AFI 40th Anniversary - October 3 2007

[mousepod]

On Wednesday, October 3, Target will be hosting screenings at the ArcLight in Hollywood in celebration of AFI's 40th anniversary. 11 classic American films, all being screened at the same time. Each film will be presented by a star of filmmaker. Tickets go on sale September 19. They're $25 each, and include popcorn and a soda. So which one would you go see?

[Snowflake]

Hmmm, this is a tough choice.

I've never seen (believe it or don't) Spartacus, I love Bonnie & Clyde and Shawshank (if only Tim Robbins were presenting, then it would be a no-brainer for me)

If it were Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews, that would get me down there. Sound of Music, nope.

The Birds with Tippi Hendren, tempting......

I do have a plane ticket sitting idle with JetBlue........except this is on a school night. :(

[Stan4dSteph]

I would probably vote for Morgan Freeman presents Shawshank, Clint Eastwood presents Unforgiven or Crystal and Reiner present When Harry Met Sally.

[katiesue]

I voted for "Spartacus". I love Kirk Douglas.

[Not Afraid]

Spartacus. I've never seen it on a big screen and haven't seen it in a very long time. Plus, I sort of like ornery ole' Kirk.

[Alex]

Probably Spartacus simply because I've never seen it on the big screen and it is a big screen movie. I'll be un-PC and say I'd almost prefer not seeing Kirk Douglas though. His recovery since his strokes is remarkable and inspiring but I get very uncomfortable watching how other people react to him, not so much as a person but like a precocious child. And that makes me sad.

No interest in The Birds (rare Hitchcock that I simply don't like), The Sound of Music (seeing it once is enough for me), Star Wars (I suspect I'll go the rest of my life never seeing this again; I'd be mostly burned out on it even without the abomination the industry has become), When Harry Met Sally (loved it but don't think it ages well).


Second place would probably go to Unforgiven, third to Shawshank, and fourth to Bonnie & Clyde.

[Boss Radio]

Let the Wookie win. Star Wars is a thing of beauty on the big screen.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

My parents took my brother and I to see the PG-13 Spartacus when it was released again in theaters, so I'm going with The Sound of Music, since it's a favorite film and I've never seen it on the big screen. My Captain HUGE before my eyes. Will my heart be able to stand it? Probably not.

[innerSpaceman]

The LAST movie I would see would be George Lucas presenting Star Wars.

And you all know what a big Star Wars fan I am. :)


But seeing the man who massacred Star Wars present his massacred version of Star Wars would make me seriously angry.



Almost as angry as I am that I can attend ANY of them. I'm performing a wedding that night. The first half of a wedding which concludes 3 days later in Las Vegas, causing me to miss 1) Gay Days; 2) Beat Hotel Substitute Retreat; and 3) my friends who live in Las Vegas who will be in Los Angeles that weekend.


Missing this splended AFI thing is just rancid icing on the devil's food cake.


Oh well, at least I won't go through the torture of choosing, because it's a VERY tough choice. I picked Tippi Hedren for The Birds because that sounds like the most hysterical.

Jack Nicholson was my runner-up ... but since I've hung out with him before, I'd rather go with someone I've never met (and I was disappointed Tippi was not out at her Tiger ranch when we ventured out there a few years back.)


I'd also love to see Julie Andrews, but really can't stand The Sound of Music. Angela Lansbury introducing Beauty and the Beast would also be sublime.


Ugh, so hard to choose. But I really wish I could do at least one.

B-A-H. :(

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Let the Wookie win. Star Wars is a thing of beauty on the big screen.

But is it the ORIGINAL Star Wars, or the Star Wars with the crappy new effects? Heh.

[€uroMeinke]

Bonnie and Clyde would be my choice - I heard an NPR feature celebrating it's anniveersary and I think the only time I saw it was the cleaned up for the ABC Monday Night Movie version back when I 10 or something. Of course Sparticus would probably be the best use of big screen.

Then again, I've never seen Sound of Music, but I wonder of the combined effects of big screen and Julie Andrews might be too much for me.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Wow, just about any of those would be really great to see. I would Def. be torn between most of them.

Sparticus would be worth it just to see Kirk Douglas in person.

Tough choice for sure..

[Kevy Baby]

What; no Blazing Saddles?!?

[innerSpaceman]

But is it the ORIGINAL Star Wars, or the Star Wars with the crappy new effects? Heh.
The chances of George Lucas presenting the original version of Star Wars are precisely six million, eight hundred forty two thousand to one.

[mousepod]

I'm voting for Spartacus, but I'm not going to be going - I just realized that TMBG are playing @ Avalon the same night.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Aww, I love TMBG.

[Tom]

I went with Bonnie and Clyde. The other films that interested me here I have all seen on the big screen before, so that was a major determinant. Unforgiven was tempting, but I've met Clint Eastwood before and I don't expect that he would have much interesting to say about the film (not much of a public speaker). I think Douglas would likely have interesting things to say about Spartacus and Nicholson could well be a hoot (if he was introducing The Shining, I might make a different choice), but Beatty would probably be interesting as well. Star Wars would be tempting but for the new added crap and the crowd that would likely attend. Seeing that film will never again be like it was, alas.

[blueerica]

I'm going with Bonnie and Clyde because I loved the movie and it would be cool to see on the big screen. A close runner up for me is Spartacus, because it would be awesome to see in a theater, and like NA, I'd love to see an old Kirk Douglas presenting.

[innerSpaceman]

Is one of them playing in the Dome, and not the Arclight?

If so, big-screen-seeing comes into play for me ... and vies with celebrity/movie combo as a big factor.

[Not Afraid]

Yes, but you're not going to the Arclight ever again.

[innerSpaceman]

I'll likely never go to the Arclight again, but I'll almost always see a movie at the Dome if a movie I want to see is playing there. No more online bait and switch though.


I wonder if I'd go see massacred Star Wars presented by five-necked Lucas if it were playing in the Dome?

[Babette]

Wow! That's a tough one. I really enjoy most of the movies. I've never seen Spartacus. Rocky is eh. Probably B&B with Angela, Music with Julie or Unforgiven with Clint. I just watched The Birds last night, well at least the boring part. Once they started attacking I had to change the channel. Actually, the boring part seems like the thriller for this day and age. Tippi would be considered a stalker.

[innerSpaceman]

Do either Julie or Angela sing their introduction??


That would make a big difference, ya know.


I'd even go Sound of Music if Julie sings her intro.


The person I'd most like to see is Warren Beatty. But I don't really want to watch Bonnie and Clyde (even though it's great, and I haven't seen it on the big screen since its original run .... yes, I'm that old). Can we theater hop at the Arclight? Or are normal multiplexing shenanigans going to be discouraged with this much age-dimming star wattage on hand?

[Alex]

What does introducing entail? Is it some kind of talk presentation or "Here's a movie I was in a few years back, hope you enjoy it"?

[CoasterMatt]

Maybe some one armed pushups from Julie Andrews?

[CoasterMatt]

I'd vote for Spartacus, btw - Kirk Douglas is one of my all time favorite actors, and one of the highlights of my life was walking in Spartacus Square

[innerSpaceman]

Well, my favorite celebrity introduction at the Dome was Tobey Maguire (for Spider-Man 3), who just gave the standard Arclight intro of turn off cellphones, the movie tonight is such-and-such, starring so-and-so (not mentioning that a certain so of so-and-so was himself). TeeHee, that was fun.


I'd expect the introductions for this event to be more substantial, but I guess Julie and Angela won't be singing theirs.

Alas.

[Morrigoon]

I voted for Spartacus... any chance to see an older film on the big screen.

[lizziebith]

I voted for Star Wars just out of loyalty, although, yes, it's the SE, and, no, I will never watch that on the big screen. I had vowed to never, EVER watch that, but during Celebration IV in May I accidentally popped it into my computer (trying to watch the original -- which is, duh, disk 2) and saw the whole train wreck. Yuck! Ironically, I was boycotting the 6-movie marathon at the time, because they were showing the SE versions of the first three, and I don't want to see the second three ever again, sooo....I went to my hotel room to watch the original instead. I'm still sad about it.

I saw George a couple of weeks ago on the lot (walking with Spielberg -- during the filming of some of Indy 4) and I recognized him because of the NECK! LOL...

[Snowflake]

So did anyone go to any of the films?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

We drove by them, heh.

[Snowflake]

We drove by them, heh.

Probably good enough!

[Chernabog]

We drove by them, heh.

LOL I was at the 24 hour fitness at the Arclight that night. Bitches made me walk all the way the hell around the building and back to get to the bank and back to the gym.

Stupid AFI. PEOPLE HAVE LIVES HERE, YOU KNOW!!!! ;)

[Morrigoon]

LOL I was at the 24 hour fitness at the Arclight that night. Bitches made me walk all the way the hell around the building and back to get to the bank and back to the gym.


Sooo... you were at the gym and they... they... MADE YOU WALK??? What has this world come to, LOL ;)