A TRIBUTE TO SHELLEY DUVALL
RIP to one of our forever faves.
3 WOMEN 1977
In a dusty, underpopulated California resort town, a naive southern waif, Pinky Rose (Sissy Spacek), idolizes and befriends her fellow nurse, the would-be sophisticate and “thoroughly modern” Millie Lammoreaux (Shelley Duvall). When Millie takes Pinky in as her roommate, Pinky’s hero worship evolves into something far stranger and more sinister than either could have anticipated. Featuring brilliant performances from Spacek and Duvall, this dreamlike masterpiece from Robert Altman careens from the humorous to the chilling to the surreal, resulting in one of the most unusual and compelling films of the 1970s.
Saturday, August 10
Sunday, August 11
Director: Robert Altman
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Starring: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule
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Runtime: 124 min, USA
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Language: English
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Director: Robert Altman
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Starring: Karen Black, Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, Jeff Goldblum​
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Runtime: 160 min., USA
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Language: English
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NASHVILLE 1975
This cornerstone of 1970s American moviemaking from Robert Altman is a panoramic view of the country’s political and cultural landscapes, set in the nation’s music capital. Nashville weaves the stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—into a cinematic tapestry that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and musical. Many members of the astonishing cast wrote their own songs and performed them live on location, which lends another layer to the film’s quirky authenticity. Altman’s ability to get to the heart of American life via its eccentric byways was never put to better use than in this grand, rollicking triumph, which barrels forward to an unforgettable conclusion.
Saturday, August 24
Sunday, August 25
THE SHINING 1980
Adapting Steven King’s 1977 novel The Shining Kubrick turned it into something like a grotesquely distorted creative autobiography, the story of an obsessive perfectionist artist—Jack Nicolson’s struggling would-be novelist Jack Torrance—whose crippling case of writer’s block and maddeningly dull caretaker residence at the vast, isolated Overlook Hotel has him frightening wife Shelley Duvall and, finally, reaching for the fire axe: all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! A descent into madness shot with terrifying lucidity, and the rare film in which almost every frame could be called iconic.
Friday, August 30
Saturday, August 31
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers
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Runtime: 144 min, USA
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Language: English
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