FILM/SNEAK PEEK : TO SEE KING OF BIG SCREEN, HEAD TO UNIVERSAL.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski For Southern Californians, mention of ``Universal'' may mean studio theme park or concert venue, but next week the Valley entertainment mecca gets back to its movie roots. Six popular titles from Universal Studios will be shown Wednesday through Jan. 24 at the Universal Amphitheatre, which has been specially reconfigured with what is believed to be the world's largest normal-format movie screen and a 60-speaker surround-sound system. The bill includes ``Psycho,'' ``Jaws,'' ``American Graffiti,'' ``Fast Times at Ridgemont High,'' ``National Lampoon's Animal House'' and ``The Blues Brothers.'' Universal says that, for the occasion, new 35mm prints have been struck directly from the original film elements. Tickets cost $12 for reserved seats, $8 for general admission, $6 for matinees and $30 for a Saturday marathon of five of the movies. Schedule information and tickets are available through the Universal Amphitheatre box office or Ticketmaster, (213) 252-8497. Raising a stink And now for the award nominations nobody wants: The organization behind the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards has announced the short-list short-list tr.v. short-list·ed, short-list·ing, short-lists To include (a candidate for a job, for example) on a shortlist. for its 20th annual contest, and the worst-picture contenders are ``Batman & Robin,'' ``The Fifth Element,'' ``Lost Highway,'' ``The Postman'' and ``Starship Troopers.'' The first Batman feature starring George Clooney George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER picked up five nominations, the most of any movie this year, including worst sense of direction, worst screenplay for a film that grossed over $100 million, worst sequel and worst supporting actress supporting actress n → attrice f non protagonista for Alicia Silverstone. Silverstone has the unfortunate distinction of being up for two Stinkers, having been nominated for worst actress for ``Excess Baggage excess baggage n → exceso de equipaje excess baggage excess n → excédent m de bagages excess baggage excess n .'' Last year's winner in the worst actor category, Tom Arnold Tom Arnold is the name of:
The Hastings Bad Cinema Society handed out ballots on New Year's Eve to some 15,000 campers awaiting the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade The Tournament of Roses Parade was established, and first held, on January 1,1890, in Pasadena, California, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Rooted in tradition, this parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one . Movie fans still can vote by requesting a ballot from the Stinkers, P.O. Box 91114, Pasadena, Calif., 91109-1114. Each returned ballot must be postmarked by Feb. 21 and must include $1. Organizers say profits will go to charity. `Pretty Village' screens The Yugoslav feature ``Pretty Village Pretty Flame,'' which has garnered a lot of attention on the international film-festival circuit, comes to Los Angeles for Laemmle's International Cinema Showcase. The film, directed by Srdjan Dragojevic, was described by one critic as ``one of the most audacious antiwar an·ti·war adj. Opposed to war or to a particular war: antiwar protests; an antiwar candidate. statements ever committed to the big screen.'' It opens today and plays through Jan. 22 at the Laemmle Grand 4-Plex at 345 S. Figueroa St., downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Cut-rate parking is available across the street at the World Trade Center. For show times and other information, call (213) 617-0268. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Roy Scheider will be bigger than ever when ``Jaws'' joins five other films for screenings beginning Wednesday at Universal Amphitheatre. |
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