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Charlie Chaplin: The Tramp Turns 100
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Shakespeare Cinema, Part I
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Jane Fonda Life Achievement Award
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Studio Ghibli Encore
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Burt Lancaster, Part 2
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DC Labor FilmFest
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Action! The Films of Raoul Walsh,
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Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces
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APP
Fri, May 9, 9:30
It’s not just an app, it’s terror in
the palm of your hands. After a
night of partying hard, college
student Anna wakes up to find
a new app downloaded on her
phone, IRIS, a Siri-like assistant.
While at first the app seems
helpful, it soon becomes clear
it has more sinister motives. From sending scandalous texts to
hacking into other systems, this app can’t simply be deleted.
The first film to use second-screen technology, audience
members with smartphones can download the movie’s
interactive IRIS app themselves—if they dare!—and play along
during the movie (we’ll make an exception this one time –the
AFI Silver management).
DIR Bobby Boermans; SCR Robert Arthur Jansen; PROD Kees
Abrahams, Robin de Levita, Edvard van ’t Wout. Netherlands, 2013, color, 80 min. In Dutch with
English subtitles. NOT RATED
For the interactive theatrical experience,
download the app, “App the Movie.”
Free Screening!
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
Sun, May 18, 4:00
May 17 marks the 60th
anniversary of the Supreme
Court’s landmark Brown v.
Board of Education decision,
which struck down segregation
in the classroom and was
a major victory for the Civil
Rights movement. AFI Founding
Director George Stevens, Jr.,
wrote, directed and produced the 1991 Emmy-award-winning
account of this historic chapter in America’s history. Sidney
Poitier gives a commanding performance as NAACP Chief
Counsel Thurgood Marshall, arguing the case all the way to
the Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Earl Warren
(Richard Kiley) and against the formidable defense of legal
heavyweight, and one-time Democratic Presidential nominee,
John W. Davis (Burt Lancaster).
DIR/SCR/PROD George Stevens, Jr.; PROD Stan
Margulies. US, 1991, color, 191 min. NOT RATED
CITY LIGHTS
Sat, May 17, 3:45; Sun, May 18, 9:45
Possibly the Tramp’s
greatest tale: having
fallen in love with a
beautiful young blind
woman (Virginia Cherrill)
who, through a mixup,
has mistaken him for
a millionaire, Chaplin
resolves to raise the funds
to pay for the operation
that will restore her sight.
The film’s celebrated
twist finale established this Depression-era classic as one of the
screen’s most bittersweet romances. “I think I like CITY LIGHTS
the best of all my films.” –Chaplin.
DIR/SCR/PROD Charles Chaplin. US, 1931,
b&w, 83 min. RATED G
MODERN TIMES
Sat, May 24, 4:15
Chaplin delights as an enthusiastic but comically inept
factory worker, whose willingness to throw himself into his
work results in much comic chaos. In the guise of slapstick
comedy, Chaplin’s film spoke to Depression-era anxiety over
labor unrest and burlesqued the mind-numbing effects of
mechanization. With Paulette Goddard as the gamine—and
soon to be the third Mrs. Chaplin.
DIR/SCR/PROD Charles Chaplin. US,
1936, b&w, 87 min. NOT RATED
UNKNOWN CHAPLIN
Sun, Jun 15, 3:15
Film archivists and historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill
take a fascinating look at Chaplin’s outtakes, revealing his
meticulous working methods, working and re-working scenes
and stunts, take after take, in order to create the “effortless”
magic on screen. Narrated by James Mason.
DIR/SCR/PROD Kevin
Brownlow, David Gill. UK, 1983, b&w/color, 156 min. NOT RATED
THE GREAT DICTATOR
Tue, Jun 24, 6:45; Wed, Jun 25, 6:45; Thu, Jun 26, 6:45;
Fri, Jun 27, 12:15; Sat, Jun 28, 4:20
Chaplin's first all-talking picture presents a biting satire on
dictatorship, with Chaplin as a Jewish barber mistaken for
Adenoid Hynkel, Der Phooey, Dictator of Tomania. His
cohorts include the scene-stealing Jack Oakie as Benzino
Napaloni (Il Dig-a-Ditchy), Henry Daniell as Garbitsch and
Billy Gilbert as Herring. As Hynkel, Chaplin speaks in a
rich guttural tongue interspersed with gibberish. Featuring
Chaplin's globe dance—one of cinema's most iconic images.
DIR/SCR/PROD Charles Chaplin. US, 1940, b&w, 125 min. NOT RATED
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Special Engagements
Charlie Chaplin: The Tramp Turns 100
Contents
Free Screening on Sat, Apr 19!
THE KID
Sat, Apr 19, 3:30; Wed, Apr 23, 6:30 (Montgomery College Show)
Chaplin’s debut feature
established the template for
his unique mix of slapstick and
sentiment. In the forsaken slums
of the big city, Chaplin’s tramp
stumbles upon an abandoned
baby, and, despite his initial
attempts to be rid of this
responsibility, settles into the role
of adoptive father, as “the kid”
grows into streetwise 6-year-old
ragamuffin Jackie Coogan. The pair enjoy a footloose father-
and-son relationship—until the authorities come calling.
DIR/SCR/
PROD Charles Chaplin. US, 1921, b&w, 68 min. NOT RATED
THE GOLD RUSH
Sun, Apr 27, 7:15; Tue, Apr 29, 7:15
The Tramp tries his luck as a prospector in wintry Alaska,
striking a rich vein of comedic gold (if little of the real stuff)
in this dazzling silent classic. “Whether staving off hunger
by cooking his boot or doing a dainty dance with a pair of
dinner rolls, Chaplin confronts the moral implications of every
delicious, meticulously realized gag. As the poor man of
refinement, the overlooked wanderer despairing of romance,
the survivalist imp of defiant pride, Chaplin is the apotheosis of
the world's despised and downtrodden, and also their hope.”
–
Richard Brody, The New Yorker.
DIR/SCR/PROD Charles Chaplin. US, 1925,
b&w, 69 min. NOT RATED
THE CIRCUS
Sat, May 3, 3:20; Tue, May 6, 5:15
Chased off the midway
by a policeman, Charlie
stumbles into the Big
Top, where his act's an
immediate hit and he
promptly falls for the
owner's stepdaughter.
But when he learns she
loves another, it's time for
one more noble sacrifice.
Featuring perhaps
Chaplin's most quietly poignant climax and some of his most
hilarious sequences, from the opening chase to his high-wire
tightrope act, complicated by frisky escaped monkeys.
DIR/SCR/
PROD Charles Chaplin. US, 1928, b&w, 71 min. Silent. NOT RATED
2014 marks the 100th anniversary of Charlie
Chaplin’s first appearance as "The Little Tramp,”
his chaos-prone but balletically nimble underdog
everyman, often unlucky, always plucky and,
eventually, iconic the world over. To celebrate the
occasion, AFI Silver presents a selection of Chaplin’s
most beloved films featuring his Tramp persona (plus
a few interesting variations), including his original
appearance in the Keystone Studio’s KID AUTO
RACES AT VENICE (1914).
Chaplin’s Mutual Films have been restored by Lobster Films and
Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with Film Preservation
Associates and Association Chaplin.
AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all
screenings.
April 19–June 29
Courtesy of Janus Films
Courtesy of Janus Films
Courtesy of Janus Films
Courtesy of Janus Films
Courtesy of The Film Desk
Courtesy of Ram Releasing
Shorts with Live Accompaniment
Supported by
Chaplin at First National, Program 1
Live musical accompaniment
Mon, May 26, 6:30
This program includes A DOG'S LIFE (1918), the famous
WWI spoof SHOULDER ARMS (1918) and THE PILGRIM
(1923).
Total program approx. 118 min.
Chaplin at First National, Program 2
Live musical accompaniment by Bernie Anderson
Sun, June 8, 1:30
This program includes SUNNYSIDE (1919), A DAY’S
PLEASURE (1919), THE IDLE CLASS (1921) and PAYDAY
(1922).
Total program approx. 102 min.
Newly Restored DCPs!
Chaplin at Mutual, Program 1
Live musical accompaniment by Ben Model
Sat, May 31, 4:30
This program includes THE FLOORWALKER,
THE FIREMAN and THE VAGABOND, all from 1916.
Total program approx. 87 min.
Newly Restored DCPs!
Chaplin at Mutual, Program 2
Live musical accompaniment by Michael Britt
Sat, Jun 7, 3:15
This program includes ONE A.M., THE COUNT and THE
PAWNSHOP, all from 1916.
Total program approx. 73 min.
Newly Restored DCPs!
Chaplin at Mutual, Program 3
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Sun, Jun 29, 4:00
This program includes BEHIND THE SCREEN (1916), THE
RINK (1916) and EASY STREET (1917).
Total program approx. 84 min.
Newly Restored DCPs!
Chaplin at Mutual, Program 4
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
& The Snark Ensemble
Sat, Jun 14, 3:30
This program includes THE CURE, THE IMMIGRANT and THE
ADVENTURER, all from 1917.
Total program approx. 78 min.
New DCP!
Chaplin at Keystone
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Sun, Apr 27, 5:15
A year after signing with Mack Sennett at the Keystone studio,
the 24-year-old British expat Charles Chaplin had invented a
signature screen persona, "The Little Tramp,” that immediately
connected with exhibitors and audiences who asked for more.
Soon he was directing his own shorts and on his way to screen
immortality. This program includes the very first appearance
of Chaplin as the Tramp, KID AUTO RACES AT VENICE, plus
seven other shorts from 1914.
Total program approx. 90 min.
Chaplin at Essanay
Live musical accompaniment
Sat, May 10, 11:00 a.m.
After a busy year at Keystone, Chaplin jumped ship for the
Chicago-based Essanay Studios and ten times the salary.
This program includes THE CHAMPION, THE TRAMP, A
WOMAN and A NIGHT IN THE SHOW, all from 1915.
Total program approx. 115 min.
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Fri, Apr 18, 7:30; Sat, Apr 19, 9:30
Richard
Dormer gives
a galvanizing
and charismatic performance as
Belfast punk godfather Terri Hooley, a
reggae-loving hippie who becomes an
enthusiastic convert to punk rock after an
energetic underground show by Belfast
band Rudi. Having already opened
the Good Vibrations record shop on
one of the most dangerous streets in
Belfast, Hooley doubles down and
starts a record label of the same name,
releasing singles by Rudi, The Outcasts and eventually the Derry wonderboys
The Undertones, a favorite of legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Opening
Night film, 2012 Belfast and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals; Best Irish Film, Galway
Film Fleadh.
DIR Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn; SCR Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson; PROD Chris Martin, Andrew
Eaton, David Holmes, Bruno Charlesworth. UK/Ireland, 2012, color, 102 min. NOT RATED
JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR
Sat, Apr 19, 7:00
Sun, Apr 20, 6:15
New 35mm Print!
JE T’AIME JE T’AIME
Fri, Jun 13, 9:45; Sat, Jun 14, 10:30;
Sun, Jun 15, 9:15
A cult classic from French New Wave
auteur Alain Resnais, which, unlike his
mindbenders LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
and HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR, has
been nearly impossible to see in the
U.S. Heartbroken and having recently
attempted suicide, Claude Rich volunteers
to take part in a time travel experiment
conducted by a shadowy corporation.
They need a human guinea pig—the
previous trial’s mouse came back ok!—
and Rich wants to revisit a particular
moment from his past. However, locating
fixed points in time turns out to be more
difficult than expected, which creates
unusual side effects for Rich. Music by
Krzysztof Penderecki.
DIR Alain Resnais; SCR Jacques
Sternberg; PROD Mag Bodard. France, 1968, color, 91 min. In
French and Dutch with English subtitles. NOT RATED
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Courtesy of Janus Films
Sat, Jun 28, 1:30
Tue, Jul 1, 7:30
AFI Member Passes will be accepted at all Special Engagements in this issue.
MODERN TIMES
In Memoriam
Alain Resnais
1922–2014
