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USA, 1979,
Hal Ashby, 35mm, 130 minutes
A simple-minded gardener named Chance (brilliantly played by Peter
Sellers) has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old
man.
When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge
of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run
in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of a woman (Eve) and her husband
Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner,
Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political
insider.
A
classic film that resonates as much as it did on
first release.
Review
of BEING THERE
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7pm and 9:40pm
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$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Hong Kong,
1991,
Jamie Luk
A stylish ultra-erotic, sci-fi noir starring Amy Yip (SEX &
ZEN) and Billy Chow (FIST OF LEGEND).
A mad scientist transfers his mind to a wicked robot, which then embarks
on a program of kidnaping, rape and murder, during which a female detective
is killed. To fight the robot, the police woman's corpse is then made
into a robotrix...
Review
of ROBOTRIX
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7pm and 9pm
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Tuesday Admission
$4
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Program Length - 2 hours
A timely and important series of short films examining how the fall
out from the September 11 tragedy is affecting Middle Eastern and Muslim
people in America and around the world.
Jenin, Jenin -
One of the year's most controversial films. The documentary
records the testimonies of residents of Jenin after the Israeli army's
Defensive Wall operation, during which the city and camp were scenes
of fierce fighting. The operation ended with Jenin flattened and scores
of Palestinians dead.
9-11 Redux and War Cons Two short experimental films that
commemorate 9/11
Born In the USA -
A film that observes Muslim-American life, and which challenges
many popular stereotypes in the process. Who are Muslim-Americans exactly?
What do they believe in and what do they contribute to American society?
Get a glimpse of what life is like for them since 9/11.
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In the Shadow of Bin Laden - a documentary filmed entirely
on location near the famous and historic Khyber Pass on the border with
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
AfterMath: Unanswered Questions from 9/11 -
Narrated by Hip Hop legend Paris and featuring interviews shot by
GNN syndicate producers in six cities, AfterMath features nine people
answering eleven of the most pressing questions that emanate from the
terrible and, as yet, unexplained, events of that day. As you will see,
these are questions that continue to overshadow and critically challenge
the official 'version' of the story.
Brothers and Others
An hour-long documentary on the impact of the September 11th tragedy
on Muslims and Arabs living in America. Interviews with Arab and Muslim
immigrants, government representatives and a select group of legal and
historical experts including Ghazi Khankan, Noam Chomsky and James Zogby.
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$6
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USA,
1991, Michael Tolkin, 35mm, 100 minutes
One of the weirdest Hollywood attempts at explaining Christian faith
- as seen through the apocalyptic events foretold in the Bible.
Mimi Rogers and David Duchovny star.
Portland author
Bill Johnson (A Story is a Promise) will host one of his popular
post-film discussions after Sunday's 7pm screening.
Review
of The Rapture
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7pm and 9:10pm
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$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Japan,
1999, Takashi Miike, 35mm, 105 minutes
Uncompromising and fearlessly original, Dead or Alive takes a mind-bending
journey into the dark and twisted world of ruthless gangsters, dealers,
strippers, and hookers. This is cinema at one thousand miles an hour!
"Delivers one of the most memorable finales in cinema history.
Dead or Alive is truly brainmelting cinema in the extreme."
-Tom Mes, IMPACT
Dead
or Alive review
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7pm and 9:10pm
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$6
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$4
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USA,
2002,
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 35mm, 76 minutes
At Dominquez High School in Compton, California, basketball is valued
above all else. The end of the year is marked by a traditional cycle
of proms, riots and graduation. And there hasn’t been a play at the
school in over twenty years.
In an effort to make a change, English teacher Catherine Borek attempts
to mount a theatrical production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,”the
classic American play about the classic American town of Grover’s Corners,
New Hampshire. In the process she takes her fledgling students on a
journey of self discovery. With no budget and no stage, Ms. Borek chooses
“Our Town” for its universal and timeless themes of community,
family, love and loss, life and death, with the hope that her students
might see themselves reflected in the roles they play.
Film
review
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7pm and 9pm
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France,
1961,
Jean-Luc Godard,
35mm, 84 minutes
Angela, a striptease artist, wants to have a baby and tries to persuade
her boyfriend Emile to go along with the idea. Emile will have none
of it so she goes after Emile's friend Alfred.
Film
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7pm and 9pm
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$4
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Japan,
1995,
Junichi Sato,
35mm
A refreshing, realistic and beautifully told story of a teenage girl
who faces problems with the help of a talking Scottish terrier named
Junkers. The wistful tone and attention to everyday details bring to
mind Spirited Away.
Film website
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7pm
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$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Japan,
1988,
Yoshiyuki Tomino,
35mm
Considered one of the greatest anime series of all time!
Amuro and Char, two of the best mobile suit (robotic weapons) pilots
must face each other in a fateful duel.
Neo-Jion, led by Char,
attempts to drop a gigantic meteor and its nuclear weapons to Earth
in order to cause Nuclear Winter to wipe out the Earth inhabitants.
Film
review
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9pm
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$6
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$4
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USA,
1999,
Jim Jarmusch,
35mm, 116 minutes
In New York, an African-American hit man (Forrest
Whitaker) follows
Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai. He lives alone, in simplicity, with
pigeons, calling himself Ghost Dog. His master, who saved his life eight
years' ago, is part of the local mob. When the boss's daughter witnesses
one of Ghost Dog's hits, he is expendable. The first victims are his
birds, and in response, Ghost Dog goes right at his attackers but does
not want to harm his master or the young woman. On occasion, he talks
with his best friend, a French-speaking Haitian who sells ice cream
in the park, and with a child, with whom he discusses books. Can he
stay true to his code? And if he does, what is his fate?
The film enjoyed an astonishingly successful six-week run at the Clinton
and we're proud to present it once again.
Film
review
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7pm and 9:30pm
2pm Sunday
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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CLOSED
FOR PRIVATE EVENT
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US,
1947,
Edmund Goulding,
110 minutes, 35mm
When prettyboy Tyrone Power read William Lindsay Gresham's shocking
novel Nightmare Alley, the sordid story of the rise-and-fall
of a soulless carnival con man, he convinced the studio to purchase
the film rights, eager to break free from his lightweight matinee idol
image. The result was one of the darkest, most unsettling films
to emerge from Hollywood's Golden Era. Long unavailable due to
copyright problems, Portland audiences have a rare chance to catch this
classic on the big screen in glorious 35mm. Set in a two-bit carnival,
the film presents an unforgettable gallery of grotesques whose lives
intertwine romantically, criminally, and fatally.
Film
Review
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7pm and 9:10pm
2pm Sunday
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU
MIX WHISKEY, FILMMAKERS, AND OVER 200 BLOKES FROM AN IRISH PUB?
A drunken, Monty-Python-esque spoof of BRAVEHEART, starring
200 Irishmen, Scottish, and Englishmen from two pubs in Dallas, none
of whom have ever acted and from whom the liquor fairly reeks. Since
the film opened in May it has sold out every Saturday midnight show
in Dallas, and is now sweeping (and stumbling) across the nation.
WARNING: This is a heavily audience-influenced show and often
entails screaming phrases at the screen, inflatable
sheep being launched in the air, and people singing along. Badly.
Do not come expecting a French art film. Expect people in kilts.
Film website
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Midnight
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$6 |
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Oct 23 |
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An evening of educational
film oddities selected and hosted by AV Geek archivist Skip Elsheimer,
including:
Are You Listening? -children turn into giant ears to learn about
the art of listening.
Pride on Parade - Oscar Meyer presents a film about high school
marching bands.
VD Attack Plan an animated film about venereal disease made by
Disney.
Shake Hands With Danger - a safety film made by Caterpillar filled
with fake gore and a really catchy theme song.
ABC of Sex Education for Trainables - the infamous Planned Parenthood
film for teaching the birds and bees to the mentally handicapped.
Skip Elsheimer will attend both shows.
more info at www.avgeeks.com
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7pm and 9pm
General Admission
$6
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Oct 24 - 30 |
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US,
1982,
Charlie Ahearn,
35mm, 82 minutes
For those craving the true roots of rap, Charlie Ahearn's classic WILD
STYLE captures the hard core South Bronx scene at its birth. The
stars of WS form the pantheon of hip hop's pioneers: DJs
Grand Master Flash, Grand Wizard Theordore, D.St; rappers Grand Master
Caz and the Cold Crush Bros, the Chief Rocker Busy Bee, and breakdance
stars the Rock Steady Crew, and of course, the legendary Fab Five Freddy.
WILD STYLE is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the
10 best R&R movies, and was named by Source Magazine as the best
hip hop movie of all time.
Film
Review
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7pm and 9pm
Matinees
2pm and 4pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Oct 31 |
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Get
dressed up and join the gang for another Halloween date with ROCKY and
friends.
Clinton Street Cabaret will be in attendance - so be forewarned.
Interaction will be manditory!
I see you shiver.....with
ANTICI.......PATION!
Doors open at 10pm.
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Midnight
General Admission
$6
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A
hilarious and mind-bending journey into the multi-dimensional life of
Robert Anton Wilson, author of the cult classic Illuminatus! Trilogy.
Beaming with insight, frustration, compassion, and unshakable optimism,
the ever-open eye of Robert Anton Wilson penetrates human illusions
exposing the exciting, dynamic world of probability and synchronicity
where he has chosen to pitch his tent.
Featuring Tom Robbins, Douglas Rushkoff , R.U. Sirius, Rev. Ivan Stang
and Paul Krassner and a sound track by Boards of Canada, Amon Tobin,
Pullman, Tarentel, Animals on Wheels, Funki Porcini, and The Cinematic
Orchestra.
Film website
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
Matinees
2pm and 4pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
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Nov 4 - 5 |
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Join noted film writer and
collector Jack Stevenson (Land of a Thousand Balconies, Desperate
Visions, Dogme Uncut) as he returns to the Clinton for three nights
of exploitation cinema at its finest.
The show will include an outtake from LSD-TRIP TO WHERE (1968)
- the LSD scare film made by the U.S. Navy, an outtake from SHIP
OF SHAME (1945), a VD scare film also by the U.S. Navy, and ARMY
MEDICINE IN VIETNAM (1967) made by the Department of
Defense and the Army's Walter Reed Hospital to prepare medical personnel
for the horrific injuries they would soon be treating. Amos Vogel
(Film as Subversive Art) called it "unquestionably one of
the goriest, bloodiest, most explicit films ever made". And
most frightening of all, it's real.
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7pm
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$6
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Join noted film writer and
collector Jack Stevenson (Land of a Thousand Balconies, Desperate
Visions, Dogme Uncut) as he returns to the Clinton for three nights
of exploitation cinema at its finest.
US, 1932,
Tod Browning,
35mm, 64 minutes
Tod Browing's 1932 cult classic film about the world of circus freaks.
&
US,
1975,
Barry J. Spinello,
A thoroughly amazing film about a woman living without arms.
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9pm
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$6
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Nov 6 |
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Join noted film writer and
collector Jack Stevenson (Land of a Thousand Balconies, Desperate
Visions, Dogme Uncut) as he returns to the Clinton for three nights
of exploitation cinema at its finest.
A delightful journey down grindhouse lane, featuring the bizarre THE
BLACK MASS (1928), a XXX satanic stag film from Germany, the hilarious
MY FATHER'S CALL GIRL (1968) in which a trip to a dirty book
store quickly becomes a primer in DIY porn, and an excerpt from
the notorious ANIMAL LOVERS (1971).
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7pm
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$6
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US, 1993,
Tony Scott,
35mm, 120 minutes
Clarance and Alabama return to screen for a 10-year revival of one of
Quentin Tarantino's earlier and most entertaining writing efforts.
This wild and woolly outing features a truckload of all-star cameos....including
Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer
and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm
Matinees
2pm and 4:30pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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US, 2003,
Lech
Kowalski,
35mm, 73 minutes
Based
on the late Dee Dee Ramone of the Ramones, this documentary
discusses Dee Dees' legendary drug habit (immortalized in the
song “Chinese Rock”), his tattoos, and his friends in the underground
music scene.
Gains
plenty of pathos thanks to context (Dee Dee overdosed in 2002), but
making sense of it requires a solid background in Ramones lore.
(West Coast Premiere)
Film
review
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Shows at
7pm, 8:30pm
and 10pm
Matinees
2pm, 3:30pm
and
5pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Japan, 1997,
Masato
Harada,
35mm, 100 minutes
Bounce
Ko Gals introduces us to Jonko (Hitomi Sato), Raku (Yasue Sato),
Lisa (Yukiko Okamoto) and a socially real interweaved bunch of other
“kogyaru” girls – prostitutes and female escorts.
“Seventeen is too old,” explains one of the girls. In Japan the men
want girls 15 and under, so that’s what the high-gals, a group of freelancing
underage hookers, pretend to be.
(West Coast Premiere)
Film
review
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Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm
Matinees
2pm and 4:30pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Nov 27 |
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Join us for the first
annual Thanksgiving Day Kung Fu Marathon.
Kung Fu movies from Noon until Midnight.
$5.00 gets you in and out all day!
Featuring such titles as: Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave,
Black Samurai (with Jim Kelly), Ninja Connection and
many more.
Eat some turkey, and watch some serious
Kung Fu!
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Shows from
Noon thru Midnight
General Admission
$5
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US, 1974,
Tobe Hooper,
35mm, 83 minutes
A previously unavailable restored
print of
The Original.
En
route to visit their grandfather's grave (which has apparently been
ritualistically desecrated), five teenagers drive past a slaughterhouse,
pick up (and quickly drop) a sinister hitch-hiker, eat some delicious
home-cured meat at a roadside gas station, before ending up at the old
family home. Upon arrival, they're plunged into a never-ending
nightmare as they meet a family of cannibals who more than make up in
power tools what they lack in social skills.
Film
review
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
Matinees
2pm and 4pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Japan, 2002,
Takashi
Yamazaki,
35mm, 118 minutes
Considered by many to be
the “Japanese Matrix”.
The year is 2084 and the human race is fighting
an alien militia to save the last remnant of civilization. A young heroine
named Milly escapes the war and jumps back in time to present-day Japan
in an attempt to change history and prevent the demise of her people.
Milly's return lands her in the middle of a local crime war between
Miyamoto, a street-smart gunman, and Mizoguchi, Japan's crime leader.
Milly must coerce Miyamoto to help chase down the extraterrestrial and
save the human race.
(West Coast Premiere)
Film
website
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Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm
Matinees
2pm and 4:30pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Dec 12 -14 |
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The Clinton Street
Theater is proud to present the World Premiere of "POSTCARDS FROM
THE FUTURE: The Chuck Palahniuk Documentary".
U.S., 2003,
Dennis Widmyer,
Kevin Kölsch and
Josh Chaplinsky,
DVD, 90 minutes
With back to back books and subsequent tours hitting the public, 2003
was filled with success, controversy, and even phenomena for Fight
Club author Chuck Palahniuk.
What many fans don't know is that this entire year kicked off with a
mysterious conference held on his work in a small town in Pennsylvania...
Chuck Palahniuk will be in attendance on December 12th to present
the film and the filmmakers.
A Q&A session will follow the film screening.
Film website:
chuckpalahniuk.net
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Admission
$8
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Shows for
Dec 13 - 14
2pm, 4pm,
7pm and 9pm
General Admission
$6
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Dec 15 - 18 |
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U.S., 1993,
Henry Selick
35mm, 76 minutes
Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is
bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween.
One day he stumbles into Christmas
Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that
he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween
town to help him put on Christmas instead
of Halloween -- but alas, they can't
get it quite right.
Features the voices of Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara
and Paul Rubens.
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7pm and 9pm
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$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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U.S., 1990,
Tim Burton
35mm, 105 minutes
An Avon lady, discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named
Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist living in the neighborhood's
old abandoned castle.
When Peg attempts to bring Edward into her suburban world, to live among
her skeptical family and gossipy neighbors, his scissor hands--dangerous
yet capable of creating things of great beauty--make for some awkward,
funny, and poignant situations.
Also stars: Winona Ryder, Dianne Weist, Anthony Michael Hall and the late
Vincent Price.
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Shows at
7pm and 9:30pm
Matinees
2pm and 4:30pm
Sat - Sun
General Admission
$6
Tuesday Admission
$4
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Dec - 26 - 31 |
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Hong Kong, 1975,
Yu Wang
35mm, 81 minutes
A Kung Fu classic rises again w/a newly restored 35mm print!
The greatest of the Chung hunters is Fung Sheng Wu Chi (Kang Kim).
Adorned with eyebrows like snow-white caterpillars, he is master of the
flying guillotine, a bladed device
that is hurled over the head before decapitating the
victim.
Featured in Kill Bill, and listed as Quentin Tarantino's Favorite
Kung Fu Flick.
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Shows at
7pm and 9pm
Matinees
2pm and 4pm
Sat - Sun
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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General Admission
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