I want to get word out right now to fellow Gaffer's before it sells out!
It's hosted by my teacher and good friend Jesse Hawthorne Ficks and I promise that anyone who makes it out will have a good time, just based on his comments and questions. So yeah! buy the tickets
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MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS presents
"A Genuine Tribute To Edgar Wright"
Writer/Director Edgar Wright, who will be here in San Francisco at the historic Castro Movie Palace iN PERSON, will be showcasing his three feature films as well as numerous odds and ends from his ouvre (DON'T!) as well as introducing each film and holding a Q&A on stage with host Jesse Hawthorne Ficks! This extraordinary event costs ONLY $15 so buy your tickets early! This is gonna be one helluva nite!
7:00pm - SCOTT PiLGRiM VS. THE WORLD (2010)
Based on the graphic novel by Brian Lee O'Malley
Containing: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Johnny Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Alison Pill
Somehow this film slipped under many people's radar last year only to become one of the first great underrated films of the decade! On par with films such as RUSHMORE and ELECTiON, this intelligent coming of age flick is chock full of progressive poignancy, 8-bit nostalgia, really-relatable side characters (with Kieran Culkin giving one of the greatest performances ever!) and a non-stop creativity that proves that Mr. Edgar Wright is a genuine force to be reckoned with. Not only is this the R-rated teen movie you would have snuck into ten times to see when you were a kid, it's a film that will remind you that you can still do that sort of thing! 35mm print courtesy of Universal. 112min.
NOTE: There will be a Q&A on stage with Edgar Wright and Jesse Hawthorne Ficks immediately following SCOTT PiLGRiM.
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qaLmfzW3I
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9:45pm - HOT FUZZ (2007)
Written by Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright
Containing: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Frost
Capturing the buddy cop genre was attempted before and after this brilliant little ditty (see Kevin Smith's COP OUT and Adam McKay's THE OTHER GUYS). Yet what makes HOT FUZZ such an underrated gem is that it actually achieves it's own place within such classics as POiNT BREAK and BAD BOYS 2 by presenting such a sincere BFF (Best Friends Forever) relationship between real-life BFFs Simon Pegg & Nick Frost. This movie sneaks up on you and should be visited (or revisited) by all who may have overlooked it. Widescreen 35mm print courtesy of Universal. 121min.
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8hqExgrxQU
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11:59pm - SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
Written by Simon Pegg & Nick Frost
Containing: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield & Lucy Davis
Riding high off their decade defining TV series SPACED (1999), this gang of Brits transferred their interests to the big screen and gave the world one of the all time great Zombie parodies while at the same time (like HOT FUZZ) carving out it's own top-spot within the genre it loves! What would a couple of modern day stoners do if the world were overrun with flesh eating corpses? Edgar Wright and company deliver a bloody great film that only gets better and better with multiple viewings! This must be seen at the greatest movie in the United States with the director IN PERSON introducing it to a whole new generation! Widescreen 35mm print courtesy of Universal. 99min.
Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBewQPFdKE
It's hosted by my teacher and good friend Jesse Hawthorne Ficks and I promise that anyone who makes it out will have a good time, just based on his comments and questions. So yeah! buy the tickets
HERE