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miq & Freel) Opening film of the 2002 Cannibal Film Festival. From Bob Balaban, best knorvn {or his character actor work (Gosford Par( Best in show), comes this black comedy so dar( it really had no hope of bor oifice success rvith mainstream audiences. Michael Lamele is an ordinary boy, living in an ordinary suburb, with his ordinary parents (Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt). His {ather plays golf {or leisure, u'ork a rune to five at the factory and enjoys his supper promptly at 5:30. The funny thing is, dinrer alilays seems to be the same thing,leftovers.. Are Michael's parents bloodthirsty cannibals who also engage in ritual animalistic, bloody sexual inteicourse or is Michael, as suspected by the chain smoking school guidance councellor, a seriously mesed up_kid who rvould 6e better ierved by institutional care We'Il never tell Aclual human ilesh (not leftovers) will be served during the screening ol Parenls as well as ail other Cannibal film festival screenings.
(1989, d. Bob Balaban, 81

2OO2 CANNIBAL FILM FESTIVAL

sci-fi/horror film, FRr, SEPT 13, MIDNIGHL SUN, SEPT 15,4:30 (d. Ruggero Deodato, 1979, X, 98 mio $5) The all-time second-most popular film in Japan (immediately behind E.t) The film is bamed in over 50 countries, which is quite believable in that it is a blatant attack on society and also very, very disturbhg. Absolutelv no refunds will be given due to sickness, r'omiting, light-headedness, recurring nightmares, iainting spells, delerium, seizure or death. Noone with existing heari conditions will be allorved to vie$' this film. Medical staff wjll be on hand to assist with those patrons rvho fajnt or fall ill due to the content of this film. Barf bags will be provided wjth every tickei Pepto Bismol will be availabe at no charge upon request. If you want to
watch someihing which is going to have a much longer lasting effect on you than say Titsrtic, this is the film. People may claim films change their 1ives...l can pretty much guarantee Cqnxibnl Holocnust\|'|li'.

CANNIBAT HOTOCAUST

performances... It's not easy to explain rvhr ihrs L. one oi the best films of the year..." Tiwe Out Bob Sanderson is the mild mannered butcher of the small, sleepy town of Burquitlam. Hi. motto is "Pleased to meet you, meat to please you." Bob's life is throrvn into turmoil when he decides to hire Abdullah (The Big Meat Eater) - a massive human blockhouse of a man - as an apprentice in his butcher shop. Unbeknownst to Bob, Abdullah has just murdered the Mayor of Burquitlam in a fit of pique - and the corpse is hidden in Bob's freezer. An alien spacecraft arrives in search of a rare {uel - Bolonium - which is deposited in large quantiiies underneath Bob's butcher shop. Meanwhile, Jary a bov genius, has stolen the Mayor's cadillac, installed a cyclotron and is set to launch it into outerspace... Abdullah sings the blues while he charcoal grills gangsters and turns dalmation dogs inio spotted spam... Alien robots desperate for bolonium possess the defrosted Mavor as their zombie agent... Bob and Jan are in turn the victims of repulsive temporarlr mutations... and Burquitlam itsell becomes lust another excuse for a bizarre musical comedv

LIVE MUSIC BY SHORTY LONG
SEPTEMBER 12, 7:00 & 9:30 miri NR) In The Natigntor, Buster Keaton plays a character who, by freakish chance, gets set adlift 1n a ship with a *,ornan neithet one k-nowing the first thing about sailing or self(1921, d. Buster Keatory 59

BUSTER KEATON'S THE NAVIGATOR

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 7:00 & 9:45

suf{iciency. Solo-piloting the giint steamship, Keaton grounds the ship near shoie, only to be pursued by a gang of enraged and hungry can-nibals. Live music for the filmper{ormed by Slorfy loirg, a ukulele' based novelty jazz act founded by former Asylun Streef Spankers
Mysterious John and Pop Bayless. Slorfy lorg implernent all manner of 4-stringed instruments, from the smallest of ukuleles to the upright bass

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MUSIC AND FILM
Soturdoy Seplember 14,9:45 PM Combine Texas' favorite oldies band and the nation's favorite fratboy comedy, and the results could be damn near explosive. Check out the award winning Allen Oldies Band perform the hits oi the movie, enjoy a spoonful of peanut butter delivered to your seat by AIIen himself during his heartfelt rendition of the classic hit Peanut Butter. Then hunker down in your seat and enjoy what has proven to be a timeless treasure of American
comic cinema, Atlimal House. THE ALLEN OTDIES BAND AND ANIMAL HOUSE

2OO2 CANNIBAL FILM FESTIVAL

THURS, SEPTEMBER I2, MIDNIGHT (1971, d,. Brad Ginter, Steve Harvkes, 86 min, $5)Herschell, a straightlaced peacenik biker Jalls for a sweet young Bible-thumper "l don't nami<J Angel. After oifending her hippie:ister Ann by saying
like a girl who acts like a tramp", Herschell is targeled by Ann's_ dopepushing pals, who wani to make him an addict The musclebound do-gooier falls into their trap and is soon cackling and fooling arorlnd hke a pro. Unfortunately, Herschell gets a job at a local poultry farrn uid ends up eating pesticide-contairinated meat, which ieacts-with the pot to tum him into a giant blood+ucking turkey. That's righ! I said "a giant blood+ucking turkey", and it's the silliestlooking thing you've ever seen. The angry gobbler then gets gory revengi on tfie'evil dope-dealers, by which time most viewers will be rollini on $e floor. The uhole thing ir meant a5 a religious parabJe, although one wonders what sort of supreme being would use vampir"e turkey-people to do his bidding. - the Anazing Warld of Cult Mouies, Seriousl). you golta
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BTOOD FREAK

CINEMATEXAS
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER

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continue it's tradition of bringing to Austin new and rare cinematic gems mined from the corners of the earth. This year's programs at the Alamo include

The 7th Annual Cinematexas

will

the international competitior-L screenings, featuring the ever popular and and disturbing CNTX Midnight Shows; the
animated films of Ladyslaw Starewicz \'vith live music scores provided by Tin Hat Trio; a very special Cable Access Alvareness Progtor.r',; and morel For more information or to pulchase tickets on line, go to http:/ /r,r'wrv.cinematexas.org/

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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 7:00 & 9:45

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5AI, SEPTEMBER I4, MIDNIGHT & 82 min, $5) "Too endearing

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to be dismissed as trash, too smart to be dismissed as camp...

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20,7:0O &9245

MR. SINUS STUMBER PARTY
SEPT 21, MIDNIGHT TIL SUN, SEPI 22,8:00 AM You are invited to attend the official 2-vear anniversary of Mr Sinus party, n hich is in fact an all-night Pajarna Jarnmv Jaml For one special night, join Olvery John and Jerm for an entire 8 hours o{ slumber partv madnessl Pajamas required, pillows recommended, although sleeping is not on the agenda, Come celebrate all things Sinus, beginning appropriately with a performance of the very first Sinus movie, Nude on the Moonl ReJive some of your favorite Sinus moments as the boys perform highlights from EVERY Sinus piece ever created, conduct one off-site recon mission of mischiel play bawdy party games (it is a coed slumber party after all), see vrdeo clips of the past lives of the Sinus Boys (Owen as telemarketer and Jerm as eye-patch-rvearing rapperiust to give you an idea), see the guys skewer clips from John's private video collection (including late-night beanie-baby salesmen), watch scenes lrom the Sinus boys'{avorite gurlty and not-so-guilty pleasure movies, win fabulous prizes rvith your knowledge of Mr, Sinus trivia, eat smores, play games and much much morelllll Your ticket also includes an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8:00 AM filled rvith all the sugary confection ceteals vour well-meaning mom would never buy. Check the websrte for more detailsl

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Almost evely day at 9:45 for the next week, we will be offering up free, encore performances of the best of Weird Wednesdays, a favorite pet pLojeci series at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Every rvee( for

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BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA
THURS.SAL SEPT 26-28 MtDNtcHT SUN, SEPT 29 4:00 PM
(1996, d. Mike Judge,81 min, PG-13) Beavis and Butt-head, pop-culture phenomena that they are, are still an acquired taste. Either you )ove thern or you hate them and Benais nnd Butlhead Da America is unlikelv to make ioo many converts to the cause of their inspired lunary but f& those who consider themseives squarely on the side of lowbrow shenanigans, Judge's feature debut is all that and more. When their most cherished possession - their television - is stoleq the boys (both voiced by Judge) embark on a cross-country trek to retrieve it... Judge and co-witer Joe Stillman keep the iilm moving at roughly the pace of an old Three Stooges two-reeler, and amazingly, 90fl' of the gags hit home. There's very little that falls by the wayside here, and even though the film really doesn't expand our already considerable knor'vledge of these two losers deluxe, it manages to never feel redundant or contrived. Buoyed by a power{ul soundtrack featuring White Zombie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and a host of othen (the openhg title sequence with Isaac Haves skerverrng his iamous "Theme From Shaft" is worth the price of admission alone), Bentsis and Butt-hend Do Amenca rs awellspring of lowbrow comedy that leaves you giggling in spite of yourself. Truly, it does not suck. - Marc Savlov, Arisill Chronicle. See vrnlaee Beavis and Butthead clips before the fi1m.

to the Aiamo io erplore the nether-reaches ol erploitation film. We have suffered through a lot oi crap, but also have 6een rewarded with some raw jewels, It is these fabulous nuggets that we are offering up to you now in this besi of series. There is no risk, every single offering is guaranteed crap-free, pure cinema jov If you like nhat you see, we lvelcome vou to join us on the front iines as we mine for lost cinema gold, every Wednesday night, Alamo downtown, and it's ab'olx1sly free. Check the wrb ior moie detail..

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Darkdown Strutters (d.

Mlliam Whitnev

1975, R)

AKA

Get

Down nnrl Boogle. Trina Parks, leader of an outrageouslv dressed gang of female bikers is on a quest to find her mother Cinderella and expose a plot by a racist Colonel Sanders look-alike to clone the nations black leaders, Sanders runs a chain of overpriced mediocre nb restaurants, stages black{ace minstrel shows in his back dining room and occasionallv runs around in diapers. Nothing in your life will prepare you for the bizarre intensity of thrs movre, Directed bv Wlliam Whitney, who directed Dick Tracy/ Spy Smasher seriais rn the 40's as well as a slew of Roy Rogers pictures. As the poster says... this movie r,r,ill fry your eggsl

WHAT'S NEW AT THE ALAMO!
The cover shot this quarter shows an underlying theme, its /,1tr\5 time here at the Alamo, Weird Wednesdays features 2 hack larrs rip-

SAL SEPT 2l-THURS, SEPT 26 9:45 PM d. Victor Flemming, G, $6/$4.50 stu/sen/AFS, 112 min) Again this September, we are scheduling what has become an
(1939, arurual tradition at the Alamo, The Dark Side of the Rair&oar, rvhich is TheWizard of Ozplayed with no volume synched up to Pink Floyd's Dark Side 0f the Moon played with much volume. When 1,e1 s1n1 the Dark Side of the Moon album on the third roar of the MGM lion ir the Mzard of Oz, all kinds of synchronicity hijinks ensue. We

will provide you with a

complete play by play list of all 100+ synchronicity "events" fiee with admission. Pink Floyd denies any premeditated scheme, bui maybe that wily Roger Waters schemed the whole thing unbeknownst to the rest of the band. That's Dnrk Side of the Rainbow conspiracy theory #47.

ofls: Tinotarea and Mako laws of Denth; We are shorving l.ras i, rn glorious 3-D o{ course, and it all culminates with our most ambitious Rolling Roadshorv project to date, the Llltimnte lnws Expo iti,ce tn the watel at Lake Travis. Also this quarter, we are continuing our erploration of the Iilms oi the Japan s hottesf new director iaka.hi Miike. We have added Sr"rndav matinee screenings of our midnight cult classics, and football returns to the big screen ilh all oi the LiI games on the rnovie screen (free admissionl). lVe are teaming up with the Austin Museum of Art to present several circrs-themed films to compliment their current exhibit. Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 turns two years old this quarter, and we are celebrating rrith a 2 vear anniversary all-night Sinus pajama partyl And last, but not least, the

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4th Annual Cannibal Film Festival triumphantlv returns in
September, Cannibal films on the screen and actual human flesh on your plate, the ultimate in food/film programmingl

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KING SOTOMON'S MINES 28, TIME TB& FREE ADMISSION

(1950, d, Compton Bennett, 103 miry G, freel) Deborah Kerr plays the lovely heroine who hires the best "white hunter" in A{rica (Stewart Granger as dashing Allan Quartermain) to help her find her husband, who was lost searching for the legendary King Solomon's diamond mines. Skeptical abouL her motives and about

her ability to survive the trip, Quartermain accepts the job for

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(1975, d. Martin Campbell, R, 85 mio free!) Who else but the Alamo is going to bring you a raucous British sex comedy from the '70s? I'm thinking hardl My head just exploded! The answer the of course is: NOBODYI Only the Alamo. And only on Weird

purely mercenary considerations, but her strength of character and determination win his respect. This is the best of the many versions o{ the classic adventure novel by H, Rider Haggard. It is an old{ashioned technicolor spectaculat with breathtaking and Oscarwinning cinematography. Filmed on location in Kenya, and the then- Tangynika and Belgian Congo, the footage of the landscapes and of the animals is strikinglv clear and vivid, especially an unforgettable shot of a jusluncurling brand-new babv alligator and
scenes of the Watusi dancing.

Wednesday. This one is about three hapless first-time film-makers trying to film their versjon of the classic ribald ballad Esktmo NeIl.

But money's tight and they have to get financing from four
separate backers. As a result they end up making four separate movies: a hardcore XXX versiory a children's rnovie, a gay western and a martial arts musical. What a great concept for a movie! Hey and lots of foxy birds tool Did I mention that we sell beer? -Lars

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27,7200 &9245

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29,7t00 &9245

THE APPTE DUMPTING GANG
tuly 27, Noon - Free Admission
Long Before Adom Sondler, There Wos
Tokar 100 miry rated G, free!) In the 1970's, Disney churned out cheap film after cheap film meant to draw children in rvi$out spending much money. Thel had mediocre acting, mediocre laughs and olten obscure and pointless plots. Out of all there films. I.he Apple Dunpling Ca,rg i* one of the lew that succeeds in cdpturjng
(1975, d. Norman

MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN
JULY

20,21 7100 PM

cinematic history throughout: Jean Douchet's little {ilm about American girls who get taken for a ride by French playboys perfectly portrays many nuances that had never before bein capfured on film. Documentary master Jean Rouch, one of the god{athers of the New Wave, is represented in a spectacularly authentic and resonant segment that's one long continuous take for about 15 minutes siraight, following its protagonist from the breakiast table argument with her boy{riend into the street where she meets a mysterious man who wants her to go away with him. A wonderfully hilarious 10 minute segment"by Jean Daniel Pollet feahrres Michelline Dax playing the experienced Parisian prostitute to per{ection as she affectionately makes fun o{ her inexperienced john who looks like a French version of Buster Keaton. Rohmer's piece is about a salesman who gets into an altercation with a drunk man on the street and tiinks he might have accidentally killed him; it is very different from anything else Rohmer has ever done and, needless to say, quietlv masterful. In Chabrol's interesting and typically Hitchcockish 'horror-underthe-prim-bourgeois-surface' eipose piece Chabrol himself acts as the 'bourgeois' father of a miichievous boy who starts putting ear-plugs in his ears to keep from hearing his parents' constant arguments.

(1936, d. Frank Capra, 115 min,

c, $6/$4.50 stu/sen) Long before

Adam Sandler ever lvalked the earth, there rvas another M/. Deeds. Come experience the original 1936 Mr. Deeds in the wake of the modern reinterpretation. Capra's Mr. Deeds received five
major Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best

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performances by Don Krotts and Tim Conlvay. These accomplished comedv actors give hilarious perfotmances as a pair of bumbling bad

almo't entirely due to the 'plendii

Actor (Gary Cooper with his first Oscar nomination),

Best

Screenplay (Robert Riskin), Best Sound Recording, and Best Director (Frank Capra). Mr Deeds Goes to Town is Frank Capra's classic screwball comedv about a village innocent who inherits $20 million, only to discover it's more trouble than it's worth. The screwball in question is Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper), a small-town greeting-card poet and tuba player transplanted to the big city to administer his newly inherited wealth, where {astpattering, wised-up cynics, sneering society denizens, and corrupt lawyers lord it over the ingenuous and straightforward. Deeds' idiosyncrasies are amply magnified in the tabloids by journalist "Babe" Bennett (Jean Arthur), dating Deeds as a cover, only to discover she's the sap when she falls irresistibly for him. But the damage has been done, when Babe's column is used by a pack of corrupt lawyers, Cedar, Cedar, Cedar & Budington, to prove Deeds mentally unfit. The miracle o{ this unforgettable comedy is how it embraces dark material, calling into question some common assumptions about capitalism while maintaining. an approachable atmosphere o{ light comedy, and deceptively so. You'llbe so pixilated by its charm, you won't rest until you've doodled your way to a rhyme for "Budington." -Jim Gay

guys trying to steal the huge gold nugget found by the kids of the Apple Dumplittg Gang. The kids hold their own too, as a group o{ tough orphans trying to hold their little family together

ASIAN CINEMA AND CUISINE

DEAD OR ALIVE
AUGUST 4,72O0 &9245 (1999, d. Takashi Miike, & 105 min, 96.50/94.50 stu/sen) When

Audition graced the Alamo Downtown screen viewers were treated to a subtle atmospheric tale of psychological horror. Sh In Austin is a feature length movie comprised of six short Those who vtalchDead or Alioe wlll notice a'distinct 180 degree narratives set in Austin, Each story js written and directed by local hrrn in style and pacing from critically acclaimed Japanese cult filmmakers' Kat Candler (Cicndas\, Gonzdo Gonzalez \Moonl'ight by director Miike. The first 10 minutes will leave you slack jawed. tne Sen\.Ceo{( Mar>lett (Monkey us. Robof). W;att and Zack p6illip. Not your typical Yakuza flic( Do,A is a cops and robbers iilm full Place Nrru), Bob Ray (liock Opera) aid JUIY 29-AUGUST

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David and Nathin \Sone Zellner (Plnstic Utopin, The Frontier). "Six ln Austin, the brilliant, funny and in (one)... case, creepy six-directors-in-one anthology...is one of the best micro-budget, DV pictures thus far " Marc Sivlov, The Austin Cltonicle, Six in Austin drew it's inspiration from the 1965 French New Wave classic Sir ln Pnrls. Come back for a special screening of Sir ln Parls on August 3.

of hard-boiled macho posturing, morbid-comedy, and slapshck violence. DoA's universe is a dar( hyperkinetic reflection of our own, a universe where the unpredictable can and will happen at any moment. This time slot is traditionally used for thi Hong

Kong Cinema and Cuisine. This month, we are altering the program slightly with an offering {rom Japary we will be ieaturing a Japanese influenced menu for this screening.

MURDER BY MUSIC
FREE ADMISSION! (1969, d. Julio Buchs, 91 min, R, free!) Austin Powers certainly has it's fair of in fluences, Otor Mnn f lirri. Dean Vartin s :n ingin 'hare superspy Matt Helm, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and of course no small dose of 007. In the 1960's, however, action spy thrillers

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is about a 1'achtful oi frequently nude '70s swingers who have to contend rvith killer shark and raging hormoires. This is just the sort of amoral, over-the-top exploiiation we've
come to expect from Cardona, director of N(li o/ the Bloody Apes, Guynna Cult oJ the Damned, Hostages, Night of a Tlnusand Cats

set amid the mondo-mod sea o{ colors and style were not iust a product of the big budget studios. The genre was initiated in smalleq, independent films, and because of their popularity the style began to be absorbed by Hollywood studios. Murder by Maslc is a classic example of this obscure sub-genre: wild coiors, wild villains, wild clothes and wild style, and a murdeq, all set amid the backdrop oI a sazy psychedelic 60's go-go club. For better or worse, get ready for the next installment of the, r.rsfln Pozrers franchise with a dose of the real-deal original, Murder By Muslg a pristine prinf in mind-blowing color and mondo-vision!

THE ULTIMATE TEBOWSKI EXPERIENCE
JULY 30,

AUc 5 & 6 9:00 PM

(1998, d. Joel Coery 117 mirr & $16, 980 for a lane of 5) Watch Tfte Big Lebowski on a 40 ft. outdoor screen onsite at Showplace Lanes.

etc. Cardona would make any movie on any subject as long as there. was money in it. This one has hilarious dubbing, indifferent photography, a record amount of gratuitous nudity and sex, and somer,r,here in there, a shark or two. With worldclass sex bombs Susan George, Fiona Lewis, and Priscilla Barnes.

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Immediately following the film, enter the lanes for 2 hours of bowling and a free White Russian. Belore the film see a vintage
bowling short
Ten PinTour plus a killer Coen Brothers trailer reel. doesn't get any more Lebowski than this. 916 ticket includes, shoe rental, 2 hours of bowling, a White Russian, and the movie. "The Coen Brothers go for broke inThe Big Lebowskt, and we the viewers are the winners. With The Big Lebowski they take their now-familiar brand of ab:urdist myster) /crime/thriller writ visually large -and turn the rvhole mulange into a fresh new affair. It's pived ir,,ith

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Make no mistake; this is a sleazy fun movie {or only the most depraved and degenerate filmgoers. In other words, expect a full house.

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delightiully irregular and unanticipated bits of buiiness that
shmulate the viewer to stay fully alert, while renewing our faith in the .heer iov of natchins movie', ln its uonderhrl titlp sen,,"n.o

condition that makc it uff\-is€ ior 1-ou to laugh your ass ot ior to*u,; u"tt.' J.' r; an hour and a half, then we urge you: PLEASE STAY HOME. than a go-with-the-flow character like the Dude (Bridges)? The Dude Becatse Freeze Bomb cottld be your grim reaper. This Al is a lazy, crumpled leftover from the Sixties whose Iaid-back daily Adamson classic may well be the worst action movie ever made routine has been pared down to the essentials: weed, White not starring a chimp, a midget or Lorenzo Lamas. It's the kind of Russians, and bowling with his pals Walter (Goodman), a hotheaded bad bad movie that makes you feel so very good inside. Jim and hazily militaristic vet fuIl of hallbaked ideas and an ability to "Black Belt /ones" Kelly and Myron Bruce Lee (Myron?) are the bring any discussion back to 'Nam, and Donnv (Buscemi), a dim but kung fu fighting heroes out to stop a supervillain named The Pig good-hearted schlub who always lags a beat or two behind any from developing the "freeze bomb" which turns victims into conversation. Some viewers have cnticized the movie for being tob cheesy looking snowmen. Along the way Kel1y and Lee have to much of a shaggy dog story lacking a cohesive point or purpori. yet deal with various double-dealers and scumbags who are also lo lool for the point is to miss it entirely. Coen-head: hop aboard for after the secret formula. With George Lazenby, Aldo Ray, Terry the ride. \4arjorie Baumgarten. Ah>tin Chraqi(lc Moore, and Harold "Oddjob" Sakata as The Pig. Oh yea[ there's a mean-ass snapping turtle too. If you miss this one you better have a doctor's note. Forreal. - tdrs

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,/5/ exploltatlon lLlmmakers scrambled to put sharks on the screen. They hotted out every exploitation cliche, added water and sharks and made boatloads of money. It was a cheap trick, but these were cheap, tricky people and it's doubtful any of them have cried even a single tear of remorse over hoodwinking the public with substandard entertainment product. This one atleast has a pro-shark angle. Here it's the people who are bloodthir.sty and vicious and the sharks are the good guys. Richard Jaeckel TOD BROWNING'S THE UNKNOWN plays a good guy who loves his shark buddies and takes a chilling THURS, JULY 25, 7:00 & 9:30 shark-related revenge on the unscrupulous scientists who exploit LIVE MUSIC BY THE GOLDEN ARM TRIO them. Also stars fory Jennifer Bishop, gross sweaty Harold (1927, d. Tod Browning, 65 min, NR, $10/$8.50 "Oddjob" Sakata and Milton "Butterball" Smith as "Butteri'. stu/sen/AFS/AMOA) What is so startling aboui Tod Browning's T/re Unknown rs its resonant quality oi perversity, There's a wonderfully contorted melodrama of motivation to it that extracts maximum effectiveness from the irony of the tale. A very young Joan Crawford is a circus star who hates men touching her - there's no motivation offered for such, she just has a pathological fear of men's hands. Enter

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IHURS-SAT AUG 8-10 MIDNIGHL SUN, AUG I I 4:30 pM (d. Trey Parker, 1999,81 min, R, $5) Trey Parker and Matt Stone have done an amazing job of mixing social commentary with fart jokes and created a scathing satire on American mindlessness that takes on a chilling appropriateness in light of our cLrrrent war against terror. Soafh Park, Bigger, Longer, and llncut is possibly the first film since Kubrick's Dr. Stiangelooe to tackle importdnt socio-political i:sues u ith such ruLhlessly furury flair. Raunchy, universally offensive, and record-breiking in its proianity, Soutlt Park pleases the masses on shock-value humor from the start. Once the rnovie get's rolling and the realization hits that the raunch is integral to plot and theme, it takes things to a whole new level. "Brilliant" is not too strong a word. As in added bonus, this is no question the best musical to come along in years, with catchy tunes you'll be humminf catching yourself if in public to make sure no-one caught you) for days. Beiore the {ilm, check out a compilation of rare S outhp ark oddities and shorts.

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Lon Chaney Sr., an armless knife-thrower who believes that this
means hope for

him, His dilemma:

he's really a murderer who is

just posing at being armless as a disguise., and he despairs in the knowledge that if he ever attains his hearts desire, she rvill know his

wili lose her. Chaney gives an amazing petformance throughout. For the part Chaney actualiy learned how to use his feet as arms and throw knives. There's an amazing opening scene wheie he shoots Crawford's outer clothes off with a gun and then tosses knives at her, all with his feet. In one sublime scene we see him sitting at a table, idly scratching his forehead and lighting a cigarette with his feet. You can guarantee none of today's brg name/big ego stars would ever go to such parnstaking lengths for a performance.
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THURS-SAL AUG l-3 MIDNIGHL AUGUST 4 4:30 (d. Danny Boyle, 1994, R, 93 mirL $5) In his directorial debuf Danny Boyle burst upon the world as a reincarnated Alfied Hitchcock with this macabre thriller filled with exhilarating twists. Shailow Grave is a tale of pitch-black, fiendish humor with enough nerve tingling suspense to tweak even the most horrorhardened backbone. The film opens with a trio of nolvery-nice roommates holding interviews for their flat's empty room. They haze the applicants with questions like "What on earth makes you think we would want share a flat with someone like you?" After lhey maLe their {untortunate} choice, we 5ee the ioommates transform from smug, anti-social elitists to desperate, murdering, double-crossing thieves, a change that scares the hell out of them and you.

AUGUST 9-10, 12-14 9:45 PM "Japanese wunderkind (and strong contender for the Greatest Living Film Director title) Takashi Miike, working on a frequency transmitted between the avanlgarde and action iilm bliss, concocts deranged, \,iolent tales of cops, criminals, and killers that bear as much resemblance to Hollywood's thrill rides

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as spaghetti westerns do to the John Wayne oaters of yesteryear" David Fear, SF Bay Guardian

(2000, d. Takashi Miike, 102 min, & 96/94.50) City of Lost Souls (a.k.a Hazard Clfy) is another tour de force from Japan's premier

SANTA SANGRE
THURS-SAL IULY 25-27 MIDNIGHT wLY 27 & 28 4:00 (lq8q, d. Alejandro Jodorohskj. l2l min, R, g\) Santa

visual stylist of the moment, a turbo-charged piece of blooddrenched gangster lunacy set against the backdrop of Rio, Okinawa and Tokyo's Shinjuku district. Loosely adapted from the novel by Seishu Hase, Miike's latest but one of thit year (its box-office release in Japan at the tail end of 2000 was rapidly followed up by Dead or .Alite 2) plunges straight into the action in his own inimitable style, a practically wordless ten minute sequence in which our hero Mario (played by the BrazilianJapanese non-actor Teah) is unleashed from jail and sets out
straight away on an airborne mission by helicopter to retrieve his Chinese moll, the beautiful Kei (Michelle Reis) from a busload of illegal aliens on their way to being deported. Once back in Tokyo the two get caught in the crossfire between a cocaine smuggJiig Chinese Triad and a sadistrc Yakuza boss and his henchman in brutal stand-off that will ultimately leave the streets of Shinjuku sirewn with corpse5 before the films gri:ly re>olulion. There. no pretense about what this film's all about, a fast-paced actioner with its tongue firmly planted in cheek. Miike, never one to be hampered by audience expectations, bends the {ramework to his own needs to create another skewed piece of entertainment, a relentless flurry o{ images which alternate between the

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filmmakers had bold individual visions and were not timidlv trying to duplicate the lale't ma>s-market iormula,. This i: a movie like none I have seen before, a wild kaleidoscope of images and
outrages, a collision between Freud and Fellini. It contains blood and glory saints and circuses, and unspeakable secrets of the night.

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And it is all wrapped up in a flamboyant parade of bold, odd, striking imagery, with Alejandro Jodorowsky as the ringmaster
When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new I want to go to new places, meet new people, have

see Holiywood {ormulas mindlessly i have lost two hours to boors who insist on telling me stories I have heard before, Jodorowsky is not boring. The privilege oi making a film is too precious to him for him to want to make a conventional one. It has been 18 years since his last wor( and all of that time the frustration and inspiration must have been building. Now comes this release, in a rush of energv and creative joy. -Roger Ebert
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SAL AUG 3 7:00 PM (1965, 95 miru N& $6/$4.50 stu/sen/AFS) Six in Paris is a collection of six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by the most acclaimed directors of the time. In the best tradition of the

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grotesque and the absurd. Shinjuku is rendered as a cosmopolitan haven for the cast of colorful multinational reprobates that inhabit it, a garishly vibrant portrait o{ the district made up of smoky Latino caf6s and sleazy cellar bars inhabited by corrupt vodka-swilling Russian business men and sultry Brazilian hookers - are we really still in Tokyo? - Midnight
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THE UTTIMATE JAWS EXPERIENCE
FRI-SUN, SEPT 6-8 8 PM
(1975, d. Steven Spielberg, PG, 724 min) lnzus was the first movie I saw that did damage to my psyche. My mother was at the oper4 my dad took me to see /ozrrs. I was 6 years old. Every family beach outing {or the next 5 years left me inr,vardly petrified of the razor

WATTSTAX
SUN, AUGUST I
(1973, d. Mel Stuart, 98 min,

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SPIKE AND MIKE'S
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It sounds like hoax: Schlitz beer heips Iinmce a soul music concert to celebrate the seventh anniversary ol the i965 Watts dots, and the director of Wllly Wonka 8 tlLe Chocolate Fnctory (1971) makes a fiery black-nationalist nLovie about it. But Mel Stuart's Wrilsfrx (1973) is for real, and it

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delights in its own conceptual confusion. Rarely seen since its release in 1973 and never released on video, Wattstax is a hidden treasure among the concert films of the rock and soul era. It's a documentary of an August 1972 concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum meant to commemorate the 1965 Watts riots; the concert drew an overwhelmingly A{rican-American crowd of 100,000 and turned into a memorable black-pride event, Director Mel Stuart not only focuses on the big names on the Coirseum's stage but also takes his camera out into the communitl', rvatching and listening to Watts residents talk about everyday life in the inner city. (Look for Ted Lange, later Looe Bont's Isaac the bartenderl) The film's highlights include R&B legend Rufus Thomas wittily corralling the crowd after it abandons the bleachers to dance to his "Do the Funky Chicken"; the Bar-Kays encapsulating eve4'thing that was screamingly excessive about '70s funk with "Son of Sha{t"; and Richard Pryor playing Greek chorusand reminding us how beautiful he was. - Bnltimore City Paper. Schlitz on special during Wattstax. August 11 marks the 37th amiversary of the Watts Riots, and the 30th anniversary of Waf fs/n:r.

This year's eclectic mix of art and film showcases world class premiere animated short films by animatols from over ten countties, Several prominent Amencan companies are featured as well, including PIXAR (Toy Story) and PDI (Antz). The 2002 program feaiures breathtaking, comical,
(2002, $6; $4.50 student/senior/AFS)

sharp teeth of the great white shark. We here at the Rolling Roadshow wondered, if a movie alone can deliver that level of emotional wallop, what would happen if you were watching Jaws on a 40' floating screen in the middle of the night with your feet dangling in a vast expanse of deep, dark water? The time for this question to remain hypothetical has ended. Welcome to the ULIIMATE JAWS EXPERIENCE. To commemorate the striking of
Roadshow is taking the traveling rig to Lake Travis, patrons wil be taken to an undisclosed secret location on the lake, given an inner hrbe and left to observe the most intense movie experience of the summer Now we're not necessarily going to stock the iake with man-eaters and chum the surrounding water, but let's just say, the horror on the screen is not all you'll have to watch out for. Due to the dangerous nature of this even! we will not allow ANY drinking of alcoholic beverages before the screemng. To calm your nerves a{terwards, however, your trcket includes a free drink at the Carlos and Charlie's after-part)', and there will be a bar on the boatride back to shore Check www.drafthouse.com for more details. -Tim

a brand new 35mm print of the original /nl's, the Rolling

moving, high-iech and arvard-winning animated shorts irom
around the world. Spike and Mike, who are also noted for their Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation, have assembled a Classic

Festival

of Animation featuring some of the highest qualitl'

animation ever seen. Featured films include Academy Award@ WINNER for Best Animated Short Filnl Father and Daughter. AIso included is Academy Award nominee and WINNER of the 2000 Chicago International Film Festival's Gold Hugo: Rejected,by fivetime Spike and Mike participant, Don Hertzfeldt; yet another comic masterpiece from PIXAR and 2001 OscarN Winner, Ior l,te Birds and British Academy Award WINNER, The Man With the
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9:45 PM - FREE mirl R, {ree!) Second in a double bill of obscure early Richard Pryor comic films. In Dynanite Chicker',
SUN, AUG I
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Pryor is the commentator and interweaving thread joining together disparate clips loosely dealing with the peace movement of the late 60's, including images of John and Yoko, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrixl Leonard Cohen reciting a poenl the Velvet Underground, Alan Ginsberg, Lenny Bruce, old newsreel footage and lots of naked women. A very strange cultural time-capsule oddity.

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(1975, d, Andrew Mclaglery 97 min, R, free) "Joe Don Baker, a big sweaty hog of a man much beloved by drive-in enthusiasts {or his great performance as Sheriff Buford Pusser in the phenomenally

(1980, d. Bobby Suarez, R, free) Gunpowder, sweat and polyester From the Philippines comes a textbook example of the insane revenge movie. It's about a guy named Ortega who gets even with the thugs who killed his wife and chopped off his arm. In true payback-movie fashion, Ortega at first becomes a hopeless drunk. But then he nreets a kung fu master who teaches him how to become a human killing-machine. And you can guess what happens next. This is some crazy violent nasty shit, with plenty of action, slow brutal killings, funky musig and enough polyester to get the fire marshal involved. It even {eatures a midget being drowned in a tollbooth. Damn. I wouldn't want to go out like that. - Lars

(1980, d. Rene Martinez Jr, 80 min, R, free) OK now, we all love Rudy Ray Moore but he wasn't the only funnv comedian working the black comedy circuit. Get ready to laugh your ass off at Wild Man Steve. Mld Man Steve can say anything and make it funny. He has a slow, stoned delivery that makes even the stupidest dirty jokes gut-bustingly hilarious. In a way \{ild Man Steve is the ultimate cult comedian and this is an actual WILD MAN STEVE STAR VEHICLE! It's about a mrdget mad scientist (with a full-sized D-cup girlfriend) named Dr Dippv who helps the mob develop a formula that makes users super-stron& bulletprool, and, after about two days, super-dead. Obviously it's hard to get sensible people to sign up for this treatment, so the mobsters grab the nearest wino, played to perfection by Wild Man Steve, Sieve is hilarious, ad-libbing like crazy, stepping all over his costars' lines. He even gives a little speech in favor of iegalizing pot that's a small masterpiece of reason and logic. By the way, the original title ol Super Soul Brofher is so offensive we can't put it on the schedule or the marquee so ;re11'|l h2vg to show up to find out what it is. See you there.

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detective who (stop me if you've heard this one before) plays both ends against the middle in an obsessive quest to bdng racist scumbag murderer John Saxon to justice. Joe Don Baker does his best, but frankiy, the plot seems to be more centered around his quest for ample portions of Schlitz, greasy food and sex with his pothead prostitute sweetheafi Linda Evans (Dynasty). Any attendees who insist on recycling Mystery Science Theater qtips will be shackled and placed in an internment camp where they l'ill receive'culturally appropriate meals."llars

PRIZEWHORES
THURS, SEPT 5, 7:00 & 9:30
(2001, d. Jenn Carrison, 80 min, $6; $4.50 stu/ sen) PrizeltVnores is an 80-minute documentary about a group of people who have formed their own 'community' based upon their extreme hobbl' of attending radio-station remotes, movie premiers and rock concerts. 101X/KGSR radio personaLity and local filmmaker Jenn Garrison has gained an inside look into the lives of a very unique belowradar subculture, the Prizelftores. The screening is also a live radio remote with plent]' of prizes, so listen diligently to the radio and .'^,, i,,"+ *-;- li.t.+" r,, D"l-"I{r,,.,,". .,-l r. ,..L^r..

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(d. Tamra Davis, 1995, PG-13, 89 mirL $5) Universal hatred from critics across the country can have no impact on those rvho truly understand the brilliance oI Billy Madison. Never before have total randomness of image and dialogue coalesced into the sublime with such gut-bustingly funny effect. While up to par in

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"Nobody puts Baby in a corner!"

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all the juvenilia, raunchiness and general silhness of vour
standard Adam Sandler {are, Billv 'VlcL/isorl rises above the rest with hallucinaton'disjorntedness and an anarchic spirit Eugene Ionesco, Jean Genet and Samuel Beckett should be spinning in their graves at this bastard ofispring of their theater of the absurd, but they're probably laughhg too hard

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66,1 sepfiisticated pro"duction and costume design tby Paul Gautier) you could ever hope to see But superb eye.candy =:r, . rot the only reison to revisit this sci-fi action packed thrilier. ..:Jing man Bruce Willir in peak [orm a, a retired military ..*ri',io turned cabby uhos rugged loughne's hide' the 'mart:. :':nor and tenderness necessary to save the world Gary Olman :tdoes himself as over-the-top evil personified. Chris Tucker bursts :.to the scene with a frenetiC energy that he hasn't matched since' r-:J \1illa Jovorich c gorgeou. rdiot-c,rvant role_predaled ihe public s

(1987, d. Emile Ardolino, PG-13, 96 min, $9 50/$7.50 stui sen) Let the

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\lr. Sinus Theater be the ercuse vou need to frnall,v see (or see again) Patdck Swarze recite these immortal tvords Starrrng a pre-nosejob Jenniier Grer' (Ferris Bueller, It s Like..You (rroa') and a iestosterone-laden Srgavze (Red Dalrt, Poitt Brenk), this sizzlingly cheesy tale of love and dance t as the one movie iohn (of Mr' Sinus)
tubject to the Sinus treatment. UNTIL NOWI Drrfy Dnrclng tells the story of a young girl's coming oi age at a Catskills Resort in the early 60's. Grey is adorable as Baby, an idealistic young Jewish princess, and Swayze is at his ridiculous best as the macho dance instructor fiom the wrong side of the tracks. Featuring Jerry Ofuach(Lnu anrl Order), Wayne Knight (Newman from Seint'eld) and a bevy of cheesy 80's hits on the soundtrack ("The Time of My Life", 'She s Like the Wind'). Break oul the capri pants and perms for this

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perfect end-of-summer movie.

3I, TIME TBA" FREE ADMISSION (1979, d. Carroll Ballard, G, 118 miry free admission for kids and
SAI, AUGUST
Newton-John(Grease,Physicnl) as a muse brought to life from a paintei(Mjch,lel Beck of flp Wnrtiot')who .dns5 to break iree from his mind-numbing iob painting album .-.r"er arL. \ewtonlohn leam' with a retired clarinelist (Cene Kelly

THE BLACK STALIION

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accompanying adults) The Black Stallion is a far cry from the standard'tidi ana animals" fihns that are so sugary sweet that they can send a viewer into a lifethreatening diabetic coma.

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we get a bittersweet, complex storyline, truly

breathtaking cinematography, and a talented cast of actors The :lory cenlei, around a loung boy n;med Alec and hi' Ii[e-

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into a roller-disco. Jeff Lynne and E.L.O. provide

40's.and the -quences, including one involving a clash between the !0s (featuring onelhit-wonders,-The Tubes) The special..fr' are ,harming, anJ fans oi pre-Disney renaissance animation will enjoy *re cartSon interiude by Don Bluth (Pete's Dragon, the Secref of \iirir), As always, the Mr Sinus crew [erm, John, Owen) pro','ide 1151314-st1le quip:, s[.jt", and 'ongs during the movie l'2 off admisrion for ihose in roller cldlesllidbilitY uairer requiredt, iree leg warmers to the first 5 ladies each night.

changing relation:hip wiih the wild Arabian 'tallion that :aves him irorn drowning following a disastrous shipwreck. The bond they forge while alone together on a deserted coastline saves Alec from the grief he sufiers over the loss of his fathet and continues
to be his only consolation even after they are rescued and returned sa{ely home. Legendary film critic Pauline Kael wrote of The Black Sfnllron that it "may be the greatest children's movie ever made "

MIIVIES. T'VT
FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 7:00 & 9:45
d. Rrchard Hefron, 97 min, R, free) It's been ovel a year since the

FRI & SAL SEPI 6 & 7, MIDNIGHT (Admission $5) Ladies: leave your penis enw at the doorl A night of debauchery, rndulgence, and hilaritv with flicks made bv womerL, for women. Centiemen: see the naughtt' side of the "fair sex" that vou didn't know existed! Winner of a SXS}V Audience Award, Lidyporn follows the journey of huo female sludents trying to produce a porno for women. Elena Carr and N,{aggie Carey muit struggle with amateur pom stars, an inexperienced crew, no budget, and a "nervous" leading man. A11 the while, thev attempt to iiee hard-core pornography from the male viewer and "revision" the genre to embody and empot'ver women's desire. A documentarjt & a porno, Lndyporn propels viewers through auditions, rehearsals, intimate inten iews, and hard-core sex.

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last QT Fest, which leaves us at the Alamo a little parched for

overiooked gritty 70's action movies. For those in the same boat, we offer up'a fiee icreening of Tsckrloun Brg lim Mllcluln stars as a Montana rancher who travels to Los Angeles to find his lost sister, an abducted runaway now turning tricks for a high rollirl Beverly H-ills limp (Vince CannonJ. Look foi 'olid acUon qequence5. that Ereat 70 :tvle ard pacr-ng, and a liller climar' Al'o feature: suPporting role' Ui Cut\ iee C'rosby and a pre-CHIPS Erik Estrada Soundtrack by

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HONG KONG CINEMA AND CUISINE
(1971, d. Bruce Kessler, R, 91 min, free) This is a really strange one. Andrew Prine, a familiar face from '70s movies and TV is

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(1965, d. Sergio Corbucci, 90 rnin, & $15 inciudes all-you-can-eat spaghetti) Another brilliant Spaghetti ftom "the_ other Sergio" our main man Sergio Corbucc! director of over 30 Spaghetti Westerns betrveen 1961 and 7971. Minnesotn Clny features a blind assassin who shoots foes down by his keen senses of smell and hearing. Cameron Mitchell, veteran American character actor, plays the lead as the blind man Clay, the necessary gringo hook for Amiriian audjences. Mitchell starred rn a doren or sb italiin genre pictures in the 60's. MlnnesofaClny was the

CORBUCCI'S MINNESOTA CLAY

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great as a transient warlock who lives in L A's.underground Itorm-drainase 5\stem. EverY time it rains he has to move' Simon is balicallv a crazy homeless guy who p,oe* around casting spells and getting ln cool adventures lt would have made"a great TV sliow kind oi like Kung fir with witchcraft Here he"spends almost the whole movie getting revenge on a euv uho writer him a bad check. What a great ploll lhe movie [ai a colorful, tacly pcychedelic lool and a fast-paced, fluid style all its own. Look for Warhol superstar Ultra Violet as a rival witch, A super-cool one-of-a-kind movie. I'm still waiting
for the sequel. -Lars

(1994, d. Jeffrev Lan, 115 min, PG, $6,50; $4.50 stu/sen) The story of the

Monkel King is familiar to every Chinese youngster. Monkey King

was anarroging mischievous rogue who was cast down fiom heaven to live amon'g mortals to learn the error of his ways. Of course Stephen Chow was shoo-in to play hin lf t,ou missed God of Cookay or Forbiddur City Cop lhen CO1 is a great way to inlroduce yourselI to the "Godfathe{" 0f the HK box-office, and also an excellent rvay to bone up

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The Alamo Drafthouse downtown has come to be known as one of the premiere meeting and conJerence facilities in Austin. Our powerful audio-visual equipment makes for impressive presentations, our flexible, catering staff can set the tone you want, and the entertainment optioni of{er a perfect way to unwind following the business at hand.

AND NOW THERE's TIORE...

The new Alamo Drafthouse North is also be available for private functions. Situated conveniently close to many of the high tech centers inAusdry our new location offers easy access from Mopac and Highway 183, and has ample parking adjacent to the theater.

AND IUIORE AND MORE...

The Alamo is famous for creating special events that have attracted nationwide attention. Now we can recreate some of these events iust for you, for a truly memorable party. The Spaghetti Western Spaghetti Feast: Enjoy heaping all-you -can-eat ,paghutti ."ith u classic spagiretti western like The Good, The Bad and the Llgly or A Fistful of Dollars. (The spaghetti theme also
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Mr. Sinus Theater 3000: Based on the popular tv show Mystery ScienceTheater, our version combines live comedy with skits and musical interludes. The Mr. Sinus comedians take some of the world's worst movies and turn them into a rollicking good time by adding comedic dialog and commentary. This is one of the Alamo's most Popular special events, drawing sold-out
crowds almost every time. Food themed movies: Many popular movies revolve around food. For the Alamo's two -year anniversary we created a fivecourse meal that followed the progression of dishes served in the romantic epicurean masterpiece LikeWater For ChocolateThe possibilities are endiess, and or kitchen staff is ready to prepare a menu specific to your event.

Alamo on the Road: Last summer marked the first Alamo off-site event ever! The outing was based on the movie Deliuerance in which {our city dwellers plan a canoe trip on the last wild river in the South, soon doomed to extinction by the construction of a dam. They iaie the dangers of the river and the elements, and finally the ultimately terrifying encounter of man against man. We pianned a canoe trip-on the Colorado River which ended up at a picnic by-the banks of the river with music, food and beer. When the sun went down we had a massive 40 foot movie screen erected on the banks of the river and watched Deliaerance under the stars. We also have in the works other {ilm outings, including a temporary drive-in for a week-long festival this
spring. From meetings and presentation to team-building sessions and awards ceremonies, or iust Alamo has proven to be a perfect site for parties of all ages.
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TO BOOK AN EVENT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 407-9531