SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
SCORSESE BALLHAUS ! Thursday, June 17, 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.
8pm THE COLOR OF MONEY (1986, dir by Martin Scorsese, Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus, Touchstone, 120mns, 35MM)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
**WE WILL BE SWITCHING TO 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 return to our SCORSESE BALHAUS series celebrating one of the greatest cinematic creative partnerships of the last 40 years with their 1986 super-charged V8 collaboration The Color of Money starring Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Scorsese took on this sequel to Paul Newman's 1960 classic The Hustler as a way to prove he could make a fun classic Hollywood movie. With cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, who had already reinvigorated Scorsese with their 1st collaboration After Hours, they created a wildly fun stylish way to tell the story of Fast Eddie Felson (Newman who won the Academy Award for this performance), 20 years after being black balled from playing pool, now financing young pool hustlers.
When Fast Eddie sees Vince (Tom Cruise announcing his stardom in shouts and bravado) at the pool table, he realizes he may have a real money maker. The two, along with Vince's very savvy girlfriend Carmen (Mastrantonio), hit the road to learn how to hustle suckers out of their money.
But along the way, Fast Eddie re-discovers his soul and desire to play pool again.
Shot in and around Chicago pool halls, The Color of Money is really a resurrection story of a man who was dead but comes back to life. It is the story of Scorsese gearing up to make several of his greatest movies of all time (Last Temptation and Goodfellas were next).
It is also proof of how important creative partnerships are in moviemaking. Here the one between cinematographer and director yields one of Scorsese's most purely enjoyable movies.
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.