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August 15-21, 2002
repertory film
Send repertory film listings to lori@citypaper.net.
ATLANTIC CITY FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL Showboat Casino Hotel & Ventnor Theater, Atlantic City, N.J., 609-487-9952, www.atlanticcityfilmfestival.com Over 40 full-length features, foreign films, shorts and documentaries will be screened over a week, including a special tribute program on women in film and music. Through Aug. 17 (call or see website for full programming schedule).
THE BALCONY 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE Zoolander (2001, U.S., 89 min.) An aging male model is an easy target for villains who try to brainwash him into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia. Mon., Aug. 19, 8 p.m.
CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY 8711 Germantown Ave., 215-901-3771, www.armcinema25.com/chfg.html Charlotte Brontë Night Double feature: Jane Eyre (1944, U.S., 96 min.) Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine in this version of Brontë’s gloomily beautiful novel. Also features a cameo by a young Elizabeth Taylor. I Walked With a Zombie (1943, U.S., 69 min.) Low-budget horror movie that loosely adapts Jane Eyre to the Caribbean and has Rochester’s first wife under a voodoo spell. Tue., Aug. 20, 7:30 p.m.
COUNTY THEATER 20 E. State Street, Doylestown, 215-345-6789, www.countytheater.org The Good Thief (2002, U.S., 118 min.) Story of a just-released prisoner who returns to his hometown to try and start over. Directed by Doylestown native R.T. Herwig. Thu., Aug. 15, 9:15 p.m. Roman Holiday (1953, U.S., 118 min.) Audrey Hepburn as a princess on vacation in Rome who falls for an American newspaperman played by Gregory Peck. Thu., Aug. 15, 4:15 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 18, 4:15 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 19, 7 p.m. Harold and Maude (1971, U.S., 90 min.) A young man infatuated with death (he attends funerals in his free time) develops a strange but powerful relationship with a 79-year-old woman. Wed., Aug. 21, 4:15 and 9:15 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 3701 Chestnut St., 215-895-6575, http://www.ihousephilly.org/ARTS/film.html Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970, U.S., 97 min.) International House marks the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death with this screening of a Las Vegas concert film from 1970 that combines performances and rare behind-the-scenes footage. Fri., Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
JAMAICAN JERK HUT 1436 South St., 215-545-8644 On the Waterfront (1954, U.S., 108 min.) Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger star in the story of a longshoreman caught up in corruption at the docks. Scarface (1983, U.S., 170 min.) Al Pacino plays a Cuban émigré who builds a crime- and cocaine-fueled mob empire in Miami. Thu., Aug. 15, 7 p.m. (preceded by a discussion with Antonne M. Jones, author of The Family: A Philadelphia Mob Story.)
LAWN CHAIR DRIVE-IN Liberty Lands Park, Third and Poplar sts. Strictly Ballroom (1992, Australia, 94 min.) Baz Luhrmann film about renegade ballroom dancers who oh-so-dangerously buck the conventions of the conservative ballroom dancing community. Wed., Aug. 21, dusk.
MARATHON GRILL 1839 Spruce St., 215-731-0800 The Apartment (1960, U.S., 125 min.) Billy Wilder directs Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine to comic perfection in this story of a lonely insurance clerk who, in an attempt to climb the corporate ladder, begins lending out his apartment for his bosses’ trysts until one fateful night. Wed., Aug. 21, 9 p.m.
PRINCE MUSIC THEATER 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700, www.princemusictheater.org Sing-A-Long Grease Thu., Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 18, 2 p.m. Superman: The Movie (1978, U.S., 154 min.) Fri., Aug. 16, 5 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 17, 4 p.m. Modesty Blaise (1966, U.K., 119 min.) Fri., Aug. 16, 8 p.m. (followed by party at Tritone, 1508 South St.); Sat., Aug. 17, 9:15 p.m. Batman (1966, U.S., 105 min.) Sat., Aug. 17, 7:30 p.m. All About Eve (1950, U.S., 138 min.) Sun., Aug. 18, 5:30 p.m.; Tue., Aug. 20, 7 p.m. Sweet Smell of Success (1957, U.S., 96 min.) Sun., Aug. 18, 8 p.m.; Tue., Aug. 20, 9:30 p.m. The Bat Whispers (1930, U.S., 81 min.) Wed., Aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. Akira (1988, Japan, 124 min.) Wed., Aug. 21, 9:15 p.m.
STREET MOVIES 215-735-3785 Scribe Video Center’s free outdoor film and video screenings. Fri., Aug. 16, 8:30 p.m. (rain or shine) at DiSilvestro Park Playground, 15th and Morris sts.; Sat., Aug. 17, 8:30 p.m. (rain or shine) at Ralph Williams Park, 28th and Mitchell sts., Camden, N.J.
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