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wife Karrie and I opened the doors to the original (olorado Street Alamo Drafthouse (inema. We had just finished the most grueling six months of our lives, working 0n the (onstruction every day, 7 days a week about 15 hours a day. We worked at a feverish pace and did damn near everything ourselves, mainly because we had no money. With a paltry sum raised by hitting up our parents and friends and an assortment 0f (redit card

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loans, we installed new plumbing, air conditioning, ele(trical, and fabricated the screening room that we've been enjoying for the last decade. 0n opening day, we had 520,000 left in the bank, and with our freshly-hired staff, our first ever employees, that was enough to last us for about a month if no-one (ame to the theater. lt was a miserably naive business plan.

Thankfully, Austin responded to us quickly and we stand looking back ten years laterto happily see the concept of our original cinema still intact. ln the next three months, we will be celebrating our 1 0 year anniversary by bringing back many of our classir events and guests. We hope you will join us many times in April through June as we celebtate and share some of our favorite movies
of the past decade. Lookforthe red"10"logo in this guideforall anniversary screenings. - Tim league: founder, Alamo Drafthouse (inema

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the last 10 years, we have also seen the warehouse distlict grow up

lhe new digr: Renovation begins on'Alam0 Drafthouse at the Ritz"in April 2007

around us. As the neighborhood has become more and more upscale, we've seen many long-time businesses fall away: The Bitter End, Gilligans, Waterloo Brewing (0, and Ruta Maya to name just a few. At the end of June, 2007, our

will expire and due to the high costs of rent, insurance and taxes, we have been not been confident that we would be able to (ontinue occupying
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our current space. With the end of our lease looming, the Downtown Austin Alliance stepped in quickly and brought us together with the owners of the Ritz Theater on 6th Street. ln a matter of weeks, we shook hands on a deal and are now moving full-steam ahead with planning for the next decade of Alamo Drafthouse Downtown programming: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema atthe Ritz. Renovation begins in April and we hope to be open as soon as possible, maybe as early as summer's end. This theater will prove to be the best Alamo Drafthouse yet. While retaining the intimacy and pr0gramming ofthe original location, the Ritz will have two scieens, plush VIP seating, state-of-the-art projection and sound and the new experience ofa remodeled and renovated landmark Austin movie palace. Please stay tuned to the Alamo website and blog for progress 0n the constru(ion as well as updates on opening week programming and events. would like to thank Lany and Mary (raddock, owners of the Ritz property who reached out to us and did everything they (0uld to make this happen-we look forward to collectively reviving a lost Austin movie palace; the Downtown Austin Alliance for bringing the (raddocks and us together; 3ob Woody, current operator of the Ritz for working with us to make the change; Danny Roth of Southwest Strategies for believing in a couple of kids with no money
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or experience 10 years ago-we are happy to still be working with you today; Karen Bartoletti and the gang at Graves Dougherty for making the process oflumping through legal hoops relatively quick and painless. We also thank our loyal and extremely hard-working staff, in particular man-in-charge Mike

Shenill for furthering and refining our original vision. Most of all, though, we'd like to thank the "Heroes of the Alamo" members and the entire city of Austin for continuing to support us and watch movies with us over the years. We love this city and we look forward to 1 0 more years of obsessive cinematic exploits.
For more information about the 1 0 Year Anniversary screenings at the original Alamo Drafthouse (inema, check out www.originalalamo.com. There are only a few months left t0 enjoy the original location, we hope to see you there soon and often! Every dollar you spend will be going towards the massive

renovation overhaul of the Ritz. Also, stay tuned for information on the"last night at the Alamo" final screening and party!

HrGHr.rGHTs oF THE 1O YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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The following is a selection of our signature special events featured as part of the Alamo Downtown's ten year anniversary celebration.

HAROLD & KUMAR: ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT

One of the few modern day cult-classics, Harold ond Kumar Go To ltlhite Cortle follows the exploits oftwo Asian-American men in a nightlong pursuit ofdelicious White Castle burgers. As you watch the movie there is nothing more you wish for than t0 eat those tasty Iittle morsels. At the Alamq we make that dream come true! Details Pg 34

GRINDHOUSI MARATH0N :: APRIL 7

To celebrate the opening of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriquez's Grindhouse, the Alamo is hosting a dusk-til-dawn grindhouse marathon of exploitation features and trailers. We will also intermingle select submissions from the SXSW Grindhouse

trailer competition. At the end ofthe marathon we will cap it offwith

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screening of

Titles Whiz KYLE COOPER Live! :: APRIL 10

ofthe hottest properties in Hollywood. Meet the most sought-after opening titles designer in the business as he explains his work, inspiration and process. Details Pg 16
His two-minute masterpie(es made him one

MC CHRIS: GH0STBUSTER5:: APRIL 10

We personally know him best asthe comedicvoice ofAqua Teen Hunger Force's M( Pee Pants, 5ir loin and little Brittle, but M( Chris is also an astonishingly talented rapper in his day job. Following his show at Emos on the 10th, Join M( (hris fora midnight screening of one of his all-time favorite films Ghostbusfers. M( (hris will introduce and hang out after the show. Details on Pg 1 7

A CLOCKWORK 0RANGE

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PLUS":: APRIt 16

What would make one 0f the greatest films of all time even better? By enjoying a little of the same intoxicating beverage that the droogs are drinking onscreen. We cant print what gets added to our milk t0 make it "milk plus;'but it might give you an erection or possibly aggressive tendencies... Details on Pg 33
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Sincewe opened ourdoors in 1997, no other movie has been m0re tailor-made to the Alamo experience than Beerfest. Now part of our regular rotating line-up 0f signature shows, Eeerfesf is a romplete blast in the Alamo environment. This time we'll feature lobby Beer Pong, extreme quarters, a dueling flight ofGerman vs. American beers, plus more surprises. Details on Pg. 34

SPAGHETTI WESTERN SPAGHETTI FEAST :: APRIL 23

Twogreattastesthatg0greattogether.5ergioleoneathisabsolutepeak,delivering 168 minutes ofgritty Euro-western gold paired with168 minutes 0fserious carboloadingwithall-you-(an-eatpasta,focacciaandCaesarsalad. DetailsonPg33

SHAFT- FREE 40 oz. WITH EVERYTICKET:: APRIL 25

ln the words ofWildman Steve, "BRlNG 0N THE BUtL!!1" lhis is one of our oldest gimmicks, first unleashed on the Austin community in June of 1997. The sight 0f 200 40 oz. Schlitz Malt liquors in the theater is enough to get a man misty. Details Pg 33

J0N GRIES LIVE, NAP0LEON DYNAMITE/J0YSTICKS :: MAY 5

ln one insane evening, you get Uncle Rico live in person for Napoleon Dynamite,bul you also get his legendary King Vidiot performance, the single greatest portrayal of punk rock in film. Bells and whistles you ask? The Alamo will deliver in spades for this furious one-two punch of pure cinematic bliss. Detaik Pg 1 7

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GRINDHOUSE
likely the most hotly antidpated Austin produdion of all time, GRINDHOU5E stands on the verge 0f ledefining sarae joined forces to create back-r" cinema for the new millennium. The two modern mastels 0f two-fisted film have back nitro-fueled heartstoppers. In Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PR00F, three ladies out on the town are trailed h n
(razed stuntman with a killer car. ln Robert Rodriguez's PLANET TERROR, some unlikely walriors are a town's only h:'u'i against an outbreak that turns everyday people into flesh-hungry maniacs. All this, plus brand new exploitahrlrtr homage trailers from Eli Roth, Edgar Wright and Rob Zombie. The lesult i5 guaranteed to be veckless, vicious and t0tih insane!!!

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ln what became an enormous media event, (lifford lrving (Richard Gere) sold his bogus biography of Howatd Hugiie to a premiere publishing house in the early l 970s, creating an epic wave ofcontroversy and interpersonal espionag'pre-ielease buzz shows that many expect this film to eclipse Scorsese's THE AVIAT0R, and Richard Gere's performane The fllm also features AlfrEr as the troubled writer is expected t0 put him on the fast track to an 0scar nominati0n.

Molina, Julie Delpy and the still-great Eli Wallach.

AQUA TEEN HUN6ER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS An iction epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master

Shake, Fryloci.

This flir"rr and Meatwid,) who somehow berome pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment. (reated ri will be rated R for more reasons than you can shake a stick at, and follows the recent "zany" bomb scare advertising art featuring two of the [adult swim] tv series' minor characters. But the insuppressible tlio battle or' joined by their unemployed neighbor Carl, M( Pee Pants and all your other AQUA TEEN favorites' PLUS! listen for ti* voice of ihe mighty Bruce (EVIL DEAD)
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weekenl When a multi-national weapons manufacturer rewards their European sales division with a team-building and late in the mountains of Eastern Europe, comedy blends with horror as the team fight first amongst themselves, year's Fantastir for survival against a group of war-crazed killers bent on revenge. SEVERAN(E went over big at last whosr test, and hasilready got honor-tomedy fans champing at the bit. From British frlmmaker Christopher Smith, rhiller cREEP was so scary, it should've shut down rail systems across the world for a month, subway

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(age) with the ability to see futute events and affeo Cornered by the FBI after a relentless pursuit, a man (Nicolas their outtome faces an ultimatum, as the country's intelligence agencies scramble to prevent a devastating terrorin (HILDREN 0t MEN' Based on a attack. The film also stars Julianne Moore in another sci-fi role to follow the great films story by philip K. Dick, the incredible writer whose work has been adapted into many enduring science fiction including BLADE RUNNER, MIN0RITY REP0RT, A SCANNER DARKTY and T0TAt RECALL.

SPIDER-MAN 3
Anyone who tells ygu they're not ex(ited about this movie is a liar. This time, Spider-Man is challenged by two villains: Sandman, an escaped convict made powerful by a nuclear explosion, and Ven0m, a parasitic life form from give it all our hero's past. There's also going to be some earth-shaking vengean(e courtesy of...well, we don't want to (ertain that this stands to be the away here, right? But one thing is loud and clear: the creators, cast and fans ate all mosi exciting entry in the series thus far. lf that's true, we're gonna need some defibtillators in the theater'

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after London was struck by the RageVirus, the rity is being carefully repopulated by the U'S' Atmy. Though (ity and unknowningly causes a second deadly outbreak. under quarantine, a carrier of the virus is admitted to the (hair t0 INTA(T0's Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With a 2g DAyi... director Danny Boyle produces, but passes the dire(tor's should stand s0lid new cast and somejuicy effe(ts Gee left), this bold revisioning of the world's spiral out 0f control out bursting-heads-and-shoulders
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villainous While the threat to pirates-at-large nears its climax, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann form an alliance with known a(compli(e Captain Barbossa and sail to the tar East and save Jack Sparrow fiom the mysterious afterworld has betome as Davey Jonei'Locker. As unexpected as it may have been to Disney detlactors, the last PIRATES movie (!l) are added to the one oft'he five highest-grossing films ofall time, and now stars Chow Yun Fat and Keith Richards the stunning high+eas trilogy. As they say in situations like this: "Yarrttl' mix to complete A!amo llrafthouse {inema " "8est Theatcr iR Arncrica" - fntrta!nnrent Weekly August ?QS5 ' www.originalalamo.cam

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picture entertainment. lnstead of playing the actual soundtrack of the film, we mute it and our talented team of voice and sound effects artists make all the sounds live, right in front of your eyes. And it's triple sperial this time becauseforthe Saturday May 12 showswe have one ofthe mostamazing sound effects men in the country - Fred Newman - teaming up with Buzz Moran and the Foleyvision gang to make the show extra amazing. You may know Fred from his featured work on Ganison Keillor! PRAIRIE H0ME C0MPANI0N radio show or from his incredible voicings fot MEN lN B[A(K'S aliens or even the GREMLINS themselves. He's the best in the business and we're honored to have him join us. For these very spetial shows our all-star team will be taking on the Japanese version of Spiderman. You would think that the regular Spiderman would be awesome enough for anybody, but the Japanese cool him up by giving him a
spaceship that turns into a robot. Plus he knows karate. Hooray for Japan! Hooray for Foleyvision! Boo for you ifyou don't get your tickets for this giant event todayl

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We're thrilled to welcome back Davy Rothbart, creator of Found Magazine for another look at amazing stuff that people have found. lfyou've never seen a tound Magazine live presentation, don't miss it. lt's one ofthe

funniestthingsyou'll eversee asamazing discoveriesare read, discussed and shown on the hugescreen, Funny, touching and unlike anything you've ever seen. "A compendium of society! cast-off doodles, photos, tape recordings, rlippings, love letters, and more, tound Magazine has been a mainstay of the hip literati for years but like any good idea, sooner or later people want to know where the sex is. And so Found branched out into a different type oftrash, giving birth to its gloriously pervy-kitsch prodigal son, DlrfyFound.5ure, some

whack-job teenager's lost diary pages are fun, but now we're talking nudie pictutes and earnest, misspelled amateur erotica

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The SMALL FA(ES were the Fab Four of London's East End. But unlike their (ontemporalies The Who and The Rolling Stones - and while consistently topping the (harts in the UK - they went practically unnoticed stateside, with the ex(eption oftheir one US hit"ltchycoo Park". lt'5 often been said that they were the biggest band in the world never to make it in the USA. After the departure ofsinget Steve Mal]iott, the boys truncated their moniker to The Faces and took on Rod Stewart as lead vo(alist. ln a sharp departure from the Small Faces'mod roots, The Fates were a rough, deliberately sloppy rock & roll band, able to pound out a rocker like "Had Me a Real Good Time,"a blues ballad like "Tell Everyone,"or a folk number like"Richmond" all in one album. Stewart, already becoming a star in his own right, let himself go wild with the ta(es,

tearing through covers and originals with abandon (despite his status as a rock legend, he was never as good as he was with The Faces). Notorious for their hard-partying, boozy touts and ragged contetts, The Faces lived the rock & roll lifestyle to the extreme. This ultra-rare music video show is dedi(ated to the
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RED VS. BtUE WITH THE CREATOR5 FROM ROO5TTR TEETH IN ATTTNDANCT SUN. APnIL 29 - 7 & 9:45, D0WNT0WN
lf you've ever been within a half-mile of an X-box in your life, you've undoubtedly played Halo, and you undoubtedly already know about the phenomenon that is
RED VS. BIUE. But the truly incredible thing about this series of short cartoons created entirely by recording and editing actual "gameplay" is how successful it is at reaching people who haven't touched a video game controller since Dig Dug first made an appearan(e at an ar(ade neat you. With its simultaneous lampooning of video game worlds'goals (Why are we trying to capture their flag all the time? What purpose does that

world army brass, RED VS. B[UE has become a pop-culture icon. lt's been a few years to show off their latest shorts and talk about how RED VS. B[Ut has changed their lives and the world. Check out www.redvsblue.com for a sneak peek at some of what we're going to be taking from your computer s(reen to our movie screen, and don't forget t0 show
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coolest character to come along in quite some time. 50 as soon as we could, we got in tou(h with great Masi 0ka and asked him to come down and host an artual 24-Hour samutai Marathon. To our quit yout job surprise he was as pumped up about the idea as we were. 5o mark your calendar and

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of the most specialized jobs in Hollywood is that of the title designer. He or she must distill the essenc: of the mood, (reate ex(itement, mat(h the visual style of the director and foteshadow the themes 0f tht (oopet does it very well. His titk story. When it's done well it contributes hugely to the impact of a film. Kyle
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Nerdcore rapper M( (hris is coming ba(k to the Alamo to introduce and present another of his holy grail movies. This time the almighty Dungeonmaster 0f Cerem0nies has chosen a movie that's adually gotten funnier with age, GH05TBUsTER5. lf you haven't seen Bill Murray and Company deal with a gigantic evil spirit infestation in New York recently you owe it to yourselfto see it again today. And ifyou've never seen it at all, that's 0K, but hurry and buy your tickets for this event today if you want your nerd-cred to remain intad. Rapper MC CHRI5 has appeared on many of Williams Street Studios' shows on ADU[T 5WlM, most notably AQUA TtEN HUNGTR t0RCE (as the crude and often misguided M( Pee Pants) and 5EAIAB 2021 (in some bit parts, consistently recurring as the also crude and often misguided Hesh), and a bit part in THE
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region's newest prison built to prop up the shrinking coal economy. An in-depth look at the United States

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been the most excited about for months now - THE UNNECESSARY SEQUELS that CoNIEST. Now, plenty of people will argue that most of the sequels

Hollywood tries t0 shove down out throats every summer are unnecestary, butior this (ontest we're looking for films that are even more unnecessaly Part than PREDAToR 2. We?e talking about things like TITANIC 2' 0r Ro(KY lll: want ll. 0r AP0CALYPSE N0W: AGAIN. 0ohl 0r a sCHINDtER'5 tlST 2' But I don't to say anymore, because for this (ontest Y0U get to choose what Unnecessary aren't 5equel you want to make into a reality' That's right, this time aroundwe goi;q to uttign you u genre ot make you trust a (omputer-genelated program

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the singing mayot of Bartertown who sends our hero i: into the arena against the formidable Master/Blaster, the baddest symbiotictwo-personbullying-entity-composed-of-one-mildly-retarded-guy-and-one-evil-genius since Bush/ : (heney. 5ee Mel in all his pre-anti-semitir pro-(hristian glory as he plays father figure to a groupoforphanedchildrenwhoseworldviewisinformedbytheWho!rockoperaTOMMY:

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limited time only, John Erler (ofthe Alamot"Master Pancake Theater" and K00P 91.7 tM's
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will single-handedly be re-voicing and re-writing the original script liberally tonight.

Prince Adam will be an Aryan goth-child. Skeletor will enjoy bubble baths and Julia Roberts movies, and Beast Man will have an inexplicable craving for pudding and butter. Mr. Erler has an embanassing amount ofexperience at re-interpreting He-Man-oriented characters, having

produ(ed, written and voiced the humorous cult-classic radio serial "My [vil Plans", featu]ing bony-faced anti-hero Skeletor. [ongtime patrons of the Alamo will also remember Mr. Erler's legendary vocal re-workings of (hristmas ca rtoon classics.

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of a profit would be soul-crushingly depresing. Wat(hing Christian Bale do heel clicks in the street as he inspires notjust his other cast members but each and every one of us? That's dreamy! They'd been hawking headlines, but one day they detided to make'em. And this time, the world will know. Wear a newsie cap to the show

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Alternative (ountry and its booze-fueled macho mythmaking get a well deserved wo-r over in l\,lichael Mabbott's raunchy mockumentary. The film takes as its starting point r'1 making of a (ontemporary tribute album for the notorious Guy, a hard-drinking, ha:r living legend who never quite made it. Guy starts out as a smalltown prairie boy v,:r just wants to play music, until an improbable, unexpected windfall leaves him nev,' wealthy. He soon acquires the requisite shady entourage, who encourage him to indul9: in enough intoxicants t0fell a water buffalo. Riffing off a hostof outlaw-(ountry myth; most notably the bizane saga of Gram Parsons's death - Mabbott also includes hysterica funny testimonials to his hero from such legends as Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm ar:
Merle Haggard. All of them adore Guy's songs (the few they've heard) but can't seem :: wrap their heads around his boorish, dickhead behaviour. Mixing in footage of notorror::

incidents in (ountry music history - such as Kristofferson's infamous a(ceptan(e speec' at the 1 970 (ountry Music Awards - Mabbott creates a persistently witty portrait of th: music industry and its need to cann:balize and glamorize its past. (Steve Gravestock)

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WIT}I DIAGONALS PLAYIN6 LIVE BEFORE THE MOVIEI D: ANT0NIA GANZ 2004 97MlN. BETA SP NR' US PfrEMIERE!
virtually unknown in the US, and may in only spark re(ognition in those familiar with the transgressive honor films of Buttgereit (NEKR0MANTIK), whose 1993 frlm 5(HRAMM involved the
The German avant+ock band MUTTER is MUTTIR

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female torso). Made up of longtime vets from the German art-rock scene, most

often slow, heavy, brutish

undercut and refracted by self-mockery and humour - the latter ofwhich makes unique among their (ontemporaries. Mixing tour footage, interviews, and private
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films, the documentary takes us ba(k to the Berlin ofthe 80s and early 90s.

MAY 14 - e:45PM:

TIM BUCKTEY: MY F[tETING H0USE

WITH T$T LOVELY sPARROWS PLAYING TIVT BTfORTT}IE MOVIE

D: VARI0US 2007 105MlN. VIDE0 NR

pattyforthe fint-ever collection of rare from Tim Buckley's live performances, including thirteen full-length songs! footage spans his entire career, from 1967 to 1974, and includes unreleased ofinteraction with Buckley on The Steve Allen 5how (1969) and on WITF'sThe (1970). Also features interviews with Larry Be(kett (co-writer of many songs
MVD presents this sneak-DVD Release

Buckley), Lee Underwood (Buckley! guitarist) and David Browne (author of Brother: The lives ofleff and Tim Buckley"].

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MAY 21 - e:45PM: WASTED ORIENT: A FILM AB0UT J0YSIDE

WITH BTACK PANDA PLAYIN6 IIVT BEFORT IHE MOVIT!

D: KEVIN FRITZ 2006 91 MlN. BEIA 5P NR Members of the popular Chinese punk band Joyside echo one (oncept
this at times gut wrenching dotumentary: "Rork and rolli'one of them states "is addiction to chaos."This film explores that idea and illuminates not 0nly a

(punk) that celebrates that chaos, but an entire generation that languishes in Fan Bo, Liu Hao, Bian Yuan, Yang Yang, and the rest of Joyside rome to vivid life
they t0ur modern day China and settle in t0 their disaffected skins. There are no answers here-questions about national identity, friendship, hard and aesthetir authenticity subtly emerge am0ngst hundreds of beers, layers of
rock star swagger, and some

astounding punk rock shows.

MAY

28-e:45PM: ZACHARIAH: THE ELECTRIC WTSTERN

WITH WEIRD WEEDS PI-AYING LIVE BEFORE THT MOVIE!

D: GEORGE ENGLUND, 1971,93M1N. 35MM NR this loose retelling of Herman Hesse! SIDDARTHA, Zachariah (John Rubenstein) his best fiiend Matthew (Don Johnson) are small-town boys who decide to gunfighters. After first taking up with a band of musical outlaws, the (hilariously played by the legendary agit-prop pop group (ountry Joe and the the two decide t0 join ace gunslinger Joe (ain (Elvin Jonei and his gang (The Jamer
ln Gang a pacifist philosophy

featuring future Eagle Joe Walsh). Finding himselfdisturbed by killing, a shift u (prompted by oracle Doug Kershaw) sends Zach back to farming

while Matthew blasts his way through the gunfighter ranks, inexorably working his way to a showdown with the one marksman he's not sure he can beat - Zathariah. Featuring heavily homoerotic overtones and a saipt bythe Firesign Theatre (0medyttoupe

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ln conjunction with the Ballet Austin production of"Taming 0fThe Shrew,,we are happy to present the incredible atomic age 3D version of 5hakespeare's dassic, Kls5 ME KATE in real 3D Stereoxope. This is not the bad 3D with the red and blue glasses that gives you a headache and doesnt reilly

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perfect synchronizati0n, one with the image for your right eye, one with the image for your left. 0nly a handful oftheaters in America are capable ofscreening this format. The Alamo Drafthouse is in that elite category. And ifthat's not enough - master chefJohn Bullington is preparing a five course

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KII-I-ER OF SHIEP - I,ITW 35MM PRIHT MON MAY 21 & WED MAY 23 . 7PM, DOWNTOW}I
D. (HARLTS BURNTTT 1977 83MIN.35MM, NR One of the greot Americon mosterpieces con now be seen the w|y it was melnt to be, in 0 dozzling new 35nm p/nf. KlILER 0F SHEEP is something of a miracle - a 1 6 millimeter blackand-white movie which was made for around ten thousand dollars. For his nonprofessional cast Charles Burnett used friends and people that he knew in his Watts neighborhood. The result is a portrait 0flife in the ghetto remarkable for its realism. Thrust into a series ofscenes featuring many different rharacters, the audience must pay close attention until it becomes clear what the relationships are. Gradually a story emerges concerning a slaughterhouse worker named Stan, married with two kids, who is dissatisfied with his life but is unclear as
to why. His wife wants more intimary, but he closes himself off to her. Friends try to get him involved in some shady dealings - he rebuffs them. His everyday life is filled with setba(ks and frustrations. Even this cursory outline makes it seem as if is has a linear story-line, but

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JA(03 STPTIMUS 2O(}5 89MIN. BTTA SP lfyou've been to underground noise shows, unlawful bicycle events in the streets, or believe in the impending apocalypse, you might've noticed some of the
D. ANTHONY HOWARD & members ofthe Black Label Bicycle Club. They build their own bicycles. Tall-bikes, in particular: frames welded on top ofother frames so the seat rides six feet offthe ground. They're easy t0 spot ffuising down a crowded avenue, orjousting under a bridge, canying a long plumbing pipe and trying t0 kno(k an 0pp0nent to the tar. But if you've only ever gawked from afar at these very exclusive pedal-powered

Helll Angek, you don't know the whole story.

8-BIT SPONsORED BY HOGWILD!, AIN'T IT (OOt NEWS AND AMODA WED APRlL 4 - 9:45, DOWNT0WN
D: JUSTIN STRAWHAND 2006 90MlN. BETA 5P NR Part rockumentary, part art expose and part (ulture-(ritical investigation, 8-BlT is a documentary examining the influence of video games on contemporary culture - from the 80's demo scene to (hiptune musi( and contemporary artists using machinima and modified games. With the help of media critir Ed Halter and new media curator and writer Christiane Paul, these very re(ent artisti( strategies are put in the historical context ofmodernist and postmodernist discourse and examined as potential examples 0f a transition into fresh, uncharted tenitory. 8-BlT brings a global perspe(ive on the new artistic approaches 0fthe DIY generation which grew up playing Atari and (ommodore 64,featuring artists su(h as (oryArcangel, Bit5hifter, Bodenstandig 2000,
Bubblyfrsh, Mary Flanagan, Alex Galloway, Glomag, Paul Johnson, John Klima, Johan Kotlinski, Nullsleep, Joe McKay, Tom Moody, Akiko 5akaizumi, Eddo Stern, TIAMTEND0, Treewave and (arlo Zanni.

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the pule sexual essen(e; the man all women want and all men want to inimitable Jeny Reed. With 0ne ofthe alFtime great natural perform setond highestgrosingfilm in Jerry Reedjustwaitedforthe camera to ioll and simplyacted like himself.There's nowondering whySMOKEYwasthe (oors in the lobby, lyric sheets for the opening song and more! (Iim League) We,il have iive music by LIL CAP'N TRAVIS before the show, a semi full of
Slil0KEy AND THE BANDIT represents the career ar(. He's Then there,s the theme song, t0e-tapping distilled to pedection and sung by the

DIRE(T0fi: HAt NEEDHAM 1977 96MlN.35MM PG cre( 0f Burt Reynolds

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WITH TRIENDS OT DEAI{ MARTINEZ tIVE! WEDNESDAY MAY 2 - 7:00PM - D0WNT0WN DlR!(T0R: Ct{RlS METZLER & JEFF SPRINGtR 2004 86MlN. EETA 5P NR In the middle of a harsh desert valley in (alifornia's southeast (orner, lies a mering blue jewel - the Salton Sea. Along its desolate shores stand boarded
motels, dusty rural towns, half-flooded va(ation homes, and miles of fish carcasses. Amid this suneal and apocalyptlc landscape survives a mosl usual and unexpected group ofeccentrics, who have carved outtheir own sli(e paradise on the shores ofthis ecological disaster. With a recently-added
by John Waters and a store by

triends of Dean Maftinez, who will be

live before the movie! Also plays May 8th at 9:45pm without the live music.

AMADEUS - THE DIRECTOR'S (UI WlTl{ l-Nlt[ MlNl'5Y[,1pH0NV BEFoRt T]lE FILM!
SUNDAY APRIL 15 - 1:30PM & 6:00PM - DOWNT0WN

PKW PRODUCTION5 PRESENTS

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Mlt05 FORMAN 1984180M1N" 35MM n

lf you have missed out on these usually sold-out shows, join us for two s<reeninqs of Milos Forman's 1985 oxar-Winning masterpiece, AMADEUS! The dhector's tut of AMADEUS thirkens the already arresting plot with tons of added footage tha to the story of Court-(omposer Salieti (F Munay Abraham in his0scar-Winning performance)and hisrivalrywiththerenown prodigy, Mozart.The live music heard befote the movie and in an intermission concert will bea
adds even more depth and drama

offamiliar and re-imagined Mozart presented by basist and two-time Pulitzer Nominated (omposer P. Kellach Waddle and the musidans of PKWprodudions'
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PKW PRODUCTION5 PRESENTS

THE PINK PANTHER

WITH !-IVE FIENRY IvtAN(INI MUSIEAL TRIBUTE BEFORE THE FItM!

SUNDAY MAY 20 - 6:00PM - D0WNT0WN

DlRtCT0fi: ELAKE TDWARDS 1963 11sMlN.35MM

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CelebratedAustin bassistand (omposer P. KellachWaddle pays homageto mastercomposet Henry Mancini with a (oncert of Mancini tunes before a screening of Blake Edwards'classic original Pink Panthet film' tormer Goon Peter Sellers stars as the i(onic bumbling French lnspector Jacques Clouseau who is on the trail of the world's largest diamond
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"The Pink Panther'- which has recently been stolen by an infamous lewel thief known only as'The Phantomi TH E Pl N one of nearly 30 films Mancini scored for Biake Edwards, and their collaboration helped Mancini to become the sophisti(ated, subtle, sensitive and otiginal composerthat he was'
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THE JOURNEY SINGA[ONG

JOURN[Y {OVER BAND ODYSSEY tIVE WED MAY 30 - 9:45PM - DOWNT0WN
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what I (onlider t0 be a very personal triumph, because the world has finally come around and given in to its long-represed love

of .lourney. We'll start off with the incomprehensible J0URNEy ES(API Atari game (ompetition (before showtime, as pre,show entertainment), we'll have the amazing local Journey cover band

importantly, we'll have an amazing Total Journey Experience ons(een, with spe(ial clips between the videos telling the story ofJourney and their importance in pop (ulture and movies. (Kier-La Janisse)

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customer and lifelong Beatles fan David Strong! This acting debut by the Fab 4 immortalizes the "innocent" moptop era of the Beatles. teaturing their British invasion pop songs Hard Day's Night, hnt Buy Me Love, and She Lores lou, among others, this bubbly little movie also showcases the ineverent and contagious Liverpudlian humor that also defined the group. lt,s a peek into the crazy whirlwind center of Beatlemania, and will transport you t0 the sliqhtly ridiculous charm of the early 60's.

Aboutthe Eggmen: Winners of"Best Cover Band" in the Austin Chronicle for five years running, The Eggmen not only sound like the Beatles, they dress, speak and perform like the Fab Four as welll Thanks to the faithful covers byThe EggMen, fans can
experience the magic of the Beatles'music again and again.

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THE YACHT ROCK BOAT PARTY! WITH JO RYZhIAR (MI(HAEI N4CDOIIATD},

LOG6INS), HOiLYWOOD STIVE ANO KOKO LIV[I AND LIVE YACHT ROCK BY CAPTAIN SMOOTHE! RIDAYMAY TPM-I1PM -TOWN IAKE

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(SPONSORED BYAUSTIN RIVTRBOATS) Although the term'ya(ht rock'generally refers to the highly polished brand of soft rock that emanated fiom Southern (alifornia during the late 70s and early g0s, it became a part ofthe
1 01 premiere of yA(HT R0(K in June of 2005. llunter Stair's saga detailing the unknown mythical origins of a previously obscure genre of music struck the audience like a lightning bolt. Join usforthe ultimateYACHT RocK pARTy featuring all episodes of the show followed by a Q&A with the stars and live nautically-themed

vernacular pradically overn ight with the Channel

J.D. Ryznar and

music by (APTAIN 5M00THE (members

ofthe Diamond Smugglers and 5ummer Breeze)!

SERGE GAINSBOURG's BIRTHOAY FEAST MO't{DAY APRIL 2 - 7:00PM - ALAMCI 00WNT0WN

FEAST TICKETS INCTUDE FRENCH FOOD/WINE PAIRINGs - MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE It has ben said that the Frend can't rock. And yet you'll rarely find a contemporary buzz-band that doesn't owe a (ertain debt to the Gallic visionary Serge Gainsbourg. Alternately considered one of the ugliest men

in music and one ofthe sexiest men in music (depending on who you ask), Gainsbourg was the mastermind behind the French ye-ye fad of the 60's, and his magnetism won him the attention of a stable of gorgeous female singers that included Brigitte Bardot, Francoise Hardy, Jane Birkin and Marianne Faithfull and the

expert produdion talents of frequent collaborator Philippe Lerichomme. (ome bask in the glory of 5erge as wepulloutsomeofhisrarests(opitonesandtelevisionappearances. Highlightsindudethevideoforlernon
/ncest (his

tontroversial duet with pre-teen daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg), his propositioning of a shocked whitney Houston on live television, and the infam0us MEL0DY NE[50N TV spE0Al, which sees his pivotal concept album hilariously animated and performed by Gainsbourg and longtime partner Jane Eirkin. ,Vofe:
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that bills itselfas "The Greatest Hollywood Martial Arts Movie Ever Made!" lt shouldn't surptise anyone this daim stands up under ssutj with the hardrell tacti(s employed by exploitation film promoters that not one shled 0f South Africa. But here's the good nev.s Noionly is it not qreat, it's tenible. lnd itt not a Hollywood movie at all it's from y0ur civilized veneer' lt's g0t an the kin; of hype;dumb karate movie that will delight the drooling hallwit underneath guys in thewolld, and an uilstoppable t<arate midget, a bitter Nazi whoformsthe greatest army 0f(white) karate

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haveto onlyonedrug moreaddictivethan heroin: Eurotrash cinema.0nce it gets intoyourbloodstreamy0u an addict. You may have seen me seen people eat their own children when they don't have a(ess t0 it.l myselfam pointless zoom-lens shots, badly down the middle of the street at night, looking through garbage cans for gorgeous actresses with long straight hair voke style dubbing, lush sensual rinemascope compositions and most 0f all, an obsession. This is an inaedibly rare enough'eye make:up to paint every working girl in Paris. lt! a mania. lt's star Stephen Boyd, who looks t<ink-iest staning the tesiicle-imploding beauty Marissa Mell and slumming American (Lars) gotten int. the;ake-up kit too. But be warned, it's a .ne waytickett0 pleasure and madnes.

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MIN, R APRIL 18 MIDN16HT, FREI, OIR. JOHN BUSHTLMAN, 1976,35MM, 1S2 (uts like a swikhbladt. A janingflm in l0t ofways, A really gritty, nastyjuvenile delinquency movie that
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(alifornia high schoohthatan eniertiining movies in the genre. lttakes place in and atound one ofthose southern

yadt lo(k, but when the violence and brutal familiar fiom a niillion I&A comedies, and the soundtrack is reminis(ent of moviesthat addresstee start - school,s outlThere'sa hand-wringing veneerofsocial concem here but unlike a lot ofother little angels who need a spanking and/or crime there,s no pretense that these kids are merely misunderstood, tarnished
set up shop in Santa Monica' No - these teenagers are Demons who have escaped from Hell and dialogue and a killer twist ending. (Lats)

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part 0fthejoy 0fWeird Wednesday is the thrill of uncovering little known exploitation auteurs. A good example of a directr whose movies are angty, bittel sociC who developed his own unusual siyle in the golden age of the'70s is Horace Jackson, This movie has the guts to take a stana tracts aboui life in the ghett0. 8ut wait, theyie also really strange and entertaining. on dangerous drugr ,guintt th. t inA of dope-pushers who stand around outside elementary schools and hook 7-year-olds a cute kid in a wheelchair to take on thP The hero is a recovering isychotk who teams up with a committed tea(her and in abouttwo minutej so seriousand earnestthatthe ridi(ulousnessfactorreaches criti(al mass

menace.it'sill getdumb, insensitin anjthe restofthe movie isa rollirking knee-slapperaboutlittle kids hooked on dope. Asa bonus,you'll
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BLACK COBRA MAY 2 MIOI{IG}IT, TRFE, DIR.jOE D?MATO, 1976,35II4M,90 MIN'

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Laura Gemser, star of BLACK C0BRA. Miss Gemserwas positively heaverF

lily in the bteeze .xplosion ofthe'70s: lithe, dark+kinned, with doe-eyes and movements as graceful as a in some of the ir,. ruy *rrr have been the most beautiful adress of the '70s - period. But her <areer track led het to star nt.t .ver made. Her Black Emanuelle knockoff movies more than made up for in kink what they lacked in *ori fltu.o, brilliante produaion values. The director she rollaborated with most fruitfulty was Joe D'Amato, a filmmaker ofsporadk

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COP KILLTRS MAY 9 MIDNIGHT, Tfif T, DIN" WALTEft {'CI.IY, 1973,35MM,93 MIH, R
Nihilht whitesploitation from the makers of tLESH G0RD0N. This movie was clearly intended to be a peckinpah-esque existential ballet ofbullets and bloodshed but insteadit! a laugh-riot with everyclkhe in the book trotted outand given mouth-to-m0uth
hard on this movie, since the entire cast appears stoned out oftleir minds throughgut. Ihe plot concerns a pair of drug middlemen who won't let anyone stand in their way ai they move a shipment of rocaine through the desert. N0t only do they kill many cops, they also badly mistreat an i(e cream vend0r, Aiong the way they abduct an innocent
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"Leatheron the outside...All woman on the inside!"ln the late'60r Biker moviestookoff,thankst0thesuc(essofRoger(orman! the world started popping wheelies to rush product into the d-rive-ins and grindhouses before the fad died down. HELI(AIS is certainly am0ng the most entertaining moviei to result from the great biker film gold rush, though no one could posiblyconsider ita good movie byanystretch.Whaiit does have is amazing, ba"d dialogue and some ofthe best bad acting you'll evet see. And unlike most biker movies, which generally featured a simplipremise as an
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TP FONSYTI{, 1976, 16MM, B8 MIhI, ft ltis, infact,abouta lovelyfemale naval cadetwhoteams upwith her equally attractive and buxom colleagues to find out what happened t0 her sister. h! all tied in with blarkmail and the mob and some tompromising photos 0fa political (andidate but don'tworryt00 mu(h aboutthe plot - the filmmakers didn,t - it,s a dumb sex <omedy with a difference. And that difference is the always unpredidable (harader actor Timothy (arey, who plays a mob
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Linda Blair in her first big-screen fright role sinre EXOR(l5T I l. Director De5imone was brand new to honor, having cut his creative teeth in the world of 1970s all-male hardtore porn. This era of his work included titles like SWAP MEAT and 50NS 0F SATAN, in which a man finds that his brother has loined a cult of devilworshipping gay vampires. Find me a copy of that and l'll wash your goddamn car for a year. (Zack)

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to learn. Like for instan(e, what's with all these aggressive, superdeveloped albinos living beneath the earth's surface? Robert Powell and six adventuring schmucks have the same question, and get to find out the answers firsthand when a cave-in and some enormous reptiles (!!) force them deep into the catacombs beneath South America. One of these geniuses valiantly fends off a giant snake attack by clubbing the (reature with the barkofhis gun.0ur heroes eventually run afoul ofthe ivory-skinned Lemurians, who
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and Genit Graham) set up their swanky new satellite dish, they inadvertently beam in a carnivorous mutated spacebeast that (an attack (and devour!) through the TV. luckily, Grandpa is a shell-shocked survivalist with a military-grade arsenal, and he and grandson Sherman (a wee Chad Allen) are ready to blast the menace from the Putterman home. A criminally underseen goldmine of'80s schlock, this
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of B movies would even hint at. Wat(h for funnybone-busting performances from Alejandro Rey as the dynamite bisexual Greek love machine and Jon Gries (King Vidiot from J0YSTICKS) as a guitar-shredding metal maniac named 0.D. Hey, that reminds me...be here to see J0n Gries present J0YSTICKS, the most raging video game movie ofany millennium! Turn to pg. 17 f0r m0re detaiis!l (Za(k)

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have been dying from "severe sexual exertion", and all roads lead back to a shady lady scientist with a penchant for bee research. For various reasons (some of which actually be(ome clear later), said studies necessitate massive amounts of female nudity and lethal humping. 5o if either of these subiects interest you, we'll see you front row center at the screening. Scumbag. (Zack)

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have a perfect famiry, and whenever one doesn't meet his expectations, he butchers them, identity and shacks up with a new singre mom. A simpre but originar srasher premis. i, boiling nightmare rever by Teny O'Quinnt schizophienk-in-the-red performance.

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MIoFIt6H[ FRFE, DtR..t0Et M" REEn, 1976,35Mtu1, &6 MtN, p6 better or worse, Joel M. Reed made his name with misogynist tortuie opus Bt00DSUCKING FREAKs. Thal same year, the NY firmmaker paid a far ress sreazy tromage to the Hammer and Amicus studios anthology films with this collection of cockeyed tenor iales. Juit a sample of what you,ll see trere: an extremely mad bomber, a money-grubbing ghost, a cautionary tale about the dangers of time traveL anJ an absolutely derailed story about a kung fu master facing o* against a fire-u"rtii.g q"rl.ilgi,. Aii rigit...thre'siot actually a huge quantity of blood in BLoOD BATH...but there wererit inyrnonri.o o, balls in M0NSTER'S BALL and a ton of people saw that movie. (Zack)
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of Hollywood's silver age, starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden. The story is about two brothers, stuffy businessman Bogart & blonde playboy Holden, who fall in love with their chauffeur's daughter.Sabrina
had been a shy, wallflower type, who worshipped the dashing playboy brother, until she goes away to school in Paris and comes ba(k a sophisti(ated, lovely young woman (and chef!). All's fair in love and war, and soon Sabrina and the brothers have both on their hands light-hearted but razor-sharp tale from the director 0fSOME UKE lT H0T. The American Film lnstitute rerently added SABRI NA to the 1 00 Greate( Love Stories list, and its magic has never paled throughout over 50 years. Alamo chefTrish Eichelberger will be preparing a feast just for this screening. We dare you to find a better way to spend the holiday than with mom,
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Who knew that the entire world would fall in love with a talking pig? But a dozen years after its initial release, BABE is still the supreme barnyard charmer. The story ofa bashful but earnest young porker who faces adversity, brings a farm together as a family and learns to herd sheep (!) came quietly from Australia to become one of the most enduring rhildren's fllms of the'90s. 0ur young hero's friends are equally memorable: Ferdinand the duck (who thinks he's a rooster), Babe! sheepdog "mother" Fly, and no one will ever forget the gentle friendship between the animals and their quiet, beloved Farmer Hoggett. Despite the fad that it was written by the man behind the MAD MAX movies, BABE is an experience that anyone of any age can (and will without a doubt) enjoy. Some say the film did more for vegetarianism and animal rights awareness than PETA and the Animal Liberation Front combined, and for this one-time event, Alamo chefTrish Eichelberger will be preparing a beautiful organic vegetarian feast, featuring produce from local farms and even local organic
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"droogs'i AIex (heats, steals, beats, violates, murders and humiliates who_ and whatever he pleases, until his sudden incarceration leaver him alone and powerless. Behind bars, he becomes a guinea pig in a revolutionary experimental proceduie aimed at rearranging the criminal mind. Sweeping (inematography, unprecedented harshness and a brilliantly icy performance by Malcolm McDoweil make this adaptati'n of Anthony Burgess, nover a permanent burn on the brain. widely ronsidered one of the most arifully hanowing cinematic experiences, Stanley Kubrick's grim s(i-fi thug opera was released to a severe storm 0fc0ntroversy, and has since become an undeniable film landmark. Alamo Drafthoase Cimema

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