Ashfall ( 백두산 ) Sat, Jan 27 | 7:30pm | TMT
a like-minded oceanographer continue to find evidence to support their theory, it becomes clear that extreme climate events will take place across the globe in the next few days. Massive hailstorms demolish Tokyo, Los Angeles is obliterated by tornadoes, and New York is flooded by a massive storm surge which then freezes over. As society flees south in search of warmer weather, the heroic scientist begins a trek north to find his son. DIRECTED BY: Roland Emmerich. WRITTEN BY: Roland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff. WITH: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm, Emmy Rossum. 2004. 124 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Sally Cruikshank and Jon Davison Collection at the Academy Film Archive. Deep Impact in 35mm Sat, Jan 20 | 7:30pm | DGT One night, an amateur stargazer notices a mysterious object in the sky. A year later, the public learns a seven-mile-wide comet is hurtling toward Earth, on course to cause an “extinction level event.” To this day, astronomers assert the creative interventions chosen by the film’s characters, coupled with depictions of realistic megatsunamis, result in Deep Impact passing impressive scientific muster. Fondly remembered for Morgan Freeman’s turn as President Beck, this cosmic summer blockbuster’s commentary on humanity’s struggles to maintain in the face of unexpected upheaval still rings true over twenty-five years later. DIRECTED BY: Mimi Leder. WRITTEN BY: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin. WITH: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave. 1998. 120 min. USA. Color. Scope. English, Russian. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Jeff Joseph Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
A sudden eruption of the volcano Mount Baekdu, located on the border between North Korea and China, endangers the entire Korean Peninsula with massive earthquakes. The next eruptions to follow must be stopped or the utter obliteration will sweep through the Peninsula. In-chang, an explosive ordnance disposal expert, Bong-rae, a professor whose research predicted the eruption but had never been taken seriously, and Joon-pyeong, a spy in the North Korean army, come together to prevent this horrific possibility. Ashfall is a disaster epic boosted with spectacular visual and audio components aligned with a compelling storyline. DIRECTED BY: Lee Hae-jun, Kim Byung-seo. WRITTEN BY: Lee Hae-jun, Kim Byung-seo, Kim Tae-yoon. WITH: Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Ma Dong-suk, Jeon Hae-jin. 2019. 130 min. South Korea. Color. Korean. DCP.
DELUGE
Deluge Sun, Jan 14 | 2pm | TMT
SAN ANDREAS
An extraordinary precursor to the disaster films of the 1970s that predates the trend by nearly forty years, Deluge is the visually arresting adventure of a man tasked with repairing civilization after a barrage of West Coast quakes decimates humanity. Making meticulous use of miniatures and cutting-edge special effects to convey collapsing high-rises and colossal tidal waves, the film’s spectacular sequences of destruction are truly worth the price of admission. Now over ninety years old, this once-lost gem proves the fascination with natural disasters and their impact on humanity have been a focal point of cinema since its early decades. DIRECTED BY: Felix E. Feist. WRITTEN BY: John Goodrich, Warren B. Duff. WITH: Peggy Shannon, Lois Wilson, Sidney Blackmer, Matt Moore. 1933. 70 min. USA. B&W. English. Not rated. DCP.
San Andreas in 3D Fri, Jan 26 | 7:30pm | DGT
Dwayne Johnson plays a rescue pilot whose helicopter comes in mighty handy when seismologist Paul Giamatti’s predictions come true, and his wife, daughter, and millions of other Californians are endangered by a 9.1 earthquake. Directed by 3D film specialist Brad Peyton ( Journey to the Center of the Earth ), this disaster epic employs state-of- the-art visual effects to depict such nightmare scenarios as the collapse of downtown LA skyscrapers and a tsunami sweeping over San Francisco. DIRECTED BY: Brad Peyton. WRITTEN BY: Carlton Cuse. STORY BY: Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore. WITH: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti. 2015. 114 min. USA/Australia. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG-13. 3D. DCP.
WHEN TIME RAN OUT
THE SWARM
When Time Ran Out Sun, Jan 21 | 2pm | TMT
The Swarm in 35mm Sun, Jan 28 | 2pm | TMT
The final disaster feature from genre master Irwin Allen pits a star-laden cast against a fiery menace from deep within the earth. Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, and William Holden (in one of his final film roles) are among the residents of a Pacific resort island who are imperiled when a volcano erupts, forcing the survivors to flee to safety across a hazard-filled landscape. Oscar-winners Carl Foreman ( The Bridge on the River Kwai ) and Stirling Silliphant ( In the Heat of the Night ) adapted Gordon Thomas’s novel The Day the World Ended , and veteran Allen collaborator Paul Zastupnevich was nominated for his stylish costume designs. DIRECTED BY: James Goldstone. WRITTEN BY: Carl Foreman, Stirling Silliphant. WITH: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, James Franciscus. 1980. 121 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. DCP.
Disaster producer Irwin Allen introduced a new menace from the air in this topical 1978 thriller, as scientists and the military join forces to fend off an invasion of killer bees in this adaptation of Arthur Herzog’s novel. The cast is filled with Oscar winners and screen legends, including Golden Age icons Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray, and Ben Johnson portraying a small-town love triangle. The thrilling score by Oscar-winner Jerry Goldsmith ( The Omen ), the Oscar-nominated costumes by Paul Zastupnevich, and the nonstop peril ensure viewers will join the film’s doomed pilot in screaming “Bees! Bees! Millions of Bees!” DIRECTED BY: Irwin Allen. WRITTEN BY: Stirling Silliphant. WITH: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda. 1978. 116 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG. 35mm.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
The Day After Tomorrow in 35mm Thu, Jan 18 | 7:30pm | TMT
A paleoclimatologist attends a UN conference to share his concern that global warming will lead to another ice age, but fails to leave an impression on politicians. As he and
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