USA, 2006
Greg Maletic
 60 minutes

This was the situation facing the pinball designers at Williams Electronic Games in 1998: come up with something new, or see the world's largest pinball manufacturer be shut down forever. And Williams' designers did come up with something amazing: a brand new kind of pinball machine that fused new video technology with classic pinball gameplay, preserving what was great about pinball, yet opening up a whole new world of game possibilities.
The Future of Pinball is a documentary that tells the story of the extraordinary Pinball 2000(tm) machines built by Williams in an effort to save not just the company, but the product that had defined coin-operated entertainment for eighty years.

There will be a Director Q&A on Fri and Sat night.

12 classic pinball machines will be at the theater during the week, and will be
available to play for 1 hour before the 7pm show, and 1 hour after the 8:30 show.

Here are the pinball games, all from 1978 to 1982:

Williams BLACK KNIGHT
Williams GORGAR
Williams FIREPOWER
Williams FLASH
William LASER BALL
Bally SPACE INVADERS
Bally XENON
Bally CENTAUR
Bally EIGHT BALL DELUXE
Bally ROLLING STONES
Bally EVEL KNIEVEL
Bally PLAYBOY
Stern MUHAMMAD ALI
Gottlieb GENIE

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USA. 2005
Dylan Avery
80 minutes

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

THE MUST SEE, HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL 9/11
DOCUMENTARY

What if...

September 11th was not a suprise attack on America, but rather a cold and calculated genocide by our own government?

Disinformation or chilling truth? See this film and decide for yourself.

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Theatre owners gotta take a break sometime...

Happy Independence Day from the crew at the Clinton!

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Local filmmaker James Westby is filming
some of his new film
"The Auteur" within our cozy establishment...

LIVE IMPROV COMEDY RETURNS TO THE CLINTON!!!

Improv comedy returns to the Clinton with My Own
Private Improv's second show. More games, more players and more surprises are on tap from Portland's premier short-form comedy group. Give yourself a reason to
laugh this summer, because Nacho Libre certainly isn't
doing it.

CST Manager Seth is having a birthday - and is showing two of his all-time favorites on the big screen!

REPO MAN
U.S., 1984
Alex Cox
 92 minutes

Now-classic punk fable of Otto, a newly hired repossession man, and his quest for the alien cargo-carrying Chevy Malibu.

SCARFACE
U.S., 1983
Brian De Palma
 170 minutes

Remake of the 1932 film, which follows the rise of Tony Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban emigre who, with his friend Manny Ray, builds a strong drug empire in early 1980's Miami.

Japan, 2005
Takashi Miike
 124 minutes

A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great spirit war, where he meets a group of friendly spirits who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the spirits from oppression. The creatures and ghosts are taken directly from Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.

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Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm

Matinee at
4pm (Saturday)

NO SHOWS ON
July 23
or
July 26 (9pm)

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Experience the strange synchronicity! We play the film, The Wizard of Oz - with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon as the Soundtrack.

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Shows at
Midnight

General
Admission
$6

USA, 2005
George Mann
 90 minutes

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, the National Maritime Union and Local 52 of IATSE which he represented in the NYC Central Labor Council for more than 32 years.

After the film, Julius and George will take questions and perform a concert of labor and antiwar songs.

The Portland Legal Defense Network and Zoobomb cordially invite the public to learn about kickass biking!

Films to include:
Naked Bike Rides
The Cutthroats: Zoobomb's sibling bike cult from
Richmond VA
Dead Freeways
Lloyd Center Security
Terrifying On-ramps
Adventures in Hitchhiking
Trojans Imploding

Also, the Portland Legal Defense Network will inform folks about how
they can live a more hassled-by-the-cops-free
lifestyle. Do you know
what to do when the cops bust your bike gang?

All this and more cheap beer!

Contact:
revphil@freegeek.org

USA, 1979
Terry Jones
 94 minutes

Once again, the epic story is told - and you must listen!

Banned in several countries, this irreverent Monty Python satire focuses on Brian, a Jew in Roman-occupied Judea. After joining up with an anti-Roman political organization, Brian is mistaken for a prophet, and becomes a reluctant Messiah.

USA, 2005
Andy Norris
90 minutes

ENCORE SCREENING FOR THE FREE CELILO FALLS ACTION COMMITTEE!

Q&A w/Christopher Swain after screening!

New documentary about
the 1,243 mile, thirteen month swimming journey of Christopher Swain, a 35-year-old Portland resident who swam the entire length of the Columbia River in an effort to bring public attention to the Columbia's environmental problems.

Full of rare archival footage of the Columbia before all the dams - including a special focus on Hanford pollution - and great film of Celilo Falls (now underwater behind The Dalles Dam).

USA, 2005
 60 minutes

Shorts by New Orleans filmmakers, made in 2006, post-disaster, curated by Courtney Egan.

Short documentaries, animation and experimental films provide glimpses into the psyche of the Sinking City. As New Orleanians struggle to rebuild and continue cultural traditions, they are continually asked to justify their existence ‹ why continue living in NOLA? why continue supporting New Orleans? These shorts offer a variety of unconventional responses to difficult questions.

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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 assassination takes place, one gang stands wrongly accused and the truce is off. Now they must fight their way back home, because a whole city is gunning for - The Warriors.

USA, 2005
Robert Richter
90 minutes

BENEFIT FOR THE
PORTLAND ALLIANCE!

Relates the story of 10-year-old Sakue Shimohira hiding in a shelter near ground zero when the bomb exploded 60 years ago. Her emotionally wrenching experiences are interwoven with rarely seen archival footage and never-before-told accounts of what happened to her in 1945 and in subsequent years.

LIVE IMPROV COMEDY RETURNS TO THE CLINTON!!!

Improv comedy returns to the Clinton with My Own
Private Improv's second show. More games, more players and more surprises are on tap from Portland's premier short-form comedy group.

Give yourself a reason to
laugh this summer, because Nacho Libre certainly isn't
doing it.

USA, 2003
 80 minutes

Winner of Best Documentary at the 2003 San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

This entertaining film on the punk band, Tribe 8 - chronicles hilarious live performances, candid moments, and the controversy at The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. It also captures the truly funny and warm people behind the music and the politics! 
The images presented on stage of blow jobs, sadomasochistic acts and mock castrations are not shocking the audience for shock's sake, but understood on a deeper level through the band members' intense personal disclosures. These interviews inform an understanding and respect for why they do what they do. Especially riveting are the interviews with singer Lynn Breedlove and her mother. This documentary concludes that it is the humor and physicality that lies within the controversial performance that gives these five individuals the peace to experience the rapture of being alive

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USA, 2005
 88 minutes

A special screening of past and present favorites from CineKink, "the really alternative film festival."

Featuring works that cut across orientations to celebrate and explore a wide diversity of sexuality, this kink-friendly showcase runs the gamut from S/M, leather and fetish, to sex toys and polyamory, to a really rough haircut and a bit of puppy play.

The festival’s director and curator, former Portlander Lisa Vandever, will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.

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16mm
63 minutes

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

WAR! FILM NOIR! WESTERNS! COMEDY! MUSICALS and
a small tribute to EXPLOITATION!

Join local film archivist Greg Hamilton, as he digs up classic movie trailer moments.

Don't miss:

Original full-length trailer for Lucas's THX 1184...

...the Robert Redford paranoia classic THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR...

...amazing Harryhausen stop-motion animation in 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD...

...the low budget, 1970s shlock of
THE EVIL, RACE WITH THE DEVIL, SWEET SUGAR and BUMMER...

72 movie trailers in all!

If you thought you knew of every film that existed, check out Trailermania 4- and discover something new!

other featured trailers:

Force 10 From Navarone, The Wild Geese, Rollerball, Shaft's Big Score, The Detective, Ruby Gentry, Outlaw Josey Wales, The Villian, Blazing Saddles, Cheaper to Keep Her, North Avenue Irregulars, Grease and Fiddler on the Roof

USA, 2005
 58 minutes

WORLD PREMEIRE!

DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE!

Filmed in the Pacific Northwest and deals with local energy and environmental issues within the larger context. The film takes us to Hanford, a former plutonium production factory, now one of the most severely polluted sites in the world.

15-20 minutes Q&A w/director - both screenings

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Join us for a one-night-only screening of SHRIEK - the new film based on the fantasy novel by Jeff VanderMeer, set in his popular imaginary city
of Ambergris. A full-fledged event, with give-aways of Ambergris beer, Shriek swag, freebies from The Church, refreshments, the infamous Ambergris experimental music from Pittsburgh musician Robert Devereux. MC'd by local Portland author Jay Lake and the tireless Edward Morris, Jr. of the Irradiated Poets, with support from Twenty-Third Street Books.

USA, 2006
14 minutes

A city at war with itself. A night beyond imagining. And...aftermath.
Set in the classic imaginary city of Ambergris, Shriek is based on World
Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer's critically acclaimed novel of the
same name. With an original soundtrack by the legendary art-rock band
The Church. Directed by Finnish director Juha Lindroos, a member of the
Helsinki 19. (With a bonus showing of the short "A Rough Guide to
Ambergris," a humorous walking tour of an imaginary city and a video
message from Jeff VanderMeer and excerpt from his upcoming documentary.)

Curated by
Greg Hamilton
61 minutes

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF VINTAGE EDUCATIONAL SHORT FILMS ABOUT OREGON.

Oregon's Natural Resources
26 minutes
Shot in 1968 by the Department of the Interior, this ed film focuses on state industry and commerce. Full of great archival footage of Portland, harvest time in the Valley, as well as Oregon timber and mining.

Citizen Lawmakers
23 minutes
Circa early 1970s documentary about the legislative process in Oregon. Shows the inner political workings of Salem - and features appearances by former governor Bob Straub and a young Vera Katz.

Sparkle
12 minutes
Beautiful environmental film that features shots of Columbia River Gorge streams - with soundtrack by Oregon folk guitarist John Fahey.

UK, 1980
 133 minutes

A semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band,
The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political demonstrations and Clash concerts. Filmed over a period of years, the written dialog takes on the appearance of improvisation.

Direct from tsfat, Israel - the KDO is a combination of modern rythems with ancient and Holy melodies. The repetoire is taken from the heartstiring compositions of Chassidic Masters but interweeved with original lyrics. The melodies are set over a driving rythem section and fiery flemenco guitar.

SEE TWO OF THE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENTARIES ON 9/11 AND THE WAR ON TERROR!

LOOSE CHANGE v2.
USA. 2005
Dylan Avery
80 minutes

What if...

September 11th was not a suprise attack on America, but rather a cold and calculated genocide by our own government?

Disinformation or chilling truth? See this film and decide for yourself.

website

and

TERROR STORM
USA. 2006
Alex Jones
90 minutes

The long-awaited launch of Alex Jones' latest trend-setting documentary has arrived! TerrorStorm delivers a powerful sucker punch to the architects of global terrorism and how they stage false-flag events to achieve political and sociological ends.

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Canada, 2006
Albert Nerenberg
 80 minutes

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE HIT FILM "STUPIDITY"

HELD OVER FOR A THIRD WEEK!

U.S. PREMIERE of this hilarious, biting documentary! Around the world, Canada is known for its beavers, Mounties and winter climate. But a new Canada is now emerging, famous for potent marijuana, gay marriage and pushing the limits of freedom.

"Escape to Canada is a proud, benevolent, mischevious and altogether winning portrait of a country."
- Variety

"Great fun! Makes for fantastic drama."
- The Montreal Mirror

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USA, 2004
Scott Crary
75 minutes

HELD OVER FOR A SECOND WEEK!

In this great documentary, we meet the former members of the 70's and early '80s New York no-wave scene which included Suicide, Lydia Lunch, DNA, Theoretical Girls, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Swans, and Sonic Youth. We learn how truly underground and chaotic their thing was; they took punk to an extreme that the more familiar NY bands (Dead Boys, Ramones, etc) never dared.

September 1st - Donate a new or gently used Bath Towel for Free Admission!

Towels will be donated to Transition Projects to support men and women making the transition from homelessness to housing.

BRING YOUR POOCH TO THE PICTURE SHOW!

Enjoy an afternoon of dog films for you and your special canine!

Watch and wonder as the Master of Mayhem Woody Woodhead of "Waldo and
Woodhead" fame teams up with local Physical Comedian Henrik Bothe for a full evening of delight and delusions.
There will also be guest appearances by "The Bellini Twins" and "The
Flaming Heterosexuals" and "Neonman"

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids.

For info contact neonman@juggler.net
or call 503 230 0089

USA, 2004
Albert and David Maysles
90 minutes

PORTLAND PREMEIRE!

A love letter to the fans of the original film and to the two women at its heart, THE BEALES OF GREY GARDENS is drawn entirely from never-before-seen material from the Maysles archive. Edited from hours and hours of footage, THE BEALES captures ‘Big’ Edie and ‘Little’ Edie at their resplendent, dazzling and exasperating best—philosophizing on God, love and war amidst the disorder of their ramshackle East Hampton mansion, with a montage tribute to Little Edie’s inimitable style and showstopping outfits. This intimate and transfixing portrait of the Beales, iconic figures since the release of GREY GARDENS some thirty years ago, brings us ever closer to the baroque mystery of their lives together.

USA, 1982
Richard Attenbourogh
188 minutes

WINNER OF EIGHT OSCARS!

OBSERVE 9/11 WITH A REFLECTION ON ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT NONVIOLENT LEADERS

September 11, 2006 marks 100 years to the day that Mohandas K. Gandhi launched the modern nonviolent movement. To celebrate this anniversary, you are invited to a special screening of the Academy Award-winning movie Gandhi at the Clinton Street Theatre.

Organized by the Dept. for Peace and the Peace Alliance

BY POPULAR DEMAND!

LIVE IMPROV COMEDY RETURNS TO THE CLINTON FOR THE THIRD TIME!!!

Improv comedy returns to the Clinton with My Own
Private Improv's THIRD show. More games, more players and more surprises are on tap from Portland's premier short-form comedy group.

USA, 2006
Malindi Fickle
90 minutes

BY THE PEOPLE is an insider’s look at who and what it takes to put on an American election. Set in Indianapolis, Indiana – a blue city inside a longtime red state – as events unfold over the 11 days leading up to and including the 2004 Presidential election, this unprecedented documentary vividly reveals the myriad of activities required to maintain the most basic element of democracy —our right to vote.

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U.S., 2005
60 minutes

"On a scale of grandiose proportions director/animator/writer Tawd b. Dorenfeld
brilliantly weaves together live-action footage with original animation and effects.The film is accompanied by an original score composed by the internationally acclaimedJazz/Noise musician and multi-instrumentalist Trey Spruance (Secret Chiefs 3, Mr. Bungle, John Zorn, Faith No More)."

Shows at
9:15 pm

General
Admission
$6

U.S., 2006
Robert Greenwald
75 minutes

DIRECTOR ROBERT GREENWALD Q&A FOR 7pm SHOW ON 9/22

Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.

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Shows at
7pm and 9pm

Matinees at
5 pm (Sat/Sun)

7pm only on
9/22

9pm only on
9/28

General
Admission
$6

Tuesday
Admission
$4

U.S., 2005
Terry Musgrove
54 minutes

CELEBRATE THE 36th ANNIVERSARY OF OREGON'S ONLY STATE SPONSORED ROCK FESTIVAL!

DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE - Q&A!

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.

Shows at
7pm

General
Admission
$6

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!

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