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ONGOING SERIES FAMILY MATINEES EVERY SATURDAY | 11AM
An American Tail Sat, May 20 | 11am | TMT
Films for families of all ages! All movies shown in this series are rated G or PG, unless otherwise noted. MARCH: MUSEUM STAFF PICKS Academy Museum staff pick some of their favorite Oscar-winning or nominated family films. APRIL: EARTH DAY April 22 is Earth Day and in honor of this multi-decade tradition, the museum will screen films that portray how nature and humanity impact one another. MAY: JEWISH STORIES In honor of May being Jewish American Heritage month, the museum will screen classics and rarities that depict Jewish life onscreen with care and affection. Programmed by Bernardo Rondeau, unless otherwise noted. Notes by Robert Reneau.
MARCH: MUSEUM STAFF PICKS Hook Sat, Mar 4 | 11am | TMT Selected by Manouchka Labouba, Research Assistant. “ Hook was one of my favorite movies growing up. It introduced me to Robin Williams, who immediately became one of my favorite actors. I loved imagining myself flying in the air alongside him in Neverland.” Steven Spielberg directed this lavish sequel to J. M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan , in which a grown-up Peter (Robin Williams), who has forgotten all about his magical youth, has to leave the safety of suburban life and return to Neverland to rescue his children from the vengeful Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman). Hook earned Oscar nominations for Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup, Visual Effects, and the original song “When You’re Alone,” and has since become a cult classic. DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Jim V. Hart, Malia Scotch Marmo. STORY BY: Jim V. Hart, Nick Castle. WITH: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins. 1991. 142 min. USA. Color. Scope. Rated PG; suitable for ages 10+. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Max Cavanaugh Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
Shrek Sat, Mar 11 | 11am | TMT Selected by Asia Washington, Sales Associate. “Just like Shrek, I too am like an onion.”
William Steig’s 1990 picture book inspired this computer- animated comedy, which upends the traditions of classic fantasies. Mike Myers provides the voice of Shrek, a gleefully misanthropic ogre, who finds his beloved swamp invaded by a menagerie of exiled fairy tale creatures, and teams up with the chatty Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and a cursed princess (Cameron Diaz). The first winner of an Animated Feature Film Oscar, it was also nominated for its witty screenplay and spawned three hit sequels and a Broadway musical. DIRECTED BY: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson. WRITTEN BY: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman. WITH: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow. 2001. 85 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG; suitable for ages 6+. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
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