The sleeper has awakened! And he has the film lineup!Yes, it's FINALLY time! Here's the OFFICIAL FILM LINEUP for the mega-blowout 30th ANNIVERSARY OHIO 24-HOUR SCIENCE FICTION MARATHON (March 18-19 at the Drexel Theater)! We're proud to present:
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Producer Stephen Scarlata IN PERSON to present his passion project, the delirious documentary
JODOROWSKY'S DUNE! You might remember Stephen from his appearance at last fall's SHOCK AROUND THE CLOCK. We're proud to welcome him back with a project near and dear to him, one of the great films about filmmaking and madness!
-And as a companion piece, a rare BIG SCREEN showing of David Lynch's epic, wonderfully loony
DUNE!
-The
MIDWEST PREMIERE of director Nick DiLiberto's handmade animated opus
NOVA SEED!
-Kevin McCarthy battling pod people in the all-time classic
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS!
-Donald Sutherland picking up the pieces 22 years later in the stone cold classic 1978 remake of
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, in glorious 35mm!
-Jeunet and Caro's cult classic
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN in glorious 35mm!
-David Cronenberg's psychic warfare spectacle
SCANNERS!
-The long-delayed, often-cancelled, sci-fi/horror hybrid
SLITHER!
-John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon's stoneriffic spoof
DARK STAR!
-Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Martin Freeman in Edgar Wright's energetic romp
THE WORLD'S END!
-Rock Hudson in John Frankenheimer's chilling paranoia fable
SECONDS!
PLUS!
-The 30th Anniversary Costume Contest (with $100 1st Prize)
-A galaxy of 35mm trailers and shorts!
-SPACEBOY!
-30th Anniversary cake!
-And many more anniversary surprises!
Tickets for this monumental celebration of cinematic excess are $40 in advance, $45 at the door. They're ON SALE at:
-The Drexel Theater (2254 E. Main St.)
-Laughing Ogre Comics (4258 N. High St., right next door to the dear, departed Drexel North)
-Via PayPal at
http://www.scifimarathon.comBlast off into the stars with us on March 18th! More to come!