SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our RECONSIDERATION CINEMA Series, Thursday, January 19, 2023
LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the building. Make a right on Wilson Street, then a right behind the building. We’re the first set of black steps after the big gate.
7:45pm JACKASS (2002, dir. Jeff Tremaine, Paramount, USA, 85mns, 35mm)
9:30pm JACKASS NUMBER TWO (2006, dir. Jeff Tremaine, Paramount, USA, 91mns, 35mm)
When Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, and Spike Jonze created Jackass at the turn of the century for MTV, how could they know they were creating a pop culture and cinematic juggernaut?
Like the short lived 2000-2002 TV show, the Jackass movies find a core group of 9 folks doing more and more unbelievable (yet pretty damn clever and funny) dangerous stunts, pranks, challenges that should for all intents and purposes result in death or brain damage.
The Jackass movies are really enjoyable and very cinematic. A strange mix between Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy (since you get to watch these knuckleheads age over 20 years), jaw dropping real stunts, and ridiculous juvenile behavior, the Jackass franchise does what movies are supposed to do. It constantly surprises you. You never know where it’s going. You find yourself caring deeply about the characters. It keeps you in suspense. And you laugh constantly. You go on a journey for sure.
A journey where you sometimes dry heave.
We argue first and foremost that the Jackass franchise (and yes, we’re showing all four movies across two successive Thursdays) deserves reconsideration as actual cinematic art.
The constant oversight and creative input of Spike Jonze (whom we are featuring in our The Jones Jonze series playing on the Fridays just after the Jackass Thursdays) may have had something to do with the unexpected sweetness and humanism that courses through these movies.
So. . .please be ready for some really gross stuff (the drinking of actual sweat in Jackass 3 almost caused this programmer to throw up at the same time he was laughing). But also be ready to be surprised at just how clever and filmic the Jackass series is.
We’re showing Jackass and Jackass Number Two on Thursday, January 19, 2022 and Jackass 3 and Jackass Forever on Thursday, January 26, 2022.
If you need some laughter and escapism, grab a pass and see all four!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
*Please note that though we strive to always show titles on 35mm film if advertised, we may have to screen digitally if the print we receive is in such bad shape or if we don't receive the print in time because of a shipping delay. We will do our best to alert the audience. When this does occur, we will offer each ticket holder who chooses not to attend a complimentary ticket to a future event in exchange. (Disclaimer: Good for 90 days – Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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 to us before showtime: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?
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HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.