FILM SNEAK PEEK POLITICIANS, KINGS GO HAND IN HAND.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Granted, even hard-core political junkies may be sighing ``enough already'' in light of the perpetual election process. But moviegoers with an appetite for campaign politics can get another taste tonight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A double feature of the documentary ``Primary'' and the 1949 best picture winner, ``All the King's Men The King's Men may refer to:
Director Robert Drew's ``Primary,'' shot in cinema verite ci·né·ma vé·ri·té n. A style of documentary filmmaking that stresses unbiased realism. [French cinéma-vérité : cinéma, cinema + vérité, truth. style, gives an up-close look at John F. Kennedy's 1960 Democratic primary win over Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was the thirty-eighth Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon Johnson. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. in Wisconsin. The candidates are shown not only in public settings but in private moments, as well, and far more candidly than contemporary candidates could be captured on film. Robert Rossen's ``All the King's Men'' is the cynical story of Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford in an Oscar-winning role), a reform-minded gubernatorial candidate who, once elected, becomes as corrupt and entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. as any rotten-to-the-core career politician. Mercedes McCambridge won the supporting actress award as conniving political aide Sadie Burke. Both films will be screened from newly restored prints. Tickets are $5 for the general public, $3 for academy members, and may be purchased during business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a or after doors open at 6:30 p.m. The academy is at 8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. Information: (310) 247-3600. SPEAKING OF SHARKS ...: Part one of the 19th annual Contemporary Documentary series wraps up Tuesday with a free screening of three films at Exposition Park's seven-story IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard Theater. ``Island of the Sharks'' has stunning underwater shots of the predators off Cocos Island, west of Costa Rica, and other creatures they invite to lunch, such as seals. Cocos is said to be the island that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's ``Treasure Island,'' and legend has it that pirate loot remains buried there. ``Olympic Glory'' covers the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, with spectacular scenes from snowboarding and bobsled events as well as athlete profiles. Producer Frank Marshall will take questions from the audience. The program concludes with ``Wolves,'' which looks at fact and fiction surrounding one of the forest's most frightening creatures. The IMAX Theater is in the California Museum of Science and Industry Museum of Science and Industry can refer to:
MAY I HAVE SOME MORE?: Kids today think they have it rough? Take them to see ``Oliver!'' Sunday at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . The 1968 British musical has Mark Lester as Charles Dickens' impressionable orphan Oliver Twist and Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger, who schools him in streetwise street·wise adj. Having the shrewd awareness, experience, and resourcefulness needed for survival in a difficult, often dangerous urban environment. skills for surviving the bleakest parts of 19th- century London. Ron Moody is Fagin, master to his den of pickpocket PICKPOCKET. A thief; one who in a crowd or. in other places, steals from the pockets or person of another without putting him in fear. This is generally punished as simple larceny. apprentices. ``Oliver!'' won the best picture Oscar, as well as awards for director Carol Reed, art direction, scoring and choreography. Try leaving the theater without humming ``Consider Yourself'' or ``As Long as He Needs Me.'' It screens at 2 p.m. at the James Bridges Theater on the northeast corner of the UCLA campus, near Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue. General admission is $6, while students and seniors get in for $4. Information: (310) 206-3456 or www.cinema.ucla.edu. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Glorious underwater shots are featured in ``Island of the Sharks,'' which is playing at the IMAX Theater in Exposition Park at 7 p.m. Tuesday. |
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