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AN 8 DAY FESTIVAL OF NEW HORROR, SCI.FI & FANTASY. OFFICIAL CLOSING NIGHT FILM:
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Ten years ago, my wife Karrie and I began our quest to open up the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Armed with the lessons we leamed from our first {ailed theater venture in Bakersfield, Califomia, we came to Austin with a projector,
200 seats, a paltry stash of money borrowed {rom a refinancing o{ Karrie's parents home, and what appeared to many of our family and friends to be a supremely risky plan. For 6 months, we worked non-stop and with some help from friends,
personally buiit from scratch every detail of what is now known as the original Aiamo Drafthouse Cinema at 409 Colorado.
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the original Alamo. In order to renew the lease, we must {ace economic reality. To conform to downtown market rates, our rent will double;
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with sinilar challenges, many downtown businesses (Gilligan! Waterloo Brewing Company, Miguel's La Bodega to name a few) have decided to call it quits. We, however, despite overwheiming odds, have decided to draw a iine in the sand and continue the fight. With your he1p, we will not be closing our doors.
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As of June 1, 2006, we have formed a new non-profit corporation, Heroes of the Alarno Foundation, for the puiposes of supporting cutting-edge film in downtown Austin and acquiring and continuing the operations of the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. We provide arts
and cultural entertainment to the city of Austin that is not being provided by anyone else. I{ you appreciate the programming that the original downtown Alamo Drafthouse Cinema provides, we ask that you become an official patron of the theaier. We have a range of mernber and donor packages both for individuals and corporations. Your contribution will help the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown continue to exist and provide the vast array of programming responsibie for
Entertainment Weekly naming us "The best theater in America doing it right."
To me, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema downtown helps
define what Austin is today, and to let it close would be to let a part of Austin die. I am unwilling to let that happen. I hope that you will help me in this
chailenge.
Tim League Founder Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
To become a supporting member of the Heroes of the Alamo Foundation, visit www.rememberthe.originalalamo.com. Plus, we've also printed some limited edition "Remember the Alamo" postels, pint glasses and shirts to help spread the word. All donations to the
Heroes of the Alamo Foundation are tax deductible.
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FANTASTIC FEST 2006 :: SEPTEMBER 21.28 :: ALAMO SOUTH LAMAR
for the second year running, The Alamo Drafthouse is pleased to present the most stunning anay of fantasy,
horror, stience fiction and undefinable celluloid brilliance imaginable. With too many incredible films to choose from, we've expanded the festival to almost THREE TIMES its previous size, and are still bursting at the seams with unbelievable work from around the globe. From major premieres to rare retrospectives to entirely new forms of
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with a vanload of teens heading into rural tetrain expe(ting a va(ation getaway. Plans change, and soon enough they find
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GREG NI(OTERO'S CREATIST HITS
W0rld-renowned KNB Effects Group founder Greg Ni(otero will be live in person presiding over the video presentation
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girl is seemingly banished to a seaside home, where her only rompanions are de(apitated toys and a mysteribeekeeperl veil. Gilliam pulls out all ofthe tricks that established him in his early w0rks, but balances them
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with a sophisticated and frightening atm0sphere unique to this picture. A dark dreamlike fairytale from the deeper folds ol
one ofthe most legendary minds in fantasy flmmaking.
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3 individual (olle(tions of mind-numbing cinema from unparalleled international ar(hivist Ja(k Stevenson: MOVIES WITH R00TSINHELL TheEffeds0fDrugsonAmeri(anCinema,T0TAtLYUNCENSORED!-aS(andinavian5inemaRetrospedive,and
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THE PIAN0 TUNER 0F EARTHQUAI(ES: REGI0NAL PREMIERE
A dark fairytale about a demoni( do(tor who abdu(ts a beautiful opera singer mechanical nightingale. THE PIANo TUNER 0F EARTHQUAKES is
with designs on transforming her into a the breathtakingly beautiful and long awaited se(ond
featur€ from internationally renowned dire(tors/animators the Brothers Quay.
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ln hopes of ending centuries of feuding, two waning Samurai clans (hoose their top
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The annals of strange just got
thi(ker with the anival ofthis suneal s(i-fi-musi(al-whatsit whose resistan(e t0 themati( 0r narrative logi( renders viewers thoroughly -- but n0t unpleasantly .- bewildered. Breathtakingly, often hilari0usly bizarre,
this inexplicable explosion contains peppy (horeoglaphed dream sequences, unidentifiable puppet creatures, (ronenbergstyle queasiness, UF0 visitations, and
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the psy(hi((ontrol ofGeorge W. Bush's cl0ned finger. Meanwhile, an assassin
presidentialdigit.Totopitoff,allofthisinsanityandmoreisfoldedintothestructureofaJapanese
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i( and Swedenl first vampire ilm, FRoSTBITE follows a young woman named saga who has just
small [aplandian town that's blanketed in endless night. When the other residents turn out to be her mother and herselffrom the creatures at all (osts. T0o bad dawn is still a month away... Fans IHE LlVlNG D0RK5 will love this S(andinavian spin 0n the teen horror comedy. Winner, 6RAND PRIX
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RAM GOPAT VARMA RETROSPECTIVT
Varma began his career in Hindi low-budget
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flm with the blinding, violenl explosion that was SHIVA (1990). A smash diredor swiftly moved into Bollywood prominen(e, (reating features that es(aped the (onventions 0f
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WITH THE LONESTAR ROLLERG]RLS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17 DOWNTOWN As,you may have guessed, at the Alamo Drafthouse we are big fans of the Lonestar Rollergirls. we all have our favorite skaters and teams and we're ready to throw down at a moment's notice with anyone who says a bad word about our giils. Recently we found out wete in pretty good clmpany- Quentin Tarantino is an obsessed Rollerderby junkie. His favorite team is the Putas del Fuego (if you need a translation, go ask your mama). He's also a big fan of Derby movies so when he proposed this ankle-twisting double feature we couldn't say yes fast enough. quentin will host the event anl regale us with his one-of-a-kind movie introductions. we'll pack the house with as many. Rollergirls as we can and best of all, proceeds benefit tlie Lonestar Rollergirls' favorite charitiesl For more information on future matches see wwwtxrd.com
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DOWNI0WN Dir. Jerrold Freedman 1972,35mm,99 min, pG Raquel Welch stars as KC Cary the "hottest thing on wheels,,in this gritty, realistic look at the touring Rollerderby leagues of the'70s. The derby action is iast ind brutal and the lives of the athletes off the track are equally rough. When KC tries to make a fresh start with the Portland Loggers she finds she hasto fight more than just the opponents'blockers to get ahead. With ]odie Foster as KC's daughter.
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DOWNTOWN Dir. Vernon Zimmerman 1972,35mm,88 min, R You've seen Raquel do now see Claudia Jennings do it. Jennings was the bad girl supreme who ruled the drive-ins in the'70s. In movies like GATOR BAIT and TRUCK STOP WOMEN she kicked ass with the best of them and looked great doing it. If there was a white Pam Grier, claudia was it. This takes the familiar rags to richei story throws in a lot of sex and violence and everybody has a funky good time.
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ARRESTED DEVETOPMENT SEASON 3 DVD RETEASE PARTY
WITH GEORGE-MICHAEI AND MAEBY LIVE IN PERSON! 5AT, SEPT 2,7 PM, ALAMO DOWNTOWN
tlvr INTTRA(TlVt EVENT WITH DVD VlDE0, 100 min It seemed poised to save the modern sitcom single-handedly, but mainstream America didn't know what they had. SHOWTIME was rumored to be saving the show for a while, but then those deals fell apart, too. And so we can't tell you to come to the theater to celebrate the new season ofARRESTED DEVELOPMENI because there won't be one. Ever. That sucks. The show, however, never did. And that's why we're crazy thrilled that we are able to tell you that this summer we're bringing GEORGE MICHAEL and MAEBY to the theater live in person! That's right, Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat are going to be on hand for one night only to walk us through hand-selected clips and give us all the behind-the-scenes stories and secrets that they weren't talking about while the show was on the air.
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THURSDAY, SEPT 7,7:30 PM, ALAM0 D0WNTOWN, DVD.60 MIN We haven't found a way to make it happen yet, but there's nothing we'd like better than to have a night of pub crawling with Detective McNulty, our favorite alcoholic/divorced detective on television in re-
cent years. Like everyone else on THE WIRE, his character is almost a stereotype, but then becomes so much more and so much realer than anything else. So sure, his life is a mess, he's kind of an asshole, and he's way too focused on trying to achieve an unwinnable task and would never make a very loyal friend. But damn. The man knows how to put 'em back and bitch about the system. And that's just what we like. Since we can't drink with him (yet), we're thrilled to take what we can get, especially when it's a sneak preview of THE WIRE's muchanticipated season four premiere! (Henri)
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19,7 pm, ALAM0 50UTH LAMAR, HDTV,60 MIN Okay, so we weren't really expecting much when the WB first premiered
THE GILMORE GIRLS. A young mom raising her teen daughter in a small town and then the two of them growing up and learning about life and love together? That's the kind of crap we would expect from a show that made it to broadcast with development money from the Family Friendly Forum's script development fund. But then something unexpected happened - the show didn't suck at all. lt was, shockingly enough.,, good. We found ourselves caring about who was dating who, wondering about how Rory would make it through her first dances, if Lorelai would ever find real and lasting love, and we laughed along
with the fantastically fast-paced dialogue. Simply put, we're glad it
made it onto the CW. (Henri)
VERONICA MARS SEASON PREMIERE TUESDAY, SEPT 19,8 pm AIAM0 S0UTH LAMAR, HDTV,60 MIN It's hard to believe, but there are STILL people out there who think that VERONICA MARS is just "that show with the teen chick detective." Those people, those clueless, pathetic people, have no idea how much they've been missing out on. Fortunately for them, they can pick up the DVDS of seasons one and two and watch as Rob Thomas crafts a noir-styled television show that not only adds new twists to the genre by setting it all in sunny small.town southern California but also develops the best blend of season-long arcs with episodic satisfaction that we've ever seen. Even the episodes that we thought were going to be stand-alone mysteries kept coming back and adding to the final story, and we were wowed by it every time. The season 2 finale wasn't as much of a cliffhanger as season 1 (thankfully!), but we've still missed Veronica terribly and can't wait to welcome her to her new home on the CW by giving her more of the big screen treatment. (Henri)
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himself caught between Han rebels and the Ching Dynasty. He falls for Lui Ting Ting (Michelle Lee) who happens to be the daughter of a newly appointed Manchu official. They end up engaged after a series of mistaken identities. Later, Sai Yuk and his mother Miu Tsui-fa (Josephine Siao) discover that his austere father in secretly involved with the rebels. lt's not long before Sai Yuk's family is discovered at the Manch official's home by the vicious Governor Oryeetor (Zhao Wenzhou). ln an attempt to get a secret list of rebel's names, Oryeetor uses Sai Yuk's father as bait and its up to Sai Yuk to save the day.
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TURKER tllfrlXS pnesrnrsTHE ]1.P. t0VtffiAFT tlLM FESTIVAI:: AUG 20 Come celebrate HP Lovecraft's birthday with a marathon of tentacled terror and Lovecraft-inspired food and drink specials! 4:00: CALL 0F CTHULI"IU & NIGHT GALLERY: PICKMAN'S MODEL Sean Branney's 47.minute silent CALL 0F CTHULHU is considered by many to be the most faithful adaptation of the famous Lovecraft story of the same name, and will be preceded by a beautiful 16mm print ofthe classic Night Gallery episode "Pickman's Model" 9:45: THE UNFILMABLE: INDEPENDENT APPROACHES T0 THE LOVECRAFT MYTHOS Festival founder Andrew Migliore curates this selection of the best indie Lovecraft shorts to play the festival over its '12 years of existence. Featuring films by Richard Corben, Aaron Vanek,Christian Matzke and more! PLUS a rare 16mm screening of Austinite Cathy Welch's 1980 take on "Pickman's Model" Ml0NlGliT: CAST A DEADLY SPELL HBO presents one of the most original Lovecraft-inspired films out there: Los Angeles, 1948. Everybody used magic. Except, of course, for that hard-boiled, chain-smoking, mechanical-rationalist private dick H. Phillip Lovecraft, played by Fred Ward.
The HP Lovecraft Film Festival was founded in 1995 byAndrew Migliore in the hope that H.P Lovecraft would be rightly recognized as a master of gothic horror and his work more falthfully adapted to film & televlsion.Thisisthefirsttimethefestival hasbranchedouttoAustin.FestrvalArtworkby LeeMoyer. www.lulkerf lms.com / u.vw.hplfilmfestival.com
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to.synch a phonograph to the fllm, change sides on the album and keef synch. Others say the album cover to The Dark Side of the Moon begins with a'beim of white light which passes through a prism and turns into a rainbow of colors then passing through yet another prism and reverts back to white light . . . Just like the movie which begins in black and white but then passes throuah the prism of the tornado and becomes colored beginning in Munchkinland and then gbes back to black and white when Dorothy leaves Oz and returns to Kansas. Kind of hard to refute, Regardless, come to the Alamo, get properly stimulated and maybe bring some earplugs, because when the tin man's heart is thumping to the heaitbeats i[
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MONDAY 5f PT.4 - 7PM :: D0WNTOWN
A one night festival featuring a fresh crop of 25 independent music videos from all over the world, showcasing brilliant cinematography, astonishing animation and the most precise and artful editing that is sure to rock each of your senses. Rarely seen, never seen and must be seen - an-eye-popping, ear-blasting, heart-pounding audio/video extravanganza. This year,s program features new videos by Neko Case, Smog, Bright Eyes, We Are Wolves, The Willowz, Heavy Blinkers and more! Confused about what 'lndie' means? Stick around for Dave Cool,s WHAT lS INDIE?, playing at 9:45PM (see page 20 for details). Founded in 2002 by Nicole Steen along with partners Marcus Rogers and Frank Yahlthe IMVF has screened over 160 videos in several cities including Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto, Washington DC, New york, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles and more!
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DIRE(TOR:6ARY BURBIDGE 1981 96 MlN.35MM UNRATED The ultimate cinematic Battle of the Bands, URGH!! is a stunning and aggressive document o{ the avant, extreme, and up & coming of the 80s punk & new wave scene. While not widely released in theatres, it was popularized by regular runs on Night Flight and aftained the first real mainstream attention for a legion of bands we now recognize as being the musical pioneers of the subsequent decade. Their fates would vary the Cramps would be one of the hugest underground bands of all time without ever selling ouf Gary Numan would remain largely misunderstood until almost two decades later; Klaus Nomi would die of AIDS and the Police would take over the world until Sting's bleeding heatt would bring about a premature death for the truly great band. Including Devo, The Go-Gos, foan Jett, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, X, Magazine, XTC and others, all in one amazing packagel
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DIRICT0R: TOMMY Wt{lTt 2005 60 $llN. VIDEO UNRATEn It is 1977. A scruffy neighborhood of Boston sprouts a band of naive working-class kids who think they can shake up the world with their personal take on the punk rock experience, Not content, or possibly even competent enough, to be another Jam clone or a Clash clone, Unnatural Axe bash out their own brand of two-chord and three-chord rock, and crank it up extra high. Throughout 1978 and 1979 the Axe were playing regularly in New York and Boston as the opening act for the "big" UK and US new wave acts of the time. The Unnatural Axe discography is small, but what recordings do exist provide the documented proof that the Are were, and shall always remain, the most important punk band Boston will ever call its own. This is the ultirnate Unnatural Axe compilation, put together by Axe guitarist - and original ZOOM cast member - Tommy White!
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Kinney, Mirah, and the Gossip will be among the bands burning down the house. Filmed as the sun is setting, the DVD concludes with an incredible fire as we watch the house being burned to the ground by the fire department. This is beautifully shot and accompanied by an experimental spoken word piece by Brendan Canty. (Pitchfork Review)
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0lRE(TOR: OTT0 PRTMIIIGER 1965 107 MlN.35MM Ur{RATED Ann Lake has recently seftled in England with her daughter, Bunny. When she goes to retrieve her daughter after the girl's first day at school, no one has any record of Bunny having been registered. When even the police can find no trace that the girl ever existed, they wonder if the child was only a fantasy of Ann's. When Ann's brother backs up the police's suspicions, she appears to be a mentally-disturbed individual. Are they right? Ever since news broke that Reese Witherspoon might be doing a remake, audiences have rediscovered this shadowy, sumptuous period thriller that iettisons you back to ihe hip London o{ the mid 1960s. Per{ect casting with Carol Lynley as Ann Lake, Keir Dullea as her lookalike brother, Laurence Olivier as a charming detective and a cameo by THE ZOMBIES!
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TheDionysiumoffersaunique,innovativePfogr.a-.mof.debate,lecture,.declamation' enjoy ifi.rtii.ii pi"r"ntation and'music in a saton-lire atmosphere. Audiencesfamous rioiio ue found etsewhere in Austin, inctuding the recitation of
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Open Screen Night started out with a simple idea: take the same type of open mike night venue that coffeeshops have been providing for crappy poets and whiny singer-songwriters for years except update it to give crappy filmmakers a venue for exposure, too. ln the beginning we imagined it would be a pretty painful night of video, with people bringing in old video projects they'd made for their high school English classes or boring old family home videos: We were wrong. We still get a few bad movies at every month's show, but over the years we've also had the privilege of seeing the world theatrical premieres of several really talented and amazing filmmakers.
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For over 5 years now, Flicker Film Festivals has offered the good citizens of Austin the chance to hang with their favorite local filmmakers, win killer swag, and eat delicious food while watching the most eclectic, adventurous films this side of the Golorado. And things are only getting better! The latest installment ofAustin's only quarterly celebration of celluloid, the 27th Flicker Film Festival, will be held on Thursday, August 24th at 7pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. The HBMG Foundation needs your help to make this festival an even greater success than Flicker 26. Devotees of Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, or 35 mm can breathe easier at night knowing that Flicker will continue to bring you the best and widest variety of short cinematic visions that originate on film. With no submission fee, a fifteen minute time limit, and a description of the original shooting format (video need not apply), there's no reason not to enter your
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night will hold. From brainy to zany, sci-fi to low-fi, weird to weirder, Flicker is a night empowered by creativity and community. lf you have any questions, please visit us at http://flickeraustin.com/ or contact Matthew Cornelius at Cornelius@ hbmgfoundation.org. (Matthew Gornelius)
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We are extremely excited to be launching a new show at the Alamo Drafthouse: SOUND SEEN, Austin's first VJ competition. ln this context, VJ's are not the Martha Quinns and Nina Blackwoods of the early days of MTV Here we are talking about the cutting edge of turntablism culture, taking the art of the DJ to an unbelievable new frontier. lf you happened to come out to the AT&T sponsored Austin Fuzion show featuring DJ Cut Chemist, you have an idea of what the show is about. VJs are live video performers who manipulate, edit and tweak video live in time to a DJ's music. We are trying to develop this scene in Austin with the launch of SOUND SEEN. We'll have a performance by a local DJ coupled with a competition of some of the region's best video artists and VJs. They will battle it out live, and the audience vote decides who takes home the cash prize and who is stuck with the 2nd place set of steak knives. Check back to the website (www originalalamo.com). We'll have full information about rules, prizes and details on the competition. Sound Seen is sponsored by Llvid Union/Livid lnstruments, an Austin companyJ makers of VJ hardware and software. (Tim)
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deliver to each of.the 'r00 attendees a series of 5 dishes and petite wine pairings (that,s 10 coursesinall folks!) themedtothefilm. Attheendoftheshowtheaudiencewill decide whose meals were tastierand more creverry matched and timed to the movie. Forthis round 1 competition, John and Trkh wiil be battring it out GoD 0F c0oKERy the regendary comedy by Stephen (how whirh was loosely based 0n 'ver Japanese TV show the lron Chef. Has John Bullington gotten (ompracent in his rofty post? Does the young buck Trish Eicherberger have the "eye of the tiger?" Find out for yourserf in the gruttonous foid and wine orgy of r R6N
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Ten years ago, my wife Karrie and I began our quest to open up the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Armed with the lessons we leamed from our first {ailed theater venture in Bakersfield, Califomia, we came to Austin with a projector,
200 seats, a paltry stash of money borrowed {rom a refinancing o{ Karrie's parents home, and what appeared to many of our family and friends to be a supremely risky plan. For 6 months, we worked non-stop and with some help from friends,
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and cultural entertainment to the city of Austin that is not being provided by anyone else. I{ you appreciate the programming that the original downtown Alamo Drafthouse Cinema provides, we ask that you become an official patron of the theaier. We have a range of mernber and donor packages both for individuals and corporations. Your contribution will help the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown continue to exist and provide the vast array of programming responsibie for
Entertainment Weekly naming us "The best theater in America doing it right."
To me, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema downtown helps
define what Austin is today, and to let it close would be to let a part of Austin die. I am unwilling to let that happen. I hope that you will help me in this
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Tim League Founder Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
To become a supporting member of the Heroes of the Alamo Foundation, visit www.rememberthe.originalalamo.com. Plus, we've also printed some limited edition "Remember the Alamo" postels, pint glasses and shirts to help spread the word. All donations to the
Heroes of the Alamo Foundation are tax deductible.
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for the second year running, The Alamo Drafthouse is pleased to present the most stunning anay of fantasy,
horror, stience fiction and undefinable celluloid brilliance imaginable. With too many incredible films to choose from, we've expanded the festival to almost THREE TIMES its previous size, and are still bursting at the seams with unbelievable work from around the globe. From major premieres to rare retrospectives to entirely new forms of
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A dark fairytale about a demoni( do(tor who abdu(ts a beautiful opera singer mechanical nightingale. THE PIANo TUNER 0F EARTHQUAKES is
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featur€ from internationally renowned dire(tors/animators the Brothers Quay.
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tlvr INTTRA(TlVt EVENT WITH DVD VlDE0, 100 min It seemed poised to save the modern sitcom single-handedly, but mainstream America didn't know what they had. SHOWTIME was rumored to be saving the show for a while, but then those deals fell apart, too. And so we can't tell you to come to the theater to celebrate the new season ofARRESTED DEVELOPMENI because there won't be one. Ever. That sucks. The show, however, never did. And that's why we're crazy thrilled that we are able to tell you that this summer we're bringing GEORGE MICHAEL and MAEBY to the theater live in person! That's right, Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat are going to be on hand for one night only to walk us through hand-selected clips and give us all the behind-the-scenes stories and secrets that they weren't talking about while the show was on the air.
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cent years. Like everyone else on THE WIRE, his character is almost a stereotype, but then becomes so much more and so much realer than anything else. So sure, his life is a mess, he's kind of an asshole, and he's way too focused on trying to achieve an unwinnable task and would never make a very loyal friend. But damn. The man knows how to put 'em back and bitch about the system. And that's just what we like. Since we can't drink with him (yet), we're thrilled to take what we can get, especially when it's a sneak preview of THE WIRE's muchanticipated season four premiere! (Henri)
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THE GILMORE GIRLS. A young mom raising her teen daughter in a small town and then the two of them growing up and learning about life and love together? That's the kind of crap we would expect from a show that made it to broadcast with development money from the Family Friendly Forum's script development fund. But then something unexpected happened - the show didn't suck at all. lt was, shockingly enough.,, good. We found ourselves caring about who was dating who, wondering about how Rory would make it through her first dances, if Lorelai would ever find real and lasting love, and we laughed along
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VERONICA MARS SEASON PREMIERE TUESDAY, SEPT 19,8 pm AIAM0 S0UTH LAMAR, HDTV,60 MIN It's hard to believe, but there are STILL people out there who think that VERONICA MARS is just "that show with the teen chick detective." Those people, those clueless, pathetic people, have no idea how much they've been missing out on. Fortunately for them, they can pick up the DVDS of seasons one and two and watch as Rob Thomas crafts a noir-styled television show that not only adds new twists to the genre by setting it all in sunny small.town southern California but also develops the best blend of season-long arcs with episodic satisfaction that we've ever seen. Even the episodes that we thought were going to be stand-alone mysteries kept coming back and adding to the final story, and we were wowed by it every time. The season 2 finale wasn't as much of a cliffhanger as season 1 (thankfully!), but we've still missed Veronica terribly and can't wait to welcome her to her new home on the CW by giving her more of the big screen treatment. (Henri)
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himself caught between Han rebels and the Ching Dynasty. He falls for Lui Ting Ting (Michelle Lee) who happens to be the daughter of a newly appointed Manchu official. They end up engaged after a series of mistaken identities. Later, Sai Yuk and his mother Miu Tsui-fa (Josephine Siao) discover that his austere father in secretly involved with the rebels. lt's not long before Sai Yuk's family is discovered at the Manch official's home by the vicious Governor Oryeetor (Zhao Wenzhou). ln an attempt to get a secret list of rebel's names, Oryeetor uses Sai Yuk's father as bait and its up to Sai Yuk to save the day.
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TURKER tllfrlXS pnesrnrsTHE ]1.P. t0VtffiAFT tlLM FESTIVAI:: AUG 20 Come celebrate HP Lovecraft's birthday with a marathon of tentacled terror and Lovecraft-inspired food and drink specials! 4:00: CALL 0F CTHULI"IU & NIGHT GALLERY: PICKMAN'S MODEL Sean Branney's 47.minute silent CALL 0F CTHULHU is considered by many to be the most faithful adaptation of the famous Lovecraft story of the same name, and will be preceded by a beautiful 16mm print ofthe classic Night Gallery episode "Pickman's Model" 9:45: THE UNFILMABLE: INDEPENDENT APPROACHES T0 THE LOVECRAFT MYTHOS Festival founder Andrew Migliore curates this selection of the best indie Lovecraft shorts to play the festival over its '12 years of existence. Featuring films by Richard Corben, Aaron Vanek,Christian Matzke and more! PLUS a rare 16mm screening of Austinite Cathy Welch's 1980 take on "Pickman's Model" Ml0NlGliT: CAST A DEADLY SPELL HBO presents one of the most original Lovecraft-inspired films out there: Los Angeles, 1948. Everybody used magic. Except, of course, for that hard-boiled, chain-smoking, mechanical-rationalist private dick H. Phillip Lovecraft, played by Fred Ward.
The HP Lovecraft Film Festival was founded in 1995 byAndrew Migliore in the hope that H.P Lovecraft would be rightly recognized as a master of gothic horror and his work more falthfully adapted to film & televlsion.Thisisthefirsttimethefestival hasbranchedouttoAustin.FestrvalArtworkby LeeMoyer. www.lulkerf lms.com / u.vw.hplfilmfestival.com
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to.synch a phonograph to the fllm, change sides on the album and keef synch. Others say the album cover to The Dark Side of the Moon begins with a'beim of white light which passes through a prism and turns into a rainbow of colors then passing through yet another prism and reverts back to white light . . . Just like the movie which begins in black and white but then passes throuah the prism of the tornado and becomes colored beginning in Munchkinland and then gbes back to black and white when Dorothy leaves Oz and returns to Kansas. Kind of hard to refute, Regardless, come to the Alamo, get properly stimulated and maybe bring some earplugs, because when the tin man's heart is thumping to the heaitbeats i[
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MONDAY 5f PT.4 - 7PM :: D0WNTOWN
A one night festival featuring a fresh crop of 25 independent music videos from all over the world, showcasing brilliant cinematography, astonishing animation and the most precise and artful editing that is sure to rock each of your senses. Rarely seen, never seen and must be seen - an-eye-popping, ear-blasting, heart-pounding audio/video extravanganza. This year,s program features new videos by Neko Case, Smog, Bright Eyes, We Are Wolves, The Willowz, Heavy Blinkers and more! Confused about what 'lndie' means? Stick around for Dave Cool,s WHAT lS INDIE?, playing at 9:45PM (see page 20 for details). Founded in 2002 by Nicole Steen along with partners Marcus Rogers and Frank Yahlthe IMVF has screened over 160 videos in several cities including Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto, Washington DC, New york, Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles and more!
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DIRE(TOR:6ARY BURBIDGE 1981 96 MlN.35MM UNRATED The ultimate cinematic Battle of the Bands, URGH!! is a stunning and aggressive document o{ the avant, extreme, and up & coming of the 80s punk & new wave scene. While not widely released in theatres, it was popularized by regular runs on Night Flight and aftained the first real mainstream attention for a legion of bands we now recognize as being the musical pioneers of the subsequent decade. Their fates would vary the Cramps would be one of the hugest underground bands of all time without ever selling ouf Gary Numan would remain largely misunderstood until almost two decades later; Klaus Nomi would die of AIDS and the Police would take over the world until Sting's bleeding heatt would bring about a premature death for the truly great band. Including Devo, The Go-Gos, foan Jett, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, X, Magazine, XTC and others, all in one amazing packagel
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DIRICT0R: TOMMY Wt{lTt 2005 60 $llN. VIDEO UNRATEn It is 1977. A scruffy neighborhood of Boston sprouts a band of naive working-class kids who think they can shake up the world with their personal take on the punk rock experience, Not content, or possibly even competent enough, to be another Jam clone or a Clash clone, Unnatural Axe bash out their own brand of two-chord and three-chord rock, and crank it up extra high. Throughout 1978 and 1979 the Axe were playing regularly in New York and Boston as the opening act for the "big" UK and US new wave acts of the time. The Unnatural Axe discography is small, but what recordings do exist provide the documented proof that the Are were, and shall always remain, the most important punk band Boston will ever call its own. This is the ultirnate Unnatural Axe compilation, put together by Axe guitarist - and original ZOOM cast member - Tommy White!
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Kinney, Mirah, and the Gossip will be among the bands burning down the house. Filmed as the sun is setting, the DVD concludes with an incredible fire as we watch the house being burned to the ground by the fire department. This is beautifully shot and accompanied by an experimental spoken word piece by Brendan Canty. (Pitchfork Review)
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0lRE(TOR: OTT0 PRTMIIIGER 1965 107 MlN.35MM Ur{RATED Ann Lake has recently seftled in England with her daughter, Bunny. When she goes to retrieve her daughter after the girl's first day at school, no one has any record of Bunny having been registered. When even the police can find no trace that the girl ever existed, they wonder if the child was only a fantasy of Ann's. When Ann's brother backs up the police's suspicions, she appears to be a mentally-disturbed individual. Are they right? Ever since news broke that Reese Witherspoon might be doing a remake, audiences have rediscovered this shadowy, sumptuous period thriller that iettisons you back to ihe hip London o{ the mid 1960s. Per{ect casting with Carol Lynley as Ann Lake, Keir Dullea as her lookalike brother, Laurence Olivier as a charming detective and a cameo by THE ZOMBIES!
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TheDionysiumoffersaunique,innovativePfogr.a-.mof.debate,lecture,.declamation' enjoy ifi.rtii.ii pi"r"ntation and'music in a saton-lire atmosphere. Audiencesfamous rioiio ue found etsewhere in Austin, inctuding the recitation of
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Open Screen Night started out with a simple idea: take the same type of open mike night venue that coffeeshops have been providing for crappy poets and whiny singer-songwriters for years except update it to give crappy filmmakers a venue for exposure, too. ln the beginning we imagined it would be a pretty painful night of video, with people bringing in old video projects they'd made for their high school English classes or boring old family home videos: We were wrong. We still get a few bad movies at every month's show, but over the years we've also had the privilege of seeing the world theatrical premieres of several really talented and amazing filmmakers.
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For over 5 years now, Flicker Film Festivals has offered the good citizens of Austin the chance to hang with their favorite local filmmakers, win killer swag, and eat delicious food while watching the most eclectic, adventurous films this side of the Golorado. And things are only getting better! The latest installment ofAustin's only quarterly celebration of celluloid, the 27th Flicker Film Festival, will be held on Thursday, August 24th at 7pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. The HBMG Foundation needs your help to make this festival an even greater success than Flicker 26. Devotees of Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, or 35 mm can breathe easier at night knowing that Flicker will continue to bring you the best and widest variety of short cinematic visions that originate on film. With no submission fee, a fifteen minute time limit, and a description of the original shooting format (video need not apply), there's no reason not to enter your
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night will hold. From brainy to zany, sci-fi to low-fi, weird to weirder, Flicker is a night empowered by creativity and community. lf you have any questions, please visit us at http://flickeraustin.com/ or contact Matthew Cornelius at Cornelius@ hbmgfoundation.org. (Matthew Gornelius)
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We are extremely excited to be launching a new show at the Alamo Drafthouse: SOUND SEEN, Austin's first VJ competition. ln this context, VJ's are not the Martha Quinns and Nina Blackwoods of the early days of MTV Here we are talking about the cutting edge of turntablism culture, taking the art of the DJ to an unbelievable new frontier. lf you happened to come out to the AT&T sponsored Austin Fuzion show featuring DJ Cut Chemist, you have an idea of what the show is about. VJs are live video performers who manipulate, edit and tweak video live in time to a DJ's music. We are trying to develop this scene in Austin with the launch of SOUND SEEN. We'll have a performance by a local DJ coupled with a competition of some of the region's best video artists and VJs. They will battle it out live, and the audience vote decides who takes home the cash prize and who is stuck with the 2nd place set of steak knives. Check back to the website (www originalalamo.com). We'll have full information about rules, prizes and details on the competition. Sound Seen is sponsored by Llvid Union/Livid lnstruments, an Austin companyJ makers of VJ hardware and software. (Tim)
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Albert and David Maysles, the legendary documentary filmmakers responsible for GlMMlt SHELTER, ran acrossthe Beales,an ec(entri( pairofladies (rousinsofJackie Kennedy) whileworking on another project. They were so (aptivated by the mother-daughter team that they dropped the planned film and settled in with them instead. The resulting film GREY GARDENS became an oft-quoted (lassic and a controversial
touchstoneofAmeri(andocumentaryfilmmaking. Nowtheyhaverevisitedtheirhoursoffootageand a whole new film of footage taken during the legendary filmmakers'sojourn with the Beale women has been created. This remarkable documentary features more of the wild and endearing behavior that has already made Edith and'Little Edie' Beale cult favorites. A parade of swimsuits, shameless flirting with the filmmakers, off-key
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dishes sizzling in their pans. Les Blank shows again that he knows how to have good a time and share-it on film - especially ifit involvesfoodl 0fcourse, the taste bud titillation ofsizzling garlicon the screen is only half of the story. Your ticket includes a five-course meal, from appetizer to des;rt, all heavily laced with the sweet fragrance of garlic. And to take it all the way over the top, we will have live chefs in the theater
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(heeked young girl to crisp bread in his Tandoori at Mars Restaurant.-Nearry a decade his 'ven passed and he claims to have "taught her everything she knows." Now with her own executive chefpostatAlamovillage, Trish Eichelbergerhasmoved outfrom underhermaster'swing and has flourished with food feasts of her own design and execution. The stage is now set for
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deliver to each of.the 'r00 attendees a series of 5 dishes and petite wine pairings (that,s 10 coursesinall folks!) themedtothefilm. Attheendoftheshowtheaudiencewill decide whose meals were tastierand more creverry matched and timed to the movie. Forthis round 1 competition, John and Trkh wiil be battring it out GoD 0F c0oKERy the regendary comedy by Stephen (how whirh was loosely based 0n 'ver Japanese TV show the lron Chef. Has John Bullington gotten (ompracent in his rofty post? Does the young buck Trish Eicherberger have the "eye of the tiger?" Find out for yourserf in the gruttonous foid and wine orgy of r R6N
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