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ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 7:30 p.m.
The Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road
305.674.1040
$25
Spend Halloween with a screening of a comedy/horror classic, brought to you by Jimmy Wilde Production, Inc., benefitting the Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach (ECOMB).

Thursday 30 October 7:00 pm

WAR OF THE WORLDS
On the evening of 30 October 1938, radio listeners in the New York area turned on their sets to hear a program of popular music. However, news breaks that interrupted the programming told of a horrific battle being waged by aliens who had landed from Mars. The ensuing panic on the eastern seaboard became one of the country’s largest outbreaks of mass hysteria, and public reaction in the following days ranged from bravos to brickbats.

The source of the panic was an inventive radio play produced by the Mercury Theatre company and its 23-year old director, Orson Welles. Although the program was identified as a radio drama based upon the novel War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, the realistic effect of the use of the newscast format fooled many listeners into believing it was real.

Did Welles deliberately and irresponsibly create a dangerous regional panic, or did he skillfully expose a gullible public that believed everything that was labeled “news”? Come listen to the original broadcast from seventy years ago to make your own determination. Free admission.

Location: Barclay Plaza Hotel, 1940 Park Av, Miami Beach
Information: 305-672-2014 or www.mdpl.org

FILMS AT THE LIBRARY
Saturday 11 October 11:00 am

ESTHER WILLIAMS: BATHING BEAUTY
In the decade following World War II, the young swimmer (and Olympics hopeful) Esther Williams was featured in a series of films at MGM. These films incorporated spectacular water ballets choreographed by some of Hollywood’s best, filmed in a special water tank built specially for her films. Graceful, poised, and funny, Williams became an icon of post-war America.

Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
Directed by Edward Buzzell, 95 minutes.

The polo team’s in town and so is the fun for Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton, and Betty Garrett. Eve Barrett (Williams) designs bathing suits in a stunning MiMo office, while being wooed by both Montalban and Skelton (who engages in some of his best physical comedy!) Neptune’s Daughter includes songs by Frank Loesser and one of Esther’s greatest splash-happy finales. 1949 Academy Award winner for Best Song for Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Free admission.

Location: Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach
Information: 305-535-4219 or www.mdpl.org

This weekend at MBC: The Colombian Film Festival of Miami Beach
(OCTOBER 09-12. OPENING NIGHT IS THURSDAY!)
AND…The first five people per screening this weekend to mention this offer get a pass for two for a preview of the new Oliver Stone film… W
T H E M I A M I B E A C H C I N E M A T H E Q U E
The ongoing HD film festival where you don’t just watch, you experience!
512 Española Way at Plaza España, 3 blocks from the beach (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)
BECOME A MEMBER OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP HERE: www.MBCINEMA.com

09 THU 7:45pm: Opening Night
Dios los junta y ellos se separan
(God Creates Them and They Fall Apart)
(Harold Trompetero/Colombia/2006 – 95 min)
Filmmaker Harold Trompetero explore what it truly means to be Colombian by looking into the everyday life of a typical middle-class. As they celebrate the father’s birthday, the children cling
to their mother for hope.

10 FRI 7:45pm:
El Carro (The Car)
(Luis Orjuela/Colombia/2003 – 100 min)
When the Velezes agree to buy a used Chevrolet Bel-Air from their neighbors, who’ve recently won a brand-new car in a school raffle, they’re thrilled about the prospect of leaving Bogotá’s public transportation system behind. Little do they know that, despite its glossy red exterior,
their newfound status symbol is a real lemon. Colombian director Luis Orjuela helms this
hilarious look at the pitfalls of automobile ownership.

10 FRI 9:30pm:
La Estrategia Del Caracol
(The Snail’s Strategy)
(Sergio Cabrera/Colombia/1993 – 115 min)
A group of tenants who share an old house in Bogota fear impending eviction when the owner tries to reclaim the building.
WINNER: Berlin Int. Film Festival Jury Prize Forum of New Cinema
Biarritz Int. Film Festival Golden Sun Award
Bogota Int. Film Festival Best Colombian Film, Best Director
Havana Int. Film Festival Grand Coral Prize

11 SAT 7:45pm:
Ser Colombianos Un Acto De Fe
(Being Colombian Is An Act of Faith)
(Carlos Fernández de Soto/Colombia/2004 – 90 min)
A humorous look at the serious topic of abortion this unique Spanish film follows young ER doctor Sara through her decision process on whether or not to bring a baby into a world
ravaged by violence. As Sara tries to make this difficult choice she gets more input than she
asked for from her family friends and even her unborn child.
OFFICIAL Selection: Bogota Film Festival, Nominated Best Film

11 SAT 9:45pm:
La Gente de la Universal
(The People at the Universal)
(Felipe Aljure/Colombia/1994)
Three people running a detective agency provide the focus of this black comedy. It is run by Diogenes, an ex-cop, and his attractive wife Fabiola. Also assisting is his dashing nephew Clemente. Whenever Diogenes is out of the office, Fabiola and Clemente are making
passionate love.

12 SUN 7:45pm: Closing Night
Los Niños Invisibles (Invisible Children)
(Lisandro Duque Naranjo/Colombia/2003 – 100 min)

An elderly gentleman remembers how, in the 1950’s, when he was a little boy in a small town,
he fell in love with a neighbor girl. He feared that she would not like him, but he still longed to
see her up close, so he utilized a brochure of magic tricks to attempt to make himself invisible. This charming, technically lovely tale of youth in rural Colombia was that nation’s Best Foreign Film submission to the 2002 Academy Awards.
WINNER: Bogota Film Festival Best Colombian Film,
Cartagena Film Festival Best Film, Montreal Film Festival Special Jury Prize

“Newman Directs” Finale At The Miami Beach Cinematheque
512 Española Way at Plaza España, 3 blocks from the beach (305) 67-FILMS (673-567)

PAUL NEWMAN (1925-2008) “NEWMAN DIRECTS” FINALE is THU OCT 02 at 7pm!
The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man in the Moon Marigolds (1972) 100min.
With Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts (Elinor Newman), Roberta Wallach
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“Life’s been a real bitch to Beatrice Hunsdorfer. And vice versa.”
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, this is another critically acclaimed joint effort of husband and wife team Newman and Woodward. Produced and directed by Newman, Woodward portrays the eccentric young widow who is raising her two disparate daughters in an atmosphere of bitterness, hatred and over-protection that threatens their very growth and development. The title of the movie reflects the mothers’ anger at her daughter’s science teacher, when her daughter’s experiment shows how radiation kills marigolds, but sometimes causes them to grow more beautiful. This experiment becomes a metaphor for her own life, as she struggles to bloom in a household deadened by her mother’s alcoholism and her sister’s lethargy.
~All Movie Guide
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival Best Actress

FREE FILM SCREENINGS: MIAMI NOIR: THE ARTHUR E. TEELE STORY (2008, USA, 60 min) AND MILIA (2008, USA, 15 min)—Join filmmakers Sam Rega, Joshua Miller, and Jorge Valdes-Iga for the screenings of Miami Noir: The Arthur E. Teele Story and Milia. Miami Noir is a documentary that examines the events that led up to the suicide of Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr. in the lobby of the Miami Herald newspaper building on July 27, 2005. This film blends interviews with dramatizations to portray one of Miami’s most controversial, political, and human interest stories.

In Milia, Nathaniel, a New York fashion photographer, stumbles upon the headshot of Milia, a model who strongly reminds him of a past love. Intrigued, Nathaniel books Milia for test shots, only to realize that she is his daughter. Unaware of this, Milia finds herself falling in love with her father. Both films are free and open to the public and followed by an engaging Q + A session with the filmmakers.