SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our PALM SPRINGS 70MM GETAWAY Film Festival, Friday, May 6th, 2022
LOCATION: Palm Springs Cultural Center (Camelot Theater) 2300 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, CA 92262
SPECIAL NOTE: This is part of our Palm Springs 70mm Getaway Film Festival. We're hosting a weekend in Palm Springs complete with a 70mm classic film each Fri, May 6th-Sun, May 8th, 2022, after parties on Friday and Saturday, hotel deals for a vacation away from Los Angeles and much more. Please check the add-ons for information on the after-parties. We'll also be adding to these events as things develop so be sure to check whenever you see a social media announcement of an addition.
**Doors will open 1.5 hours ahead of the event as we'll be congregating in the bar/art space on the second floor. You can buy drinks at the bar, our limited edition movie posters, t-shirts, etc and/or just hang out with us and talk movies ahead of the movie!
***Tonight's after-party will be from 12a-2a at famous Palm Springs haunt Seymour’s (233 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264)
For the price of the after-party ticket ($90), you get all the drinks (open bar), food, music, dancing you want for the entire party. There will be an open bar, late night bites, and even passed appetizers. We're handling the party, food, and drinks. So once you get the ticket, you're all set. We have the entire bar and patio to ourselves. So get ready to bask in the after-glow of a great movie on 70mm, hang with friends, have a great time.
****Please read our ANSWERS section below for answers to what we believe will be the most asked questions for this weekend festival.
Saturday, May 7th, 2022: 8pm LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962, directed by David Lean, Columbia, 227mns, 70mm)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
****As of March 8th, 2022 masks are now optional for all folks who have been fully vaccinated. Please bring either a physical or digital copy of your vaccination card so we can check it at the door. If you aren't vaccinated, please bring proof of a negative Covid test within 72 hours of the screening and you may be required to wear a mask indoors. Please note these rules may change due to changing Covid protocols. We will update all ticket holders if need be of changed rules.
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
****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 refund you and/or 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!
The making of stories of David Lean's all-time cinema classic Lawrence of Arabia are almost as epic as the movie. Shooting in remote deserts in Morocco and Jordan, the crew often didn't see dailies for weeks at a time and had to trust they were getting the footage they needed.
Peter O Toole and Omar Sharif became thick as thieves and often went on epic nights about town.
David Lean and his editor Anne V. Coates obsessively put their combined 40+ years of moviemaking and editing experience together to carefully edit a near 4 hour epic that is still to this day THE GOLD STANDARD of the epic movie including one of the most audacious edits of all time (we won't spoil it for you).
Lawrence of Arabia tells the still surprisingly modern story of actual historical figure British soldier T.E. Lawrence who used his understanding of Arabia and the Middle East to unite the various warring tribes to fight the Turks during World War I.
While the movie and the actual historical record almost certainly differ, Lawrence of Arabia is still near untouchable on how a biopic should be done. It focuses on a surprisingly narrow portion of Lawrence's life (his time in the desert during WWI). It surprises you immediately at the start by opening with Lawrence's death (from a motorcycle accident years later) then jumping back to Lawrence's time cooped up in an office.
Lean, along with possibly Kurosawa, John Ford, and Steven Spielberg, seems to understand you can only make an EPIC by making sure it's also INTIMATE. If you don't have that contrast-the close up AND the wide shot-you don't have a dynamic movie.
Here, Peter O Toole gives one of the all-time great debut performances of an extremely complicated man who (like many of us) begins with a set of ideals only to discover what he's truly capable of (both good and bad) when he puts his theories and beliefs to the test of experience and war.
A stunning movie that every filmmaker can learn from, join us for one of the all-time great movie experiences. On 70MM, the way it was meant to be seen!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
ANSWERS FOR OUR 70MM PALM SPRINGS GETAWAY 2022
PACKAGE DEAL:
We are offering an ULTIMATE 70MM PALM SPRINGS GETAWAY 2022 TICKET for $195/per person. This gets you into all three 70MM movies (2001, Lawrence of Arabia, West Side Story), all three pre-parties, and both after parties.
We are letting folks make their own sleeping accommodations (see next item for a deal we've negotiated with the CALIENTE TROPICS) as we know everyone has different price points and needs.
You can of course just purchase single tickets to single nights as well! So create the experience you want to have!
ACCOMMODATIONS:
If you're planning to make a weekend of it and are coming from outside the Palm Springs area, there are a whole host of great options from moderately priced boutique hotels to Air BNB and VRBO homes for rent to luxury hotels. We recommend making your reservations ASAP to make sure you get the experience and budget price point you want.
Here are two suggestions for possible hotels:
CALIENTE TROPICS (411 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264, just a few miles from the theater and just one block from our Saturday after party at Seymour's): We have negotiated a $150/night rate with the boutique Tiki Hotel the Caliente Tropics. Just use CODE: secretmovieclub at checkout.
But grab rooms quick as they are going fast.
SAGUARO PALM SPRINGS (1800 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264 just a few miles from theater and the location for our Friday night after-party): the Saguaro offers rooms at around $250-$300/night along with a very hip Palm Springs experience. Close to the theater, downtown, and the site of our Fri night after-party.
PRE & AFTER PARTIES:
On Friday May 6th and Saturday May 7th, 2022 we'll be hosting a pre-party in the second floor bar/arts space at the Palm Springs Cultural Center/Camelot Theater starting at 6:30pm.
They'll be drinks available at the bar (for purchase) as well as limited edition posters, t-shirts, etc but you can also just come and hang with us and talk movies ahead of the show.
On Sunday, May 8th, 2022, there will be a VINTAGE SWAP MEET from 8a-2p in the movie theater parking lot. So you can do the SWAP MEET then come watch West Side Story.
On Friday, May 6th, 2022 from 11p-1a, we'll be hosting an after party at the Saguaro Palm Springs Hotel (1800 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264) just a few miles from theater. You can get an after party ticket ($90) by going to the add-ons here.
You buy the after-party ticket, we're taking care of all the rest (open bar, appetizers, deserts, late night bites, music, dancing). We'll have the entire El Jefe's restaurant, patio, and lawn to ourselves!
On Saturday, May 7th, 2022 from 12a-2a, we'll be hosting an after party at the famous Palm Springs classy haunt Seymour's (233 E Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92264). Again, all you have to do is purchase the after party ticket ($90) via our add-ons. We will take care of the drinks (open bar), late night bites, appetizers, music, and dancing.
OTHER GREAT ACTIVITIES TO DO IN PALM SPRINGS:
In the coming weeks, we'll be emailing ticket-holders additional information on great activities to do and places to visit in Palm Springs. Stay on the look out here, your email box, and our social media.
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds for the movie tickets themselves up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED SCREENINGS, UPDATES, EVENTS, ETC?
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
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