dilbertman
May 18th, 2009, 10:50 PM
Found this over at Resin Illuminati.
OK, while you guys were all in Kentucky getting sloshed, I was here in L.A. working on some cool screenings. Heads up for some of you guys that live here or close by.
The Aero Theatre here in Santa Monica is a nice little (~450 seats) single screen movie theater that screens old movies (and some new ones). Any time they do a screening of a movie with a lot of effects in it, I try to round up some guests who worked on the film to help me introduce the film, do a Q&A, and set up a display in the lobby with photos and props and stuff like that.
Here are some updates for the rest of May/June. Pay special attention to the last item.
Friday, May 22nd - 7:30 PM - GREMLINS 1 & 2 - Double feature! director Joe Dante and a couple of other people will hold a Q&A between films.
Friday, May 29th - 7:30pm - ALIENS and THE ABYSS Double feature! Director Jim Cameron IN PERSON!!! (I may have a display of rare behind the scenes photos from ALIENS - gotta talk to Cameron's peeps.) This show is SOLD OUT. I don't know what they will do if people don't show up. They usually have a stand-by line for stuff like this, but I would imagine it will be a mob scene. sorry about the late notice. As soon as I heard about it, it was sold out.
Saturday, May 30th - 5:30pm - BACK TO THE FUTURE 1, 2, & 3 - Triple feature! I'm still working out the details on this one. I'm not sure who the final guests will be. The Aero is also trying to get one of the local BTTF modified Delorean replicas here.
Thursday, June 18th - 7:30pm - FLASH GORDON (1980) & BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS - Double Feature. OK, two really corny movies, but a great bill. I've got a bunch of posters from FLASH, as well as artwork, photos, and a matte painting from BATTLE that I'm bringing. I'm still working on getting one of the producers from FLASH to talk at the screening. I expect a good turnout just from the camp film fans alone.
Friday, June 19th - 7:30pm - E.T. and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - Double Feature! OK, I don't have a whole lot on E.T., but I do have some stuff on CE3K, and I'm trying to get some more. I don't know about guests, but there will likely be some guys who worked on it there since I know some of them and they may show up to watch the movie.
Saturday, June 20th - 5:30pm - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA-palooza - All three BSG films (the pilot and the TV series movie edits they did for "Gun on Ice Planet Zero", etc...) on the BIG screen. OK, this isn't gonna be the big BSG event I have talked about to some of you, but...... it's still gonna be pretty cool. I'm going to have my models there, along with some of the original Apogee and Hartland MOCO gear I have. Carson Dyle's gonna bring out some of his stuff. There will be a display of photos that NONE of you have ever seen, as well as an original Rag-Tag Fleet ship that hasn't seen the light of day or been photographed in 30 years (and it's one that you will recognize in an instant - it was in the title sequence of every episode). Still working on guests and a couple of other surprises. We'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks.
So, if you are in the area, come on by. Tickets are like, $10 for two movies and a cool lobby display - damn cheap. It's a laid back atmosphere and pretty casual. Check out http://www.aerotheatre.com/Aero/aeromastercalendar.htm for more details.
Gene
Jim
OK, while you guys were all in Kentucky getting sloshed, I was here in L.A. working on some cool screenings. Heads up for some of you guys that live here or close by.
The Aero Theatre here in Santa Monica is a nice little (~450 seats) single screen movie theater that screens old movies (and some new ones). Any time they do a screening of a movie with a lot of effects in it, I try to round up some guests who worked on the film to help me introduce the film, do a Q&A, and set up a display in the lobby with photos and props and stuff like that.
Here are some updates for the rest of May/June. Pay special attention to the last item.
Friday, May 22nd - 7:30 PM - GREMLINS 1 & 2 - Double feature! director Joe Dante and a couple of other people will hold a Q&A between films.
Friday, May 29th - 7:30pm - ALIENS and THE ABYSS Double feature! Director Jim Cameron IN PERSON!!! (I may have a display of rare behind the scenes photos from ALIENS - gotta talk to Cameron's peeps.) This show is SOLD OUT. I don't know what they will do if people don't show up. They usually have a stand-by line for stuff like this, but I would imagine it will be a mob scene. sorry about the late notice. As soon as I heard about it, it was sold out.
Saturday, May 30th - 5:30pm - BACK TO THE FUTURE 1, 2, & 3 - Triple feature! I'm still working out the details on this one. I'm not sure who the final guests will be. The Aero is also trying to get one of the local BTTF modified Delorean replicas here.
Thursday, June 18th - 7:30pm - FLASH GORDON (1980) & BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS - Double Feature. OK, two really corny movies, but a great bill. I've got a bunch of posters from FLASH, as well as artwork, photos, and a matte painting from BATTLE that I'm bringing. I'm still working on getting one of the producers from FLASH to talk at the screening. I expect a good turnout just from the camp film fans alone.
Friday, June 19th - 7:30pm - E.T. and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - Double Feature! OK, I don't have a whole lot on E.T., but I do have some stuff on CE3K, and I'm trying to get some more. I don't know about guests, but there will likely be some guys who worked on it there since I know some of them and they may show up to watch the movie.
Saturday, June 20th - 5:30pm - BATTLESTAR GALACTICA-palooza - All three BSG films (the pilot and the TV series movie edits they did for "Gun on Ice Planet Zero", etc...) on the BIG screen. OK, this isn't gonna be the big BSG event I have talked about to some of you, but...... it's still gonna be pretty cool. I'm going to have my models there, along with some of the original Apogee and Hartland MOCO gear I have. Carson Dyle's gonna bring out some of his stuff. There will be a display of photos that NONE of you have ever seen, as well as an original Rag-Tag Fleet ship that hasn't seen the light of day or been photographed in 30 years (and it's one that you will recognize in an instant - it was in the title sequence of every episode). Still working on guests and a couple of other surprises. We'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks.
So, if you are in the area, come on by. Tickets are like, $10 for two movies and a cool lobby display - damn cheap. It's a laid back atmosphere and pretty casual. Check out http://www.aerotheatre.com/Aero/aeromastercalendar.htm for more details.
Gene
Jim