Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s - Events

WEGOTPOPUP.COM ALERTS RETRO MOVIE FANS TO "POP-UP" LONDON FILM SCREENINGS IN UNIQUE SETTINGS

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:05:00 -0500

Brompton Cemetary, one of the unique locations for screenings of cult and classic movies.

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

London: Lights, camera, action! A new popup cinema website, designed to provide easy access to the best of London’s popup cinema events, has launched.

The site, www.WeGotPopup.com, will finally offer a one-stop shop for all London’s Popup cinema needs. It will list a wide range of London’s freshest film experiences, from a seat on a 1930s riverboat down the Thames bound for an Elizabethan manor house screening, to getting lost in Camden’s Coram Secret Garden on the back of Falkor the Luckdragon.

Producing these unique experiences for film lovers are… the popup film barons Cult Screens, Pop Up Screens, The Nomad and Rooftop Film Club alongside The Lucky Dog Picture House,Matrix Grimsby, The East Dulwich Tavern, Bloomsbury Lanes, Roadside Picnic, Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, and Boughton House whose events will all be listed on the site.

The screenings can be cross-referenced by date, title and most importantly, distance from where you are currently sitting. (prepare to add at least 2 points to your 'cool ranking').

WeGotPopUp.com will be (ahem) “popping up” for a limited four-month window, arriving just in time to provide film fans with all the information and easy access to often elusive events. So log-on, explore, and click your way to a popup packed summer.

The portal was the brainchild of ticketing experts WeGotTickets, who have ticketed weird and wonderful one-off events since 2000, offering tickets for the UK’s original popup supper clubs and cinema. WeGotTickets has ticketed over a thousand of these – from Films on Fridges, where a white goods wonderland took over a recycling-plant-turned-Olympic-Park, to a popup feast night at a hidden Cornwall beach hut. Not to mention screenings at abandoned petrol stations, under bridges, at lidos, and of course…on rooftops.

Said Kate Pelen, Design and Communications Manager, The Nomad Cinema "There has been really healthy growth in popup cinema events over the past few years, with audiences increasingly on the look-out for a unique and memorable way to enjoy their favourite film, or discover something totally new in a different environment.

“That's why WeGotPopup is such a great idea, allowing customers to search all the best pop-up providers for their favourite film or venue all in one place. We're sure this new venture will be a great success as the WeGotTickets team are a very determined and hard-working bunch of people with a great attitude and a reputation to match.''

WeGotTickets keep tickets paperless, fees low and completely transparent – regularly working with and donating a percentage of their booking fees back to a variety of charities.

About WeGotTickets

WeGotTickets is the UK’s leading paperless ticketing agency. Launched in 2002, WeGotTickets works with thousands of event organisers placing it in the top five ticket agencies in the UK.

WeGotTickets has made it possible for organisers of events of all shapes and sizes to benefit from advance ticket sales, and now sells close to a million tickets a year; from popup cinema, art events and underground restaurants to traditional live music and comedy shows and festivals.

Since its launch, WeGotTickets has consistently pushed for innovation, transparency and best practice across the ticketing industry, with many of the company’s ideas becoming standard industry practice.

The company’s 10% maximum ticket commission rate has helped to lower fees across the business, whilst its pioneering paperless ticketing system has been a major factor in reducing the live music industry’s carbon footprint.

Over the years WeGotTickets has been proud to work on a number of special campaigns with charities such as Oxfam, Macmillan, ActionAid and Warchild, and regularly donates a percentage of their booking fees back to these groups. In 2009 the company launched a unique feature allowing ticket buyers to quickly and easily make a donation to a featured charity whilst purchasing tickets, which has raised tens of thousands of pounds for those charities.

WeGotTickets is now proud to be a full member of STAR (Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers) and is fully behind the organisation’s new fraud prevention kite mark.

www.WeGotTickets.com.

Forthcoming screenings include:

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB – 10^th July (Bussey Building)

Psycho – 14^th July (Queen of Hoxton)

Easy Rider – 22^nd July (Queen of Hoxton)

My Night at Maud’s – 15^th August (East Dulwich Tavern)

BURT LANCASTER TRIBUTE JUNE 23, 28 UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVES

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:28:00 -0500

ULZANA'S RAID

UCLA Film & Television Archive invites you to celebrate the legacy of Burt Lancaster this spring with new prints and many special guests!

“Burt Lancaster: A Centennial Celebration” screens through Sunday, June 30 at the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood Village.

On Sunday, June 23, don’t miss a special screening of ULZANA’S RAID (1972) with actor Bruce Davison and producer Carter DeHaven in person!

And on Friday, June 28, the Archive will screen CATTLE ANNIE AND LITTLE BRITCHES (1981) with producer Rupert Hitzig and other special guests in person!

Complete program details can be found here:

http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2013-04-05/burt-lancaster-centennial-celebration

PERSEVERANCE RECORDS TO HOST MAJOR SOUNDTRACK SIGNING EVENT, BURBANK, JULY 28

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:21:00 -0500

By Darren Allison, Soundtrack Editor

Perseverance Records to attend huge soundtrack signing event

Our friend Robin Esterhammer of Perseverance Records will be hosting a signing event at Dark Delicacies of Burbank at 2pm on July 28^th. The list of composers is certainly looking impressive and names are still being added.

Confirmed already are: John Debney, Richard M. Sherman (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Elia Cmiral (The Deaths of Ian Stone, Journey to the End of the Night), Edwin Wendler (Escape), John Massari (The Puppet Master Soundtracks Box, 5 CD box), Brian Ralston (Crooked Arrows), Dennis Dreith (The Punisher, Gag, Creep Van), Craig Safan (Remo Williams, Fade to Black, Circus, Lesser Known Favorites), Donald Rubinstein (Martin, Pollock, Knightriders), Romina Arena (Morricone Uncovered), Peter Bernstein (The Puppet Master Soundtracks Box), Mader (The Wedding Banquet, Cinemusica), Phillip Lambro (Chinatown - The Rejected Score, Crypt of the Living Dead, Murph the Surf, The Film Music of Phillip Lambro), Richard Band (Mutant, The Puppet Master Soundtracks Box), David Williams (The Prophecy I & II).

Other possible guests may include: Charles Bernstein (Deadly Friend), Christopher Young (Unforgettable), Frank Harris (No Retreat, No Surrender), Mark Isham (Nowhere to Run), Nick Glennie-Smith (The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne), Simon Boswell (Jason and the Argonauts, Lord of Illusions), Gary Chang (Death Warrant), David Newman (The Runestone, Animals United) and filmmakers George A. Romero, Tom Savini and Gavin Scott.

Robin also informed me that a service is available for people to phone or email their orders in and have them signed at the day of the event. An ideal opportunity if you can't make it there in person.

For updates and the latest news, check the website http://www.darkdel.com/ or contact:

Dark Delicacies

3512 W. Magnolia

Burbank, CA 91505 U.S.A.

Tues.-Fri. 10am-7pm Sat.-Sun. 11am-6pm Closed Mondays

1-888-DARKDEL

1-818-556-6660

(for local calls)

darkdel@darkdel.com

RESTORED "HEAVEN'S GATE" TO BE RELEASED THEATRICALLY IN THE UK

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 05:24:00 -0500

Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Park Circus film distributors (UK)

Michael Cimino’s notorious epic, Heaven’s Gate is back in cinemas from 2nd August. Thanks to a new director’s cut and digital restoration, audiences will be able to see Cimino’s original, ambitious vision of a film that has lost none of its grandeur on the big screen. Heaven’s Gate remains a breath-taking eulogy to the American Western, featuring an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Kris Kristofferson, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Walken, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt and many more. Get your dancing skates on, it’s time to unlock and swing Heaven’s Gate open again.

Heaven’s Gate tells the story of a Harvard graduate lawyer, Averill (Kris Kristofferson), and his attempts to help a community of European immigrants out West in their struggle with a brutal cattle owners' association, depicting the real-life bloody conflict of the Johnson County War in 1892. At its heart lies a fraught love story between rogue Federal Marshal Averill, local madam Ella (Huppert) and association mercenary Nate (Walken), all led by fantastic performances.

Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography provides as much dramatic pull, capturing a spectacular dust-filled, snow-peaked setting that evokes not only the enormity of Cimino’s Western tale but the awesome nature of America’s landscape and its historical significance in the film’s post Civil War era.

Michael Cimino’s 1981 follow up to The Deer Hunter divided critics and the public alike on its initial release when it was shown in a shorter version (148-minutes). Over the last decade the film has been broadly reassessed, with many critics citing the film as one of the key American films of its period.

MGM Studios’ Heaven’s Gate will open in the UK on 2nd August at BFI Southbank and selected cinemas nationwide.

"THE GREAT ESCAPE" FATHER'S DAY SCREENINGS, JUNE 16 ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE, AUSTIN

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:34:22 -0500

The Alamo Drafthouse Theatres in Austin will present the 1963 classic The Great Escape on the big screen, Father's Day, June 16. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Donald Pleasence and David McCallum star....but you already knew that. Click here for info

HARRYHAUSEN BIG SCREEN TRIBUTE, LOEW'S JERSEY CITY JUNE 8

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:47:00 -0500

Harryhausen with one of the legendary skeleton warriors he created for Jason and the Argonauts.

On June 8, the landmark movie palace, The Loew's Jersey City, will honor the life and career of Ray Harryhausen with two of the special effects master's greatest films: 20 Million Miles to Earth and Jason and the Argonauts (which played at the Loew's during its initial release). Also, on June 7, the original Men in Black will be shown. For details click here

"HOW DO YOU VIEW" WEB-BASED RADIO PROGRAM INTERVIEWS DIRECTOR RICHARD RUSH

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 05:08:00 -0500

“How Do You View” is the name of a new Internet radio show hosted by Cinema Epoch’s Director of Acquisitions, Douglas Dunning. The show can be heard daily at 1:00 am, 5:30 am, 11:00 am & 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (that’s 4:00 am, 8:30 am, 2:00 pm, and 8:00 pm to us on the Eastern Seaboard). It can be heard on the Prodigy Media Network. This week, Mr. Dunning interviews director Richard Rush (pictured), best known for 1980’s The Stunt Man.

Click here to listen to “How Do You View” at the respective times.

"MIDNIGHT MOVIES" RETURNS TO LINCOLN CENTER

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 28 May 2013 05:07:00 -0500

The Film Society of Lincoln Center resumes its annual "Midnight Movies" program commencing June 7 with John Carpenter's super remake of The Thing. Every Friday night throughout the summer, another cult or horror flick will be shown. Other titles for June are Big Trouble in Little China, The Omen (1976) and Deadly Blessing. Click here for more

BFI FILM FESTIVAL: SEASONS IN THE SUN- THE HEYDAY OF NIKKATSU STUDIOS

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:31:00 -0500

Branded to Kill is among the Nikkatsu films to be screened.

The BFI will showcase a month long London film festival tribute to Japan's legendary Nikkatsu Studios during the month of June. Below is press release information:

The oldest of Japan’s film studios, Nikkatsu was established in 1912 as the Japan Cinematograph Company (Nippon katsudo shashin kaisha). Home to ‘father of Japanese cinema’ Shozo Makino, it fostered early directors like Kenji Mizoguchi, Daisuke Ito and Tomu Uchida, until restructuring of the industry by the wartime government in 1942 saw its production facilities hived off to form the new Daiei Corporation, with Nikkatsu surviving only in an exhibition capacity.

In 1954, Nikkatsu resumed production, rising phoenix-like under the guidance of studio head Kyusaku Hori to carve out a unique identity in the highly competitive market of the postwar Golden Age. Its breakthrough came with the 1956 double whammy of Takumi Furukawa’s Season of the Sun and Ko Nakahira’s Crazed Fruit, kicking off a boom in so-called ‘Sun Tribe’ (taiyôzoku) movies. Such films, with their controversial youths-on-the-loose narratives and sunny beachside settings providing a Japanese mirror to Hollywood titles like Rebel Without a Cause and Blackboard Jungle, were emblematic of a new era of carefree hedonism and sexual liberation for a generation of postwar baby-boomers, and were soon emulated by other studios.

In the 1960s, Nikkatsu cultivated its ‘Borderless Action’ (mukokuseki akushun) brand – the onscreen worlds drawing from American and European cinema and bearing little resemblance to contemporary Japanese reality. Produced at a conveyer-belt pace by directors including Koreyoshi Kurahara, Toshio Masuda and Takashi Nomura and featuring the company’s ‘Diamond Line’ roster of matinee idols like Yujiro Ishihara, Hideaki Nitani, Akira Kobayashi and Jo Shishido, these gaudy mash-ups of genres including musicals, film noir, gangster movies and even American Westerns defined the company’s product against its rivals. While the playful populism of most of its productions saw them fall beneath the radar of international critics, Nikkatsu’s output as a whole remained eccentric enough to spawn talents such as Shohei Imamura and Seijun Suzuki.

With the steady loss of innocence across the decade marked by the collapse of the Japanese studio system at its end, an era in Japanese cinema came to an end, although it would be Nikkatsu, arguably, who defined the new one too, when from 1971 onwards, it launched its new Roman Porno erotic line.

Click here for film festival tickets and info

BURT LANCASTER FILM FESTIVAL, LINCOLN CENTER

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:07:00 -0500

Lancaster gave a superb performance in Ulzana's Raid (1972).

Commencing May 17, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present a Burt Lancaster film festival to celebrate the iconic actor's 100th birthday. Films to be screened include From Here To Eternity, Sweet Smell of Success, The Swimmer, Elmer Gantry, Twilight's Last Gleaming and Ulzana's Raid. For info click here

SHIRLEY JONES AT "CAROUSEL" SCREENING, OMAHA, MAY 24

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 05 May 2013 22:50:27 -0500

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

On Friday May 24th Bruce Crawford will present his 32nd classic film event with a salute to the legendary music and lyricist team of Rodgers and Hammerstein with a screening of their musical classic, "Carousel", with special guest, star of the film, Oscar winning actress and TV legend Shirley Jones. 7pm. at the Joslyn Art Museum's Witherspoon Hall 2200 Dodge St. Omaha Ne.
Mandy MacRae Daley, the daughter of co star Gordon MacRae, will also be in attendance.

World renowned pop artist Nicolosi will also unveil an original art design he created for this event honoring Miss Jones, MacRae and Rodgers and Hammerstein and it will be available as an official United States Postal Service commemorative envelope.

Tickets are $20 at all Omaha Hy Vee food stores customer service counters.
Proceeds benefit the Omaha Parks Foundation. For more information call: 402-926-8299

www.omahafilmevent.com

CINEMA RETRO REPORTS ON THE WIDESCREEN WEEKEND FILM FESTIVAL IN BRADFORD, ENGLAND

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:30:41 -0500

(Photo: Thomas Hauerslev)

By Bruce Campbell

Over four days the 2013 Bradford Widescreen Festival located at The Pictureville Cinema played host to a mixture of classics in 70mm, CinemaScope and Cinerama formats. There was a special tribute to the 60^th anniversary of CinemaScope, the famous widescreen process developed for Twentieth Century Fox back in the 1950s.

Friday kicked off with a rare 70mm screening of The Longest Day preceded by an informative introduction by Sir Christopher Frayling. This was followed by the much- loved The Great Escape presented for the first time in 4K Digital and the picture and sound were simply stunning. Cinema Retro contributor Dr. Sheldon Hall provided an illuminating introduction to this war classic. Following the delegates’ reception in the Kodak Gallery, The Sound of Music was presented in 70mm. The print was generally good although three quarters of the way through, a reel snapped resulting in a 10 minute wait for reparations to take place. When the show resumed, the audience cheered and applauded.

Saturday provided a different selection of features commencing with a wonderful short directed by Grant Wakefield in 2k called Remnants. Filmed using motion controlled time-lapse photography, Remnants captures on film the thousands of complex stone monuments constructed by the Neolithic peoples of Northern Europe from 3800 to 1000 BC. Stunning 2K resolution and extraordinary music provided by Tangerine Dream member Thorsten Quaeschning.

Dave Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch who do so much for the preservation and restoration of the Cinerama documentary features updated the audience on Seven Wonders of the World, another 3 strip Cinerama classic that required extensive work to bring this forthcoming restoration to a new generation of audiences. Following this came the European premiere of Cinerama Holiday shown in 2k Digital on the curved screen. Randy Gitsch provided the introduction and background to the extensive work needed to bring this second of the three Cinerama travelogues up to date. A highly rewarding experience for all. (Cinerama Holiday will be released later this year along with another Cinerama feature South Seas Adventure on the Flicker Alley label).

Saturday afternoon concluded with the European premiere of David Strohmaier's In the Picture short, which was filmed in 3 panel Cinerama for the first time in 50 years! This was followed by The Last Days of Cinerama, an affectionate look at the making of the aforementioned feature. A 70mm print of Hello Dolly rounded off the Saturday evening, again an excellent presentation.

Sunday opened with the regular and popular Cineramacana a montage of shorts and news items that included DTS demonstration reels and a 70mm reel of Tomorrow Never Dies which never saw a 70mm release in the UK. The traditional onstage photograph followed. Sunday afternoon ran the 3 strip feature of The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm, the only known print in existence. It looked magnificent on the Pictureville's curved screen.

How to Marry a Millionaire was screened on Sunday afternoon, with a beautiful CinemaScope print that was well received by all present. Tony Sloman provided a fascinating and amusing intro to this Fox Classic. The day concluded with a screening of The Guns of Navarone, shown for the first time in a 4k print. Again patrons were experiencing a much improved presentation of this war movie classic. This was introduced by Author Brian Hannan who has just written two books: The Making of the Guns of Navarone and The Making of Lawrence of Arabia.

The final day Monday showed the marathon feature Gettysburg over two parts which was introduced by Dr. Sheldon Hall.

The Bradford 2013 Widescreen festival will go down as one of the best ever, with improved organisation allowing delegates longer breaks between features and also arguably for the first time ever, ran pretty much to schedule!

Ably organised by Bill Lawrence and Duncan McGregor patrons seemed very happy with both the presentation and quality of the features on offer.

Congratulations to all concerned and roll on 2014.......

MICHAEL CAINE EXHIBITION, MUSEUM OF LONDON, THROUGH 14 JULY

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:23:00 -0500

Caine in his first major hit film, Zulu (1964)

The Museum of London pays tribute to a local boy-made-good, Michael Caine. The Cockney legend is the subject of an exhibition at the museum that includes rare photos and film clips. It runs through 14 July. For more click here

THE FRIARS ROAST JACK BLACK: CINEMA RETRO'S EDDY FRIEDFELD GIVES YOU AN INSIDE REPORT

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:05:45 -0500

(Photo: David Kogut)

By Eddy Friedfeld

“There is no one like Jack Black… No, I read that wrong- no one likes Jack Black,”s aid Roastmaster Bob Saget as the School of Rock star and Tenacious D musician was honored at star-studded Friars Club event held at the New York Hilton on Friday April 5.

Saget masterfully set the tone for the roast: “To say that Jack Black is a one-trick pony is an insult to ponies… Jerry Lewis, you’re an icon,” he told the Friar’s Club Abbott, who announced that he is celebrating his 84^thyear in the entertainment business, “but I’m glad you don’t take a bow- you’d yank your balls out of your socks.”

“It’s unusual for Sarah Silverman to be at table with comedians,” Saget said introducing her, “she’s usually under a table jerking them off.” “Anyone who’s seen Bob do comedy knows it’s nothing like Full House,” Silverman replied. “He played a sweet Dad in Full House, and now plays a lousy comedian for a half-full house.” Turning to the corpulent actor Oliver Platt, she said: “you’re distantly related to Princess Diana, which means that bulimia is not an inherited trait… Jeff Ross made a sex tape and the next day his girlfriend was arrested for bestiality.”

The star-studded guest list ranged from Al Roker, Oliver Platt, to KISS founder Gene Simmons, Debbie Harry, Chad Smith, Richard Marx, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love, The Spin Doctors, Boyd Tinsley, Dee Snider, Dreamworks’ co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg to Black’s Tenacious D partner Kyle Gass.

“There are so many fossils here, I thought that Ben Stiller was shooting another Night at the Museum sequel,” Silverman said. Turning to Lewis, she said: “The last person who thought you were funny in France just died. Jerry Lewis doesn’t think that women are funny and now no one thinks Jerry Lewis is funny.”

“Jack Black is very shy- he prefers to be left alone- that’s why he made Nacho Libre…School of Rock changed my life- because you can’t get rid of anal warts… Jack is so fat, his last movie was shot by Google Earth. He’s not starved for attention, just onion rings.”

Introducing Roastmaster General and creator and star of Comedy Central’s “The Burn” Jeffrey Ross, Saget said: “Before the roast he was standing next to Jerry Lewis in the lobby and somebody made a donation. And Jerry took it. And then he humped the guy.”

“Bob is currently on a stand-up tour of colleges, and it’s just nice to see someone not killing at a school these days,” Ross said. “What a turnout: Dee Snider, Debbie Harry, Joan Osborne. Last time I saw these three musicians together was in a Dollar CD bin… Is this a roast or a charity concert for shingles? Turning to Mike Love, he said: “Don’t you think it’s about time you change the name of the band to something more age appropriate, like The Grateful Dead?”

Turning to the guest of honor, he added: “Jack is widely considered a show business triple threat: Diabetes, blood pressure, and gout… Anybody see Jack in the remake of King Kong? Your version sucked so bad, King Kong jumped off The Empire State Building! Jack sounds like Meat Loaf and his partner Kyle smells like meatloaf… This is fun- I never roasted a marshmallow before!”

In its best incarnation, the roast is a celebration of a career or life through testimonials barely veiled as insults (and more often just insults themselves). Saget introduced Ross as one of his closest friends (“he came to my father’s Shiva, and he was so funny he made my mom choke on his kishka, which is what he calls his balls.”)

Ross’ interplay with Saget harkened back to the legendary era of Friar’s roasts where most of the roasters were lifelong friends, where Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Red Button, and Jan Murray would jab each other like expert swordsmen. Comrades in insulting arms, they were skilled at honoring someone they loved and respected through devout, passionate, and creative dishonor. As much as they were coming to see the guest of honor, audiences wanted and still want to be part of the beloved family of friends that made fun of each other with regularity and deep affection. With close friends Saget and Silverman, Ross continued the private party tradition where the roasters were happy to have you become a part of, where the friendship made even the harshest barbs affectionate.

Turning to Gene Simmons, he said: “You look like a Rabbi fucked an Indian Chief. What happened, Gene? You used to rock and roll all night and party every day- now you get up six times a night to go to the bathroom.” Getting Simmons to show his infamously large tongue, he added “you’re two pieces of pumpernickel away from being the Number 3 at the Carnegie Deli!”

Ross’ observation about Lewis: “We make fun of Jerry Lewis, but what about the good things Jerry Lewis does? What about the fact that just a few years ago, a six year old boy got up out of his wheelchair and walked for the first time- to turn off the Jerry Lewis Telethon,” brought down the house with the greatest laughs coming from Lewis himself.

Ross poignantly closed his set by telling the capacity crowd how much the roasts mean to him. “I love, love coming to these Friar’s roasts every year. Some of my best friends are on this dais and in this room. I started out at these roasts. I will finish my life at these roasts. And the fact that Jack Black knows enough about the traditions of comedy that he would agree to do this is an inspiration to people with Downs Syndrome everywhere.”

Roast-contest winner and newcomer Amadeo Fusca did an impressive job, starting by telling Saget “Thank you, Uncle Jesse.” To Katzenberg he said, “I’ve seen your movies. Your dreams don’t work… Jeff Ross is a veteran of these roasts- he shows up once a year and will probably be homeless.”

“Jack Black will do anything for a movie role, except sit-ups and pushups,” said Vh1’s Carrie Keagan; “This is my first Friar’s roast and obviously Jerry Lewis’ last,” said Amy Shumer, “it’s hard to film School of Rock when you’re not allowed 500 feet in front of one… how are you holding a pen,” she said to Saget, “don’t your hands hurt from hanging on by a thread for so long?” “In your version of Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver travelled right the video store,” Artie Lange said. “It’s very expensive to bring Jerry Lewis to the roast- it costs $10,000 to bring him here and $10,000 to tell him where he is.”

There were also videos from Seth Rogen, James Franco and Danny McBride, Matthew McConnaughey (“Jack Black is a very nice man, unless you’ve met any other men”),Will Ferrell in his Ron Bergundy persona, accusing Black of not returning “the AMC Hornet he borrowed,” and Shirley MacLaine, talking about how much she loved Jack in “Save the Tiger,” confusing him with former co-star, Jack Lemmon.

For photos from the event visit the Friars web site by clicking here

Cinema Retro contributor Eddy Friedfeld teaches film and comedy history at NYU and Yale and will be hosting the Dick Van Dyke Lifetime Achievement Award program at New York’s 92^nd Street Y on April 26^th.

INDY FILM FESTIVAL, KRAKOW, POLAND APRIL 12-21

nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro) — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 18:55:00 -0500

The annual Off Plus Camera independent film festival opens on April 12 in Krakow and runs through April 21. The festival honors independent filmmakers and celebrates contemporary and classic/cult indie movies. Guests include Costa-Gavras, Melissa Leo, Johhn Rhys-Davies and many other notable actors, directors and film scholars. For more click here