"Breakfast at Tiffany's," starring Audrey Hepburn, kicks off the Orpheum's annual summer film series Friday night.
The Orpheum's annual summer movie series begins Friday with "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and continues through September with programs devoted to "Classic Movies" and "Chick Flicks."
"Breakfast at Tiffany's," starring Audrey Hepburn, kicks off the Orpheum's annual summer film series Friday night.
Unless otherwise noted, "Classic Movies" screen at 7:15 on Friday nights, while "Chick Flicks" are shown at 7:15 on Thursday nights at the historic Downtown theater at 203 S. Main. Admission is $6, or $5 for children, 12 and under.
As usual, the movies will be preceded by cartoons, Wurlitzer organ concerts, trivia contests and other events.
The "Classic Movies" lineup consists of:
Friday: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), with Audrey Hepburn.
May 28 (a 7:15 p.m. Thursday show): The Walt Disney adventure "Swiss Family Robinson"(1960), directed by Ken Annakin (who died April 22 at age 94). Admission to this special family show is only 50 cents, with proceeds going to the ARTreach education program.
May 29: "Young Frankenstein" (1974).
June 12: "Jaws" (1975).
June 19: "Animal House" (1978).
July 17: "Easy Rider" (1969).
July 24: "Casablanca" (1942).
Aug. 9 (a 6 p.m. Sunday screening): "Blue Hawaii" (1961), in recognition of Elvis Tribute Week.
Aug. 14: "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).
Aug. 21: In honor of Paul Newman, who died Sept. 26 at 83, a double feature of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1968) and "Cool Hand Luke" (1967).
Aug. 28: "Gone with the Wind" (1939).
Sept. 4 (at 8:15 p.m.): "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975).
The "Chick Flicks" lineup is:
June 11: "Sex and the City" (2008).
July 23: "The Way We Were" (1973).
Aug. 6: "Funny Girl" (1968).
Aug. 7 (a 7:15 p.m. Friday screening): "Mamma Mia!" (2008).
Aug. 20: "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991).
For more information, visit orpheum-memphis.com, or call 525-3000.
Lights, camera, football!
Principal photography has begun on the Atlanta-based production of "The Blind Side," based on the best-selling book by Michael Lewis about star Ole Miss lineman Michael Oher, who was a struggling youth from a broken home in the inner city when he became the adopted son of Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, a well-to-do East Memphis couple.
The film is being produced by Frederick W. Smith's Alcon Entertainment company, with Smith's daughter, Molly Smith, as one of the executive producers. John Lee Hancock ("The Rookie") is the director.
The film will be an inspirational, feel-good story focusing in particular on the mentoring relationship between the petite Mrs. Tuohy and the mammoth Oher (who was drafted in April by the NFL's Baltimore Ravens). Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy; country singer Tim McGraw plays Memphis Grizzlies broadcaster Sean Tuohy; newcomer Quinton Aaron is Oher. Memphis-born Oscar-winner Kathy Bates is "Miss Sue," a steel magnolia of a tutor who helps Oher turn his grades around.
The film is slated for release in November.
N-credible news for 'N-Secure'
"N-Secure," the made-in-Memphis romantic thriller with an African-American ensemble cast that includes Tempestt Bledsoe ("The Cosby Show"), Tyler Perry veteran Lamman Rucker and Memphian Elise Neal, will have its premiere as the closing-night selection June 7 at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Beverly Hills.
Produced by Memphis concert promoter Julius Lewis from a script by Lewis and Memphis motivational speaker Christie Taylor, the movie was shot here last fall on a budget of close to a $1 million, with a largely local crew base that included graduates of the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission's recent film crew workshops.
The Hollywood Black Film Festival opens June 2 with Giancarlo Esposito's all-star "Gospel Hill," which screened at the 2008 Indie Memphis Film Festival and features a score by local composer Scott Bomar ("Black Snake Moan").
'$5' grows to $12,000 for Indie Memphis
The theatrical "world premiere" of Craig Brewer's made-in-Memphis MTV series "$5 Cover" raised more than $12,000 for Indie Memphis, the nonprofit organization that operates the annual Indie Memphis Film Festival, according to organization executive director Erik Jambor.
The 15-episode serial, which made its debut May 1 online and on MTV, screened in its entirety in four sold-out showings April 30 at the Malco Paradiso, 584 S. Mendenhall. Jambor said about 1,500 people attended the screenings, which were a benefit for Indie Memphis.
Indie Memphis also has begun offering $50 memberships for supporters, which includes two tickets to the film festival, a one-year subscription to MovieMaker Magazine and other benefits.
For more information, visit indiememphis.com.
Film time in Oxford town
Submissions are being accepted for the 2010 Oxford Film Festival, scheduled for Feb. 4-7 in Oxford, Miss.
The festival screens films in the categories of animation, documentary feature, documentary short, experimental, narrative feature and narrative short.
The festival had its largest crowds ever in 2009, with a lineup that included the acclaimed feature "Ballast" and a surprise appearance by Morgan Freeman, in conjunction with the documentary "Prom Night in Mississippi."
For more information, visit oxfordfilmfest.com.
John Beifuss: 529-2394
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