The Wright Stuff III / Noir is the New Black / Friday Dec. 16th, 2011

I’ve done two seasons at LA’s New Beverly Cinema showing favourite movies of mine. For my third season I had the brainwave that I should show all the classics and cult gems that I haven’t seen.

Three cult classics on 35mm. Vintage trailers. Five very special guests in Elvis Mitchell, Daniel Waters, Josh Olson, Richard Kelly and That Kevin Smith. Get your tix.

7:30 pm / Hickey & Boggs

1972, USA, 111 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by Robert Culp
Written by Walter Hill
Starring Bill Cosby, Robert Culp, Ta-Ronce Allen, Rosalind Cash, Isabel Sanford, Lou Frizzell

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PLUS, on the same double feature:

9:50 pm / Cutter’s Way

1981, USA, 105 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by Ivan Passer
Starring Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry

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Edgar says: (‘Hickey And Boggs’ suggested by Quentin Tarantino , Elvis Mitchell & Daniel Waters | ‘Cutter’s Way’ suggested by Daniel Waters)

How about some hardboiled gems to finish off my season? ‘Hickey & Boggs’ & ‘Cutter’s Way’ is some real LA noir. The former reunites Robert Culp & Bill Cosby, the stars of ‘I Spy’, in a gritty detective movie written by first time screenwriter Walter Hill. Culp also directed what has become a highly regarded nugget of noir over the years. ‘Cutter’s Way’ AKA ‘Cutter & Bone’, starring John Heard and Jeff Bridges, was more of a cult darling on its initial release and was featured only two years after it opened in the 2nd volume of Danny Peary’s Cult Movies. I say you come down to see Cliff Huxtable and The Dude get rough.

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright, Elvis Mitchell & Josh Olson.

PLUS, Midnight Screening (Separate Ticket)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984, USA, 103 minutes, 35mm, MGM Repertory
Directed by W. D. Richter
Starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum,
Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash

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Edgar says: (‘Buckaroo Banzai’ suggested by Kevin Smith)

I end my special season with a film that inspired the whole endeavor. A few months ago, a Twitter follower was aghast – aghast – that I had never seen ‘Buckaroo Banzai’. He asked ‘How is that even possible?’. Well the answer is thus; it was barely released in the UK. It certainly played nowhere near me. I was also in a VHS less household for the whole of the eighties (cue violins). And finally I did not have cable either. So my exposed contact to ‘Buckaroo’ was nil. That is finally about to change. And super fan Kevin Smith has decided to come and hold my hand for my first watch. The perfect midnight movie to end on? I can’t wait to find out.

Screening hosted by Edgar Wright & Kevin Smith.


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  • Andrew

    Cutter’s Way is a strange, offbeat but original gem with a standout performance by John Heard. 

    I still gotta get around to watching Hickey and Boggs which looks promising. Bill Cosby had serious acting chops aside from his comedic skills. See Mother, Juggs & Speed! 

  • http://wearfare.deviantart.com Wearfare

    Anything starring Matt Frewer must touch gold…ok, except for that one season in 24.