SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
PAUL NEWMAN AMERICAN MISFIT series! Thursday, July 15, 2021
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. We’ll have staff to help guide/park you.
740pm HUD(1963, dir by Martin Ritt, Paramount, 112mns, 35MM)
10pm COOL HAND LUKE (1967, dir by Stuart Rosenberg, Warner Brothers, 127mns, 35mm)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
**WE NOW FOLLOW THE NEW PROTOCOLS AS OF 6/15/21 WHICH ALLOW FOR GREATER OCCUPANCY AND EASING OF RESTRICTIONS REGARDING MASK WEARING.
***ALL GUESTS WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH PROTOCOLS PRIOR TO ENTERING THEATER SO EVERYONE CAN HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TIME.
***WE STILL RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE BRING PROOF OF VACCINATION AND MASKS. FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE VACCINATION (OR DON'T HAVE PROOF OF VACCINATION) WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS INDOORS WHEN NOT EATING/DRINKING CONCESSIONS IN THEIR ASSIGNED SEATS.
***PLEASE HAVE A PHOTO OF YOUR VACCINATION CARD READY ON YOUR PHONE AND/OR HAVE IT ON YOUR PERSON FOR EASE OF CHECK IN.
HOW TO:
1)PLEASE BRING AND BE READY TO WEAR A PROPER MASK AT ALL TIMES INSIDE THE THEATER AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION.
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 your 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!
Tonight, we do a Paul Newman two-fer featuring two of his greatest American misfit roles of the 1960's.
Paul Newman is an American treasure. Besides being damn fine looking, he was also a committed actor who actively sought anti-heroic misfit roles that deepened and revealed hidden layers of the American character.
FIRST. . .
Every now and then we just gotta show a movie we feel everyone should discover. This time, it's Paul Newman in the 1963 anti-hero western HUD. Based on a Larry McMurty work (and it does have incredible shades of The Last Picture Show in its way), HUD tells the story of a tormented but equally cocky, self-centered son of a rancher, Hud, who boozes, womanizes, bulldozes over people to keep himself from dealing with his brother's death.
Paul Newman plays Hud in one of his most stunningly brutal, laser like performances. A full decade before the 1970's, Newman plays one of the most charismatic fascinating S.O.B.s you're ever going to see put to celluloid.
On top of this, you get James Wong Howe's incredible black and white cinematography, incredible supporting performances especially from Patricia O Neal as Alma, a helper on the ranch, who catches Hud's eye but is equally attracted and repulsed by him.
HUD is one of those hidden gems that is every inch the equal of anti-hero movies like East of Eden and Five Easy Pieces . Newman gives a masterclass in how to make a character compelling without shaving the rough edges at all.
An incredible cinematic piece of work. And we're showing it on 35mm!
SECOND. . .COOL HAND LUKE really needs no introduction. One of a handful of 1960's misfit non-conformist movies that almost everyone for a generation could quote ("What we have here is a failure to communicate. . ." )even if they didn't know where the line came from.
Anti-authoritarian misfit WWII war vet Lucas "Luke" Jackson gets arrested for drunkenly cutting off the heads of parking meters and sentenced to two years on a brutal Florida chain gang.
Luke just won't play by anybody's rules. Not the brutal authoritarian Captain's nor Dragline, one of the grizzly leaders of the prisoners. Though this refusal to play ball with friend or foe makes life hard for Luke as he basically angers everyone, it also makes him a hero among other prisoners for living life his way.
Nevertheless, his "I'm living life my way" behavior puts him on a collision course for a showdown with some pretty brutal men.
These are two of the great 1960's movies. And we're showing them both on 35mm!
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.
WHY ARE THE TICKET PRICES HIGHER THAN NORMAL?
In order for us to re-open, maintain health protocols , and screen movies on 35MM, we need to temporarily raise our ticket prices. We apologize.
However, if you could look at this as partially helping the Secret Movie Club Theater re-open, make the improvements as we go to turn this into the amazing movie watching, movie making center we know it can be, we would be eternally grateful.
We should be able to lower our ticket prices soon as we are able to increase capacity and lower restrictions.
If you could look at this as all of us being in this together, we WILL remember your kindness.
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.
We will have a staff member on duty to monitor all cars parked in the street-art alleyway at our entrance.
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 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!
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.