seizure caused him to suffer locked-in syndrome, leaving him almost entirely paralyzed except for his left eyelid. Artist-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel ( Before Night Falls ) directed this sensitive adaptation of Bauby’s memoir in an impressionistic fashion to evoke Bauby’s plight. The film received nominations for Schnabel’s direction, Ronald Harwood’s screenplay, Janusz Kaminski’s warm cinematography, and the complex yet effortless editing by Juliette Welfling ( The Hunger Games ) . DIRECTED BY: Julian Schnabel. WRITTEN BY: Ronald Harwood. WITH: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Max von Sydow. 2007. 112 min. France/USA. Color. French. Rated PG-13. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
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NINE TO FIVE
SUNDAYS EVERY SUNDAY | 7:30PM
Nine to Five Wed, Feb 14 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Executives Branch.
Ray in 35mm Sun, Feb 18 | 7:30pm | DGT
This female buddy comedy about a trio of beleaguered secretaries who plot revenge against their piggish boss teamed up entertainment industry icons Jane Fonda (who came up with the original idea at her production company), Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton, making her big screen acting debut in a charming and confident performance. Parton would receive an Original Song nomination for the film’s hit title tune, and would go on to write the score for the Broadway musical adaptation, earning her a Tony nomination. DIRECTED BY: Colin Higgins. WRITTEN BY: Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick. STORY BY: Patricia Resnick. WITH: Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman. 1980. 110 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG. DCP.
This ongoing series celebrates films that have been honored at the Academy Awards. For the months of December and January, we’re celebrating the history of the National Film Registry by showcasing films honored at the Academy Awards that have been selected for addition to the Registry by the Librarian of Congress for their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance. These films are presented in conjunction with our limited series Works of Enduring Importance: 35 Years of the National Film Registry, screening December 14, 2023 through January 27, 2024. Our January Family Matinees will also focus on films from the Registry. In February, we honor Black History Month by showcasing milestone moments for Black creators, artists, and craftspeople across the history of the Oscars ceremony. Hattie McDaniel made history in 1940 as the first Black person to win an Academy Award, Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Gone with the Wind (1939). Since this breakthrough moment, nearly every category has seen history-defining moments for Black artists. Programmed and notes by K.J. Relth-Miller.
America America in 35mm Sun, Dec 10 | 8pm | TMT Added to the National Film Registry in 2001.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Young Frankenstein in 4K Wed, Feb 28 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch. Free for Museum Members. This loving homage to horror films from the Golden Age of Hollywood is one of Mel Brooks’s most enduringly popular movies, earning nominations for the adapted screenplay by Brooks and Gene Wilder and for its sound. When Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Wilder), the grandson of the notorious scientist, returns to the family castle he finds himself continuing his ancestor’s work and creating a new monster (the endearing Peter Boyle). William Tuttle, who received the first Academy Award given for makeup, an Honorary Award for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), created the witty makeup design for Boyle’s monster, and the supporting cast includes Brooks regulars Madeleine Kahn, Cloris Leachman, and Marty Feldman. DIRECTED BY: Mel Brooks. WRITTEN BY: Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks. WITH: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn. 1974. 106 min. USA. B&W. English. Rated PG. 4K DCP.
Non-professional Greek actor Stathis Giallelis gives a captivating performance as Stavros Topouzoglou in this decade-spanning émigré drama that depicts one version of an immigration experience as lensed by Haskell Wexler ( Medium Cool ) and edited by Dede Allen ( Bonnie and Clyde ). Winning an Oscar for Art Direction (Black & White) for Gene Callahan’s visual sensibility and nominated for Best Picture, Directing, and Original Screenplay at the 36th Academy Awards, Elia Kazan’s screen adaptation of his own novel is an epic of both personal and universal proportions, based on the life of his Turkish-born Greek uncle, Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou, who fled Ottoman Turkey in 1913 to seek sanctuary in the United States. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Elia Kazan. WITH: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Harry Davis, Elena Karam. 1963. 174 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. Preserved by Warner Bros. in association with UCLA Film & Television Archive. Preservation funding provided by Warner Bros., the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and The Film Foundation.
CHARADE
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Charade in 35mm Sun, Dec 17 | 7:30pm | DGT Added to the National Film Registry in 2022.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in 35mm Wed, Feb 21 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Film Editors Branch.
One of the films most recently added to the National Film Registry, Stanley Donen’s ( Singin’ in the Rain ) delightful genre smorgasbord pairs an always-charming Cary Grant
Jean-Dominique Bauby was a successful journalist and magazine editor when, at the age of 43, a cerebrovascular
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