Working Girl Tue, Aug 22 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Executives Branch.
Melanie Griffith plays Tess McGill, a working-class striver from Staten Island who tries to make her name in the corporate world in this hit romantic comedy, directed by Mike Nichols from an original screenplay by Kevin Wade. With Harrison Ford in an all-too-rare rom-com role, the film received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Directing, and for Supporting Actresses Joan Cusack (as Griffith’s wry best friend) and Sigourney Weaver (as the conniving boss), and Carly Simon won the Original Song Oscar for her anthemic “Let The River Run.” DIRECTED BY: Mike Nichols. WRITTEN BY: Kevin Wade. WITH: Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Joan Cusack. 1988. 110 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
EMPIRE OF THE SUN (1987)
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
Empire of the Sun Tue, Aug 15 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Producers Branch. Free for Museum Members.
Do the Right Thing Tue, Aug 29 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Casting Directors Branch.
Christian Bale gave a remarkable performance at age 12 as Jamie “Jim” Graham, a British boy separated from his parents who spends World War II in a Japanese internment camp in Steven Spielberg’s epic, visually stunning film of J. G. Ballard’s autobiographical novel. Spielberg, who produced with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, filmed in Spain and Shanghai as well as England, staging the kind of spectacular, real-life cast-of-thousands scenes that have since virtually disappeared from Hollywood filmmaking. The film earned six Oscar nominations for Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Sound, and Original Score (John Williams). DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Tom Stoppard. WITH: John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Christian Bale. 1987. 150 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG. 4K DCP.
Writer-director Spike Lee’s classic seriocomic look at one scorching day in a Brooklyn neighborhood is widely acclaimed for its Oscar-nominated screenplay and its eye-popping visuals, including Ernest Dickerson’s cinematography and Wynn Thomas’s production design, but much of the film’s impact comes from the dazzling ensemble selected by Lee and casting director Robi Reed. Along with Lee’s own memorable performance as Mookie, the huge cast includes acting legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Rosie Perez in her film debut, Danny Aiello in his Oscar-nominated supporting performance, and such then-rising talents as Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Turturro. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Spike Lee. WITH: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Rosie Perez. 1989. 120 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 4K DCP.
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