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MT meetings are in the cafeteria. _D_A_T_E _T_O_P_I_C 07/19 LZ: RED PROPHET by Orson Scott Card (Native American Fantasy) _D_A_T_E _E_X_T_E_R_N_A_L _M_E_E_T_I_N_G_S/_C_O_N_V_E_N_T_I_O_N_S/_E_T_C. 07/08 Science Fiction Association of Bergen County: TBA (phone 201-933-2724 for details) (Saturday) 07/15 NJSFS New Jersey Science Fiction Society: Esther Friesner (Barbecon--phone 201-432-5965 for details) (Saturday) HO Chair: John Jetzt HO 1E-525 834-1563 hocpa!jetzt LZ Chair: Rob Mitchell LZ 1B-306 576-6106 mtuxo!jrrt MT Chair: Mark Leeper MT 3D-441 957-5619 mtgzx!leeper HO Librarian: Tim Schroeder HO 3D-212 949-5866 homxb!tps LZ Librarian: Lance Larsen LZ 3L-312 576-3346 lzfme!lfl MT Librarian: Evelyn Leeper MT 1F-329 957-2070 mtgzy!ecl Factotum: Evelyn Leeper MT 1F-329 957-2070 mtgzy!ecl All material copyright by author unless otherwise noted. 1. One of the great classics of world cinema is Akira Kurosawa's _S_e_v_e_n _S_a_m_u_r_a_i, a very good film that I do not intend to show for the Leeperhouse film festival because it is black and white and poorly subtitled. And frankly, what I have learned from running this festival these last five years is, don't show the real classics, show entertainment (though I am willing to be convinced otherwise). What I will show is two very different recastings of the same story in more entertaining formats. On Thursday, July 13, at 7 PM, we will show: RETURNS OF THE SEVEN THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960), dir. by John Sturges BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980), dir. by Jimmy Murakami THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is almost a better film than its original. The film stars--and this is from memory--Yul Brynner, James Coburn, THE MT VOID Page 2 Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughan, and (the crowd goes silent. Can he name all seven? There is sweat on his brow. And then...) Brad Dexter. (And the crowd goes wild. Heck, catch me on a good day and I'll even be able to tell you all twelve jurors in _T_w_e_l_v_e _A_n_g_r_y _M_e_n!) Oh, Eli Wallach is there also. Anyway, this is one of the great action Westerns. Roger Corman saw it and always knew he wanted to remake it as a space opera. Finally, he got somebody named John Sayles to write him a screenplay. Sayles went on to write and direct _R_e_t_u_r_n _o_f _t_h_e _S_e_c_a_u_c_u_s _S_e_v_e_n, _M_a_t_e_w_a_n, and _E_i_g_h_t _M_e_n _O_u_t. His BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS is a surprisingly fun film with good special effects and a very nice score by James Horner. Corman even got Robert Vaughan to play essentially the same role he played in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. These films are enough different that they really do not seem like too much of the same thing. Maltin rates the two films respectively 3-1/2 and 2- 1/2; Scheuer splits the difference and rates both 3. (BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS gets the same rating as THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN? _N_o _w_a_y! Jeez! No, I disagree. Maltin is closer to right.) Mark Leeper MT 3D-441 957-5619 ...mtgzx!leeper No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them. --Alan W. Watts, THIS IS IT Film Forum 3rd Annual Summer Festival of Fantasy Horror & Science Fiction Call 212-431-1590 for more details. The Film Forum is located at 57 Watts Street. Wed Jul 19 Carnival of Souls, Curse of the Demon Thu Jul 20 Carnival of Souls, Curse of the Demon Fri Jul 21 Carnival of Souls, Curse of the Demon Sat Jul 22 Cat People (1942), The Body Snatcher, I Walked with a Zombie Sun Jul 23 Cat People (1942), The Body Snatcher, I Walked with a Zombie Mon Jul 24 Cat People (1942), The Body Snatcher, I Walked with a Zombie Tue Jul 25 The Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth Wed Jul 26 The Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth Thu Jul 27 Revenge of the Dead, The Brain from Planet Arous Fri Jul 28 Revenge of the Dead, The Brain from Planet Arous Sat Jul 29 The Thing from Another World, The Day the Earth Stood Still Sun Jul 30 The Thing from Another World, The Day the Earth Stood Still Mon Jul 31 Woman in the Moon, Aelita: The Revolt of the Robots Tue Aug 01 The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Wed Aug 02 The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Thu Aug 03 Half-Human, The Hideous Sun Demon (1959) Fri Aug 04 The Tingler, House of Wax Sat Aug 05 The Tingler, House of Wax Sun Aug 06 The Tingler, House of Wax Mon Aug 07 The Tingler, House of Wax Tue Aug 08 The Tingler, The Fly (1958) Wed Aug 09 The Tingler, The Fly (1958) Thu Aug 10 The Tingler, The Fly (1958) Fri Aug 11 Invaders from Mars, Rocket Ship X-M Sat Aug 12 Invaders from Mars, Rocket Ship X-M Sun Aug 13 Forbidden Planet, It! The Terror from Beyond Space Mon Aug 14 Deluge, Secrets of F.P.1 Tue Aug 15 Dead of Night (1945), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Wed Aug 16 Dead of Night (1945), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Thu Aug 17 Jason and the Argonauts, Hercules in the Haunted World Fri Aug 18 Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Lunar Toons Sat Aug 19 Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Lunar Toons Sun Aug 20 Alphaville, Eyes Without a Face Mon Aug 21 Doctor X, Mystery of the Wax Museum Tue Aug 22 I Married a Monster from Outer Space, The Space Children Wed Aug 23 Giant from the Unknown, Frankenstein's Daughter, She Demons Thu Aug 24 Giant from the Unknown, Frankenstein's Daughter, She Demons Fri Aug 25 Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Sat Aug 26 Metropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Sun Aug 27 The Fearless Vampire Killers, Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Mon Aug 28 Chandu the Magician, Just Imagine Tue Aug 29 20 Million Miles to Earth, Mysterious Island Wed Aug 30 20 Million Miles to Earth, Mysterious Island - 2 - Thu Aug 31 The Cosmic Monsters, The Cosmic Man Fri Sep 01 Eraserhead, They Came from Within Sat Sep 02 Eraserhead, They Came from Within Sun Sep 03 Freaks, The Ghoul (1933), Maniac Mon Sep 04 Freaks, The Ghoul (1933), Maniac Tue Sep 05 War of the Worlds, Robinson Crusoe on Mars Wed Sep 06 War of the Worlds, Robinson Crusoe on Mars Thu Sep 07 Wasp Woman, Amazing Colossal Man, Attack of the Puppet People Fri Sep 08 Twilight of the Cockroaches, The H-Man Sat Sep 09 Twilight of the Cockroaches, The H-Man Sun Sep 10 The Undying Monster, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Mon Sep 11 The Undying Monster, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Tue Sep 12 Village of the Damned, Children of the Damned Wed Sep 13 Village of the Damned, Children of the Damned Thu Sep 14 The Giant Claw, Sins of the Fleshapoids, Ascension of the Demonoids, Midnight Movie Massacre Fri Sep 15 Sleeper, The Nutty Professor Sat Sep 16 Sleeper, The Nutty Professor Sun Sep 17 Alien, Aliens Mon Sep 18 Mad Love, The Mask of Fu Manchu Tue Sep 19 Plan 9 from Outer Space, Hideous Sun Demon (1985), Cat Women of the Moon Wed Sep 20 Plan 9 from Outer Space, Hideous Sun Demon (1985), Cat Women of the Moon Thu Sep 21 Plan 9 from Outer Space, Hideous Sun Demon (1985), Cat Women of the Moon Notes: 1. _C_a_r_n_i_v_a_l _o_f _S_o_u_l_s, _C_u_r_s_e _o_f _t_h_e _D_e_m_o_n, _T_h_e _F_e_a_r_l_e_s_s _V_a_m_p_i_r_e _K_i_l_l_e_r_s, _N_o_s_f_e_r_a_t_u _t_h_e _V_a_m_p_y_r_e, _D_r. _J_e_k_y_l_l _a_n_d _M_r. _H_y_d_e, and _T_h_e _M_a_s_k _o_f _F_u _M_a_n_c_h_u are the uncut versions. 2. _C_a_t _P_e_o_p_l_e and _T_h_e _B_o_d_y _S_n_a_t_c_h_e_r are new 35mm prints. 3. _T_h_e _C_r_e_a_t_u_r_e _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _B_l_a_c_k _L_a_g_o_o_n and _H_o_u_s_e _o_f _W_a_x will be shown in 3-D. 4. _T_h_e _T_i_n_g_l_e_r will be shown with "new, improved Percepto!" 5. _R_e_v_e_n_g_e _o_f _t_h_e _D_e_a_d is also known as _N_i_g_h_t _o_f _t_h_e _G_h_o_u_l_s; this is the New York premiere. 6. The 5:50 show of _W_o_m_a_n _i_n _t_h_e _M_o_o_n and the 8:00 show of _A_e_l_i_t_a: _T_h_e _R_e_v_o_l_t _o_f _t_h_e _R_o_b_o_t_s have live piano accompaniment. 7. _L_a_p_u_t_a: _C_a_s_t_l_e _i_n _t_h_e _S_k_y and _T_w_i_l_i_g_h_t _o_f _t_h_e _C_o_c_k_r_o_a_c_h_e_s are having their New York premieres here. - 3 - 8. "Lunar Toons" is a collection of space-related cartoons from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. 9. _E_y_e_s _W_i_t_h_o_u_t _a _F_a_c_e is also known as _T_h_e _H_o_r_r_o_r _C_h_a_m_b_e_r _o_f _D_r. _F_a_u_s_t_u_s. 10. _D_o_c_t_o_r _X is in two-strip Technicolor. 11. _M_e_t_r_o_p_o_l_i_s is _n_o_t colorized. 12. _T_h_e _C_o_s_m_i_c _M_o_n_s_t_e_r_s is also known as _T_h_e _S_t_r_a_n_g_e _W_o_r_l_d _o_f _P_l_a_n_e_t _X. 13. _T_h_e_y _C_a_m_e _f_r_o_m _W_i_t_h_i_n is also known as _S_h_i_v_e_r_s. 14. This is a sneak preview for _M_i_d_n_i_g_h_t _M_o_v_i_e _M_a_s_s_a_c_r_e. 15. Both the original version of _T_h_e _H_i_d_e_o_u_s _S_u_n _D_e_m_o_n and the "Special Edition" (re-dubbed with humorous dialogue a la _W_h_a_t'_s _U_p, _T_i_g_e_r _L_i_l_y?) will be shown during this festival. 16. The fifteen episodes of the 1943 Batman serial will be shown on as part of the shows on selected dates. Call the theatre for details. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT ALMOST BLANK