Starring: Dan O’Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle
As John Carpenter’s first (read: student) film, Dark Star has a certain unpolished quality to it but, yet, it still bears the markings of what his future feature films would look like. It’s a space adventure story about a crew, twenty years into their mission, who find that things start to go hysterically wrong: there’s a mysterious creature who has gone from pet to terroriser, a dead commander frozen with no advice to offer, and a computer in the throes of an existential crisis. Look beyond its amateur quality (one character is played by multiple actors) and there’s substantive material being addressed here: who am I and why do I exist?
Starring: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, James Coburn, Elliott Gould, Bob Hope, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman
The only thing that can stop Kermit the Frog’s fame and fortune in glamorous Hollywood is a persistent and slimy frog-leg merchant. But Kermit’s motley crew of friends – Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, The Great Gonzo, Animal – won’t let anything happen to their friend as they head cross-country to tinseltown. Cameos abound on this Muppet adventure, including Orson Welles, Mel Brooks, James Coburn, Elliott Gould, Madeline Kahn, Bob Hope and Milton Berle.
Great fun for the lovers and dreamers… and the whole family!
The Navigator with an “Our Gang” short
Live Musical Score by GERSH/REED/KNOCHE
Featuring a very special Valentine’s Day themed pre-show movie kissing montage.
A series of missteps on the spoiled voyage of love.
Some of Buster Keaton’s most elaborate stunts are in his love-sick/sea-sick oceanic tale, The Navigator. Keaton’s character Rollo Treadway is a wealthy man whose rejected marriage proposal to neighbor Betsy O’Brien (Kathryn McGuire) doesn’t stop his desire to go on his Hawaiian honeymoon alone. As you can expect, something amiss happens…he boards the wrong boat, Besty’s father’s boat, who is being held captive on board. Betsey also boards and when the two non-lovers meet, the adventure really begins.
Before The Navigator we’ll be screening a silent short featuring everyone’s favorite mischievous children known as The Little Rascals aka Our Gang.
