RETROFANTASMA FILM SERIES
FRIDAY, JUNE 19th
STEVEN SPIELBERG DOUBLE FEATURE!
JAWS
(US, PG, 1975, 124 min)
7:00 p.m. (Special time!)
The original summer blockbuster! Admit it, do you really remember seeing
this on 35mm on the big screen? Well, here's your chance to watch one of
the greatest horror films of all time! Every once in a while the right
talented people are at the right place together and come up with a
masterpiece. This is one of the best films ever made - period. Nearly
everyone in the Western world has seen this film and rightly so, Jaws
is a masterpiece of audience manipulation. It's is full of suspense and
sheer horror at times. Who hasn't jumped when the head popped out of the
hull of the submerged boat? Who didn't cringe when Robert Shaw was
bitten in two? Who didn't get scared when the shark popped its head out
of the water when Brodie was chumming? We could go on for ages. There
are some many great scenes in this movie. You can't beat this nowadays.
Cinema One
AND
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
(US, PG, 1984, 118 min)
9:30 p.m.
The darkest and most-violent of all the Indiana Jones films! Blood
sacrifices! Beating hearts! Child slavery! This is the one that caused
such a stir with parents (along with Gremlins) that the MPAA created the
PG-13 rating. It's true that this film gets gory and violent (you get to
see a man gets crushed to death under a huge stone crusher) but Raiders
of the Lost Ark had people's faces and skulls melting away, not to
mention big Germans getting shredded up courtesy of aeroplane
propellers. By contrast, Doom, has an even darker and more
sinister edge to it. Indiana Jones goes on the hunt for a sacred stone
which was stolen from an Indian village. His search leads him to
discover an underground Thuggee cult, which has stolen the stone and
forced the children of the village in slave labor. It's up to Dr. Jones
to retrieve the stone and free the children.
Cinema One
Tickets for Retrofantasma double features are $7 and are available at
the box office on the night of the show.
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