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THE UNCONDEMNED Q&A’s at the Royal.

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The Q&A schedule for THE UNCONDEMNED:

Friday, October 28
7:10 Pierre Prosper, Michele Mitchell
Saturday, October 28
4:30 pm Naama Haviv, executive director of Panzi USA, & Michele Mitchell, co-director/producer
7:10 pm Mike Brand, atrocities prevention expert and advocacy director, Jewish World Watch; Naama Haviv, executive director, Panzi USA; Michele Mitchell, co-director/producer
Tuesday, Nov 1
7:10 pm Dr. Caroline Heldman, associate professor of politics at Occidental College, principal researcher at Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media; Chelsea Byers, creative action coordinator at Beautiful Trouble and campaign activist with CODEPINK: Women for Peace; Schatzi Throckmorton, associate producer, THE UNCONDEMNED
Wednesday, Nov 2
7:10 pm Mike Brand, atrocities prevention expert and advocacy director, Jewish World Watch; Schatzi Throckmorton, associate producer, THE UNCONDEMNED

Thursday, Nov 3rd
7:10 pm Junemarie Justus, Human Rights Watch; Schatzi Throckmorton, associate producer, THE UNCONDEMNED

 

THE DAVID DANCE Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the Music Hall.

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THE DAVID DANCE writer-star-producer Don Scime and director Aprill Winney will participate in Q&A’s after all screenings opening weekend at the Music Hall, November 4th-6th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5SZz20YoSk

Wild(er) November: A Throwback Thursday Tribute to Gene Wilder at the Laemmle NoHo 7.

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Join Laemmle and Eat|See|Hear for WILD(ER) NOVEMBER, a special Throwback Thursday (#TBT) tribute to one of our favorite actors, Gene Wilder.

It kicks off Thursday, November 3rd with WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.  Doors open at 7PM, trivia starts at 7:30PM, and films begin at 7:40PM. Check out the full schedule below or visit http://www.laemmle.com/tbt.

#TBT runs (almost) every Thursday night at the Laemmle NoHo 7 in North Hollywood. Tickets are $11 and may be purchased online or at the Laemmle NoHo 7 box office. As with regular screenings, discounts are available for children, seniors, and Laemmle Premiere Card holders.

November 3: WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy, perversely faithful to the spirit of Roald Dahl’s original book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious chocolate bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likable young lad named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather (Jack Albertson).
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November 10: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

In this spoof of Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, the grandson of Victor Frankenstein, a neurosurgeon, has spent his life living down the legend of his grandfather, even changing the pronunciation of his name. When he discovers his grandfather’s diary, he begins to feel differently, and returns to the family castle to satisfy his curiosity by replicating his ancestor’s experiments. In the process, he creates one very unique monster.
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November 17: STIR CRAZY

After teaming up in Silver Streak, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor reunited for this zany comedy in which they play a couple of out-of-work numbskulls who take a promotional job that has them dressed up like woodpeckers. Unfortunately, a pair of thieves, also in woodpecker suits, pulls off a bank heist and the boys are wrongly arrested and sentenced to 120 years each. After a concerted and hilarious effort to make the best of things “in stir,” Wilder and Pryor break out of jail, hoping to track down the actual thieves.
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November 24: Thanksgiving Day

Sorry, no #TBT screening this week because of Thanksgiving. Enjoy some time with family, friends, and ?. Gobble gobble!

AN EYE FOR AN EYE Q&A’s this Weekend at the Music Hall.

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AN EYE FOR AN EYE filmmaker Ilan Ziv will participate in Q&A’s after the 4:40 PM screenings at the Music Hall on Saturday and Sunday, October 29 and 30.

https://vimeo.com/177747964

CHIEF ZABU Q&A’s this Weekend at the Monica Film Center.

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The CHIEF ZABU filmmakers, Zack Norman & Neil Cohen, will participate in Q&A’s at the Monicas on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 after the 5:40 & 7:50 PM shows.

https://vimeo.com/178231922

THE SHELTER Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the Fine Arts.

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THE SHELTER writer-director John Fallon will participate in Q&A’s after the first evening screenings at the Fine Arts on Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5. Lead actor Michael Pare will join him for the Saturday screening.

AUTUMN LIGHTS Q&A’s Opening Night at the Music Hall

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Opening night, Friday, October 21: AUTUMN LIGHTS Producer/star Guy Kent and writer/director Angad Aulakh will be participating in Q&As after the 7:10pm and 9:55pm showings of their film AUTUMN LIGHTS. The Q&As will be moderated by Steve Greene from Indiewire and Huffington Post contributor Anthony W. Orlando respectively.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxjmILM8fes

Attention Sondheim Fans: Documentary THE BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED Opens 11/25 at Royal + a Revival of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at the Wallis 11/23 – 12/18.

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One of the truly legendary musicals in the history of Broadway, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG opened to enormous fanfare in 1981, and closed after sixteen performances. For the first time, BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED draws back the curtain on the extraordinary drama of the show’s creation – and tells the stories of the hopeful young performers whose lives were transformed by it. Directed by Lonny Price, a member of the original cast, the film is a bittersweet meditation on the choices we all make, and the often unexpected consequences of those choices — through success and failure. Featuring exclusive appearances by Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Jason Alexander, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Guettel, Frank Rich and the original Broadway cast of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. Reviewing BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED in Indiewire, Jude Dry described the film as “more than a story about a Broadway show; its most poignant moments examine the thrill of dreams coming true, and the inevitable come down afterwards.” We open the film at the Royal on November 25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwqEdQykJU

What’s more, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills will be presenting a new stage production of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG between November 23 and December 18! Wallis has provided Laemmle patrons with a promo code that will give 25% off tickets for this production. The code is CINEMA.

Hal Prince and Stephen Sondheim.
Hal Prince and Stephen Sondheim.