Double Feature: 35th Anniversary! CONVOY, 25th Anniversary! MIDNIGHT RUN March 2, 2013

Thursday, March 7 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: 35th Anniversary! CONVOY, 1978, Park Circus/MGM, 106 min. Dir. Sam Peckinpah. For some strange reason, CB radios and long-distance truckers became all the rage in the late ’70s. When C.W. McCall’s country hit "Convoy" rocketed up the pop charts as well, the phenomenon took on a life of its own. Bill L. Norton (CISCO PIKE) wrote the screenplay for director Sam Peckinpah’s irascible action comedy about a trucker known as Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson), who, in league with his gal Melissa (Ali MacGraw), leads a rebellious convoy of like-minded drivers in protest against a brutally repressive sheriff called Cottonmouth (Ernest Borgnine). With Burt Young, Franklin Ajaye, Seymour Cassel. {35mm}
25th Anniversary! MIDNIGHT RUN, 1988, Universal, 126 min. Dir. Martin Brest. This superb action comedy teams bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) and former Mafia accountant Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) on a madcap, cross-country road trip. Exchanging insults, fighting off feds and thugs alike, Grodin and De Niro's chemistry is unmatched. Director Brest keeps the anarchic humor and hilariously foul-mouthed dialogue coming at a lightning pace. Memorable support from the hysterically profane Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, John Ashton and a sunglasses-wearing Yaphet Kotto. {35mm}
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1_N28DA3gY

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