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U.S.,
2005
54 minutes
IF YOU MISSED IT
AT THE BAGDAD, SEE THIS
INCREDIBLE SLICE OF OREGONS PSYCHEDELIC AND
POLITICAL HISTORY
In 1970, Governor Tom McCall was presented with a problem - thousands
of protestors were planning to protest Nixon's visit to Portland at
an American Legion conference. At the same time, a group of students
were looking to hold a Woodstock-style event - in order avoid another
bloody clash with police. From this turmoil, the first state-sponsored
rock festival - Vortex I - was born.
Held near Estacada, the music/alternative lifestyle festival drew over
100,000 attendees and generated a fascinating chapter in Oregon's colorful
history. Full of interviews and great archival footage - this must-see
locally-made documentary is an entertaining and educational window into
a risky political move that paid off and helped keep the peace in Oregon.
Matt Love - author of "The Far Out Story of Vortex I" will
be present at the 8:30 screening on Sept 30 for Q&A on the event!
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Shows at
7pm and 8:30pm
Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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U.S.,
2005
Steve James
90 min
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
HOOP DREAMS!
Reel Paradise tells the story of John Pierson's family at the end of
a year-long adventure on a remote island in Fiji where they ran the
180 Meridian Cinema, showing free movies to the locals.
John Pierson is a noted indie film maven, author of the widely celebrated
book, Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes, who together with his wife
Janet created the IFC cable show Split Screen. On one story for the
show, John and family went to Fiji in search of the "world's most
remote movie theater."
John fell in love with the 180 Meridian Cinema when he saw the wild
enthusiasm of the audience to a showing of the Three Stooges' Some More
of Samoa - a short they had been showing at the theater since it opened
in 1954. "I'd never remotely heard anything like that," John
says in Reel Paradise. "This is somehow what I missed back when
movies meant everything to people."
Website
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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October 14 - 16 |
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The Fat Tire Farm, Freeride Entertainment and the Clinton Street Theater
are proud to present the latest installment of the New World Disorder
series, NWD 6 UNCHAINED, featuring
the best riders in some of the best locations in the world.
Riders include: John Cowan, Cedric Gracia, Kirt Voreis, Dave Watson,
Wayne Goss,
and many more.
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Shows at
7:30pm
General
Admission
$5
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October 17 - 18 |
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TWO NIGHTS ONLY!
Can't get your fill of ladies-only exploitation? Come celebrate the
master - Roger Corman - with a mini-festival tribute to women.
Come and go as you please for all 4 films. ONLY $5
SHE GODS OF
SHARK REEF (1958)
Two men escaping the police by ship are blown off course by a typhoon
and shipwrecked on an uncharted island populated by women who make a
living diving for pearls. What the men don't know is that the women
are also part of a shark cult that sacrifices young virgins in the surrounding
ocean in order to appease the shark gods.
THE WASP WOMAN (1960)
A cosmetics queen develops a youth formula from jelly taken from queen
wasps. She fails to anticipate the typical hoary side- effects.
SWAMP WOMEN (1955)
A plucky police woman infiltrates a group of hardened female criminals
who are planning to break jail and retrieve their loot of diamonds from
its swampy hiding place. Complications arise when the women abduct Connors
and begin fighting each other.
LAST WOMAN ON EARTH
(1960)
Ev; her husband, Harold; and their lawyer friend, Martin, are skindiving
while on vacation in Puerto Rico. When they resurface, they gradually
conclude that an unexplained, temporary interruption of oxygen has killed
everyone on the island - maybe in the world!
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Starts at
7pm
General
Admission
$5
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October 19 |
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Ferron is on tour supporting her first new studio CD in nearly 10 years
titled Turning to
Beautiful. It is Ferron’s thirteenth CD and emphasizes her songwriting
skills, her unique folk- meets-country ambiance and a personal
homecoming--the collection was recorded in a converted
farmhouse on Saturna Island in British Columbia, where she spent her
teen age years.
Ferron began her performing career in 1975 when women’s music scene
was very new. She
became a pioneer who opened the doors for many others, touring constantly
and eventually signing with Warner Brothers records. Her songs have
been recorded by the Indigo Girls, Greg Brown, Sweet Honey in
the Rock and John Gorka among others. The Boston Globe claimed that
"someday, they will call Dylan the Ferron of the '60s."
Portland favorites, Terri Grayum and Gwen Thomas will open the show
with songs from
their CDs, Heart of a Friend and Road Trip. This duo has performed together
for ten years and have been described as “a kinder and gentler
version of the Indigo Girls.” (Willamette Week)
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Shows at
8pm
ADVANCE
$18
DAY OF SHOW
$20
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October 20 |
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1969
Benjamin Onivas
60 minutes
ORIGINAL 35mm PRINT!
Youthful swingers dose an Establishment figure with LSD and have an
orgy in his house.
Psychedelic 60s effects (wild zooms, colored filters, fish-eye lenses)
backed by a some great psych/lounge music.
website
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Shows at
7:30 and 9pm
General
Admission
$5
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Oct 21 - Nov 17 |
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U.S.,
2005
SEE THIS UNDERGROUND HIT ON THE BIG SCREEN!
HELD OVER FOR A
FOURTH WEEK!
From a single post on craigslist we assembled 8 film crews to document
a random day-in-the-life of what has evolved into the world's largest
community board. Not just the "Best-Of" or the "Success
Stories", but a real, down-to-earth look at the fastest-growing
grassroots cyber-community in the city that started it: San Francisco.
This is that day:
August 4, 2003.
An Ethel Merman drag queen searches for the perfect backup band for
her Led Zeppelin covers. A suburban professional woman assembles a diabetic
cat support group. A couple seeks the perfect rabbi for their marriage.
A would-be mother finds her ideal sperm donor. Doors for sale, one night
stands, compulsive roomates, transsexual erotic services. The mundane
and the sublime, the ridiculous and the profound, all come together
to paint a portrait of a thriving, humanistic community in the midst
of an ever-accelerating culture.
Website
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Shows at
7pm
(Nov 4 -17)
Matinees at
3pm
(Sat/Sun)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Oct 28 - Nov 3 |
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U.S.,
1977
Wes Craven
89 minutes
Wes Craven's horror classic about a family on the way to California,
who break down in an area closed to the public....an area inhabited
by violent family of cannibalistic mountain people.
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Shows at
9pm
Shows at
7pm
(Sun - Mon)
NO 9pm shows
on Oct 30 - 31
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Oct 30 |
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FREE SCREENING OF THIS CINEMA CLASSIC!
CONTEST FOR ALL WHO COME IN COSTUME!
Dorothy
Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest
to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
The event is FREE and open to the public.
Sponsored by Relator:
Risa Davis
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Doors open at
2pm
Show starts
at 3pm
General Admission
FREE
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Nov 4 - Dec 1 |
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U.S.,
2005
Tetsuya Nakashima
102 minutes
HELD OVER FOR
A FOURTH WEEK!
Momoko (pop idol Kyoko Fukada, pictured above) yearns to live in 18-century
Versailles than in her back-country hometown of Shimotsuma, heartland
of the yakuza. To escape, she loses herself in the dreamy, doll-like
fashions of the "Lolita” scene. Her idol is Akinori Isobe,
chief designer of Baby, the Stars Shine Bright—her favorite Lolita
design hose. She travels all the way to Tokyo to shop at their store.
One languid summer, to help fund her expensive hobby, Momoko runs a
classified ad of brand-name knock-off clothes (produced by her dad)
for
sale. She encounters a buyer named Ichiko (the real name is Ichigo),
who happens to live in her neighborhood. Super-rebel Ichiko (model and
J-rock icon Anna Tsuchiya, pictured below), is a “Yankee”-style
member of the Ponytails motorbike gang, one of Ibaraki's "Wild
speed tribes,” whose teeth-rattling customized bikes are decked
out with fiberglass shields and bannered backrests. Somewhat against
Momoko’s will, she and Ichigo slowly develop a strong friendship
as they share their feelings on the odd goings-ons around them.
Website
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Shows at
9pm
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Nov 18 |
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70
minutes
Feature Film: "Still
We Ride"
The documentary about the struggles of NYC Critical Mass Bicycle Ride
2004-2005.
Fear and Loathing in Jersey City: Hundreds of the world's best
urban bikers converged on NYC over Independence Day weekend.
Velomutation: Vancouver, BC knows how to party: Enjoy the sexiest
bike movie ever out of Cascadia.
Untitled... SF 2 DC Courier: From the Left Coast's Bay to the
nation's Capitol two wheels got more style than smog.
Ride to the Worlds: A late morning trip from Brooklyn to the
World Trade Center.
Bikesummer Hell-A: a month of bike themed mirth... in the most
car-centric place on earth.
big bike, Little Bike: Richmond, VA's Cutthroats and your homegrown
Zoobomb heroes take on New York City's Black Label Bike Club.
contact:
Sara Stout
World Carfree Network
Steering Committee Member
home 503-249-7049
cell 718-344-8154
sara.stout@gmail
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Shows at
9pm
General
Admission
$5
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Nov 18 - 23 |
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Japan,
1950
Akira Kurosawa
88 minutes
Meticulous Restored 35MM Print in Original 1:33!
Kurosawa's first milestone, one of the top foreign films of the 20th
century.
Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy
of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa
reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different
versions of the story of a man?s murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro
Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork
that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to
the world.
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Shows at
7pm
Matinee at
3pm (Sat/Sun)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Nov 24 |
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The now infamous distraction from Thanksgiving dinner returns to
the Clinton
with a vengeance!
Put down the turkey and prepare for 12 hours of uninterrupted Kung Fu!
NEW FOR 2005 - BEER!
Kung Fu movies from Noon until Midnight. $5.00 gets you in and
out all day! Appearences by Jim Kelly, Bruce Lee, Sony Chiba and more...
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Shows from
Noon until Midnight
General
Admission
$5
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Nov 25 |
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The Portland Mercury and
Miller Beer present...
Super Atomic TV Live!
w/ a live performance from 'Fogatron' www.fogatron.com
Prizes provided by The Jupiter Hotel and others!
Featuring the 1975
sci-fi classic film
"A Boy and His Dog"
www.superatomictv.com
Fridays and Saturdays on Comcast ch.14 -
Sponsored by The Portland Mercury and Miller Beer
18 and over please!
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Shows at
8pm
General
Admission
$6
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Nov 28 |
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Portland Premier!
Documentary investigating political history of Haiti!
"Informative and very moving. An excellent film about the sad recent
political history of Haiti that not only provides a rich, well-detailed
context for understanding the rise and fall and rise and fall of Aristide
but also offers a provocative meditation of the role of outside, especially
American, forces and interests in his tumultuous career."
- Richard Peña - Program Director - Film Society of Lincoln Center
Following the film:
An update and Q&A on the current situation in Haiti with
Brian Concannon Jr., Esq.
Director of the Institute
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Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$6
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Dec 1 |
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ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Documentary investigating the effect of NAFTA on Central America and
workers worldwide.
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
616 E. Burnside, Portland, Oregon 97214
Tel: 503-236-7916
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Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$6
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Nov 26 - Dec 11 |
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Germany,
2004
Lutz Hachmeister,
Michael Kloft
107 minutes
Narrated in English by
Kenneth Branagh
"A rare and chilling glimpse into a brilliant but toxic mind.
Fascinating & engrossing!"
– New York Times
Joseph Goebbels is one of the primary symbols of Germany's Nazi regime
and a 20th century icon of maniacal cruelty. His name is synonymous
with cynical, unscrupulous, yet highly effective propaganda. The life
of Goebbels is far more complicated and disturbing than labels like
"genius of spin" or his characterization in DOWNFALL would
suggest. In their documentary, Lutz Hachmeister and Michael Kloft show
for the first time how Goebbels continually reinvented himself - from
his early days as a radical "popular socialist" to the final
hours in Hitler's bunker.
Drawing from his extensive diaries, the film lets Goebbels speak for
himself (through the voice of Academy Award-nominated actor Kenneth
Branagh), as never before seen historical footage from German archives
traces the life of the second most powerful man of the Third Reich,
detailing his initial attraction to the Nazi party and his adoration
of and dedication to Hitler.
The result is a fascinating window into a man who careened extravagantly
between self-pity, wild extermination fantasies, and political excesses
- the man behind Hitler.
Website
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Matinee at
5pm
(Dec 10-11)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Dec 2 - 7 |
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Disco Dolls in Hot Skin (1976)
(The Original Boogie Nights)
Campy erotica from the 70s, Disco Dolls in Hot Skin features the legendary
John Holmes. Its appeal, besides the fun of a flashback to the height
of the disco era, is that it is one of the few skin flicks in 3D. This
rare
classic has played to sold out arthouse audiences across the country.
We'll provide the 3D glasses so you can see Disco Dolls in all its glory
on the
Big Screen!!
The Lollipop Girls in Hard Candy (1977)
Legendary
porn star John 'Johnny Wadd' Holmes and a host of Lollipop Girls star
in this vintage, widescreen porno epic. The Pasadena Courier says that
"3-D is what makes the film a riot. One can't help but crack-up
at the various body parts that appear to be jiggling, bouncing, dangling
and squirting
right off the screen."
We will provide 3-D glasses.
$6 for one, or $10 for Both.
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Disco Dolls
Shows at
7pm
Lollipop Girls
Shows at
9pm
General
Admission
$6
or
$10 for BOTH
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Dec 8 |
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Wet Confetti (video release!) (www.wetconfetti.com)
Owl Dudes (www.dieartdie.com)
Panda & Angel (seattle) (www.pandaandangel.com)
Yes, Father
$3, All Ages Show, starts 8 pm.
After Show Party (Midnight) at the Savoy (25th and SE Clinton) with
DeeJay Numberthree, Free.
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ALL AGES
Show begins at
8pm
General
Admission
$3
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Dec 9 - 14 |
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USA,
1998
Joel Coen
35mm, 117 minutes
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
The Dude abides at the Clinton!
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski is the ultimate LA slacker, until
one day his house is broken into and his rug is peed on by two angry
gangsters who have mistaken him for Jeffrey Lebowski, the LA millionaire,
whose wife owes some bad people some big money. The Dude becomes entangled
in the plot when he goes to visit the real Lebowski in order to get
some retribution for his soiled rug, and is recruited to be the liason
between Lebowski and the captors of his now "kidnapped" wife.
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Shows at
7pm and 9:15pm
Matinee at
4pm (Sat/Sun)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Dec 15 - 16 |
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Portland's Favorite and Most Outrageous Drag Queen Terrorists, Sissyboy
take over The Cinton for 2 nights of Christmas with George Bush and
his family.
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Shows at
8pm on 12/15
and
Midnight on 12/16
General
Admission
$5 Advance
$7 Door
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Dec 16 - 21 |
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USA,
2005
Wayne Ewing
65 minutes
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF BREAKFAST WITH HUNTER!
WORLD THEATRICAL PREMIERE - FESTIVAL SCREENING SPONSORED BY
WILLAMETTE WEEK
New documentary about the quest to honor gonzo journalist HUNTER
S. THOMPSON's last explosive wish! Exclusive footage of Hunters final
sendoff in Aspen!
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
Matinee at
5pm (Sat/Sun)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Dec 22 |
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Featuring:
Climber
General Studies
Black Black Black
Typhoon
Family Tree
Beer and Wine served w/ ID
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ALL AGES
Shows at
7pm
General
Admission
$5
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Dec 23 |
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USA,
1984
Charles E. Sellier Jr.
79 minutes, 35mm
GRINDHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS THIS CHRISTMAS CULT CLASSIC!
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
"This is one fucked up kick ass movie!" - Quentin Tarantino
A young boy is warned by his crazed grandfather that Santa Claus
"punishes naughty children on Christmas Eve". When the boy's
parents are murdered by a man dressed as Santa, he develops a lifelong
hatred of Old Saint Nick. After being sent to an orphanage, he then
must deal with strict nuns who teach him that sex is a naughty act.
As a grown man working in a department store, he is finally pushed over
the edge when he witnesses a couple having sex and he's forced by his
boss to dress as...Santa Claus! Now as an axe wielding maniac in a Santa
suit, he sets out to punish all who are naughty this Christmas Eve!
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
General
Admission
$6
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Dec 24 - 29 |
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France,
1995
Jacqueline Galia Benousilio
Albert Hanan Kaminski
79 minutes
When God distributed wiseness and foolishness through a newly created
world, one of the cherubs accidentally dropped all the foolishness on
a tiny village called Chelm. So everyone in the village is very dumb.
Recently orphaned boy Aaron and his friendly goat Zlateh live there
with Aaron's
uncle Shlemiel. When an evil sorcerer and his monster attack the village,
Aaron and Zlateh have to defend it themselves
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Shows at
7pm
Matinee at
5pm (Christmas)
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Dec 24 - 29 |
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U.S.,
1979
Jeff Margolis
78 minutes
The Clinton pays tribute to another fallen hero.
Richard Pryor is without
a doubt one of the best stand-up performers to ever grab a mike, because
he breaks the performance wall, and just has a conversation with the
audience,
which is rare for a comic to do. He talks to the audience, and involves
them in the show, and the things he talks about on stage are not really
jokes, but his retelling of certain life events that he has had, and
you
get the feeling that you would be hearing the same thing if you were
just sitting alone with him in a room, and that is what makes his comedy
so good,
that conversational quality. No other comic that I can think of has
done that with such a level of success that Pryor did...he was a real
natural.
Live Concert from 1979 with Huey P. Newton in the audience.
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Shows at
9pm
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Dec 30 - Jan 5 |
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France,
1961
Blake Edwards
115 minutes
Based on Truman Capote's novella, this is the story of a young,
jet-setting woman in New York City who meets a young man when he moves
into her apartment building. He is being kept by a wealthy, older woman,
but wants to be a writer. She is working as a high-priced escort and
searching for a rich, older man to marry. The opening scene has her
window-shopping at Tiffany's at six in the morning, after being up all
night on a date.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
(Dec 30, 2-5)
NO SHOWS
ON 12/31 - 1/1
General
Admission
$6
Tuesday
Admission
$4
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Every Saturday |
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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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Shows at
Midnight
General Admission
$6
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