for a minor traffic infraction and drove for hundreds of miles across East Texas. With television episodes and a TV movie under his belt, first-time theatrical feature filmmaker Steven Spielberg captures the spirit of this real-life story while giving it the flavor of the era’s countercultural road movies. The Sugarland Express remains as fresh, idiosyncratic, and energetic as when it premiered fifty years ago at New Directors/ New Films in New York City and during its year-long theatrical run that followed. Note by K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED BY: Steven Spielberg. WRITTEN BY: Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins. STORY BY: Steven Spielberg, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins. WITH: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton. 1974. 110 min. USA. Color. English.4K DCP. 4K Dolby Vision Restoration by Universal Pictures from the 35mm Original Negative, 35mm Master Stems and ½” 8-track Music Master. Restoration supervised by Steven Spielberg. Restoration services conducted by NBCUniversal StudioPost, Skywalker Sound, and Fox Studios. The Last Supper ( La última cena ) in 4K Sun, Dec 1 | 8pm | TMT Restoration World Premiere An allegory about the religious hypocrisy of colonial society, The Last Supper is a masterpiece from beginning to end. In 18th century Havana, the Count de Casa Bayona (Nelson Villagra) calms his conscience by gathering twelve enslaved men for a Holy Thursday reenactment of The Last Supper, washing their feet and inviting them to his table. This leads to unpredictable consequences. Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, dissatisfied with the frustrating experience filming A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1971), continued the search for his own truth, and a collective truth, in the labyrinths of history.
4K DCP. Scanned, restored, and color graded in 4K from its original 35mm camera and sound negative reels at Cité de Mémoire in Paris. Sound restoration by L.E. Diapason. Film handling, image, and sound repairs and digital image restoration by Régis Dessort. Negative scene-by-scene image scanning and color grading by Isabelle Barrière. CSI Negative sound scanning and digital restoration by L.E. Diapason. Project management by Denis Garcia. By Hook or by Crook Thu, Dec 5 | 7:30pm | DGT Restoration World Premiere In person: Harry Dodge, Steak House, Silas Howard, and Kathleen Hanna Taking pages from the absurdism of Jean Genet, the Beat ethos of Jack Kerouac, and the independent spirit of John Cassavetes, Harry Dodge and Silas Howard describe their directorial debut as a “butch and trans buddy film.” The story follows Shy (Howard) and Valentine (Dodge), two gender outlaws living by any means necessary in San Francisco during the Bush years—when violence and isolation are around every corner, even in the supposed queer mecca of the United States. This inventive, energetic, shot-on- video road movie is teeming with playful scenarios, pathos, and humanity. The film screened at festivals worldwide and won numerous awards including the Audience and Best Screenplay awards at Outfest. Note by K.J. Relth-Miller. DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Harry Dodge, Silas Howard. WITH: Silas Howard, Harry Dodge, Stanya Kahn, Carina Gia. 2001. 95 min. USA. Color. English. DCP. Digitally restored by the Academy Film Archive and UCLA Film & Television Archive in conjunction with Frameline, Outfest, Steakhaus Productions, Inc., and the Sundance Institute.
Adapted from a note by Luciano Castillo, director, Cinemateca de Cuba.
DIRECTED BY: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. WRITTEN BY: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, María Eugenia Haya, Tomás González. WITH: Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Alberto García, José Antonio Rodríguez. 1976. 113 min. Cuba. Color. Spanish with English subtitles. 4K DCP. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive in coordination with the Cinemateca de Cuba, the ICAIC, and the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique. Bona in 4K Mon, Dec 2 | 7:30pm | TMT West Coast Restoration Premiere A classic Filipino social drama Bona is a collaboration between two greats of Filipino cinema, director Lino Brocka and singer Nora Aunor, and has rarely been screened since its release in 1980. Aunor goes against the grain of her status as a national superstar by portraying Bona, a schoolgirl from a humble background who abandons her home life and moves in with her idol, a “B-list” actor named Gardo (Phillip Salvador). Upon the film’s release, Aunor’s portrayal of Bona received praise from critics and audiences, marking a significant turning point in her career and showcasing her versatility as an actor.
PLANET OF THE APES
Planet of the Apes in 4K Sat, Dec 7 | 7:30pm | DGT West Coast Theatrical Premiere
John Chambers won the second-ever Honorary Award for makeup for his remarkable prosthetics that turned actors Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, and Maurice Evans into talking apes for this witty science- fiction classic starring Charlton Heston as a cynical astronaut who finds himself marooned on a planet where humans are the inferior species. The screening will be preceded by an introduction detailing the efforts undertaken for this new restoration with Extended Dynamic Range (EDR) audio. Note by Robert Reneau. DIRECTED BY: Franklin J. Schaffner. WRITTEN BY: Michael Wilson, Rod Serling. WITH: Charlton Heston, Roddy
Adapted from a note by KANI Releasing.
DIRECTED BY: Lino Brocka. WRITTEN BY: Cenen Ramones. WITH: Nora Aunor, Phillip Salvador, Marissa Delgado, Raquel Monteza. 1980. 86 min. Philippines. Color. Tagalog.
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