Diner Tue, Jul 4 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Casting Directors Branch.
Barry Levinson made his directorial debut with his own Oscar-nominated script—an evocative, seriocomic portrait of a group of arrested adolescents in 1959 Baltimore— which casting director Ellen Chenoweth filled with memorable players, from the smallest role to the leads. The ensemble includes Kevin Bacon as hard-drinking Fenwick, Mickey Rourke as smooth-talking Boogie, Daniel Stern as the obsessed record collector Shrevie, Ellen Barkin as his beleaguered wife Beth, and Paul Reiser in his film debut as the droll Modell. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Barry Levinson. WITH: Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon. 1982. 110 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm.
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
Taxi Driver Tue, Jun 20 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Costume Designers Branch.
Martin Scorsese’s film of Paul Schrader’s original screenplay about a New York cab driver whose alienation from society leads to violence is one of the defining American films of the 1970s, and earned four Oscar nominations including Best Picture. Oscar-nominee Ruth Morley ( The Miracle Worker ) had an impressive career designing costumes for film, Broadway, and the opera, and Taxi Driver features some of her most iconic creations, with the unforgettable, Oscar- nominated performances of Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster aided immeasurably by Morley’s distinctive designs. DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese. WRITTEN BY: Paul Schrader. WITH: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd. 1976. 112 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
SHERMAN'S MARCH (1985)
Kramer vs Kramer Tue, Jun 27 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Actors Branch. Free for Museum Members.
Sherman's March Tue, Jul 11 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Documentary Branch. Like its subtitle A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South during an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation , Ross McElwee’s charming autobiographical essay on his romantic and creative failures is fittingly epic both in scope and length. A masterclass in personal filmmaking that elegantly eschews the pitfalls of egoistic impulses, Sherman’s March offers a captivating snapshot of Reagan-era Southerners in all their eccentricities in parallel to one filmmaker’s pursuit of what devolves into a Sisyphean vision. A Grand Jury Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival, McElwee’s magnum opus was added to the National Film Registry in 2000. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Ross McElwee. WITH: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman. 1985. 157 min. USA. Color. English. DCP.
The film version of Avery Corman’s novel about a self- absorbed Manhattanite who has to learn how to be a good father to his young son after his wife leaves him became a surprise box office smash and the winner of five Oscars including Best Picture. Robert Benton ( Places in the Heart ) won Oscars for his screenplay and directing, leading Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep (as the warring Kramers) to their first Oscars, while Jane Alexander (as a supportive friend) and Justin Henry (making his film debut at age 7 as the couple’s child) received nominations for their naturalistic and moving performances. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Robert Benton. WITH: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, Justin Henry. 1979. 105 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
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