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will frnally get his fair shake in this country with what tias become the latest muse ofthe internet fanboy scene. Kazakhstani TV personality Borat (Cohen) is dispatched by his country's Ministry of lnformation to makeadocumentaryaboutthegreatestcountryintheworld,the"USandA." Audiencesatthefewfestivalswhere B0RAT has screened have been ravaged and left limp in their seats from laughter. What you see in the trailers (ohen anoarentlv does not even scratch the surface. Before the movie, we'll have a barrage of rate U.K. Satha
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chief the Sullivan (Matt Damon), a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the p0lice department as an informer for syndi(ate, is rising to a position of power in the 5pe(ial Inve(igation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by his double life, gathering information about the plans and <ounter-plans of the operations he has penetrated. But

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(hristopher Nolan tould direct After de51roying expectations and (ompletely reinvogorating the BATMAN franchise, anything he wanted. He (hose a boutique proje(t about a bitter rivally between turn-of-the-century London migicia ns who battle each other for trade se(rets. More power to h im. TH E PRESTIGE stars his curtent fave Ch ristian
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Damn ifwe aren't going to have to dust offembarrasing (lips ofClint's musi(al numbersfrom PAINTYOUR WAG0N again at this yearCoscir Party, because this one has Academy Award nominee written all over it. Clint lastwood (ompany who, during the battle of d-hects and Sieven Spielberg produces this chronicle of the six marines in Easy lwo Jima, were forevet immortalized in one of the most i(oni( photographs in history.

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Even though this made-for-TV movie was released in 1996, a time when Generation X had more t0 do with Douglas (oupland novels than with mutants, this assault of our senses is actually based on the world of the X-Men and the marvel comi( 0f the same name. Jubilee, Banihee and the White Queen all fight together along with a ragtag group of other young mutants who are struggling to come t0 terms with their new reality. Not surprisingly, this show was n0t picked up fot a full series run by Fox... As always with Heckler's Paradise shows, we won't expect you to keep silent - special heckling

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together all the original H B0 shorts, subtitled the songs, and while it may not be the greatest sing-along in the world, it will most deflnitely be a fitting tribute. Don't be too surprised to see sasquat(h and a demon (ompetition to win over the or two. Before the show we'll even give you a chance to compete in a (logging hearts ofthe Barkstage Betties in the house. (onsider the inspirado manufactured. (Henri)

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HR 45 MIN D. JOEI & ETHAN COTN,35MM,199O, An lrish gangster (Albert Finney) and his trusted lieutenant (Gabriel Byrne) and counselor find their domination of the town threatened by an anbitious ltalian undedoss (Jon Polito). Just as this threat erupts, the two sever their friendship when they realizethatthey lovethe samewoman (Marria GayHarden).When onej0ins rankswiththe enemy,a bloodyganq warerupts.

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a rouple who just had quintuplets won't mind if they steal one ofthe babies. Ihus beginsthe (oen brothers'madcap romp RAlSlNG ARIZ0NA. Holly Hunterstars as Ed,a ropwho isdevastated when she learns that she (annot get pregnant. Nkolas (age is her husband, H,1., an ex-con who wants nothing more than to make

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Barton Fink (John Turturro) is a troubled New York playwright obsesed with bringing his new idea of"Theater ofthe (0mmon Man" t0 the producers he loves to hate. After his flrst budding succes his agent convin(es him t0 travel t0 Los Angeles to write for (apital Pictures. When he anives he types one sentenre and then falls into the horror of writer's blork. He tries getting help from his neighbor, "(ommon Man"(harlie Meadows (John 6oodman); famed writer i\4ayhew (John Mahoney); Mayhew's girlfriend Audrey (Judy Davis) and producer Ben Geider (Tony Shalhoub). But as tink drifts further away from his script strange things start happening, and eventually two detectives show up at his door...

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house and discover hideous aeature - the man's halfbrother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to trio of S&M demons, the (enobites, he is brouqht back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor.

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Don (oscarelli's BUBBA H0-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce (ampbell) alive but not s0 well, living in a small lexas nursing home. Alth0ugh

he! preocupied with his ailments and his memories, the elderly Elvis befriends another resident, John I Kennedy (0sie Davis), when they both begin to susped that their neighbors aren't dying of natural causes. Their investigation leads t0 the dis(overy of an evil mummy with a fondness for cowboy gear and an appetite for the souls of senior citizens. Armed with little more than a walker and a wheelchair, theKingandJFKmusttakeonthisancientevil.

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RtGI0NAL PREMI tRE. DIRECT0R lN ATTENDAN(E. Based on a true story, the film tells of an eleven'yeat-old who escapes from an orphanage and returns to his hometown where the other kids (all him Mongrel and his young alcoholic mother kicks him out again. Undaunted, he sets up qualtets of his own in an abandoned barge. i\,4ongrel's survival stratagems and day-to-day en(ounters show he's not only resourceful but a fundamentally good person. He (ll/DBJ and an unhappy girl his age from a posh house nearby discover a sense of affection and love in each other's company. Score by Michael Nyman.

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TO PREsENT REVENGE OF THE NERDS ANO A 5PE(!AL TRIBUTE TCI HARRY NII.SSON SATURDAY Il0V. 18 - 7:00PM & 9:45PM :: ALAMO D0WNT0WN Although Curtis Armstrong has been a working actor in and outside of Hollywood since the mid seventies, you probably remember him as the srruffy haired, five otlock shadowed, beer swilling, loud belching, 0mega MooJoving Dudley "Booger" Dawson from RTVENGE 0F THE NERDS, or maybe as the snow-snorting sage (harles DeMar in BETTER OFF DEAD. But you might not realize that (urtis
Armstrong also happens to be the worldl foremost expert on my favorite singer/

songwriter of all time, the inimitable Hany Nilson.

When faced with the opportunity, all of us at the offr(e were dying t0 meet (urtis Armstrong. But our motivation was divided: one of us wanted to meet the Hany N i lsson expert; five of us wanted to meet Booger. So we (ame to a rad ical decision: Why not use 'Booger' as a subversive means of getting people to (elebrate the life and work of one of this century's most remarkable songwriters? We're still working on the ultimate Nilsson movie lineup (although we?e leaning

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quincy-punks; and one ofthe best horror movie soundtracks ofall time, featuring the (ramps,45 Grave, the Flesheaters, and the Damned. (Eric) This may be screamqueen tinnea Quigley! ultimate role as nympho-punk chick'Trashi and she will be on hand with chararter vet Don (alfa, who played lrnie - one of the greatest in a long line ofeccentric movie morticians.

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fans who all want to know one thing - wa s it renlly like thltTThe answer: Yes - but much more out of control! Now, for the first time, Chris Miller shares the stories of the real Alpha Delta Phi with the release of his new book:The Real Aninal House: The Awesonely Deproved Sogo ofthe Froternity fhot Inspired The illovie. (hris will introduce the film and conduct a Q&A, followed by book-signing in the lobby.

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youthful lead. After het mother dies from a heroin overdose, Jeliza-Rose is taker from the big (ity to a rural farmhouse by her father. As she tries to settle into a new life in a house her father had purchased for his now-deceased mother, JelizaRose! attempts to deal with whatt happened result in in(reasingly odd behavior. as she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell. a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil. As she attempts to find her place in her new home and the vicious world in general, the young girl slips more and more deeply into her much-needed world of make-believe.

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and an all-star voice cast - in(luding David and Keith Canadine, MaItha Plimpton, Dermott Mulroney, Tom Noonan, Beverly DAngelo, Ed Begley Jr., Michael Showalter, and even fellow animators Don Hertzfeld and Matt Groening - HAIR kind oflike whatyou would get ifyou crossed GREASE 2 with NIGHT 0FTHE CREEPS - buttransformed through Plympton's uniquetalents into something altogether more original and fun. BIL[ PLYMPTON Wltl BE lN PERS0N tOR THE SUNDAY N0VEMBER 5 SCREENI NGs 0NLY.
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up to speed, Alamo-style. lt's the story ofJeni Blank, a 46-year-old ex-junkie and ex-<on who emerges from her long prison stay (with a spe(ial goodbye ptison tiot

from her cellmates) and returns to high s(hool in a bid to start her life over, only to confront the most dangerous gang of all-the cool kids. After a long bus ride, Jerri arrives at her childh0od home to find that herfather is n0w in a coma after having re-manied and fathered a child. Although mottified by her stepdaughter's return,
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(ay just one night in the 0ld Simmons house. The only problem is offered ihe biggest scoop of all...if he can plays the blood-stained keys of his pipe the Simmons place is haunted by an invisible phantom murderer who jump straight organ at midnight and shrieks in ghostly tones that would make a mightier man than Luther journalistic worth and earn the love of the oui of his socksl Can he conquer the conniving (reature, prove his
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expressionist horror film about a traveling hypnotist and his murderous somnambulist (esare.

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to score some free ice cream. Since then, it has provided a score for a silent-film program at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, worked in New York while Dominic Wa15h (eated a ballet based 0n the quartet's 6oblin Atta(k and collaborated on an ongoing production of Danse Marabre with Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre.

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his annual Halloween Double Feature complete with Bobbing for Beer, tritk or treating, prizes for best (ostumes and two excellent films. At 9:45, BEH I ND comedy/honor frlm isn't due out until 2007, butwe've gota sneak preview. ln a worldwhere treddy,Jason and Michael Meyers are real people comes the next supet-slasher Leslie Vernon. He invites a film crew to document his training and first night of slaughter. The film is rlever, frightening and full of references and cameos from honot <lassics (including Robert Englund as Leslie's heroic psychologistl). The film has won all kinds of awards on the festival cir(uit and now we've got it! Really
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albums up until the mid-90s, he never fully recovered. The frlm sees Roky, surrounded by televisions and hi-fi equipment, cloaking himselfwith sound, while being looked after by his doting, overprotedive mother, whose well intentioned
by his younger brother Sumner, who takes his mother to

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tensions between the band members to the missed life experientes (birth of a child, death of a parent) while on tour, loudQulETloud is a great reminder that while their iplit in 1 992 was acrim0nious - Black Francis, as the story goes, br0ke up the band via fax - there is an undeniable 'tombustible dynamic" when the four (ome together on stage. a.:i":'ji *i1. i t' 7 ** t i tli.1. *tl!4t

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DIRECT0R: JEAN YARBROUGH 1967 88MlN. 35MM 0ne ofthe most entertaining (ountry and Western monster musicals ever made! Ferlin Husky, Don Bowman, and buxom blonde Scopitone queen Joi Lansing are an a(t 0n their way t0 the Nashville jamboree who decide to spend the night in a
haunted house, where they meet up with, among others, Linda Ho, Basil Rathbone, Lon (haney, a gorilla, and best 0f all, the always cheery John (arradine. Along the way there are many (ountry songs, a tonspiracy involving an agency named M.0.T.H.E.R., and a villain named Dr. Fu.

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documentary about 5 guys from Boston who dress like 18th century

European nobleman and play straight-up rock and roll about being filthy rich. Shot over two periods five years apart, it chronicles the strange and unexpected twists

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mother,One day, he meets up with Bronco, a mate 0n the run from a borstal, and together they pull offa job. Then the police come knorking... With fantastic musical accompaniment by Audience. See the trailer at www.platts-mills.(om Alanro Drafthouse (inema , "8est Theatr in Arnsri(a"- tntenainment lilleekly August 2005 . www,originalalamo,tom

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would be his own (rumors about what exactly he wanted to Keep in the Closet notwithstanding), and we loved him for it. Featuring all ofMJ's best short films for you to sing along to, including:
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giving peace a chante deserves his own sing-along party as well. We'll be building on the songs we had in the last Beatles Sing-Along (focusing exclusively on tracks that showcase Lennon! songwriting prowes), and we'll be going further along into his solo caleer, too. Berause even though it's officially the season of Halloween, we can all use a little bit of dteaming of a Happy (hristmas, when War ls 0vet.

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lf you liked man-pulp masterpie(e DARKER THAN AMBER, get ready for SHARK! lt's so manly you'll growanextratesticlejustto keepup.Ladiesbeadvised.BurtReynolds(ofBurtReynoldsfame)stars
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determination to do things his own way led to a virtual bla(klist in America. Most of his films are taught in film schools now but in 1970 he was flat on his ass, turning out movies that would have been routine action fare in lesser hands but were transfigured by his phenomenal talent and skill. Due to a dispute with the produ(ers, Fuller disowned this film but it's still one of the crowning achievements of man-pulp
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whether or not to include the verbal equivalent 0f a thousand sti(ks of dynamite in their newspaper ads and on their marquees. But here you go. We've got tred "The Hammer" Williamson in the old west. And you better believe Fred Williamson rights a few wrongs while he's there. Williamson and his sidekick D'Urville Martin play bounty hunters who become sheriff and deputy of a small town. lt's kind of like an ass-kicking serious vetsion of BLAZING SADDLES. And the bad guy is played by none other than William 5mith, who you may know from DARKER THAN AMBtR, C( & (0MPANY H0LLYW00D MAN and mote. 0h, and the title is just the beginning. This movie drops more bombs than the Screaming Eagles. Wait until
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blo(k to see Brigitte Bardot or Harriet Andersson show a little skin in subtitled European imports. As hard as it is to believe now, when we can watch donkey shows on our cellphones, this was the only way to see skin on screen in those days. So Joe Sixpack and 5al the plumber would sit and watch some of the most obtuse films ever made just to see the side of a boob. Ptetty soon distributors and filmmakets

SEXU5isafakeartfilm.lthasallthe weres(ramblingtomeetthedemandsofexhibitorsandaudiences. handheld ramera work and bongo playing you'd expect from a real art film but it exists for the sole reason
of provid ing titi I lati ng scenes of sex a nd vi olen ce. The thing is, d i rector Jose Benazeraf d raws strength from vulgarity and makes a film that, on balance, (onstitutes better art than a lot ofthe"real" art films it displaced. SEXUS is undeniably cheap and the siegei kidnap plot won't win any awards for originality but it has a greatvisual vitality, almost everyframe could stand alone as a workofart, and the score by (het Baker is coolerthan a polar bear. Almost by accident it is one ofthe best Beat Generation films. A tare treat for enthusiasts of cinema history, jazz music, naked women and wrapatound sunglasses. (Lars)

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white linen suit like Ricardo Montalban, and sends his vampite hookers out onto the streets

of l\4anila to bring back horny sailors. (atradine, who looks about 500 years old here, spouts poetry
voluminously. At one point a large breasted bloodsucker says: "1 knew Walt Whitman and he was no vampireJ' lt's that kind of movie. lt's amazing that this movie got greenlighted at all but when you see that it's from the Philippines it all makes a little more sense. Not a lot. But a little. lt's hard to believe but John (anadine, who was 0lder than carbon by this time, actually lived long enough to make 30 more
movies after this. From the director of TNT JA(K50N. (Lars)

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rival bounty hunter is on Grier's trail too. Ihe movie has an offbeat sense of humor but it really delivers action film too. Saxon narrates in noirish tough-guy fashion, with lines like: "My size 10's took a pounding, but I found her" Meanwhile Grier is probably the most likable unstoppable killer you'll ever

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nursploitation films were big in the 70s. And like the other"working girls"exploitation movies they hold up pretty well for the most part. They (ertainly reflect the tone oftheir times better than bigger budgeted movies ever could, and by providing the nude scenes that drive-in moviegoers all overthe (ountry wanted,
they functioned as ideological Trojan horses, smuggling their anarcho-rommunal
message into hundreds of unsuspecting towns. THE Y0UNG NUR5E5 follows the formula set by Stephanie Rothman's THE STUDENT NUR5[5 - we meet several very attradive nurses and as their character arcs diverge and ronverge again, hot-button social issues like drugs and abortion are explored. Also, we see all of the nurses naked at least once, including the shy one. Sure, it's a

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Nasty regional sexploitation soap opera about Big Daddy Jim (alder, who owns a whole Georgia town lock, stock and barrel. He's got it all but his most prized possessions are his horses and his virgin bride, who he's saving for a special occasion. When his horse breeder inseminates his wife while he's out sowing his own wild oats, Big Jim goes ballistic and challenges him to a horse race, and this time it's personal.

lf the entire deep south is ever wiped out by an errant nuclear weapon, we'll be able to rebuild it with the help of NAKED RIDER. We'll have the clothes, the accents, the ra(ism, the peculiarly southern code of honor and, most importantly, we'll have the tits. We may not need those but it will be a tough job and I don't know about you, but I'll just feel better knowing they?e around. (Lars)

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0K, First things first. I am chronically disposed to dislike anything British, but ever since I saw my first

sexploitation film, the ire has begun to thaw fiom my heart. I still don't understand half of what

anyone says but man oh man, hot girls with British accents are royally kickas. THt 5EX THIEF has one ofthose socially unacceptable plotlines that pretty murh guarantees we won't see its like again. lt's

about a struggling pulp flction writer who doubles as an incompetentjewel thief. He gets (aught in the act every time, but he uses his looks and charm to make the best of it. Soon he becomes a celebrity. Wealthy women start leaving theiriewels out like milk and cookies for Santa (laus in hopes that the sex thief will unlawfully invade their domiciles. From the director of the latest James Bond film, (ASlN0 ROYALE. (tars)

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to the left there, buddy. Look familiar? NQ berause you have NEVER seen such a brainblasting bone-smasher as the epochal 0megawave that is, was and always will be RAW fucking F0R(EM lf you think you've been entertained in the past, here is a white-hot scholarship to FUN SCHoOLII Leti open this su(ker up and see what's inside, goddammit. Blue-skinned undead samurai? check! cannibalistk rump-chasing monks? Yes sirll Drunken kung-fu yacht party? To the maxl!! Wall-eyed flesh-trading seaplane pilot with a Hitler mousta(he? Man ohhh MAN!!! ln absolute honesty, all this is just the tip of the trashberg! Blowtorches blaze, teeth fly, bullets zing, dialogue is botched and cages full ofvirgins are sent to their heartless demise! So packed with a(tion, you'll have to blink every 3 seconds to keep your eyes from catching on fire! The legendary Cameron Mitchell (THE T00LBOX MURDERS) semi*tars in this Filipinoi American co-production that would have brought the world to its knees if it wasn't 200,000 yEARS AHEAD 0F ITS TIME! lf you see lust one movie in your entire life, it better be here, now, tonight: RAW FoRCEI If you?e blind, deaf and comatose, only one film will STIIL kirk y0ur ass through the wall: RAW F0RCE!! Look, I don't care if you're reading this at a funeral...s(ream it 0ut loud right now: RAAWWW F0RRR(Elll (Zack)

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make-out-with-the-torpse results in a night ofwilly-nilly bloodletting and hamtasti( publi( a(cess (aliber ghoulishnes. RE-ANIMAT0R! Jeffrey (ombs is even on hand, though it seems like no one is on-screen for two minutes before kicking hard bucket. Heck, these nerromoronic teens seem to exist only to showcase the fragilities ofthe human body. Thanks, suckers! ls this the only movie where a floating 0ld man rubs his
forehead to produce a flying coffln? Yes. Are you REALLY going to miss that? Jesus. (Za(k)

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"A screamin'demon rages inside, turnin'him into Mr Hyde... don't give him no sass or he'll kick yo'ass!" Good advice fiom the original release ofthis schizoid blacksploitation shockbomb. Bernie Casey is the gold-hearted Dr. Henry Pride, who is self-testing a serum to potentially save thousands of human lives. The only side effect is that it turns him into an albino fiend with a sweet tooth for prostitute (utlets. No biggie, except when our hooker-hunting hero runs afoul of Silky the Pimp and his crew. Soon the dichotomous doc unleashes an unstoppable frenzy offlour-faced murder and mayhem. lnvestigating offi(er Lt. Jackson was played by Ji-Tu Cumbuka, whose name means "Giant Man" in his native Swahili. Violent and played for genuine terr0r, DR. BIACK was director William (rain's follow-up to the groundbreaking BLACU LA, but this one maintains a level of nobility you just don't find in most wee-budget'70s honor. And notjust because Bernie Casey cruises the mean streets in a tricked-out Rolls Royce. (Zack)

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Hai I Satan ! Wait...l mean HAI L GREYDoN (LARK!! VH5-hu ngry sh ut,ins may be fam i liar with the geni us that brought us such visceral pleasures as JOY 5Tl(K5, BLACK SHAMP00 and the dizzying SKINHEADS: SE(0ND COMING 0F HATE. But this may very well be his masterpiece. Benedict High'sjanitor Billy is also a closet

satanist, and pleases his dark master by kidnapping nubile teens and offering them up in sacrificial rituals his drinking buddies. Unbeknownst to ol' Bill, one of the girls is actually a witch, and soon the tables are turned in this wham-bam tale of high*chool hijinks and backwoods black arts. Featuring surprise

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Marginally tough tough guys Treat Williams and Joe Piscopo are Roger Mortis (ouch) and Doug Bigelow, ''{tDt{tt{r, two reckless LA cops suddenly embroiled in a white-collar zombie manufacturing scheme. When Roger is killed, he returns looking fot answers...and vengeance! Possibly the most unreasonable action premise of the'80s, and
DEAD HEAT delivers. Late greats Vinrent Price and Danen McGavin add their solid gold to the mix, along with mutated bikers, mad scientists, undead hoodlums, endless explosions and a reanimated Asian meat market packed with decapitated chickens and gyrating sausagesl You heard me! (Zack)

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Whatt that coming out 0f Telly Savalas' nose? That's devil magic, my friend. And before the night

through, that devil magic is going to make Elke 5ommer misbehave like nothing you've ever seen. 5he'll swear, shriek, levitate, engage in some light necrophilia and even trump Linda Blair in a truly egregious frog-vomiting scene! Bleccch! Euro-horror m0n0lith Mario Bava originally filmed this as the dreamlike tlSA AND THE DEVIL, but it was rushed into U5 release with a new title and severely re-edited nod to the era's sizeable pea soup-possession crowd. Savalas is untouchable as the lollipop-rhomping Leandro, a

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prehistori( monstrosity takes roost in New York's famed Chrysler Buildingl Lany (ohen (lT'S the tale of the Quetzal(oatl, an enormous pterodactyl with a ceaseless

craving for rooftop tanners and window washers. This creates some unwanted overtime for winded cop David Canadine, who loses his partner to the creature's talons before he can even begin to fathom his new assignment. The only man who knows "Q!" secret hideout is the less-than-(ooperative Jimmy Quinn, an 0ut ofwork pianist played to the jazz+catting, self-loathing hilt by Michael M0riarty. The body count rises
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BLUE VEI-VET WITH FREE PABST BtUT RIBBON & 16:7:00; f{OVE$II8ER 15;9;45 DIR. DAVID LYN(H,1986,35MM,120 MIN, R
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It's hard to believe that BLUE VELVET is 20 years old. But then it's hard to believe that BLUE VEI-VET was ever made at all. [ike a desperate message in a bottle from America! small town un(ons(ious, it set the

tone for David Lynch's subsequent"Twin Peaks" seties as the layers of dark and very strange secrets peel away like an onion skin - a particularly weird and evil onion skin. The (ast alone is enough to send anyone spiraling into delirium: Kyle Mclachlan, laura Dern, lsabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and so many mote. There! no denying that BLUE VEI-VET is freakout material, but for many of us who live on the margins of what could be considered a socially acceptable lifestyle, it's also a hoot. lt's a stone blast, and ifyou've never picked up a sixer of Pabst Blue Ribbon or smeared yourfa(e with make up and sang "ln Dreams"into a lamp, or huffed nitrous oxide from a gas mask while fondling your date, we just feel sorry for you. But it's not too late. We'll be running BLUE VELVET to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of its release and we hope you'll be there. But be warned - ifyou can'tstand the weird, stayout ofthe Alamo.

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process and offers programs that develop, nurture, and provide profesional benefit to emerging artists and inn0vators. Matthew Cornelius, the new coordinator of Fli(ker, noted that "Flicker continues to offer an excellent platform on which gifted filmmakers can be seen and heard on a national level. The HBMG Foundation has laid the groundwork for continued successes, which keeps festivals such as this alive, energized, and groundbreaking."This fall Flicker continues shining strong at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown. To get more information about how to submit your own films, visist

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unfortunately, the expatriate Ameri(an dire(tor met the Burtons, Richard and Liz. Together, in a drunken spree, they brought the world one of t-: unheralded camp <lassia, B00Ml That same year and more sedately Elizabeth Tayl0r turned in a fine performance for [osey in SiCnft CtRtN0trly (t soi BurtonalsoworkedmorecivillywithLoseyasleaderoftheant!5talinistsinTHEA5SAsslNATl0N0FTR0TSKy(1972). Loseyieftbehindarichbodyofwc,,
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gap left by her own daughter's death. But the (ozy situation becomes troubled when (enci's stepfather (Robert Mitchum), a bearded satyr with overt interest in young girls, returns from America to try to get his stepdaughter ba(k, along with the mansion and the money. (Not available on DVD)

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order. Reportedly everyone (esperially Losey and (ast) were drunk all the time while the cameras rolled. Liz blows some of her lines in cute ways, Noel smiles inappropriately an awful lot, and Burton appears to be intrigued by the absurdity of delivering his ridiculous lines in that ri(hly stentorian voice. A mad queen was apparently given carte blanche while decorating the gorgeous Sardinian home ruled over by "Sisy" Goforth, an obscenely wealth), widow whose mating rall (onsists of "Pain! lnjection!" Chris Flanders (Burton), a minor poet whose one
volume was published by an earlier paramour, comes a-calling by climbing the rocks of Sissy! stronghold and getting mauled by her dogs. Dictating her memoirs through loudspeakers in every room, Dame Goforth is concerned by rumors that wherever Flanders goes, the ladies diop (dead). lt doesn,t

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her towards a relationship with an accommodating poet/gigolo/small-time drug smuggler. 0nce the unlikely pair fall in love, it seems quite unfair, yet all too human, that Fielding would explode in a jealous rage. The screenplay by Tom
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