Film

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The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Film & Music Office, deadCENTER Film and the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, proudly present this showcase of the latest and greatest Oklahoma produced narrative and documentary feature films of 2008. Filmmakers will be present at each screening.

 

	Thursday, August 21, 7:30pm Unsolved Suspense goes back to college when graduating senior Amanda Voci re-opens an unsolved murder case and ignites a chain of events where passion, deceit, racism and violence careen towards an explosive conclusion. Unsolved is the first feature film produced in the Moving Image Arts Program at Oklahoma City University. Director: Lance McDaniel 88min.
	Friday, August 22, 5:30pm & 8pm The Stanton Family Grave Robbery The Stanton brothers don't get along with Lori, their gold-digging-bitch-of-a-stepmother, or each other for that matter. When their father dies, Lori decides to go against their father's wishes and bury him in Texas. The two older brothers, Mark and Brian, decide to take matters into their own hands. They kidnap their younger brother, Charles and dig up their father to take him back to Oklahoma so they can honor his wishes. Director: Mark Potts 80min.
	Saturday, August 23, 2pm Okie Noodling II In 2001, filmmaker Bradley Beesley brought the strange subculture of bare-handed catfishing to the screen in Okie Noodling. Now he returns to his home state of Oklahoma to see how the sport has evolved over the last decade. Revisiting the colorful, original cast and meeting some new and eccentric fishermen en route to the largest noodling tournament in the nation- this film explores the legalization issues and commercialization of this once backwoods practice. Director: Bradley Beesley 68min.
	Saturday, August 23, 5:30pm & 8pm Rainbow Around the Sun This Oklahoma City produced rock musical stars Matthew Alvin Brown as Zachary Blasto, a hard-drinking, talented songwriter and performer who creates vivid musical fantasies in order to avoid dealing with the downward spiral of his personal life. When faced with the impending death of someone he loves, Zach must choose whether to face the loss or surrender fully to the madness of his imaginary musical world. Directors: Kevin Ely & Beau Leland 80min.
	Sunday, August 24, 2pm Art 365 In this feature documentary, six Oklahoma artists are followed as they develop a body of work that expresses their identities as artists. The film focuses on a year in the life of the artists chosen to be part of the Art 365 exhibit, the latest exhibition from Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition. Directors: Melissa Scaramucci & Cacky Poarch 60min. Screening with Twelve This powerful documentary reveals a stark glimpse into the lives of young people struggling with addiction. Their stories are many but their message is one of hope and rebirth. Director: Fritz Kiersch 60min.

 

 

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Thursday, August 28, 7:30pm; Friday and Saturday, August 29 – 30, 5:30pm & 8pm

2008 Sundance Short Films
In partnership with the Sundance Institute Art House Project, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art is proud to present some of the outstanding short films from this year’s festival. 102 min. HDdigital

Sikumi (On the Ice) An Inuit hunter inadvertently becomes a witness to a murder. Jury Prize Winner. Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean 15min. USA
My Olympic Summer Against the backdrop of the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympic games, the filmmaker looks at home video footage of his parents when they were young in hopes of understanding how they kept the magic. Jury Prize Winner Director: Daniel Robin 12min. USA
Spider It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Honorable Mention. Director: Nash Edgerton 9min. Australia
Yours Truly Animation and live action collide in a dark romance as psychological tension surrounds the ultimate kiss-off letter. Director: Osbert Parker 8min. Great Britain
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit After being assigned to check a bizarre fact about Bill Murray, two magazine fact checkers break into Bill’s house to spy on him. Director: Dan Beers 9min. USA
W. A social outcast describes how he finally found his place in the world. Honorable Mention. Director: The Vikings 2min. Germany
I Love Sarah Jane Neither bullies nor zombies are going to stop Jimbo from finding a way into Sarah Jane’s world. Director: Spencer Susser 14min. Australia
Dennis When Dennis, an introverted bodybuilder, invites a local girl out on a date, his mother is hurt and disappointed. Director: Mads Matthiesen 17min. Denmark
Man Maggie and her sister form an unusual bond during an encounter with a young man. Director: Myna Joseph 15min. USA

 

 

Sunday, August 31, 2pm
Aida
Aida, which Giuseppe Verdi himself premiered at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1872, is one of the most popular operas still performed today. 135 years later Aida is directed by cinema and opera auteur Franco Zeffirelli. His spectacular production opened the 2006-07 season at La Scala receiving a 12 minute ovation. The opera tells the story of Aida, an Ethiopian princess, who is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radames, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. Director: Franco Zeffirelli 2007 157min. with an intermission

SPECIAL PRICE: $20 Adults/ $18 Members, Students, Seniors. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Call 405-278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

 

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Thursday, September 4, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. – Sat., September 5 – 6, 5:30 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Man on Wire
On August 7, 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York’s twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released. James Marsh’s documentary brings Petit’s extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as “the artistic crime of the century.” Director: James Marsh 2008 USA/GB 90min. PG-13 35mm

NO FILM Sunday, September 7
Join us for Family Day featuring Roman Art from the Louvre!

 

Nuovo Cinema Italiano 
In collaboration with the Consul General of Italy (Houston, TX)
 

Thursday, September 11, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. – Sat., September 12 – 13, 5:30 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Sunday, September 14, 2 p.m.
Tell No One
This film is based on Harlan Coben’s international best selling thriller about a pediatrician, Alexandre Beck, who still grieves the murder of his beloved wife Margot eight years earlier. When two bodies are found near the scene of the crime, the police reopen the case, and Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot is somehow still alive and a message to “Tell No One.” Director: Guillaume Canet 2006 France 125min. NR 35mm

Thursday, September 18, 7:30 p.m.
To Be Honest (Se devo essere sincera)
In this quirky comedy/police thriller, Adelaide is a high school teacher whose seven-year marriage is on the rocks. Suddenly a co-worker who was not well liked is killed, and she meets the handsome police commissioner, Gaetano, who has been assigned to investigate the case. Using the investigations as an excuse, loving feelings soon develop between the two of them. From the novel “La collega tatuata” by Margherita Oggero. In Italian with English subtitles. Director: Davide Ferrario 2004 Italy 107min. NR HDdigital

Friday, September 19, 5:30 p.m. & 8 p.m.
If I Were You (Se fossi in te)
In this fantasy comedy, three very different men are accidentally brought together for a drunken night on the beach. Andrea is an unfulfilled family man; Bernardo is an angry corporate businessman; and Christian is a nice, yet broke, DJ. When each one wishes to be in another’s place, they magically switch identities. However, problems arise and they miss their old lives, causing them to reevaluate their initial wishes. In Italian with English subtitles. Director: Giulio Manfredonia 2001 Italy 97min. NR HDdigital

Saturday, September 20, 5:30 p.m. & 8 p.m.
The Second Wedding Night
(La seconda notte di nozze)
At the end of the Second World War, Liliana, a widow, leaves her hometown Bologna, along with her son, Nino, because of severe financial hardships. The two of them move to Puglia and go to live in Giordano’s farmhouse. Giordano, the brother of Liliana’s late husband, had been madly in love with her in his youth. Their arrival upsets both the life of the fragile Giordano and the usual farmstead routine; it also awakens the bitterness of two elderly aunts, who still bear a grudge against Liliana’s family. In the hands of veteran filmmaker Pupi Avati, this comedic melodrama gently captures both sweet and sour slices of life. In Italian with English subtitles. Director: Pupi Avati 2005 Italy 103min. NR HDdigital

Sunday, September 21, 2 p.m.
Letters from the Sahara
(Lettere dal Sahara)
In this emotionally charged drama, a young man leaves his old life behind to start over again in a new land. Assane was born and raised in Senegal, but convinced that greater opportunities await him, he stows away on a ship headed to Italy only to be thrown overboard not far from his destination. He makes his way to Sicily where he works a variety of punishing odd jobs. Living in fear of the police, Assane makes a valuable friend in Caterina, a social worker, until he falls deeply in love with her.  In Italian with English subtitles. Director: Vittorio De Seta 2006 Italy 100min. NR HDdigital

Thursday, September 25, 7:30 p.m.;
Fri. – Sat., September 26 – 27, 8 p.m. only;
Sunday, September 28, 2 p.m.
Manhattan Short Film Festival
In what has become the biggest competitive short film festival in the world, this edition will screen across Europe, North America, Central and South America. This global audience can vote for their favorite short films at each of the venues, including Oklahoma City. The winner will be announced in New York on Sunday night after the final screenings and votes are tabulated. The festival aims to unite the world via creative short films. You be the judge!
120min. HDdigital

 

Fri. – Sat., September 26 – 27, 5:30 p.m. only
Doxita
Doxita is a traveling festival of short documentary films.  The program represents a wide variety of documentary – domestic and foreign, super-short and longer format, serious and funny.  It is designed to profile the great content and artistic vision that non-fiction short films provide but that people don’t often get a chance to see. 100 min. HDdigital

Vángelo Monzón
A visit with Vángelo Monzón who’s been making bricks in Argentina since he was a boy.

Cross your Eyes, Keep them Wide
An invitation into San Francisco’s “Creativity Explored,” a workspace for artists with developmental disabilities.

The Guarantee
Through animated drawings, a man tells how he considered plastic surgery for his ballet career.

El Cerco
A breathtaking look at tuna fishing in the Mediterranean Sea where the fight is a ritual of blood and death.

Shit and Chicks
A portrait of a traditional method of feeding chickens in Ghana, done with gentle restraint.

Martin Thomas
The sometimes painful yet ultimately joyous journey of one man’s quest to stop his stammer.

 

 

Wednesday, October 1, 7:30 p.m.
Red Heroine
Red Heroine, the only surviving episode of a 13-part serial, is also one of the few complete silent martial arts films. A band of outlaws raids a village and kidnaps a maiden, causing the death of the young woman’s grandmother. The captive maiden is rescued by a mysterious Taoist hermit and reemerges three years later as a full-fledged warrior, flying to the sky to avenge her grandmother’s death. While generously sprinkled with anachronisms, the film remains a robust telling of a young woman’s transformation from abject victim to resolute warrior. The Devil Music Ensemble* composed an original score for the film and will perform live in the Noble Theater. in Chinese and English intertitles. Director: Wen Yimin 1929 China 94min. silent

Special price $12 no discounts apply. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 23. Call 405-278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

*The Devil Music Ensemble, formed in Boston in 1999, is comprised of Brendon Wood on guitars, lap steel, and synthesizer; Jonah Rapino on electric violin, vibraphone, and synthesizer; and Tim Nylander on drums, percussion, and synthesizer.