SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our ST. PATRICK'S DAY Special Series, Thursday, March 17, 2022
LOCATION: The Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace, 307 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
**We will open doors 1 HOUR before each screening time so audience can have plenty of time to enter, maintain 6 feet of distance, pick up or buy concessions/drink, and get their seats. We will have staff who will help guide and direct audience to their seats.
730pm THE DEPARTED(2006, dir by Martin Scorsese, Warner Brothers, 151mns, 35mm)
SPECIAL NOTE: We will be serving Guinness Beer as part of the festivities! So let me know where my Irish at. . .
IMPORTANT NOTES:
****Starting November 4th, 2021 ALL AUDIENCE will be required to show proof of vaccination at the door. PLEASE HAVE YOUR VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL VACCINATION CARD READY BEFORE ENTERING THE THEATER. If you have a religious exemption, please have proof of a negative COVID test within 3 days of the screening.
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
***EVERYONE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING CONCESSIONS IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER. You will be able to eat and drink concessions without a mask. But AT ALL OTHER TIMES, MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
2)PRE-ORDER ANY CONCESSIONS OR MOVIE MERCHANDISE you would like from the additional Add-Ons. You can pick up all concessions & merchandise at our tables in our lobby prior to the screening.
We will be able to sell concessions & merchandise at the theater. But it will make everything much quicker and easier if you pre-order!
3)PLEASE BE AWARE THAT ANYONE EXHIBITING COVID OR FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AT THE DOOR, WILL BE OFFERED COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO A FUTURE SHOW AND ASKED TO RETURN WHEN HEALTHY. So please, if you’re feeling sick, just write us at community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening when you’re healthy. Let’s all do our part to beat this thing so we can go back to the complete movie going experience!
Irish. Honorary Irish. Irish-adjacent. People who just love Scorsese's The Departed and beer. . .
St. Patrick's Day 2022, Thursday, March 17th @ 730p meet us at the Million Dollar Theater Movie Palace for a 35mm screening of Scorsese's Irish gangster classic The Departed with Guinness beer on tap!
Filled with a dream team murderer's row of talent-Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Vera Farmiga, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin, Ray Winstone, Anthony Anderson, Martin Sheen, The Departed pulled off the minor miracle of actually being better (in this programmer's opinion) and completely unique from the movie it was remaking: Hong Kong's (still amazing) Infernal Affairs.
Screenwriter William Monahan re-set the tale of cops and gangsters who each have moles in the other's crews amongst Boston's Irish Catholic Mob scene. Jack Nicholson as if he knew this was going to be his final go for broke performance plays a thinly veiled version of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger who grooms young Colin (Matt Damon) to get on the Boston police force and feed him information.
At the same time, child of divorce and death, Leonardo Di Caprio, fiercely intelligent, is recruited by Boston's own police unit to go undercover as an Irish Mob foot soldier to bring down Nicholson!
Filled with blisteringly great dialogue, Scorsese directing like he's 24 years old but with a wisdom and disillusionment at the height of the Iraq War and the Bush II Presidency, and with (what this Programmer considers to be) one of the best performances ever from Di Caprio, The Departed is exactly the kind of mercilessly Catholic and brutal movie the Irish love. (Or at least this Irishman loves).
Scorsese was an altar boy at St. Patrick's Cathedral in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and has often talked about how his Catholicism was more informed by Irish and Irish-American Priests and sensibility than his own Italian background.
Here it gets to let it all hang out. Come join us, hoist a pint, and watch a great movie.
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR OUR IN-DOOR THEATER SCREENINGS
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write us at: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening.
HELPFUL MILLION DOLLAR THEATER MOVIE PALACE PARKING TIPS:
If you are attending all movies on any given day (the double or triple feature), you can go to ADD ONS and pre-order an all day $6 Grand Central Parking Lot Pass. The Grand Central Parking Lot is at the corner of 3rd Street and Hill Street just 1 block from the Million Dollar Theater entrance on 3rd & Broadway.
Folks just attending one feature can also park at this lot and as long as you grab food/drink from GCM you can get a 90 minute validation stamp that will help the cost of parking.
HOW WILL OUR STAFF MAKE SURE THE THEATER IS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE:
We will have staff in the theater at all times who make sure everyone is wearing masks and obeying protocols. We will have signage at entrance, markings at concessions, restrooms, etc so folks keep 6 ft distance at all times.
Anyone not observing safe protocols will kindly be asked to leave. On top of this, we’ll be making announcements at the head of each screening to make sure everyone understands the rules & regs!
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
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