Cemetery Screening - August 5th - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
 

This film was shown last summer and the event SOLD OUT. I suggest that, if you are interested in seeing it you get there EARLY EARLY and do the line thing in the front.

so wish we could be there

Me too - just to far

Not missing this for the world. I even know some Cemetery Virgins who will be attending. Some of you know them from Disneyland Hotel parties. This will be a lollapalooza of a cemetery screening.

That's our anniversary weekend...and CP doesn't work. I'm thinking we won't be missing this one.

We plan to be present as well.

*clapclapclapclap* deep in the heart of Texas!

This film sold out last year. IF a group of people wants to see this film, I suggest getting in line our front REALLY early. I'm thinking 4:30-5:00.

I'm still undecided about going. I'm a poopoohead.

Yes, poopoohead, that's the word exactly.

Ahem, Tim Burton's first film, Danny Elfman's fantastic score. Yes, I know it's a comedy - and thus anathema to you - but your chances of liking a comedy are better if you watch it with a laughing audience.

I'm so there! I'll be a cemetary screening virgin too.

I wish I could go, buy alas, I'll be in Vegas.

I'm more interested in the week after that...

Oh, wish I could be there. One of my favorite all time movies. iSm, you are so right, Tim Burton's first (and one of his best) and Elfman's fabulous supercalafragalisticexpealadocious score. :iSm:

Sooooooo, IF people are going to go, I would suggest that a lead group go out early to sit in line our front. By early, I mean 4:30 or 5:00. I would NOT plan on driving in. This film will sell out and you may not get in if you don't go early.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to be able to make it, so you guys may be on your own - which I'm sure is fine.

Iiiiii might be able to actually do this one... Wow!

um, but can we borrow The Table??







actually, a cemetery screening without Not Afraid and €uro would kind of freak me out.

I need to find a chair or something to sit on. Is something on the ground with a back ok?

We've taken to sitting in the chair section along the sides. As long as the chair is low and leans back, you're cool. Target's selling the ones we got (has backpack straps) right now in their seasonal summer stuff.

We should have no problem showin' up early to stake out the line. Hope others will join us.

I'll check them out tomorrow. Thanks. What I have is cloth on the bottom with a back. I can see my butt falling asleep.

Those work. I find them more comfortable than most poeople do, but it's definitely better than nothing.

Oh, I don't think I could stand to miss this one.

Here's the Press Release:

PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
Saturday, August 5th
Gates at 7:30 pm Film at 9:00 pm
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Boulevard at Gower
No reservation necessary.
$10 Donation Tickets available at gate.
As a courtesy to other movie-goers: NO TALL CHAIRS

Celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, Pee Wee's Big Adventure has truly become a modern comedy classic. The genius of actor Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, has been cherished for generations and made this film one of the best-loved of the 1980s. This fantastic collaboration of both Pee Wee and director Tim Burton, is not only one of the most original films ever made, but also one of the most hilarious. When Pee Wee's prize possession is ruthlessly stolen, he embarks on a cross country journey, encountering some of the strangest and funniest cast of characters. Bring blankets, drinks and picnic dinner for this special screening below (and above) the stars. DJ Jun spins before and after the screening.

I got a fantastic chair from Longs at the beginning of the summer, and it has worked out so very, very well for me...

I'm so excited over this one!

Can't wait to see y'all. Pee-Wee!!!!

OK, I've made arrangements with my client so that I can make it o this one. Se, Chris, myself and our table will be in attendance. I will try to bring my sense of humor that night.

I'm so glad. It would be so weird to have everybody and their brother there, except you two. Pfft.

So risking an outpouring of quotes I don't recognize, is there a certain food or beverage appopriate for this film?

If this film were a person, he would be old enough to drink!

I say anything goes.

small foods perhaps?

No, BIG adventerous foods.

Small foods with Big exotic flavour

BACON!

:)

Choices:
Suburban Picnic: Potato salad, Kool-aid, etc.
Texan fare.
Or GD's favorite - Drive-in food.

Hehehe, that's right ... the drive-in within our sit-in scene is going to be very surrealistic.


I vote for Texan food. Alamo!

ooo choices!!!

Being this is my first cemetary screening, how does the food work? Do we each bring what we want to eat or is it potluck style or something else?

We usually bring enough for ourselves plus extra to share.

Does Pee Wee go to NYC in this film? I still have fixins for Manhattans that I picked up for last week's screening.

No further east than, than, oh I can't seem to remember where ... :p


but it's quite a ways shy of [drawl]New York City.[/drawl]

Yeah okay - remind me to reread this thread after I see the film

I'll just bring the bourbon then

Awesome. Thank you!

Is alcohol allowed?

Who can forget the famous musical number:

Tequila!

Bring big shoes.

"...and knitting and knitting and knitting!"

As for food, I'm thinking they don't make Mr. T Cereal any more... :D

Okay, so it looks like Leigh-Ann and I will be there! From what I am reading you all say to show up around 5pm-ish. Is that correct? Where should we park? Anything we need to bring? Please reply!

:)

Easiest place to find parking is one of the side streets off of Gower, south of Santa Monica.

Bring food, booze, a low lawn chair if you have one ("low" means, if you're sitting in it, your head is about as low as if you were just sitting straight up on the ground). And more blankets are always helpful.

We're probably going to be there at about 4:15-4:30ish. Definitely want to be sure we get a decent spot in line.

We'll be there early as well. I've cleared my calendar.

Parking in Gower between Melrose and Santa Monica is easiest and, if you get there early enough, won't be a problem. After you park, walk North (towards the Hollywood sign) to Santa Monica, hang a right and the Cemetery is just ahead on the right. Call my cell (or some else's) when you get there and we'll help you find us in line.

There are NO bathrooms outside, so pee beforehand. They have Andy Gumps inside at the screening site.

Have $10 cash per person on you, they don't take credit cards or checks.

And, when we get to the spot, I will become a space nazi and start barking blanket orders. Don't be alarmed. ;)

Bring everything you would if you were going on a picnic in the woods. There are NO concessions - Cups, plates, Wine opener, forks, etc. Although, we always bring extras - most of the time.

OMG, biggest cemetery screening ever! My pals, Jim, Ginny and Laurie are also coming. Some of you know them from various Disneyland birthday scenarios .... this is the way Ginny wants to celebrate her birthday (officially occurring a couple of days later) and, considering what she's been through this year, I for one indulge her every whim.

Leave room for desert everyone. It's birthday cake!

(pssst, we'll also be celebrating Eliza's big 3-0 that night)

OMG (I'm gonna need more candles)

I made 2 big meal-salads tonight - both vegan so far (cheese can be added), however, one has nuts (out for ISM). One is a rice salad (similar to the one I posted in the Summer Foods thread and the other is a tuscan bean salad with tomatoes, lots of fresh basil and other goodies. There's enough to share - and more.

I also made bruschetta tonight and, unless we eat it for breakfast with omlettes, I'll bring that too.

We also have black berries, chili-lime peanuts, peaches, wasabi peas, humus, various breads and chocolate. I had fun today, but may not be able to carry all of this crap tomorrow. ;)

Holy crap! Seriously??? I didn't know that! Now I actually wanna see it.

I don't think my brother is going ;)
:( But, (everyone I know has a big butt) you can make smiley face pancakes!

Didn't anyone ever see Frankenweenie?! Poor lil' puppy. I believe that was before PWBA. Anyhow, PWBA was his first BIG release. [PEEWEE] heh heh [/PEEWEE]

Just like the fortune teller Madam Ruby!

I'm ready for my Sherpa, Mr. DeMille.

Really, is anyone bring a llama or some other beast of burden?

Howzabout we picnic on the front lawn - ridding ourselves of 90% of the food - and just do desert and birthday cake for the second supper inside?

Isn't that why women invite men to these things?

Actually, I called for back-up men to help already. ;)

I wish I could go to this :(

But, I will be taking my 4 Yr old twin girls to a performance of Peter Pan :) at the JCC where they go to day camp (in the San Fernando Valley :( )

Have fun and have some Jimmy Crack Corn for me.

Alex isn't invited?

I wish I could go, too. But I'm taking Heather out to dinner (it's her birthday tomorrow). And... um... oh yeah, WE'RE IN FREAKING SAN FRANCISCO!

darn.

I'll definitely be there next weekend, though - ain't no way I'm gonna miss a screening of PSYCHO!

That.Was.It.

Interestingly enough, Pee Wee's Big Adventure makes it's HD debut next Saturday evening :)

As a Pee Wee Virgin, I had a great time - of course it was pretty cool that Paul Reubens was there to introduce the film - along with half the cast, though it was kind of hard to hear him over the applause.

The film definately was improved with the audience, clapping along to "Deep in the Heart of Texas" and toasting with Tequilla. It was also one of those only in LA experiences - a little extra to what have been just another Saturday night at the cemetery.

Oh, now, I'm really sick I did not fly down for this (I considered it). :(

Yes, I'm going to go ahead and say that (especially for the non-virgins,) it was perhaps the best cemetary screening ever. No hyperbole here, when you get to watch a gem from your youth, with a bunch of other people who treasure it like you do, AND with the guy who created the phenomenon... it's really rather magical.

bah...

Sounds like you all had a wonderful time.

What tickles me is that clap clap clap clap - Deep in the Heart of Texas seemed so spontaneous, and not some planned Rocky Horror, bring-your-toast kinda of thing.

I heard so many people say they hadn't seen the film in years and years. It was already a pumped-up, sold-out "house" before Paul Reubens/Pee Wee Herman took the stage, held a brief cast reunion, and then introduced the movie with delightful inflections of 'the voice.'

I've never laughed so hard at that film. I think the same can be said of many in the crowd. That crowd was alive, was scinilating, and simmering towards boil. The movie just kept getting funnier and funnier, everyone in the crowd feeding off each other (and perhaps with a little inspiration from having so many in the cast in the audience).


At one point, Keith and I were talking about the phenonmon of staying up all night. I didn't get a chance to mention to him that, in the days when I made a habit of that ... it was accomplished via LSD ... and invariably it would be on a Saturday night that would see us finally go to sleep after watching Pee Wee's Playhouse on Sunday morning. You might say I grew up on Pee Wee. It was such a personal treat to have Paul Reubens there for the screening of his big motion picture hit. And it was wonderful to share that personal treat with a few thousand other people having the same personal treat.

It was so nice to have a big LoT turn-out for this one. All the fun of our mega-picnic combined with the cemetery screening that will go down in history!




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This was my first cemetery screening and I loved every minute of it. Camping out in line was way better than waiting in front of the castle for fireworks. (Thank you to those who got there super early to hold the spot.) Question: If you were to [something about sex] what would [something about sex]?

Once inside, our group picniced around "the table" and shared many tasty dishes. I looked around to see like 500 other groups involved in their own salads, wine, cheese, pizza delivery, couscous and such. Trader Joe's could have been an event sponsor. iSm brought the most delicious chocolate cake to celebrate Genny's birthday (and Eliza Hodgkins, too).

So, the movie was about to start and who was there but the major players in the cast - Pee Wee, Dottie, Chuck, Simone, Mickey, and of course Francis! Also, Michael Varhol, another co-writer (we miss you Phil Hartman :( ) was there and actually sat in front of us for the whole screening. Such an amazing surprise.

The screening was pure fun. Everyone's spontaneous participation. Laughter. People enjoying it like it was the first time. Speck, Large Marge, desert dinosaurs, Jimmy Crack Corn, The Alamo, rodeo, heh heh, TEQUILA!, the drive-in. I know the ambiance and wine did improve the feel of the movie, but I think the story really held up over the years (well, maybe not Twisted Sister).

My only negative of the whole evening was the voice track progressively loosing its synch. My DVR does that every once in a while too. Oh, well.

Good movie! Good friends! Good times!

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wow, I'm so sorry I missed out on this. You guys were in my thoughts. :)

I hada really good time! The comedy did nothing to irritate me in that way many comidies of that genre do. There were so many homages to other great gilms that I was greatly entertained throghout. Why no one mentioned that that the film starts out with a Tour dream is beyond me! ;) The spontanious "clap clap clap Deep in the heart of Texan" was absolutely wonderful. My other favortie moment was from Chris during the Alamo tour scene. He said, in that voice MASECA!

The vibe couldn't have been better. The crowd was so into it and, I couldn't help but be caught up in the happiness. I'm not sure I would watch this film on my own - especially after such a great viewing but I'm REALLY glad I got to make it to this one.

One thing I caught in the film - in the Magic Shop, there is an Elvira poster on the wall. Then she shows up later in the film as the Biker Babe. I wonder if she was in the audience. We shared a space and convo with her at the cemetery last year.

I also loved the Tim Burton feel to the film. There were a few Frankenwenie moments. I forgot Elfman did the soundtrack and I, surprisingly, really liked the music.

It was areally great night and I'm so glad I was able to make it.

We did an improptu stop for drinks at Tantra (which used to be such a hot spot-what happened?) and closed the place. Actually, we were supposed to go to another place for flaming margaritas but ended up in Silver Lake at another place that wasn't the flaming margarita place, but Tantra happened to be next door. I don't know the name of the place were were actually TRYING to go to, but Chris named it Los Cantalopes and that's all I can rememeber.

Amazing. Totally, completely and utterly amazing.

This was my first cemetary screening, and I haven't seen Pee Wee's Big Adventure in years. The group (not just our group, but the entire group) was an a delightful group of people to see this movie with. The spontaneous clapping, the laughter and most of all, the cast made the night. The cast. The cast was there. Amazing and surreal.

Trader Joes could open up a mini-store for summer Saturday nights and turn a huge profit. It seemed that everywhere you looked you were surrounded by bags from Trader Joes.

The group was a great group of people. Everyone was so polite and even the lady in the "tall chair" ended up on the ground after it was pointed out that no one behind her could see.

:) Heheh, the vocal track being all out of synch reminded me of "No, no, No" - "Yes, yes, yes" from Singin' in the Rain.


(Are they ever going to show that there??)

Oh, and cups with shots of tequila in them were the best movie participation props ever.


:iSm:

TEQUILA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I might be the first to get video of this up on YouTube (my cursory search turned up nothing). You can't see much, but you can hear everything. Awesome (pass it along to anyone you'd like :D ). We also got this photo

The whole evening was more fun than it had any right to be. I've seen the film probaby a dozen times, but it's been well over a decade since I've viewed the whole thing. And I'm glad it has, as rediscovering those great little moments, and suddenly understanding some of the "adult" inferences that once went over my head was a true delight. And knowing that all those involved in the movie were there enjoying the atmosphere with us was magical.

Even having grown up in SoCal, I can't claim very many true hollywood moments. This qualifies in spades, and I'm still just giddy that I was a part of it.

And, of course, thanks to iSm for the deadly cake! Happy Birthday EH!

Thanks GD! It is so funny, we can totally hear our voices, giggles and cheers! That was such a great experience.

Fantastic footage GD. I really wish I'd been able to come down for it. I have so many good memories of Pee-Wee.

Here's one:
I was a teenager - working in NYC, but was living at my parent's house in NJ. One early evening, I was walking around uptown and got caught in a torrential downpour. Seeking sanctuary from the rain, I jumped into a comedy club. The club was set up in such a way that the bar was accessible from the street, and the dining room with the stage was just beyond it. The two rooms were separated by a plexiglass window, so you could watch what was going on and hear it through a tinny speaker, but you could only go into the dining room if you made dinner reservations. The comedian on stage that week was Pee-Wee Herman (the only time I'd seen the character was on an HBO special). I was absolutely floored by his weirdness - and when I got home to NJ later that night, I insisted that my parents make dinner reservations to see this psycho. A couple of nights later, Mom, Dad and I sat down at our table just a few feet from the stage and were treated to a full set of Pee-Wee's standup act. Pure genius. It is a memory I will treasure always.

I wonder who'll show up at the Psycho screening? Mrs. Bates, perhaps?

... I wonder if I should bring some Brandy...

Only three members of the credited cast are still kicking (Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Patricia Hitchcock) so maybe they'll get Anne Heche.


You know, I never saw the Psycho remake and have mostly put it out of my mind. I just looked at the cast and it is actually a very good one (Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Philip Baker Hall. Hard to believe they all got behind such a stupid idea.

Who's there already?

Are any of the Psycho cast members currently "residing" in that cemetary?

It's awful. Terrible. Crappy. And it features the worst shower curtain ever. :D


Sounds like everyone had a fabulous time at the PWBA screening!

Who's bringing a birthday cake for the Psycho screening?

August 13 is Hitch's birthday :)

BTW, for those that were there. When Paul Ruebens responded to the guess of "Large Marge" with, "Boy, I wish Large Marge", he wasn't being silly...the actress, Alice Nunn, died a few years after the movie was released.

Yes, but where is she interred?

Grandview Crematory in Jacksonville, Florida.


For Psycho:

Anthony Perkins was cremated and not interred
Janet Leigh was cremated and not interred
Martin Balsam is in Cedar Park Cemetery in Emerson, New Jersey
Simon Oakland was cremated and not interred
Frank Albertson is in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California
Lurene Tuttle is in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California
John Anderson was cremated and not interred
Alfred Hitchcock was cremated and not interred
Robert Bloch (book author) is in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California
Bernard Herrmann (composer) is in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York



Could not find information on John McIntire, Vaughn Taylor, or Mort Mills. The screenwriter, Joseph Stefano, is also still kicking apparently.

That was the wife or SO of the other writer of the film. He joined her after the film started.

Oooh, I will look for him next time I am visiting our family members there. Both of our grandfathers, both grandmothers on dad's side (grandpa D's two wives), grandfather-in-law, aunt, and a few others we know/knew are there. Grandma on mom's side visits at least once a week. I bet she knows where Albertson is buried. I know others like Bela Dracula Lugose, Rita Hayworth, Bing Crosby and John Candy are there, too.

OK, now that I wrote this all it sounds really creepy.

Heheh, stop by and visit next time you're out there (I live across the street from that cemetery .... would be a lot easier on me if they'd have the damn screenings there.)