Weekends in March @ the Trylon microcinema:
March 5 & 6 JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
"The classic Greek myth of Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece comes to life under Ray Harryhausen’s creative guise. The iconic skeleton battle scene, topping out at three minutes, took four months to produce. His first “A” list film, it was regarded by Harryhausen as his best film."
"It’s all out war when a U.S. space mission rashly fires upon a mysterious alien spacecraft. Part classic sci-fi in the vein of War of the Worlds and part low-budget fun similar to Plan 9 From Outer Space, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers relegated Harryhausen’s talents to the less animated, but no less fantastical, effects of flying saucers destroying national monuments."
"Although many film adaptations exist of Jules Verne’s novel, this version was by far the most popular. A small group of Union soldiers escape from a Confederate prison camp via hot air balloon only to find themselves stranded on a volcanic island inhabited with mammoth crabs, birds and bees. Presented in “superdynamation!”"
"Driven from its natural habitat by hydrogen bomb testing, a giant octopus sets its monstrous sights on San Francisco, and the military is forced to pull out all its nuclear age gizmos to defend the west coast from ruin! Harryhausen did his best to disguise the fact that there was only enough money in the budget to construct six legs for the octopus that he jokingly referred to as the “hextapus.”"
March 19 & 20FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (1964)
7:00 PM & 9:00 PM
"Three intrepid turn-of-the-century voyagers are jettisoned to the moon via hair-brained science and DIY space travel. Not only do they discover a strange race of large bipedal insect aliens known as Selenites, but they also uncover their evil plan to conquer the earth! Harryhausen, a fan of the H.G. Wells novel, was personally responsible for persuading Columbia to fund this unique adaptation."
"Humans unwittingly unleash the rage in the Ymir, a giant sulfur-loving reptile brought back from Venus and one of Harryhausen’s most iconic creatures. Shot on location in Italy—because Harryhausen wanted to vacation there—the film’s finale features the most unique death match the Roman Coliseum has ever seen."
March 26-28THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)
Fri/Sat 7:00 & 8:25 PM; Sun 5:20 & 7:00 PM
Tickets for all shows can be purchased online. Remember, there are only 50 seats so these go quickly. Additional film series run during the week (Trash Film Debauchery, Dreamland Faces, & Sound Unseen) - check the full calendar here.
Coming soon to the Trylon...
April: Alfred Hitchcock: Across the Decades
May: Before Tokyo: Comedies of Bill Murray
Coming soon to the Trylon...
April: Alfred Hitchcock: Across the Decades
May: Before Tokyo: Comedies of Bill Murray
The Trylon microcinema is located at:
3258 Minnehaha Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Info Line: 612.424.5468
Wow, aren't you lucky to have those films playing near you. Jason is Ray Harryhausen at his best, and my second favorite, but my favorite has always been Mysterious Island, which I have seen twice on the big screen.
ReplyDeleteAnother note about these films. The filmmakers wisely set Harryhausen's stop-motion creatures in beautiful natural locations: the rocky island in Mysterious Island, for example, which is the same island location used in The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the insights, Hokahey. This little theater is really not something to take for granted, and while I can't make it to all of these shows in between everything else, just knowing that people are able to see this on the big screen gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see Mysterious Island this weekend - we'll see how it plays out...