethodically paced first hour. Leadperformances by Rock Hudson andElizabeth Taylor remain memorable,but audiences still get their biggestkick out of watching James Dean (in arole nixed by Alan Ladd’s wife as toounsympathetic for him) evolve from apoor, generally sympathetic ranchhand into a bigoted multimillionaire.

Directed/produced by GeorgeStevens; written by Fred Guiol andIvan Moffat, from the novel by EdnaFerber. US, 1956, color, 198 min.RATED G

ALICE ADAMSSun, Nov 14, 5:00; Wed, Nov 17, 5:00“Katharine Hepburn is bitten by themost antipathetic bug of them all,social climbing, and she manages tomake it seem like the most charmingof aspirations...” —Molly Haskell. “AsAlice Adams, Hepburn’s beautifulangularity and her faintly absurd BrynMawr accent are perfect for BoothTarkington’s desperately pretentious,small-town social climber. Hepburn’spantomiming in some of the scenes isas fine as the best American actingI’ve ever seen.”—critic Pauline Kael.

Directed by George Stevens; writtenby Dorothy Yost and MortimerOffner, from the novel by BoothTarkington; produced by Pandro S.Berman. US, 1935, b&w, 99 min.RATED: APPROVED

Restored 35mm Print!PENNY SERENADESun, Nov 21, 2:00; Wed, Nov 24, 7:00 It’s splitsville for Irene Dunne and CaryGrant, but then Dunne starts to spinthose records and the flashbacks begin.The third pairing of the King andQueen of Farce (THE AWFULTRUTH, MY FAVORITE WIFE) is adramatic change of pace, a movinglystraightforward depiction of an ordi-nary couple grappling with childless-ness, adoption and tragedy, with GrantOscar-nominated (his first of only twonominations for his entire career.)

Directed/produced by George Stevens;written by Morrie Ryskind. US, 1941,b&w, 125 min. Print courtesy ofUCLA. RATED: APPROVED

Silents with Live OrganAccompaniment!LAUREL & HARDY AND GEORGE STEVENSSun, Nov 28, 3:25 In the 1920s, George Stevens was theregular cinematographer for HalRoach’s Laurel and Hardy series,working on dozens of the comedicduo’s two-reelers and honing theskills he’d later use as a director. AFISilver presents three of his best:

THE FINISHING TOUCHAn antsy home owner contracts theboys to build a house in one day, withpredictable results. Directed by ClydeBruckman; written by H.M. Walker;produced by Hal Roach; photo-graphed by George Stevens. US, 1928,b&w, silent, 20 min. NOT RATED

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WRONG AGAINWhen Laurel and Hardy seek a rewardfor the return of Blue Boy, theydiscover it it’s a painting and not a

horse that’s missing. Directed/writtenby Leo McCarey; co-written by LewisR. Foster; produced by Hal Roach;photographed by George Stevens andJack Roach. US, 1928, b&w, silent, 20min. NOT RATED

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GUNGA DINSun, Nov 28, 1:00; Wed, Dec 1, 7:00Sergeants three (Cary Grant, DouglasFairbanks, Jr. and Victor McLaglen),with the aid of faithful native water boySam Jaffe, take on Eduardo Cianelli’snasty high priest of the goddess Kali.Dubbed “The Rover Boys in India” bydirector Stevens when the Hecht-MacArthur script proved only a blue-print and improvisation raged on.“Rip-roaring fun all the way; all theaction, spectacle, fights, chases, cavalrycharges and last-minute rescues of adozen westerns, serials and frontierepics rolled into one.”—film historianWilliam K. Everson.

Directed/produced by GeorgeStevens; written by Joel Sayre andFred Guiol, from a story by BenHecht and Charles MacArthur,inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s poem.US, 1939, b&w, 117 min. NOT RATED

Co-presented by theWashington JewishFilm FestivalTHE DIARY OF ANNE FRANKSun, Dec 5, 1:00“George Stevens has brilliantly floweda three-hour picture through an attic inNazi-occupied Amsterdam and etcheda harrowing ordeal for survival in thebrave behavior of eight Jews hidingthere. Superbly detailed scenes conveythe shuttered, claustrophobic nature oftheir hideout; and with a beautifulseries of balanced close-ups of hisassorted characters, he has probed theslow drama of the erosion—and theexpansion—within their hearts and

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George Stevens CentennialSunday, November 7 through Wednesday, December 29From Laurel and Hardy to screwball comedy, World War II’s European theater, AnneFrank and the Bible, George Stevens (1904-1975) spanned the genres and subjectsfor Hollywood. Granted a remarkable independence in Big Studio Hollywood—heproduced most of his own films—Stevens was able to articulate a strikinglypersonal vision, all with an underlying humanity regardless of genre. His

painstaking attention to detail, ruthlessexploration of a scene’s every visual possibility,and editing with continually layered meaningscreated a subtly unique signature style. With sixfilms nominated for Best Picture AcademyAwards—and winning the Best Director Oscartwice (A PLACE IN THE SUN, GIANT)—GeorgeStevens was one of the most honoredfilmmakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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minds.”—Bosley Crowther, New YorkTimes. Three Oscars among eight nomi-nations, including Best SupportingActress for Shelley Winters.

Directed/produced by George Stevens;written by Frances Goodrich andAlbert Hackett, from their play basedon Anne Frank’s diary. US, 1959, b&w,scope, 170 min. NOT RATED

SWING TIMEWed, Dec 8, 6:55 Gambler/hoofer Fred Astaire, feigningincompetence, is exhorted to PickYourself Up by dance instructor GingerRogers; sings The Way You Look Tonight toa Rogers resplendent in a dowdywrapper; trades barbs with her in A FineRomance and recapitulates their entirerelationship in Never Gonna Dance—“themost glorious duet they ever performedtogether”—critic Stephen Harvey.

Directed by George Stevens; writtenby Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott,from a story by Erwin Gelsey; pro-duced by Pandro S. Berman. US, 1936,b&w, 105 min. RATED: APPROVED

THE MORE THE MERRIERSun, Dec 12, 7:00; Wed, Dec 15, 7:00Thanks to the wartime housing squeezein Washington, DC, government agentJoel McCrea and dollar-a-year zillion-aire adviser-to-the-Feds CharlesCoburn (Oscar-winner for SupportingActor) end up sharing the same apart-ment with already engaged Jean Arthur.Then things get complicated. Classicsequences include the interweavingmorning routines, the tete-a-tete on thefront steps with action belyingdialogue, and the lovers’ continuallyfrustrated search for privacy in jammed-to-the-gills Washington.

Directed by George Stevens; writtenby Robert Russell, Frank Ross,Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Fosterand Garson Kanin (uncredited). US,1943, b&w, 104 min. NOT RATED

THE TALK OF THE TOWNSun, Dec 19, 4:00Cary Grant’s union man Leopold Dilg,on the run from a phony murder rap,finds a congenial hideout when JeanArthur believes his protestations ofinnocence. The only problem is herplanned houseguest is by-the-book

lawyer Ronald Colman. Nominatedfor seven Oscars, including BestPicture, with comedy highlightsincluding the recipe for Grant’sfavorite dish (borscht with egg) andArthur hiding the front-page story ofGrant’s breakout with a fried egg.

Directed/produced by George Stevens;written by Irwin Shaw and SidneyBuchman. US, 1942, b&w, 118 min.RATED: APPROVED

I REMEMBER MAMASun, Dec 26, 1:00Barbara Bel Geddes looks back atgrowing up in turn-of-the-centurySan Francisco and her Norwegianmama Irene Dunne (in a performancethat earned her a fifth and final Oscarnomination). Stevens’s adaptation ofthe Broadway hit was his first filmafter his life-changing war experi-ences, and the first flowering of hislater, more expansive style. FeaturingSan Francisco location shooting and atour-de-force death scene for OscarHomolka as Uncle Chris.

Directed/produced by GeorgeStevens; written by De WittBodeen, from the play by John VanDruten and the book Mama’s BankAccount by Kathryn Forbes. US,1948, b&w, 138 min. NOT RATED

New 35mm Print!A PLACE IN THE SUNSun, Dec 26, 4:00; Wed, Dec 29, 7:00“One of the greatest films ever to comeout of Hollywood”—Charles Chaplin.In Stevens’s adaptation of Dreiser’sclassic An American Tragedy,Montgomery Clift portrays the poorfactory worker forced to choosebetween prosperity and passion—andbetween rich Elizabeth Taylor andpregnant lower-class girlfriend ShelleyWinters. Stevens’s directorial show-piece—with gigantic closeups andslow, overlapping dissolves—garneredhim his first Oscar, among five for thefilm. Featuring Perry Mason’sRaymond Burr as a prosecutor.

Directed/produced by GeorgeStevens; written by MichaelWilson and Harry Brown, from theplay by Patrick Kearney, adaptedfrom An American Tragedy byTheodore Dreiser. US, 1951, b&w,122 min. RATED: APPROVED

CZECH REPUBLIC New Films Fromthe CzechRepublicOpens November 17On the 15th Anniversary of the VelvetRevolution, it's a good time to lookat the country’s latest award-winningfilms, all exhibiting the humor andhumanism that have been constantsin its grand tradition of cinema. Ourthanks to Jana Kalimonova in theEmbassy of the Czech Republic formaking this series possible. All filmsare in Czech with English subtitles.

THE BRATS [Smradi]Wed, Nov 17, 7:10; Mon, Nov 29, 9:10 Prague-dwellers Ivan Trojan and PetraSpalková think a move to fresh air andquiet living are just the thing for theirasthmatic son and two adopted Romaboys. But there’s racial prejudice in thecountry too. Despite the obstacles, alight, “Prague Spring” treatment of adifficult subject, based on co-scenaristBoucková’s own experiences as theadoptive mother of Roma children.Winner of the Czech Lion for BestActor, plus six nominations; AudienceAward Karlovy Vary Festival.

Directed/produced/written byZdenek Tyc; co-written by TerezaBoucková and Jirí Soukup;produced by Vratislav Sajer. CzechRepublic, 2002, color, 99 min. NOTRATED

THE PIED PIPER [Krysar]Sun, Nov 28, 5:00; Mon, Nov 29, 7:00A loose modern adaptation of thelegend, shot by director/cameramanF.A. Brabec in 24 hours over Prague’sactual 2002-2003 New Year. Asrevelers celebrate New Year’s Eve onthe streets of Old Prague, RichardKrajco and his pregnant girlfriendEster Geislerová drive their redconvertible in frantic search of achurch that will marry them. But PetrJákl’s black-clad Pied Piper, on amission from the Devil, lurks in theirwake. What if the Piper has foundlove himself for the first time?

Directed/photographed/written byF.A. Brabec; co-written by IvanaNováková; produced by AlenaJáklová. Czech Republic, 2003,color, 67 min. NOT RATED

SMART PHILIP[Mazany Filip]Wed, Nov 17, 9:15; Sat, Dec 4, 5:00In 1930s Los Angeles, hard-boiledprivate eye Philip Marlowe commentsin voiceover as his search for hisclient’s twin brother starts to getcomplicated. Sound familiar? Thisgood-natured parody of RaymondChandler detective classics is packedwith Chandler allusions, featuring thehilarious actor/standup comedianTomás Hanák in the written-for-himrole of Marlowe.

Directed/written/produced byVáclav Marhoul. Czech Republic,2003, color, 99 min. NOT RATED

BORED IN BRNO [Nuda v Brne]Sun, Nov 21, 1:00; Sun, Dec 5, 9:20Are there really 150,000 couplings in“big little” Brno? Slightly mentallyimpaired Jan Budar (who co-wrote)travels there to meet amorous corre-spondent Katerina Holánová, with hismore experienced brother MartinPechlát along for the ride. But there’salso a married actor, a female psychol-ogist and a masochistic owner of abull terrier (etc.), as multiple storiesentwine in this multiple award-winner.

Directed/co-written by VladimírMorávek; co-written by Jan Budar;produced by Cestmír Kopecky.Czech Republic, 2003, b&w, 103min. NOT RATED

SENTIMENTSat, Nov 20, 1:00; Sun, Dec 5, 7:45A probing, heartfelt portrait by a closefriend of the great director FrantisekVlácil, despite Vlácil’s death justbefore filming started. Jirí Kodet, in atour de force performance as Vlacil,brings the director’s writing and filmsto life with film-collaborator inter-views and clips from his classic films,including the epic MARKETALAZAROVA, interspersedthroughout. Don Quixote Award,Plzen Festival.

Directed/produced/co-written byTomas Hejtmanek; co-written byJirí Soukup Czech Republic, 2003,b&w/color, 76 min. NOT RATED

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A TRIBUTE TO ELIA KAZAN

Restored 35mm Print!ON THE WATERFRONTSee page 3 for program note.

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Monday, Dec 8, 7:30*“Stelllla! Stellla!” Faded southern belleVivien Leigh’s Blanche Dubois isdestroyed by brutish brother-in-lawMarlon Brando’s Stanley Kowalski.For the film version of TennesseeWilliams’s classic play, Kazanretained his claustrophobic settingand three of the four principals fromfrom the award-winning Broadwaysmash, replacing Jessica Tandy infavor of Leigh from Olivier’s Londonproduction. (It took Kazan twoweeks to break her of doing it “Larry’sway.”) “No better, more powerful film

exists of a play.”—critic DavidShipman. The restored footageincludes Kim Hunter’s reactions totorn-shirted Stanley and the buildupto Leigh’s rape. Winner of five Oscars,including Best Actress for Leigh.

Directed by Elia Kazan, written byTennessee Williams, from his play;produced by Charles K. Feldman. US,1951, b&w, 125 min. RATED PG

*See page 14 for details about a SpecialScreening with NPR and Los Angeles Timescritic Kenneth Turan.

BABY DOLLTue, Nov 30, 7:00; Thu, Dec 2, 7:00Italian interloper Eli Wallach, steamedwhen his new cotton gin goes up inflames, decides to revenge himself onsuspect Karl Malden by seducing histhumb-sucking child bride, CarrollBaker—who’s “not ready for

marriage.” A sly black comedy (didthey or didn’t they?) TennesseeWilliams expanded from two of hisone-act plays at Kazan’s request.“Possibly the dirtiest American-mademotion picture legally exhibited,”tsked Time, while the ads bragged,“condemned by Cardinal Spellman”(who never saw the film).

Directed/produced by Elia Kazan;written by Tennessee Williams,from his plays 27 Wagons Full ofCotton and The UnsatisfactorySupper/The Long Stay Cut Short.US, 1956, b&w, 114 min. RATED R

Actor Eli Wallach has agreedto attend a screening ofBABY DOLL—his first andfavorite movie—subject to hisavailability (he is scheduledto shoot a new picture thisfall). Check afi.com/silver orcall (301) 495.6700 for arecorded announcement.

VIVA ZAPATA!Fri, Nov 26, 9:35; Wed, Dec 1, 9:30Legendary Mexican peasant revolu-tionary Marlon Brando finds that, oncein power, he too—along with Oscar-winning brother Anthony Quinn—canbe corrupted. Highlights includevisuals influenced by both SergeiEisenstein and a photographic record ofthe revolution, experimental on-loca-tion direct sound recording and amemorable score inspired by localbands’ playing then-popular songs.Kazan considered this his first reallypersonal, cinematic film, conceivedfrom the beginning with scripter JohnSteinbeck and capped by one of thegreatest death scenes in cinema history.

Directed by Elia Kazan; written byJohn Steinbeck; produced by Darryl

F. Zanuck. US, 1952, b&w, 113 min.RATED PG

PANIC IN THE STREETSFri, Nov 26, 5:10; Sun, Nov 28, 6:35From its opening shot from atop a copcar—its siren blaring as it hurtlesthrough the French Quarter—Kazankeeps the pace rocking through thisall-location-shot New Orleans thriller.Public health officer Richard Widmark(in his first non-psycho role) and copPaul Douglas, under the threat of anepidemic, track infected-with-the-plague hood Jack Palance and slimy palZero Mostel through the city of jazz,blues and crime. “The first film Ipurely enjoyed making”—Elia Kazan.

Directed by Elia Kazan; written byRichard Murphy; produced by SolC. Siegel. US, 1950, b&w, 96 min.RATED: APPROVED

Restored 35mm Print!A FACE IN THE CROWDFri, Nov 26, 7:10; Sun, Nov 28, 8:40; Thu, Dec 2, 9:20In this biting satire of advertising, TVand the packaging of politicians, guitar-plucking Andy Griffith rockets from anArkansas jail to TV stardom, thanks toPatricia Neal’s intense coaching. ONTHE WATERFRONT’s Kazan-Schulberg team provides a surprisinglyhumanizing sting—in the final lines.Featuring a pre-grouchy WalterMatthau as the mustachioed nice-guywriter, and Lee Remick in her debut.Behind the scenes, Kazan got nice guyGriffith soused to play nasty.

Directed/produced by Elia Kazan;written by Budd Schulberg. US,1957, b&w, 126 min. Print courtesy ofUCLA Film and Televison Archive.NOT RATED

A Tribute To Elia Kazan (1909-2003)Friday, November 19, through Thursday, December 2Allowed his pick of scripts from both Hollywood and New York at his peak, EliaKazan, a Turkish-Greek immigrant at the age of four, remained the eternal out-sider, as evidenced by his brutally honest autobiography A Life. From his begin-nings as an actor and factotum in the legendary Group Theater, to his conquestof Broadway where he directed modern classics by Wilder, Miller and Williams,his work evidenced the signature Kazan style—the raw immediacy, lust for truthand unparalleled emotional explosiveness that also characterized his directorialenergy on film. Though Kazan’s work ranged from gritty location-shot socialdramas and “Southerns” to the most personal and autobiographical of works, itwas his guidance of actors, and of such volcanic and idiosyncratic performers asBrando and Dean for which he remains most noted. Long seen as an interpreterof others, the span of his work manifests him as one of the most personal ofdramatic artists, one of America’s greatest, and personally most controversial.

NOTE: AFI had hoped to include EAST OF EDEN in our Kazan series, but that titleis currently out of circulation until summer of 2005.

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HOLIDAY FARE FESTIVALYuletide ClassicsFriday, December 3, toThursday, December 30Instant Holiday Classic!ELF December 3 through 9Will Ferrell stars as the eponymous(albeit enormous) elf, an eager and inno-cent giant who doesn’t quite fit in at theNorth Pole. Turns out he’s a foundling(raised by papa elf Bob Newhart) whomust now venture to the big city insearch of his true identity. James Caan isFerrell’s cranky biological father and EdAsner makes an impressive Santa.

Directed by Jon Favreau; written byDavid Barenbaum; produced by JonBerg, Todd Komarnicki and ShaunaRobertson. US, 2003, color, 95 min.RATED PG

A CHRISTMAS STORYDecember 10 through 16All Ralphie wants for Christmas is aRed Ryder BB gun, but the onlyresponse he gets from his mother is,“You’ll shoot your eye out.” For thosewho’ve experienced A CHRISTMASSTORY, it’s hard to imagine thatphrase without hearing the voice ofJean Shepherd, the narrator and

writer of this now classic Christmastale. No matter how many times audi-ences see this film, they keep comingback for brilliant comedic turns byPeter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon andDarren McGavin.

Directed by Bob Clark; written byLeigh Brown, Bob Clark and JeanShepherd; produced by Bob Clark,René Dupont and Gary Goch.US/Canada, 1983, color/b&w, 94min. RATED PG

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFEDecember 17 through 30What would it be like if you hadnever lived? Fed up, frustrated, at-his-wit’s-end small-towner James Stewartfinds out on a snowy Christmas Eve,thanks to guardian angel HenryTravers. What began as a greetingcard story has become an Americanperennial and lives on in posterity asboth the late Frank Capra’s andJimmy Stewart’s favorite film.

Directed/produced by Frank Capra;written by Frances Goodrich,Albert Hackett and Frank Capra.US, 1946, b&w, 130 min. NOTRATED

Jules Feiffer Live On Stage December 11!

Washington Jewish Film FestivalAs part of December’s 15th Washington Jewish Film Festival, AFI Silver pres-ents four exciting films about compelling Jewish protagonists. Two of thefour are new from France; the third (plus an animated fourth) are Americanclassics from Jules Feiffer.

Tickets for all Washington Jewish Film Festival screenings can be pur-chased ONLY on-line at www.wjff.org or www.boxofficetickets.com. or bycalling 1.800.494.8497. Available for purchase starting November 18, ticketsare are $9 for adults and $8 for students and seniors and will NOT be on saleat AFI Silver’s Box Office or at www.AFI.com/SILVER.

PRINCESSE MARIESunday, December 5, 4:15Catherine Deneuve sparkles in this compelling portrayal of Marie Bonaparte,grand-niece of Napoleon and princess of Greece and Denmark. Suffering from“frigidity” in 1920s France, Deneuve travels to Vienna for an experimental newtreatment: psychoanalysis with Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their doctor-patient rela-tionship evolves into a 20-year friendship, with Princess Marie becomingFreud’s disciple, patron and—after the rise of the Nazis—protector, at onepoint even retrieving Anna Freud from Gestapo detention. A powerful portraitof one of history’s most formidable heroines.

Directed by Benoît Jacquot; written by Louis Gardel and François-OlivierRousseau; produced by Hans-Werner Honert, Daniel Leconte and Michaelvon Wolkenstein. France/Austria, 2004, color, 185 min. NOT RATED

LE GRANDE RÔLE [The big part] [aka La bonne attitute]Saturday, December 11, 6:00 This follow-up to director Steve Suissa’s TAKING WING (featured in WJFF’01) presents a similar group of Parisian-Jewish actors, now older, moremature and still struggling for their big break. When famous American filmdirector Grichenberg (Peter Coyote in a dead-on Spielberg impression) comesto Paris to cast the role of Shylock for an all-Yiddish production ofShakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Stéphane Freiss lands the part. But withthis momentary triumph comes a greater challenge—when he’s replaced by afamous American star, he has to conceal his dismissal from a critically ill wife.

Directed/co-written by Steve Suissa; co-written by Daniel Cohen, SophieTepper and Daniel Goldenberg, from Goldenberg’s book. France, 2004,35mm, 89 min. NOT RATED

Special Event! Jules Feiffer Live On Stage! CARNAL KNOWLEDGESaturday, December 11, 8:00 This not-too-sweet peek at the sexual attitudes and histories of two Jewishmen—famously played by Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel—remains oneof the signature films of the “New Hollywood” movement of the 70s.Director Mike Nichols convincingly traces their dysfunctional friendshipfrom its original sexual competitiveness in college through adulterousmiddle age—with Candace Bergen wandering in and out between them.

Directed/produced by Mike Nichols; written by Jules Feiffer. US, 1971,color, 98 min. RATED R

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MUNROIn this award-winning classic animated short, four-year-old Munro’s life changesprofoundly when the Army sends him a draft notice. Part comedy, part parable,Feiffer’s admonition about the mindlessness of military mentality broughtFeiffer’s drawings to life—and won him a 1960 Oscar for Best Animated Short.

Directed by Gen Deitch; written/drawn by Jules Feiffer; produced byWilliam L. Snyder. 1961, US, color, 9 min. NOT RATED

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AFI SILVER DIRECTOR’S RECEPTIONTuesday, December 7, 6:00Join us for an elegant reception at the Italian Embassy with AFI Silver DirectorMurray Horwitz and special guests. This annual event with AFI Silver’sdirector will begin with a reception, followed by a screening at AFI Silver ofthe first film directed by Frank Capra that received a public exhibition, LAVISITA DELL’INCROCIATORE ITALIANO LIBIA A SAN FRANCISCO, CALI-FORNIA, 6-29 NOVEMBRE 1921 (THE ITALIAN CRUISER LIBIA VISITSSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 6-29, 1921.) This lost docu-mentary was recently restored by AFI at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory,Bologna, and will be presented with live musical accompaniment.

Directed by Frank Capra; titles by J.J. Moro; cinematography: AmosStillman; participant: Dorothy Valerga. Italy, 1921, silent, b&w, 40 min.

The evening’s program will also include a screening of selected 1982footage of Frank Capra’s AFI Life Achievement Award tribute shown onCBS. He was the 10th recipient of the AFI honor—the highest for a careerin film.

The evening’s screening program also features the comedy short, FUL-TAH FISHER’S BOARDING HOUSE, Capra’s first American film. (Directedby Frank Capra from the poem by Rudyard Kipling. US, 1922, silent, b&w,12 min.)

ATTENDANCE IS STRICTLY LIMITED. INVITATIONS WILL BE SENT TOAFFILIATE LEVEL MEMBERS AND ABOVE.

The original 35mm tinted nitrate positive was donated by William Grayof San Francisco. Funding for the preservation project was providedby AFI and the Film Foundation.

AFI thanks Istituto Italiano di Cultura for their collaboration, and the Ilica-Italian Language Inter-CulturalAlliance for sponsorship of the reception.

SPECIAL EVENTS

NPR’s Kenneth Turan Live On Stage!

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREMonday, November 8, 7:30Elia Kazan’s award-winning film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’sclassic Broadway play, featuring Marlon Brando andVivien Leigh. See page 12 for full program note.

NPR’s “Morning Edition” and Los AngelesTimes film critic Kenneth Turan will discuss ASTREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, one of the filmsfeatured in his new book, Never Coming to aTheater Near You. Mr. Turan will sign copies

of the book and answer questionsfollowing the screening.

This special event is co-sponsored by Politics and Prose.

Special Free SILVERDOCS:AFI/Discovery Channel EventAS LIFE GOES BY[La vie comme elle va]Saturday, November 13, 4:00Documentarian Jean-Henri Meunier turns his lens on 13characters in a provincial French village where nature isalways close at hand and the seasons distinct. In Najac, avillage perched on a Rouergue mountaintop betweenAuvergne and Occitanie—on the borders of three regionsand three climates—Meunier documents a small groupof neighbors and friends who embody the village.Meunier’s subjects: a centenarian who breaks out in songwhenever she’s asked; a slightly fatalistic mechanic who’srepatriated from Indochina; the mayor, one of five char-acters in five Don Camillo films shot between 1951 and1965; a farmer’s son reconverted to organic farming; anda love-torn woman who gladly consoles herself with awee drink or two—creating a portrait of a villagepeopled by characters ranging from poetic to surrealistic,and comic to pathetic. Observed through Meunier’smagnifying glass, this microcosm of mankind reveals therichness of society in a human epic where time passes inslow motion.

Directed/produced by Jean-Henri Meunier. France,2004, color, 93 min. In French with English subtitles.NOT RATED

AS LIFE GOES BY is being presented as part ofthe Best of INPUT program 2004, an annual con-ference at which public broadcasters from aroundthe world convene to discuss work either aired orrejected from public broadcasting.

Admission to this SILVERDOCS-sponsored specialevent is free. To guarantee admission to thescreening, post-screening discussion and recep-tion, please RSVP to 301.495.6705.

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Mid-Atlantic Regional Showcase (MARS)AFI, Montgomery College and the DC Independent Film Festival continue their ongoing monthly showcase of independentfilms with a first-ever artist-in-residence presentation in November. The screening will be preceded by a casual filmmaker“Meet and Greet” a half-hour before show time in the theatre’s café, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. MARS showsare typically screened on the first Tuesday of the month. They are always $5.

JAMES ENGEL: AN ARTIST FOR ALL SEASONSTuesday, November 9, 9:00November’s MARS showcase presents a program sponsored by Creative Alliance at the Patterson’s artist in resi-dence, featuring the work of James Engel and director Janeann Dill. “We’ll be showing his films, as well as clipsfrom the documentary work in progress. We are also showing my film PARIS IS A WOMAN, a live-action filmand animation, in the sense that optical effects are animation.”—Janeann Dill

Montgomery College Series AFI Silver continues its presentation of outstanding films included in Montgomery College’s fall film course curricula,including Introduction to Film, Film History to 1950, Screenwriting, and Basic Movie Production. Films are introduced byan instructor and followed by a post-film audience discussion. The general public is invited to join in. Tickets are $5.00for both students and the general audience.

Community Screenings Program

THE BED-SITTING ROOMTuesday, November 9, 5:30In director Richard Lester’s (A HARD DAY’SNIGHT) post-apocalyptic Britain, there are only 20known survivors. Ralph Richardson starts mutatinginto a bed-sitting room, bobbies Peter Cook andDudley Moore tell everyone to “keep moving,” andMrs. Ethel Shroake is now Queen. A rare, surrealcomedy from the play co-authored by “Goon Show”great Spike Milligan.

Directed by Richard Lester; written by CharlesAntrobus, Spike Milligan and Charles Wood; co-produced by Oscar Lewenstein. UK, 1969, color, 90min. RATED R

LOVELY AND AMAZINGTuesday, November 23, 5:30Would-be artist Catherine Keener had enough troublewinning approval from self-centered mom BrendaBlethyn and actress sister Emily Mortimer before momadopted new sister Raven Goodwin, who’s some 30years her junior. And Raven has issues of her own—

about fitting in to a hite family as an eight-year-oldAfrican-American with an eating disorder. But withmom about to undergo lipo and sister Mortimerwilling to do anything for a big part, seeking approval issomething everyone in this family struggles with.

Directed/written by Nicole Holofcener; producedby Anthony Bregman, Ted Hope and Ericd’Arbeloff. US, 2001, color, 91 min. RATED R

OUT OF THE PASTTuesday, December 7, 5:30“Nobody’s all bad, deep down.” “She comes theclosest.” Jane Greer lives up to the billing as she sucksex-detective Robert Mitchum back into a past hethought well-buried, complete with a young KirkDouglas at his slimiest. “The finest film noir I know—intelligent, expertly crafted and uncompromisinglyheartless... Mitchum is at his tough, cunning best andGreer, a carnal, dry-ice madonna, is even better.”—critic Joel Siegel.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur; written by DanielMainwaring, from his novel Build My GallowsHigh. US, 1947, b&w, 97 min. RATED: APPROVED

EDUCATION ON SCREENSPECIAL EVENT!

Filmmakers & Musicians LiveOn Stage!

FOLKSTREAMS.NET LAUNCH & SCREENING: THE MUSIC DISTRICTSaturday, November 6, 1:00 To help launch the new on-line filmresource folkstreams.net—which providesdownloadable footage of films aboutAmerican folk culture—director SusanLevitas will introduce her documentaryabout local African American music, THEMUSIC DISTRICT, now featured on theWebsite. Filmmaker and folkstreams.netdirector Tom Davenport will demonstratethe site’s features. After the screening,Norvus Miller from the United House ofPrayer (featured in THE MUSICDISTRICT), will lead his rousing gospelshout-band Sweet Heaven’s Kings.

THE MUSIC DISTRICT A profile of four distinct African-Americanmusic traditions flourishing in neighbor-hood churches and nightclubs just blocksfrom the monuments and governmentoffices of Washington, DC. Presentinganother side of life in the nation’s capital—families and neighborhoods boundtogether by diverse music traditions—thefilm features the Orioles, a third-genera-tion rhythm & blues vocal harmony group;Junk Yard Band, DC’s premiere go-gogroup, melding funk, jazz and r&b; TheFour Echoes, DC’s last active jubileequartet, delivering a fast-paced, synco-pated form of early gospel singing; andKings of Harmony, a gospel brass shoutband from The United House of Prayer.

Directed/produced by Susan Levitas. US,1996, color, 57 min. NOT RATED

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is pleased to announce thestart of its Community Screenings Program (CSP), an innovativeprogram capitalizing on 21st century enthusiasm for screen art bypeople of all ages. The CSP aims to educate and engage children,senior citizens, teachers, at-risk families and community leadersfrom Silver Spring and surrounding communities.

This newly created program is generously funded by the Bankof America Foundation.

In its first year of operation, AFI Silver created the successfulEducational Screenings Program, an imaginative approach tolearning and teaching children through film, in a partnershipwith Montgomery County Public Schools and with the support ofa family foundation. The grant from the Bank of America

Foundation enables us to offer the ambitious CSP program to awider audience across diverse communities.

CSP films will be selected with expert partners in education,mental health, social services and community development,and represent the best in fiction and documentary film. FreeCSP screenings and guided discussions at AFI Silver will be con-ducted by Education Program Coordinator Matt Boratenski, whowill link selected films to audience members’ own lives, educa-tion, and development.

AFI Silver’s partners in the CSP program include Holy CrossHospital, the Holy Cross Hospital’s Senior Source, MontgomeryCounty Mental Health Association and the Montgomery CountyDepartment of Recreation.

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HEAVEN’S GATEFriday, Nov 26, 1:00; Saturday, Nov 27, 1:00, 7:30When the Wyoming Cattlemen’s Association sends ahorde of hired guns led by Christopher Walken todrive squatters off their land, marshall KrisKristofferson does his best to avert the seeminglyinevitable massacre—both men taking time out forvisits with frontier prostitute Isabelle Huppert.Following his DEER HUNTER triumph, directorMichael Cimino was handed “final cut”—but thenwent 400% over budget. Derided by its critics, UnitedArtists withdrew and recut the film after a week ofrelease in December, 1980, then dumped an hour-shorter version on audiences, who repaid only $1.5million of the film’s $44 million budget. But when thecomplete version was released in Europe, criticspraised it as a masterpiece and turned itinto a cause célèbre. “A majestic andlovingly detailed Western which simultane-ously celebrates and undermines the mythof the American frontier”—Time Out,London. Now the complete 3-hour, 45-minute version that played for a week in1980 is back—in a new 35mm restorationhighlighting the gorgeous Vilmos Zsigmondcinematography and featuring a full-stereosoundtrack for the very first time.

Directed/written by Michael Cimino;produced by Joann Carelli. US, 1980,color, scope, approx. 225 min. RATED R

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