Visions of the Future
Film Series
Thursdays, April 1st—May 20th at 7pm
Our Spring 2010 film series—Visions of the Future— takes a look into the future with classic films from some of the most visionary filmmakers of our time. Each Thursday during the series, we will present film screenings at 7pm. Please join us early in the planetarium lounge for our selection of beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks.
**Please note: The theater may be cold, sweaters / jackets are recommended.
Pricing: $9 General Admission
$7 Senior/Student Admission
$5 Member Admission
(Seating is limited; reservations are strongly recommended)
For more information, contact Jessica Schubick at 941-746-4131 x27
April 1st – 2001: A Space Odyssey – G; 143min. (1968)
A masterpiece of the genre, Stanley Kubrick’s quiet epic probes the mysteries of space and human destiny. While investigating the appearance of mysterious monoliths throughout the universe, astronauts David and Frank battle their ship's intelligent computer, HAL-9000. This classic film, based on Arthur C. Clarke’s "The Sentinel", was nominated for four Oscars. (Shown with intermission)
April 8th – Forbidden Planet – Not Rated; 98min. (1956)
When an Earth mission arrives on planet Altair IV, they find that Dr. Edward Morbius and his beautiful daughter Altaira are all that remains of the original expedition that had arrived some 20 years before. Morbius and his daughter are the only survivors to escape the wrath of a terrifying space monster in this golden-age classic sci-fi adventure set in the year 2200.
April 15th – Metropolis – Not Rated; 124min. (1927)
Perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films, German director Fritz Lang's futuristic opus is set in the year 2026. When the populace is divided between workers who must live underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor, a man from the society's upper class abandons his privileged life to join oppressed workers in a revolt in Lang’s visual extravaganza. Featuring live musical accompaniment by Peter Tavalin.
April 22nd – Sleeper – PG; 87 minutes (1973)
Health-food store owner Miles Monroe (Woody Allen, who also directs) bites the dust in 1973 and ends up cryogenically frozen, only to be defrosted in a dystopian future in which dissidents' brains are "electronically simplified." Upon becoming a hunted man, Miles masquerades as an android butler in the home of a self-indulgent poet -- but the ruse doesn't last. Comedy ensues—in pure Woody Allen style.
April 29th–Fahrenheit 451–Not Rated; 112min (1966)
Ray Bradbury's cautionary near future parable of a society where books are banned and firemen start fires was the only English-language film from French auteur Francois Truffaut. “Fireman” Montag begins to question his role as a book-burner after meeting a mysterious young reader (played by Julie Christie in a double role as Montag’s wife and his rebellious muse).
May 6th–Planet of the Apes – G; 112min. (1968)
Charlton Heston stars in one of the '60s' most beloved camp classics. Bewildered astronaut George Taylor crash-lands on a strange planet ruled by intelligent apes who use primitive humans for experimentation and sport. Taylor quickly finds himself among the hunted as he struggles to escape the apes' power -- and uncover their darkest secret.
May 13th –THX 1138 – R; 88min. (1971)
Before Star Wars, there was THX1138. In the first feature film from writer/ director George Lucas, civilization has been relocated to an underground city where emotions and human interactions are controlled by society through drugs and other mind-control techniques. When THX 1138 and his wife, LUH 3417, rebel against the status quo, LUH winds up pregnant and THX is jailed. Only a fellow prisoner can save them.
May 20th– Alien – R; 120min. (1979)
In Ridley Scott’s modern horror classic, commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, intercepts an SOS signal from a nearby planet while heading home to Earth. After a bad landing on the planet, some crew members leave the ship to explore the area. Just as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a dire warning, not a call for help. And that’s when things get interesting...
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