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David Bowie in LABYRINTH Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli

“I wish the goblins would come and take you away! Right now! “

LABYRINTH screens midnights this weekend (August 30th and 31st) at The Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ Midnight Series. Nothing like a crummy day of babysitting your little brother to make you wish him away to the Goblin King! What’s that, you didn’t mean to? Well…time is of the essence…you have 13 hours in which to solve the labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes a goblin!

LABYRINTH, the charming 1986 fantasy helmed by the late Jim Henson is lovely to see and a joy to experience. Taking its visual cues from Henson’s THE DARK CRYSTAL and its story from a mix of Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz, this is a classic story about growing up without relinquishing your childlike wonder. Jennifer Connolly leads a cast of 5 humans, 1 Dog and more puppets than you can shake a stick at. In the role of Sarah Connolly does a splendid performance of an introverted yet willful teenager put through the challenge of surviving her own imagination. But what everyone remembers about LABYRINTH is the Goblin King himself, played by David Bowie, probably one of the few people on the planet who could pull off ’80s hairstyles.

If you’re a Bowie fan and have not seen this movie, what on earth are you waiting for!?

Like THE DARK CRYSTAL, the visual design for this film was handled by illustrator Brian Froud, and like that film does a wonderful job of creating a strange, eerie, and beautiful fantasy world. Sarah’s principal companions–a cowardly dwarf, a gentle Bigfoot-like creature and a quixotic canine—are most appealing. Bowie turns in the best performance of the humans, creating an antagonist who is less of a classic villain and more of a trickster, both charming and unsettling.

Light and sweet, LABYRINTH will not be for every taste, but for those whose appetites run to fantasy it’s worth seeing again. And what better way to watch LABYRINTH than on the big screen at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130) at midnight!?!

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

Here’s the line-up for the other films coming to ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli:

Sept. 6-7 HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH New 4K digital re-master

Reel Late at the Tivoli takes place every Friday and Saturday night and We Are Movie Geeks own Tom Stockman (that’s me!) is there with custom trivia questions about the films and always has DVDs, posters, and other cool stuff to give away. Ticket prices are $8 . We hope to see everyone late at night in the coming weeks.

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST Screening at The St. Louis Library for Banned Book Week!

“If I was a woodcutter, I’d cut. If I was a fire, I’d burn. But I’m a heart and I love. That’s the only thing I can do.”

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988) screens at The St. Louis Public Library Central Branch (1301 Olive Street St. Louis) as part ‘Banned Book Week’. The film begins at 1pm Saturday, September 29th. A discussion with Cliff Froehlich, Executive Director of Cinema St. Louis, follows the screening. This is a FREE event.

In conjunction with Banned Book Week, St. Louis Public Library is celebrating the freedom to view controversial films and discuss their cultural significance. The film selected for 2018 is Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. When released in August of 1988, the film was banned by some cities and one theater in France was set on fire while the film was screening. Religious groups ridiculed this film for its portrayal of Jesus Christ.

The story of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and its aftermath are the subject of the sometimes iconoclastic but always passionate religious drama THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. On its initial release, the film was the center of a notable controversy, thanks to protests from fundamentalists objecting to the film’s unconventional depiction of Jesus.THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST tells of the life of Jesus Christ, his journey through life as he faces the struggles all humans do, and his final temptation on the cross.

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST stars Willem Dafoe , David Bowie, Barbara Hershey, Harvey Keitel, and Harry Dean Stanton.

LABYRINTH Returning to Movie Theaters April 29th, May 1st and 2nd

Movie lovers will journey into Jim Henson’s magical LABYRINTH this spring when the 1986 fantasy-adventure returns to the big screen for three days only as a nationwide fan celebration from Fathom Events, The Jim Henson Company and Sony Pictures Entertainment. Audiences are encouraged to attend the screenings in costume to celebrate the nostalgia and legacy of this beloved film.

Starring David Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King, and Jennifer Connelly as Sarah, who must rescue her baby brother by finding her way through the massive maze of the title, “Labyrinth” will play in movie theaters nationwide at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 29; and at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1, and Wednesday, May 2 (all local times).

All presentations of the film will include introductions by Brian Henson and Jennifer Connelly, captured exclusively for Fathom Events. In addition, audiences will enjoy a special theatrical screening excerpt from the award-winning fantasy series “The Storyteller.” Brian Henson will discuss the episode “Soldier and Death,” also directed by Jim Henson, and the special effects techniques that were a hallmark of “Labyrinth,” “The Storyteller,” and Jim Henson’s legacy.

Tickets for “Labyrinth” can be purchased online at www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in more than 400 select movie theaters. A complete list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

Directed by Jim Henson, “Labyrinth” was produced by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and presented by Lucasfilm Ltd. The film’s screenplay is by Terry Jones of “Monty Python” fame, from a story by Henson and Dennis Lee. Brian Froud served as the conceptual designer of the groundbreaking fantasy, with music by Trevor Jones and songs by David Bowie.

“’Labyrinth’ is one of the most frequently requested titles, and has an enormous fan base,” said Tom Lucas, Fathom Events Vice President of Studio Relations. “It’s a film with great appeal to a huge audience – and also a cinematic experience that can be enjoyed over and over, always revealing more surprises. We couldn’t be happier to share it with moviegoers again.”

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Falls to Earth on Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray January 24th

“Television. The strange thing about television is that it – doesn’t *tell* you everything. It *shows* you everything about life on Earth, but the true mysteries remain. Perhaps it’s in the nature of television. Just waves in space.”

Relive the imaginative cult classic, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, starring international icon David Bowie, when the Limited Collector’s Edition arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus Digital HD) January 24 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Relive the imaginative and compelling cult classic, The Man Who Fell to Earth, when the Limited Collector’s Edition arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus Digital HD) January 24 from Lionsgate. International icon David Bowie stars in his unforgettable debut role as an alien who has ventured to Earth on a mission to save his planet from a catastrophic drought. In honor of David Bowie’s legacy, the limited collector’s edition Blu-ray Combo Pack includes never-before-seen interviews, brand new artwork, a 72-page bound book, press booklet, four art cards and a mini poster. Hailed as “the most intellectually provocative genre film of the 1970s” by Time Out, the remastered The Man Who Fell to Earth Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack will be available for the suggested retail price of $34.99.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet.

BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES

David Bowie Interview – French TV 1977
New Interview with Costume Designer May Routh Featuring Original Costume Sketches
New Interview with Stills Photographer David James Featuring Behind-the-Scenes Stills
New Interview with fan Sam Taylor-Johnson
New Interview with Producer Michael Deeley
New “The Lost Soundtracks” Featurette, Featuring Interviews with Paul Buckmaster and Author Chris Campion
Interview with Candy Clark
Interview with Writer Paul Mayersberg
Interview with Cinematographer Tony Richmond
Interview with Director Nicolas Roeg

CAST

David Bowie Basquiat, Labyrinth, The Hunger

Buck Henry The Graduate, Catch-22

Candy Clark American Graffiti, Zodiac

Rip Torn Men in Black, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Arrives on Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray January 24th

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet.

BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES

David Bowie Interview – French TV 1977
New Interview with Costume Designer May Routh Featuring Original Costume Sketches
New Interview with Stills Photographer David James Featuring Behind-the-Scenes Stills
New Interview with fan Sam Taylor-Johnson
New Interview with Producer Michael Deeley
New “The Lost Soundtracks” Featurette, Featuring Interviews with Paul Buckmaster and Author Chris Campion
Interview with Candy Clark
Interview with Writer Paul Mayersberg
Interview with Cinematographer Tony Richmond
Interview with Director Nicolas Roeg

CAST

David Bowie Basquiat, Labyrinth, The Hunger

Buck Henry The Graduate, Catch-22

Candy Clark American Graffiti, Zodiac

Rip Torn Men in Black, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

David Bowie LABYRINTH Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli

“I wish the goblins would come and take you away! Right now! “

LABYRINTH screens midnights this weekend (April 15th and 16th) at The Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ Midnight Series.
Nothing like a crummy day of babysitting your little brother to make you wish him away to the Goblin King! What’s that, you didn’t mean to? Well…time is of the essence…you have 13 hours in which to solve the labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes a goblin!

If you’re a Bowie fan and have not seen this movie, what on earth are you waiting for!?

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/152784941784715/

Here’s the rest of the schedule for the coming weeks:

April 22-23 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

April 29-30 KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE – subtitled

May 6-7 BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

May 13-14 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – Written by Charlie Kaufman (ANOMALISA)

May 20-21 THE EVIL DEAD

May 27-28 PULP FICTION

This Week’s WAMG Podcast – A ‘Best Of’ Show!

This week’s episode of our podcast WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is up! WAMG’s Michelle McCue, Jim Batts and Tom Stockman introduce some ‘Best Of’ clips since we are on vacation this week. Hear our tributes to Christopher Lee, Cannon Films, Harold Lloyd, James Horner, and David Bowie!

Here’s this week’s show. Have a listen:

The Tivoli Announces the ‘Reel Late’ Midnight Line-Up – MAD MAX, EVIL DEAD, Miyazaki

“Do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?”

Another brilliant lineup of midnight movies for the ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ to kick off the 2016 season. It’s a typically good variety of titles that will draw the late night movie buff crowd with a couple of retro surprises. The Midnight Movie experience has always catered to a college-age crowd and that’s the way it should be. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with live shadow cast with the Samurai Electricians kicks off the new schedule on April 8th and 9th. The oldest film this time is the original THE EVIL DEAD from 1983 and the most recent is last year’s winner of 6 Oscars (and deserving of at least 4 more) MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. There’s a Miyazaki thrown in there for attendance insurance and a handful of standards including BLADE RUNNER and PULP FICTION. I believe ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and the original EVIL DEAD are new to the Tivoli midnight roster, and I suspect they will draw good crowds.

Here’s the line-up:

April 8-9 ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – with live shadow cast, Samurai Electricians! – All tickets $10 for ROCKY

April 15-16 LABYRINTH – David Bowie

April 22-23 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

April 29-30 KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE – subtitled

May 6-7 BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT

May 13-14 ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND – Written by Charlie Kaufman (ANOMALISA)

May 20-21 THE EVIL DEAD

May 27-28 PULP FICTION

Reel Late at the Tivoli takes place every Friday and Saturday night and We Are Movie Geeks own Tom Stockman (that’s me!) is there with custom trivia questions about the films and always has DVDs, posters, and other cool stuff to give away. Ticket prices are $8 (except ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW which is $10). We hope to see everyone late at night in the coming weeks.

The Tivoli is located at 6350 Delmar in The Loop. Visit Landmark’s The Tivoli’s websiteHERE

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/st.louis/tivolitheatre.htm

ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS March 2nd at Schlafly Bottleworks

“My Mother saw her first spaceship today… “

ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS screens Wednesday night March 2nd at Schlafly Bottleworks at 8pm as part of the Award-Winning ‘Strange Brew’ film series

Acclaimed documentarian D. A. Pennebaker had already filmed music icons like Bob Dylan and John Lennon before getting the gig to film David Bowie’s “farewell” concert at London Hammersmith Odeon in July 1973. Bowie was huge in Britain at the time but had yet to break out in America.The result was the 1973 concert film ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.

Pennebaker’s approach to the concert is pretty conservative actually as we get a little bit of pre-show scene-setting, with Bowie getting made-up in his dressing room, chatting to his wife Angie, while cutting in scenes of his adoring, often lookalike fans outside. Without too much delay, however, the show’s on and Bowie and his band, led by Mick Ronson on lead guitar, tear into a great set, culminating in the famous, if misleading “This is our last show” quote and the audience euphoria which greets final song “Rock and Roll Suicide”. In between, we get four costume changes, a goodly selection of numbers from his just-released “Aladdin Sane” album (but no “Jean Genie”), plenty from the “Ziggy Stardust” album, tracks from some of his earlier albums, a somewhat ridiculous mine sequence during an almost never-ending version of “Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud”, and Ringo Starr appearing in Bowie’s dressing room between songs.

So catch an exciting glimpse of a top artist on top form, masterminding his destiny to a “T”, and delivering a great rock and roll show in the process. ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS screens Wednesday, March 3^rd at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, MO 63143) as part of their Strange Brew film series . The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed beer.

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/967160053320526/

David Bowie Tribute! LABYRINTH at Tenacious Eats ‘Movies for Foodies’ March 5th

“I wish the goblins would come and take you away! Right now! “

LABYRINTH will be screened Saturday March 5th, as part of Movies for Foodies, a regular film series put on by the chefs at Tenacious Eats. The event will take place at Marine Corps League Banquet Hall (5700 Leona St, St. Louis 63116)

Tenacious Eats ‘Movies for Foodies’ is a one-of-a-kind event where food is prepared and plated in front of you, in the form of a 5-course gourmet meal, while you watch a film on the big screen. Tenacious Eats only works with locally produced food procured by them and hard-to-find ingredients imported from places that specialize in them.

For each new film, the folks at Tenacious Eats write a new menu specific to that movie’s story. Sometimes the menu is literal and sometimes it is inspired interpretation. In all cases, each dining experience is different because each film is different. By integrating film and food, Movies for Foodies creates an original experience, a feast for the senses, an event that brings food and film, chefs and diners together.

Nothing like a crummy day of babysitting your little brother to make you wish him away to the Goblin King! What’s that, you didn’t mean to? Well…time is of the essence…you have 13 hours in which to solve the labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes a goblin!

If you’re a Bowie fan and have not seen this movie, what on earth are you waiting for!?

Light and sweet, LABYRINTH will not be for every taste, but for those whose appetites run to fantasy it’s worth seeing again. Speaking of appetites, what better way to watch LABYRINTH than at Tenacious Eats ‘Movies for Foodies’ event?

Live Music starts at 4:30pm followed by some Super-8 Movie Madness. The movie starts at 6. There’s no dress code but costumes always encouraged!

$85.00 per person.
$100.00 per person day of event.

Seating is limited and space cannot be guaranteed unless purchased in advance.

The Facebook invite for this event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/185249448500383/

Visit the Tenacious Eats site HERE

http://tenaciouseats.com/

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