Edgar Wright & The New Beverly present The Wright Stuff 2

It’s been three years since I was at the New Beverly in Los Angeles for the first Wright Stuff season.

Now I’m finally back for round two of some of my work and a whole of my favourite films in mouth watering double bills. Many of these I’ve never seen on the big screen or certainly not with a big crowd, so this will be a lot of fun. Special guest announcements to come, so keep your eyes peeled.

See you there. Will be reasonably epic.

Prepare yourself Los Angeles for the return of filmmaker Edgar Wright as he descends on The New Beverly with his epic screening series The Wright Stuff II. Mark your calendars because Mr. Wright will be delivering a double dose of features, special guests, and more surprises starting January 14th and continuing through January 31st, 2011.

Keep checking back for further details as they become available. In the meantime, check out the line-up and thank us for answering your prayers.

* Be sure to check with The New Beverly for any last minute time and/or schedule changes.

** Keep up to date with The New Beverly and the events as they are posted on twitter and facebook.

*** Guests are TBC be sure to check back and watch twitter for updates.

January 14th & 15th

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, Friday & Saturday to discuss!

Both dates SOLD OUT!

Shaun of the Dead Fri / Sat: 7:30
Hot Fuzz Fri / Sat: 9:30
Scott Pilgrim versus the World Fri / Sat: 11:59pm (Midnight)

Edgar says:
 How hardcore are you? Enough to deal with my last three movies in one marathon night? If so, I will see you there!

January 16th & 17th

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, Sunday the 16th to introduce the films!

16th SOLD OUT

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

Brazil Sun: TBA; Mon: 7:30
Delicatessen Sun: TBA; Mon: 10:05

Edgar says: There are not many film fans that are not profoundly affected after watching ‘Brazil’ for the first time. After scoring a worldwide hit with ‘Time Bandits’, Terry Gilliam spent his box office chit in the most crazily ambitious way possible. ‘Brazil’ is a film so bold and brilliant, that it nearly didn’t see the light of day and was almost regulated to an Orwellian film vault never to reach general audiences. But it escaped, to inspire all who see it.

Edgar says: I saw Delicatessen on its initial release at the age of 17. My teenage mind could barely process this wild debut; brimming with style, bold of palette, mixing black hearted humor with the sweetest comedy. It’s an insane piece of work by two amazing artists, Jeunet & Caro. You’ve seen it ripped off in a million ways, by music video and commercial directors, by my good self and by the directors themselves. See it back on the big screen and applaud one of most influential comedies of the last few decades.

January 18th & 19th

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Tuesday the 18th to introduce the films.

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

Dirty Harry Tues / Wed: 7:30
The Super Cops Tues / Wed: TBA

35mm print courtesy of the BFI. SUPER COPS star David Selby & co-writer Lorenzo Semple Jr. will now appear IN PERSON on the 18th to discuss with the film with Edgar.

Edgar says: Dirty Harry is still the classic cop film. I’ve been unhealthily obsessed with it since I was 11, It has both Don Siegel & Clint Eastwood at the peak of their powers, the greatest villain of all time in Andy Robinson’s deranged Scorpio and one of my very favourite scores by Lalo Schrifin. I can tell you how many times I’ve seen it, ripped it off, been wowed by it. For me the Warner Brothers logo is forever linked with the crime ridden San Francisco of this movie.

Edgar says: The Super Cops is a rare treat on the big screen. I first saw this on TV at a very young age an was taken with the story of the real life Batman & Robin of New York; beat cops Greenberg & Hantz. I saw the film again recently and it did not disappoint. It’s an unsung buddy classic, mostly down to the unlikely badasses that are Ron Liebman and David Selby. I defy you to not come out of this movie loving this pair. I’m excited to watch this utter gem with you on the big screen again.

(Worth noting that the Batman & Robin connections don’t end with Greenberg & Hantz’s nicknames, the film is also written by Batman’s TV screenwriter, Lorenzo Semple Junior.)

January 20th & 21st

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Thursday the 20th to introduce the films.

January 20th SOLD OUT - Remaining Tickets Available Here!

American Graffiti Thurs / Fri: 7:30
Animal House Thurs / Fri: 9:45

Animal House director John Landis and editor George Folsey will appear IN PERSON, schedules permitting, on Thursday the 20th!

Edgar says:
Two 70’s box office smashes for Universal. Two fantastic jukebox soundtracks. Two great movies set in 1962. Both hugely influential.

George Lucas’ last non Star Wars directed movie is still as fresh and funny as when it was first released. It’s still the daddy of the ‘all in one night’ genre which spawned films like Dazed & Confused and Superbad. And its nostalgic look at the 60’s created a retro revival that never went away.

American Graffiti is a treat to watch, seeing all these young actors and film-makers working on something so funny, effortless and yet truly poignant.

Now imagine that Richard Dreyfuss’ character leaves for college at the end of one movie and arrives at Faber College…

Then we arrive at John Landis’ Animal House, a raucous behemoth of cinematic comedy that truly changed the landscape. This film made careers, created a new genre of adult comedy and continues to be imitated to this day.

January 22nd

Run Lola Run Sat: 11:59pm (Midnight)
* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, to discuss.

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

Edgar Says: Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run is the kind of movie I wish I’d directed; there’s such a joyful explosion of ideas and techniques, such great momentum and perpetual motion. When I first saw this it made me want to direct another movie more than ever, I remember dragging friends to see it, including Simon Pegg & Jessica Hynes. Indeed it had an influence on my favorite Spaced episode Gone (2.5). It will be great to see this again with a crowd, it’s like a great party mixtape of a movie.

January 22nd & 23rd

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Saturday the 22nd to discuss.

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

Frenzy Sat / Sun: 7:30;
Dressed to Kill Sat / Sun: 9:45;

Edgar says:
Late period Hitchcock and golden period De Palma, together at last. Both fantastic thrillers, breathtaking technical exercises and coal black comedies.

Frenzy had a mixed reception when first released as some were disappointed that Hitch finally showed in graphic detail what he had only hinted at before. I say this ruthless atmosphere only strengthens this grimly funny tale of a man wrongly accused of being a serial killer. As a Brit myself, I personally love the early 70’s grubbiness of the tale, murder among the fruit stalls and potatoes. Lovely!

Dressed To Kill opens with a dream sequence, but the nightmare never ends. De Palma conjures a dark cloud of doom over his ensemble and creates opera from terror. The technique in this film is absolutely incredible, one of those movies that is a mini film school in itself.

January 24th & 25th

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Monday the 24th to introduce the films.

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

The Driver Mon / Tues: 7:30
Duel Mon / Tues: 9:25

Director Walter Hill, star Bruce Dern & associate producer Frank Marshall will appear IN PERSON to discuss the film with Edgar Wright, schedules permitting, on Monday the 24th.

Edgar says:
Walter Hill’s spare, gritty neo noir, The Driver one of my favorite crime films; a gear crunching spin of Melville’s Le Samourai and a great snapshot of 70’s downtown LA. I love the stripped down dialogue, the lack of character names, the terse cat and mouse games and brutal bursts of violence.

Equally spare, Steven Spielberg’s debut feature film Duel is as great a sign of things to come as one could wish for. Not many first time directors could pull off something this effective and thrilling on such a low budget and short schedule. Not many directors have the word ‘masterful’ thrown around for their debut. Spielberg did. Film students take note, this is how you do it.

January 26th & 27th

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Wednesday the 26th to introduce the films.

January 26th SOLD OUT - Remaining Tickets Available Here!

Wild at Heart Wed / Thurs: 7:30
True Romance Wed / Thurs: 10:00

Edgar says:
Two lovers on the lam movies, two stone cold cult classics. Both equally beloved, both wildly entertaining, both frequently brutal and brutally funny.

David Lynch’s amazing Wild At Heart was released at the height of his network TV success with Twin Peaks, but does not pull any punches whatsoever. I vividly remember watching this on first release and being blown back into my seat by the outrageous opening; the combination of Im Abendrot, Powermad and a man’s head being bashed into a pulp was like nothing I’d ever seen. It remains a singular experience over twenty years later.

Edgar says:
Tony Scott’s True Romance also felt somewhat ahead of its time and though not a huge box office bonanza, has become one of the most influential Quentin Tarantino scripts. The film foretells the age of the geek hero by at least ten years and sparked a fire for an entire genre of meta madness, my films included. Given that he didn’t direct it, it’s ironic that it feels like Tarantino’s most personal film. Its still a joy to watch, still apparently Tony Scott’s favorite film of his own and my god, what a cast.

January 28th & 29th

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Friday the 28th to introduce the films.

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

The Wanderers Fri / Sat: 7:30
The Warriors Fri / Sat: 9:50

Edgar says:
1979 was a clearly a banner year for gang culture, as these two movies are the best of the genre. I showed these movies as a double bill in Toronto and they complemented each other beautifully. One is hugely underrated, the other is a cult phenomenon, both are amazing movies.

Phil Kaufman’s The Wanderers is a bruising, funny knuckleduster of a movie, a rites of passage set among the warfare and initiations of 60’s New York’s neighbourhood gangs. There’s so much from this film that has stayed with me, Perry’s haymaker punches, the fog bound streets where the Ducky Boys lurk, Ken Wahl belting out Dion, the apocalyptic football game. I love this movie.

Edgar says:
Walter Hill’s The Warriors is rightly celebrated as a cult phenomenon beyond even its origins as a movie; dialogue, sounds and images have entered into the consciousness in music, fashion and videogames. At the heart is still a barnstorming late night rumble of a film, another classic all-in-one-night tale as our heroes perform a lethal A to B in the dark terrain of a New York long forgotten.

January 30th & 31st

* Edgar Wright will appear IN PERSON, schedule permitting, on Sunday the 30th to introduce the films.

Remaining Tickets Available Here!

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Sun: TBA; Mon: 7:30
Miami Blues Sun: TBA; Mon: 9:45

Edgar says:
Two fantastic crime films, both with legendary, beloved actors, neither of which as are well known as they should be. I aim to change this with this double bill.

Michael Cimino’s Thunderbolt & Lightfoot is a buddy movie classic, with the amazing combination of Clint Eastwood in his prime and Jeff Bridges in one his earliest starring roles. This handsome duo head up a tough, funny and frequently insane heist movie. I dearly love this movie. With Bridges now attaining the same legend status as Clint himself, it will be great to watch this again with a crowd.

Edgar says:
George Armitage’s Miami Blues is another film slightly ahead of its time. In 1990 its combination of tough, funny noir and flashes of shocking violence seemed to bemuse audiences. Only five years later would Tarantino turn what was once for cult appreciation only into a global smasheroo. This very entertaining Miami lowlife romp has at its heart two great badass performances, the grizzled Fred Ward as Hoke Mosely and the frequently shirtless and impressively hairy Alec Baldwin as the charming psychopath Junior. This film is a little gem of broken fingers, lost digits and missing teeth. Anyone who has seen my amateur film Dead Right will know that I stole a joke from Miami Blues. I am willing to be shamed by screening it now.

  • Will Williams

    I would loved to have seen a double bill of Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” and Walter Hill’s “Southern Comfort” - both amazing gem movies of people trying to get home. 

  • Danland2

    Phantom of the Paradise… the 4 track Magnetic Stereo print!

  • I’ve gone to both the Edgar Wright Trilogy on Saturday and the Brazil/Deli night on Sunday - and this was SO frakkin’ awesome. More to come!

  • Anonymous

    I’m really gutted, i can’t get the time off work to come to this, i’ve already got the money saved up to come as well, these are some awesome double bills Ed. Guess i will just have to wait another 3 years 🙁

  • DIRTY HARRY is a masterpiece of cynical audience manipulation, with one really great line (“I figure he wasn’t collecting for the Red Cross.”). Siegel’s real masterpiece came a year later with CHARLEY VARRICK, a coal-black comedy about a single cold-blooded criminal outwitting a whole pack of them (i.e., the mob). And right behind that would behind that would be ESCAPE FROM ALACATRAZ.

  • b1gfatho

    Oi! Classes get in the way of most of these screenings, but I’m definitely heading out to the triple feature and the Hitchcock/De Palma double. This is gonna be totally awesome. Wish I could get into the True Romance/Wild at Heart one as well.

  • Advance tickets for all films in THE WRIGHT STUFF II series will go on sale this Friday, January 7 at 12:00pm (noon) PST. Links to ticketing for each event is now accessible on the New Bev calendar page or through the Brown Paper Tickets site directly.

    • maya

      can we go to the new beverly and get the tickets when they go on sale?

  • Jake Mulligan

    A. You have to bring this series to the Brattle sometime. The screenings there are always great (by the way, they just screened a pristince archive print of “Phantom”).

    B. “Thunderbolt”/”Miami” is one HELL of a double feature. As are all of these (my favorite is probably “Wild”/”Romance”) but the combination of homoerotic humor and anarchic Alec Baldlwin is inspired.

  • Tom

    Any chance you could do something like this in England? Please!

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  • Anonymous

    Wow! Has it really been 3 years??

    Aw man I would love to see Brazil on the big screen.

  • Benji

    Shitttt THE WANDERS and THE WARRIORS, that something to really behold as a double feature for NYC street gang films. Also could somebody bring Michael Cimino to the Thunderbolt and Lightfoot screening?

  • Andrea Vega

    Edgar Wright’s in New Beverly Cinema. All’s Wright with the world!

  • Epicly epic! Hope I can get in for some of these.

  • AmberGrindstaff

    Truly an a epic honor to see this!

    but only in my dreams

  • Chris

    No Fistful of Fingers Preshow?

  • Chris

    No Fistful of Fingers Preshow?

  • Please come to Miami!!

  • ME

    WARRIORS!

  • ME

    WARRIORS!

  • Anonymous

    Damn! I might just pitch a tent outside the New Bev for two weeks!

  • afillari

    I really wish you’d come to San Francisco with these events. It looks like a great lineup.

  • afillari

    I really wish you’d come to San Francisco with these events. It looks like a great lineup.

  • Hunter

    The best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had was me and two other single dudes watching “True Romance” and drinking 3 dollar bottles of wine.

  • Matt

    ARGH! There’s no option to buy tickets on the New Bev’s site! Are they all already sold out?

  • Matt

    ARGH! There’s no option to buy tickets on the New Bev’s site! Are they all already sold out?

  • Matt

    ARGH! There’s no option to buy tickets on the New Bev’s site! Are they all already sold out?

    • No, tix not on sale yet.

      • Maya

        When do tix go on sale?

        • Advance tickets will go on sale later in the week and we’ll announce the exact date & time on our website soon.

    • No, tix not on sale yet.

    • No, tix not on sale yet.

  • Jaynap1981

    You’re really sticking it to us Mid-Westerners by dangling allthese enticing double-bills in front of our faces. Not fare, I declare! All I can do is take your recommendations, purchase said DVDs, and throw my own Wright Stuff with my friends. And don’t think I wont! Is “The Wright Stuff” copyrighted?

  • NO.

    Please tell me your coming back to Toronto for The Wright Stuff 3? I went on the 3rd day last year and missed all of the fun, although seeing Rushmore and Ferris on the big screen was amazing

  • NO.

    Please tell me your coming back to Toronto for The Wright Stuff 3? I went on the 3rd day last year and missed all of the fun, although seeing Rushmore and Ferris on the big screen was amazing

  • Ricardo

    Do you know that in some spanish-speaking countries (like mine) the title of “Hot Fuzz” was translated to “Super Policías” (The Super Cops)?

  • Ricardo

    Do you know that in some spanish-speaking countries (like mine) the title of “Hot Fuzz” was translated to “Super Policías” (The Super Cops)?

  • Ricardo

    Do you know that in some spanish-speaking countries (like mine) the title of “Hot Fuzz” was translated to “Super Policías” (The Super Cops)?

  • Ricardo

    Do you know that in some spanish-speaking countries (like mine) the title of “Hot Fuzz” was translated to “Super Policías” (The Super Cops)?

  • Ricardo

    Do you know that in some spanish-speaking countries (like mine) the title of “Hot Fuzz” was translated to “Super Policías” (The Super Cops)?

  • Ricardo

    Do you know that in some spanish-speaking countries (like mine) the title of “Hot Fuzz” was translated to “Super Policías” (The Super Cops)?