U.S., 2005
Tim Irwin
90 minutes

BY POPULAR DEMAND!

RETURNING TO THE CLINTON FOR A THIRD WEEK!

New documentary on these punk rock legends!

This feature length documentary chronicles the ground breaking, early 80’s punk rock band from their humble beginnings in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA to their tragic and untimely demise when lead signer and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van accident in December of 1985.
Told by those who were there, “We Jam Econo – The Story Of The Minutemen” weaves in footage from over fifty newly shot interviews with archival interviews and live performances to capture the dynamic energy and do-it-yourself spirit of these punk rock pioneers.

Website

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 1970
Albert and David Maysles
91 minutes

In December of 1969, four months after Woodstock, the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane gave a free concert in Northern California, east of Oakland at Altamont Speedway. About 300,000 people came, and the organizers put Hell's Angels in charge of security around the stage. Armed with pool cues and knifes, Angels spent the concert beating up spectators, killing at least one. The film intercuts performances, violence, Grace Slick and Mick Jagger's attempts to cool things down, close-ups of young listeners (dancing, drugged, or suffering Angel shock), and a look at the Stones later as they watch concert footage and reflect on what happened.

Website

Shows at
9pm

Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

"Thank God for film archivist Dennis Nyback. If not for his encyclopedic knowledge of rare films and his tenacity for acquiring them, we would never have the privilege to view some astounding works of cinema."

- Willamette Week

Film archivist Dennis Nyback returns to the Clinton with gems from his extensive collection of rare and often controversial
film titles.

Friday - July 8 - 7pm
The Effect of Dada and Surrealism In Hollywood Films of the 1930's
Hollywood took Dada and Surrealism and cheerfully dumped them into American movies with no explanation or framing devices in the early 1930s. This program shows great examples of films that jumped on the Dada and Surrealism bandwagon to delight and mystify viewers reeling from the Great Depression. It includes footage from The Big Broadcast (1932), International House (1933), Dames (1934), Duck Soup (1933), and more. It includes the surrealist master Busby Berkeley and Dada masters W.C. Fields and the Marx Brothers. Much more.

Friday - July 8 - 9pm
Dada From Z to A
An amazing documentary about Dada made in 1962 with interviews of many of the pioneers of the movement plus great archival material. Hans Richter is featured as are many others. Learn about the reasons for the movement. See their paintings, sculptures, collages, films, and listen to their poetry and songs. Absolutely not to be missed.

Saturday - July 9 - 7pm
Fuck Mickey Mouse
Ten cartoons from the 1930's that show how other animation studios battled against the Disney Company juggernaut by first ripping off the rodent, then beating him to the punch in filming public domain material, and finally by openly mocking Uncle Walt and his minions with vicious parodies of his work. The show concludes with a cartoon Disney made that won the Academy award and that was then suppressed by the Disney company for fifty years.

Saturday - July 9 - 9pm
Top Secret Offensive
Animation Show
Titles can not be announced for this program which shows the truth about American history as evidenced by classic cartoons that the copyright holders have suppressed for many years. Yes, the truth is here that you are not supposed to know about America's Sexist, Racist, Violent past, amazingly enough contained in old cartoons.

Sunday - July 10 - 7pm
Vaudeville Deluxe preceded by live vaudeville
On film you will see a fabulous array of vaudeville entertainers from 1927 to 1940 including Gus Visser (The man with a duck), W.C. Fields (his rarely seen juggling act), an unknown performer who skips rope and tap dances ON HIS KNEES, Frankie Manning and The Congaroos (out of this world Lindy Hopping dancing), Chaz Chase (the man who would eat anything), Eddie Peabody (the banjo virtuoso) and many others. Live on stage you will see modern vaudeville entertainers who juggle, dance, play whacked out music and more.

Monday - July 11 - 7pm
The Mormon Church
Explains It All To You -
NEW AND IMPROVED!
I recently acquired, after years of searching, the Mormon film The Mailbox. Many people told me this was the one film they saw in school that remained permanently seared in their brains.

Monday - July 11 - 9pm
Smoking, Drinking, Sex!
Dozens of cigarette, beer, and wine commercials, Four guys talking about the shape of a beer bottle and smoking, the amazing Uncle Harold's Party 1928 home movie, and five classic hard core stag films from the 1920's including A Free Ride, Hokum the Magician, and Der Schwartz Messe. All films will contain at two of the three title subjects!

Tuesday - July 12 - 7pm
Gumby Superstar!!!
This is the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Gumby. "The 1950's Gumby claymation series has always startled and amazed with its imaginative plots and characterizations. The playful worlds (and moods) created by the steady artistry of Art Clokey (Gumby's creator) continue to mesmerize the youthful hearts and minds of millions", from the IMDB. They cannot be truly appreciated on TV. Here on the big screen you can see Gumby Racer, The Magic Marbles, Gumby's Christmas, The Magic Wand and other original Gumby cartoons.

Tuesday - July 12 - 9pm
Happy 110th Birthday
Buster Keaton
Yes, Buster would be 110 years old if he were alive today. Fortunately his genius lives on in the films he made. This program will include five of his greatest short films. They include One Week, The Garage, Coney Island (with Fatty Arbuckle), Cops, and The Blacksmith. See them on the big screen where Buster belongs!

Wednesday - July 13 - 7pm
Dada Dada Dada The fifth annual BRING YOUR OWN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SHOW!
What could be more in the Dada spirit than the audience providing the soundtrack to fabulous Dada and Surrealism films? If you can't play your instrument it is even more in the true Dada spirit! There will be new material in this show and some old favorites. Included will be works by Man Ray, Fernand Leger, Rene Clair, Marcel Duchamp, Viking Eggling, and other masters. New this year will be Life and Death of 9413, Hollywood Extra by Robert Florey and the cartoon Felix Woos Whoopee.

Thursday - July 14 - 7pm
Marcia Brady Fetish Night
See Maureen McCormick play a high school slut who puts out for the whole football team in When Jennie When. See a classic Brady Bunch episode (complete with commercials). See the film The Bastard Son of A Virgin Whore made by Dan Kapelovitz, founder of the Partridge Family Temple. Do your hair just right and you might win a special prize to be given to the best Marcia Brady look a like!

Thursday - July 14 - 9pm
Dennis Nyback's
Favorite Films
Mr. Nyback owns thousands of short films. In 1997 he was asked by a New York theater to present a program of his very favorites. Here they are. There will be an educational film, an industrial film, a silent comedy, a cartoon, and a jazz short.

Shows at
7pm and 9pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

DON'T MISS THE RETURN OF THIS POPULAR EVENT! BRING YOUR CANINE TO THE CLINTON!

Yes, doggie films for an audience of dogs and their owners. The closest thing you can get to dog heaven.

Limited to the first 50 dogs!

Some notes from the 2002 event...

SCAT CATS!
(1936)
Apparently most of the dogs were illiterate as the title card did not get the response it deserved.

SHEP THE FARM DOG
(1940)
A nice black and white educational. This one elicited barks when Shep would run directly at the camera. That sort of action seemed to draw most of the dog's attention.

STEP LIVELY
(1919)
Harold tries to steal a hot dog and a Terrier makes his life miserable for the next ten minutes of this one reel short. This one got a big round of applause by the humans.

WASHEE IRONEE
(1934)
With Pete the Our Gang dog (and the rest of the cast).

TIPPY THE TOWN DOG
(1957)
An amazingly dumb and wonderful educational. A not too bright ten year old wheedles himself into the ownership of a stray mutt. The title character than runs off. The suspense is incredible as we follow the boy in search of Tippy and follow Tippy's near misses with automobiles. There is of course a happy reunion at the end.

Shows at
4pm

General
Admission
$6

U.S., 2004
Christopher Felver
73 minutes

Documentary about the media-shy, towering free jazz artist, Cecil Taylor. An intimate portrait of a consummate musician and sound thinker in triumphant maturity, bringing out Taylor's nobility, devotion and belief in a truth that can only be found after a lifetime of invention.

Film review

Shows at
7pm and 8:30pm

Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 1979,
Walter Hill,
93 minutes

"Fast, violent,
dark, and thrilling."
- BBC interactive

The leader of New York's biggest street gang declares a truce, and gangs from all 5 boroughs venture to the bronx for a clandestine meeting. When an assasination takes place, one gang stands wrongly accused and the truce is off. Now they must fight they're way back home, because a whole city is gunning for - The Warriors.

Shows at
10:05pm

General
Admission
$6

Japan, 2004
Makoto Shinkai,
91 minutes

The highly anticipated, award-winning full-length feature film by world famous animator and director Makoto Shinkai.

Takes place in a alternate postwar period, in 1996, where Japan is divided. Hokkaido is ruled by the "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands are under US authority. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they'll cross the border with a self-constructed plane and unravel the tower's secret, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, became mysteriously ill and transferred to Tokyo. Years later on the brink of another war Hiroki Fujisawa finds out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asks Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to wake her up.

Shows at
7pm

Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.K., 1981
Terry Gilliam,
116 minutes

TERRY GILLIAM's
TIMELESS CLASSIC!

A young boy's wardrobe contains a time hole; and through this hole an assortment of dwarfs come while escaping from their master, the Supreme Being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s...until they arrive at the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Shows at
9pm

2pm
on Saturday

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

Support The Vanguard!

A Special Night at The Clinton featuring Elbert "Big Man" Howard (One of the original 6
Black Panthers) at the Theater to do a Book Signing of his new book Panthers On The Prowl.

Also featured will be a screening of Radical Panther films shot by Barb Payne.

Featuring:

Elbert 'Big Man' Howard
(original Black Panther)

Bill Jennings
(Oakland Black Panther)

Floyd Cruse
(Portland Black Panther)

Stu Albert
(Yippie activist)

Event will be followed by a Q&A.

For More Detailed Info on the Event Contact Dominic at Laughing Horse Books
@ (503) 236-2893

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

Japan, 2004
Minoru Kawasaki,
86 minutes

BACK DUE
TO POPULAR DEMAND!

RETURNING FOR A
THIRD WEEK!

A championship wrestling match pits Koji Taguchi against Crush Volcano, the latter no match for Koji’s signature move, the Torture Ring Strangler. Koji beams as he clutches the Champion Belt, only to have it snatched away by a mysterious new challenger in the ring—a giant squid! A giant squid, in fact, who not only evades Koji’s key attack, but destroys him with a Northern Light Suplex! Koji’s fiancée Miyako watches tearfully, though there’s something about this Calamari Wrestler that seems familiar to her… The tentacled tackler is the hottest story in the Japanese sports press. The president of the Cho-Nippon wrestling team proposes a fixed match as a publicity stunt, but the honourable Calamari Wrestler will hear nothing of it. Wrongfully banned from the sport, he retreats to the Monhonji Temple to train and meditate, where a young reporter tracks him down and begins to unravel his enigma. But the squid’s problems are just beginning—treacherous businessmen, unrequited love and the wrestling-ring menace of the Octopus Wrestler and the insectoid Squilla Boxer await!

NY Times review

Shows at
10:05pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4


Previously played
July 29 - Aug 11

U.S., 1978
Lou Adler,
86 minutes

Cheech and Chong meet up by chance on the highway somewhere in California. They go in search of some dope and are accidentally deported to Mexico where in their desperation to get home they agree to drive a van back to the States so they can get back in time for a gig they are due to play. Unaware of the properties from which the van is constructed they make their way back having aquired a couple of female hitch-hikers whilst all the time avoiding the cops whom they are not even aware are following them.

Shows at
9:30pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 1968
Roman Polanski,
136 minutes

Rosemary and her new husband, Guy, move into a new apartment in New York, befriending an elderly couple who live near by. But when another girl in the block commits suicide, Rosemary starts getting more attention than she desires, from all the wrong people. And now with her (late) friend's warnings about witches in mind, she has a new problem - the protection of her forthcoming child. But it may not be the child that needs protection.

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 2001
Cory McAbee,
91 minutes

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Spectacular! Some of the most pleasurable and creative work behind the camera you're ever likely to see.

- New York Times

Samuel Curtis, an interplanetary trader, sets forth through a rustic and remote solar system, unaware that his old friend Professor Hess is trying to kill him.

Website

Shows at
10pm

General
Admission
$6

Trim your bangs and put on your leopard print bikini, because it's time for an evening with your favorite pin-up, featuring movie clips, live dance, and the first annual Clinton Street Theatre
Striptease Contest!... Joined by special guest and erotic dancer Isis of Stripper 101 who'll be dishing her tips on how to move like a pro.

Take part in a sexy, rowdy night where you can take to the stage and dance, judge from
your seat, or just oggle the scantily clad queen of the B-screen.

Shows at
8:30pm

General
Admission
$7

Join us at the Clinton for an evening with Hollywood director Darren Stein - as he screens and answers questions about his latest film PUT THE CAMERA ON ME - and his 1999 cult film JAWBREAKER.

PUT THE CAMERA ON ME

USA, 2003
Darren Stein,
70 minutes

Before he went on to direct Jawbreaker (1999) and Sparkler (1997) Darren Stein grew up making videos. Along with his friend Adam Shell and the other neighborhood kids these young film makers touched on such adult subjects as jealousy, cruelty, and sexuality.

JAWBREAKER

USA, 1999
Darren Stein,
87 minutes

In what was meant as a harmless birthday prank, three of Reagan High School's most popular girls, Julie, Foxy, and Courtney pretend to kidnap their friend, the latter shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl accidently swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. The cool and calculating Courtney tries to cover the crime but is found out by school geek Fern Mayo. In return for her silence, Courtney transforms the gawky Fern into the stylishly beautiful Vylette, leaving the conscience-stricken Julie out in the cold, threatening to set her up for the girl's murder if she breaks her silence.

7pm and 9:30pm screenings will feature a Q&A with the director following the show.

Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm

General
Admission
$6

16mm, 95min

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
MORE MOVIE TRAILERS FROM THE 1930's - 1970s

Join local film geek
Greg Hamilton on a return exploration of the oft-forgotten minature masterpeice - the movie trailer. This rare private collection of 16mm movie trailers and television spots is back for another round of classic and cheesy film commercials.

A must for cinephiles and
pop culture junkies.

Shows at
7pm and 9pm

General
Admission
$6

Hosted by local
film archivist Greg Hamilton
16mm, 130min

JOURNEY BACK TO THE 1970s, WHEN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM WAS STILL BEING PRACTICED BY THE MAJOR TV NETWORKS!

Catch a rare screening of some vintage investigative reports on American business - in this shocking look back at expose's on pollution and the rise of
agri-business!

THE KILLING GROUND

This piece reports on the aftermath of chemical dumps and spills - specifically focusing on the nightmare of Love Canal. Full of shocking scenes of negligence and greed. Won't be seeing anything like this in today's media.

Features a young Brit Hume.

HARD TIMES IN THE COUNTRY

As a new era of farming begins, this report follows the transition from family farmer to corporate agribusiness. A telling window into the future of our food supply. Warning: Features some disturbing scenes of animal processing that may make you think twice about eating beef.

Shows at
7pm and 9:45pm

General
Admission
$6

Hosted by local
film archivist Brian Young
16mm, 110min

STARRING STAN LAUREL AND OLIVER HARDY

BRATS 1930
20 Minutes

COME CLEAN 1931
20 Minutes

THE MUSIC BOX 1932
30 Minutes

*INTERMISSION*

WAY OUT WEST 1937
65 Minutes

This is one of the most beloved of all the Laurel and Hardy features and years later Oliver Hardy admitted this was his favorite Laurel and Hardy film. Stan and Ollie are sent to Brushwood Gulch to deliver the deed to a gold mine to the daughter of a deceased friend. They are tricked by classic Laurel and Hardy foil James Finlayson into delivering the deed into the hands of the wrong girl. The boys' attempts to recover the deed from the crooked couple make for some classic comedy. The boys also perform a couple of song and dance numbers.

Shows at
8pm

General
Admission
$6

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Sponsored by Mabel's Knittery

The lights will be partially
up so that you can knit while you watch a film.

ROYAL WEDDING
U.S. 1951
Stanley Donen

Brother and sister dancing duo Tom and Ellen Bowen (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell)
travel to merry old England. There, against the backdrop of the impending wedding of royals, they go about the usual comedic pursuit of love.

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Presented by the Zoobombers!

First 75 Beers are on the
house - plus 10 minutes of Zoobomber films!

RAD
U.S. 1986
Hal Needham

The story of Cru Jones, a young man who seeks to overcome all obstacles that prevent him from participating in the BMX race "Helltrack." As he works towards his dream, Cru falls in love with Christian, an amateur racer. With the help of Christian and his friends, can Cru's "Rad Racing Team" defeat the top BMX factory rider, Bart Taylor?

Shows at
9:30pm

General
Admission
$6

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Experimental film and music fans, check your head at the door!

Join us for an evening of film and music as Portland's own improv rock band - Canoofle - lay down the live score for a collection of 16mm films (put together by Trailermania Greg) that they have never seen before!

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

U.S., 2005
71 min

Angelica - eighteen - is dying. Even for her, the worst is yet to come!

Possibly the most brutal film ever made, Chaos is a cautionary tale of two teens who throw themselves into harms way. Two girls, looking to score some ecstasy at a rave, follow a young man to a house where terror awaits. There a gang of felons capture and torment the girls drawing them into a nightmare of violence.

Not reccomended for persons under 17 or the weak of heart.

website

Shows at
7pm and 8:35pm

Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 1975
Ingmar Bergman
135 minutes

This version of The Magic Flute is strictly Bergman's vision, though he manages to put himself in Mozart's very own frame of mind and the experience is supremely powerful as a theater of magic storytelling. Filmed in a Stockholm theater, and sung in Swedish, not in the original German text, it stars Josef Kostlinger as Tamino, Ulrik Cold as Sarastro, Irma Urilla as Pamina, Birgit Nordin as The Queen of the Night and Hakard Hagegard as Papageno. These virtuosic singers, particularly comic baritone Hakan Hagegard and bass Ulrik Cold were once big names in the opera scene in Europe.

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 1986
Stephen King
97 minutes

20th Anniversary!

Starring Emilio Estevez and soundtrack by AC/DC

For 3 days in 1986, the earth passes through the tail of a mysterious comet. During that time, machines on earth suddenly come to life and terrorize their human creators. A small group of people in a truck stop, surrounded by "alive" semi-trailers, set out to stop the machines before the machines stop them.

Shows at
9:35pm

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 2005
Scot Barbour
90 minutes

Documentary film based on the life of the late Andrew Wood, Singer/Songwriter for the legendary Seattle based band Mother Love Bone.

Interwoven with rare concert and candid footage, the film’s soundtrack includes the bands, Malfunkshun, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog and unreleased Andrew Wood solo.

Website

Shows at
7pm and 9pm

Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)

NO SHOW
ON 9/7

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

LIVE MUSIC AT THE CLINTON STREET THEATER!

FEATURING:

Nice Boys
Clorox Girls
High Vox (Japan)
The Gimmies (Japan)

$7 All Ages

(w/ drinks for 21+) 8pm

Shows at
8pm

General
Admission
$7

Portland is a city without a major music industry but, arguably, has some of the best Hip Hop talent anywhere. Radio talk show host and Hip Hop enthusiast Opio Sokoni intelligently documents the different elements of Hip Hop in his first independent film entitled "Small City Big Hip Hop." This documentary also explores social issues, a generation gap and some
of this city?s dirtiest realities. While Portland is known for its clean exterior and openness to cultures, it has been in the national news for its racism. Although African-Americans
make up close to six percent of the population, there have been numerous killings of blacks at the hands of the police. Two of the most high profile cases were unarmed motorists Kendra James and James Jahar Perez.
The film also delves into what has become a big topic of conversation among conscious hip hoppers - majority white audiences. But, "Small City
Big Hip Hop" focuses on some of the city's most well known artists. Pioneers on the Portland Hip Hop music scene that are featured in the film are Lifesavas, DJ OG One and Coo Nutz. Their approach to the genre is highlighted by performance clips and social commentary. All of the elements that make up Hip Hop are represented in Portland and are not ignored in this film.
DJing, MCing, Grafiti and B-Boying are front and center in a
city that has found it hard to embrace the edgy genre. Attention to Knowledge
and Fashion as important elements of Hip Hop with Spoken Word threading
this movie together really makes this film more substantive than most documentaries previously created on Hip Hop.
There are appearances from Turiya Autry, Kamari Lohar-Singh, Bosko, Soul Plasma, Libretto, U Krew, Liquid Anthrax, Rodeezy, Mic Crenshaw, DJ Chill, Marlon McClain of Pleasure, Maniac Lok, Good Sista/Bad Sista, Paul
Knaus Sr., Nzinga Sokoni, Kevin Berry, Afrodijio, Elijah Hasan, Walidah Imarisha, Rob Ingram, Stephen Spyrit, Wolverine, Monique Serrell and Pastor
W.G. Hardy.

Shows at
9:30pm

General
Admission
$6

FRIDAY, SEPT 9th - 5PM

Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley
length: 65 minutes

An exploration of a musical enigma, Amazing Grace goes in search of cult singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley who made his name as a coffeehouse chanteur on the lower east side of Manhattan, made one great album for Columbia
records then died in a tragic accident aged 30. His reputation has grown steadily as an uncompromising, individual voice in a sea of imitators and wannabes. Fans, colleagues and critics pay tribute and intimate footage of
the artist combine in a committed, passionate testament, six years in the
making.

FRIDAY, SEPT 9th - 7PM

Malfunksun:
The Andrew Wood Story
length: 105 min

Documentary film based on the life of the late Andrew Wood,
Singer/Songwriter for the legendary Seattle based band Mother Love Bone. Features intimate access to Wood‚s life and those who surrounded him, and includes interviews with Seattle scene stalwarts including Chris Cornell, Kim Thayill, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and others.

SATURDAY, SEPT 10th - 3PM

Cowboy Jack's Home Movies
length: 60 min

In this most unorthodox documentary about a most unorthodox man, 'Cowboy'
Jack Clement comes alive as a maverick entrepreneur and madcap jester of the country music industry. Jack Clement began working at Sun Records for Sam Phillips, who made music history when he made a record of a white guy who sounded like a black guy-Elvis Presley. Soon Clement did something similar, producing 20 gold records for Charley Pride, a black guy who sounded white. He went on to produce and write songs for some of the
bigges Parton to George Jones. And became friends with many of them. But Clement not only had the friendships, he documented them on film and video- for decades. The footage of a relaxed Cash, caught in private moments with one
of his best friends, is worth the price of admission (as is the footage of Bono doing his Brando impersonation). Over those years, Clement made
millions-and lost them just as easily, usually by investing in some harebrained sch And again, Clement documented the whole damn thing. Directors Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon combine thirty years of Clement's home movies
with new footage and offbeat asides for one of the liveliest documentaries about one of the liveliest talents ever to be captured on screen.


SATURDAY, SEPT 10th - 4:30PM

Derailroaded: Inside the Mind of Wild Man Fisher
length: 86 mintues

After being institutionalized for most of his teens, "Wild Man" Fischer began his musical career in the late 60s as a street performer on the
Sunset Strip in LA. He offered his unique brand of songs to passersby for 10¢. His bizarre, poetic temper tantrums and eccentric behavior quickly gained him recognition in the community. After Frank Zappa discovered his unusual
talent and produced his first album, An Evening With Wild Man Fischer, Fischer became a cult figure. He appeared on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in,
reached the music charts in England, became the subject of his own comic book, was first artist to be recorded on Rhino Records, and even sang a
duet with the Rosemary Clooney! DERAILROADED explores the odd music and "merry go round" life of the manic depressive, paranoid schizophrenic "godfather of
outsider music." The film features extensive archival footage, an animated sequence by Seattle comic artist Pat Moriarty, and interviews with Frank Zappa, production duo Barnes & Barnes, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, Dr. Demento, Weird Al Yankovic, soul singer Solomon Burke, Rhino Records
founders Harold Bronson and Richard Foos, comic artist Dennis P. Eichorn,
and others.

SATURDAY, SEPT 10th - 6:30PM

Brian Epstein Story - Director's Cut only seen in the UK
length: 144 minutes

Brian Epstein. Young and successful in the freewheelin' 60s. Manager of the biggest band in the world. This is the story of a man who had a hand in changing the world. His discovery of the Beatles burst open the door to a British invasion of pop and rock musicians the United States has not seen since. In the process, Epstein's life was changed dramatically. By 1963 he had become the most successful pop manager in history, with clients like
the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer or the Dakotas dominating the U.S. pop charts in the number one spot for 37 weeks that year. Tracing the rise and fall of the man behind the biggest cultural revolution of our time, director Anthony Wall reveals Epstein's profound
sense of himself as a Jewish and homosexual outsider. The realization that he was gay during the 1950s and 60s in the working-class city of Liverpool, before the emergence of the gay rights movement the normalization of homosexuality, only increased his despair. He was able to rescue himself
and break out of his provincial existence by reinventing himself through his association with the Beatles.

SUNDAY, SEPT 11th - 1PM

Rock and Roll Superhero
length: 90 min

A suburban indie-rock band meets the Big Apple and a cyborg costume comes
to life in this true story of Watt White and his quest for a record deal. Director Peter Devin‚s chronicle of White's long struggle to jump-start his career evokes the lost dreams of thousands of suburban white boys just tryin' to make ends meet?while trying to secure rock and roll superstardom.
Watt aspires to update the theatrics of KISS and other concept glam bands (his baseball cap wearing alter-ego's moniker? „Machine‰), but exists in a reality where he is an every-rocker wannabe who pays the bills with a menial
job as a shoe store clerk whose desire far surpasses his talent. In avoiding the typically saccharine "you can do it" puff piece, Devin exposes contemporary rock and roll at its most banal and petty. Forget the devastation of yore resulting from drugs or depressionòRock and Roll
Superhero reveals a world saturated with corporate mentality, where boys
with dreams morph into schmoozing, ladder-climbing, soulless songwriters willing to abandon friends, loved ones, collaborators, aesthetic importance and artistic integrity in order to grasp at the ever elusive goal of rock
and roll fame.

SUNDAY, SEPT 11th - 3PM

Favela Rising
length: 80 minutes

FAVELA RISING is the electrifying story of a man and a movement, a city deeply divided and a vision for a community finally united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, the film follows Anderson
Sa, a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum, the favela Vigario Geral. Sa inspires his fellow
citizens with a new vision for a better life. AfroReggae, the grassroots cultural movement founded by Sa and fellow favela resident Josi Junior to connect
and inspire people through music and dance, combines the sounds of hip-hop, street rhythms and Afro-Brazilian themes. Through the movement, Sa rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.

SUNDAY, SEPT 11th - 5PM

Stranger: Bernie Worrel on Earth (short)
length: 40 min

Since writing a piano concerto at eight years old, Bernie Worrell has been acknowledged as a musical genius. While he lives in virtual anonymity he
has been compared to Beethoven, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. If they lived today would they be in danger of fading from the book of musical
history? Phil Di Fiore's short film is a loving tribute to this modern master.

SUNDAY, SEPT 11th - =7PM

Venus of Mars
length: 90 minutes

The eye-catching transgender singer of a Minneapolis glam rock band and her wife negotiate the frontiers of love and gender. On stage, wearing a vinyl corset and stiletto boots, s/he's Venus, lead singer of the glam rock band All The Pretty Horses. At home in Minneapolis with Lynette, her wife of twenty years, s/he's Steve. Born male, Venus is transgender. S/he's "in between" ò taking female hormones, but not planning to have sexual reassignment surgery. To some, s/he's a pioneer, courageously exploring a brave new world of gender identity, free of categorization. To others, s/he's a freak. VENUS OF MARS is both the unique coming out story of Venus' gender-redefining journey, and the truly contemporary love story of a
couple weathering dramatic changes in uncharted relationship territory.

Website

Shows at
Multiple times

General
Admission
$6

U.S., 2004,
Diana Wilson & Leanne Allison,
72 minutes

Sponsored by the
Alaska Coalition

HELD OVER BY
POPULAR DEMAND!
SECOND WEEK!

President George W. Bush may not know it, but he took his own advice of 2001 when he challenged people to visit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to: "go and see how beautiful that land really is." In 2003, beginning April 8 and ending September 8, filmmaker Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist
Karsten Heuer migrated on foot with the 120,000-member Porcupine Caribou Herd from Old Crow, Yukon, Canada, to the caribou calving grounds in Alaska, and back. They took along a 15-inch George Bush replica doll. The migrating
caribou guide Heuer, Allison and George Bush across three mountain ranges, icy rivers, and past wolves and hungry grizzlies emerging from their dens. Surrounded by skittish caribou waiting to birth in their sacred calving grounds, the threesome become hostages in their tent for the 10-day calving
season, crawling on their bellies for water, peeing in cups inside the tent, and never speaking over a whisper for fear of disturbing the caribou. This
is the exact place oil companies want to develop. Spectacular footage and
intimate video diaries give a glimpse into a landscape and a way of 'being human'' that create a journey never before undertaken. The experience transforms the team leaving them to try and convey their story to Senators on Capitol
Hill one short week after returning with the caribou to their winter range in the Central Yukon. As for the 15-inch President, he refused to return
home at all.

ADDED BONUS:
Enter to win two prize packages of airfare + hotel accommodation to Washington, DC for the Sept. 20 demonstration against oil drilling in ANWAR!

website

Shows at
7pm and 8:35pm
(16th - 22nd)

Shows at
5pm and
3pm (Sat/Sun)
(23rd - 29th)

NO SHOWS
ON 9/18

General
Admission
$6

U.S., 2005,
Philip Zlotorynski,
80 minutes

A spoof along the lines of "Scary Movie" and "Not Another Teen Movie." It includes parodies of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies such as "Memento," "Pulp Fiction," "Magnolia," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Amelie," "Run Lola Run," "El Mariachi," "The Good Girl," "Pi," "Swingers" and many others.

Shows at
10:05pm

NO SHOW
ON 9/18

General
Admission
$6

In this premiere screening, Prem Rawat addresses international diplomats, civic leaders and other dignitaries gathered for a celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations. Speaking from the same historic San Francisco stage where the United Nations charter was signed, he says that the desire for peace transcends every barrier because peace dwells in the heart of every single human being.

Shows at
3pm

General
Admission
FREE

Julius Margolin, at 89, is a living legend in the New York City labor movement. He's been active since the 1930s in the CIO, National Maritime Union and Local 52 of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, which he has
represented in the Central Labor Council for 32 years. A tireless fighter for justice, equality, and against war, Julius has been making music and CDs since 1999 with George Mann while still hitting picket lines and organizing workers in
New York City and around the United States. "A Union Man" is the story of his life through his eyes as well as those he‚s
met and worked with. This one-hour film, featuring guest appearances by Utah Phillips, Faith Petric and former NMU Vice President Joe Stack as well as concert performances, is a touching and educational portrait of a rank-and-file
activist still in the struggle for justice and workers‚ rights.

Julius and George will answer questions and perform a concert of labor and anti-war songs following the film."

website

Shows at
8pm

General
Admission
$7

Children
Seniors
Unemployed
$5

U.S., 2005
Garrett Scott and Ian Olds
90 minutes

“Timeless and tragic.”
-- San Francisco Chronicle

“...a sympathetic look at the average Joe doing duty in hell.”
-- Variety

An unflinchingly candid portrait of a squad of American soldiers deployed in the doomed Iraqi city of Falluja during the winter of 2004. A tense and grimly humorous study of the soldiers unfolds as they patrol an environment of low-intensity conflict creeping steadily towards catastrophe. Through the squad’s activities Occupation: Dreamland provides a vital glimpse into the last days of Falluja. The film documents the city’s waning stability before a final series of military assaults began in the spring of 2004 that effectively destroyed it.

7pm screening on Sept 23 is free to all veterans and enlisted members of the military (w/ID).

Website

Shows at
7pm and 9pm

Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

The Clinton Street Theater has been showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show every Saturday night (except for foul weather, holidays, etc.) since April 1978, which makes it the longest running RHPS in the WORLD!

For more info, check out www.rockypdx.org

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