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The Sarasota Film Festival & The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Proudly Present MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES
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10.09.2007 |
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The Sarasota Film Festival In Association With The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Proudly Present MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES
CLASSIC FILMS FROM THE MARX BROTHERS
With A Very Special Six Performance Live Theatre Extravaganza Of The Acclaimed
AN EVENING WITH GROUCHO
Starring
FRANK FERRANTE
In the seventy-eight years since their first film, the Marx Brothers have continued to make generations of audiences laugh out loud. In celebration of the greatest comedy team in history, The Sarasota Film Festival and The Ringling Museum of Art present six of their masterpieces, accompanied by a discussion of the film series.
As a special bonus to the Monday Night Movies series, a wonderful live theater presentation of the acclaimed An Evening with Groucho, starring Frank Ferrante will be offered for six performances only at the Historic Asolo Theater. An Evening with Groucho is one of the country's top five one-man shows, and the New York Times has called Ferrante "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material."
A Day At The Races (1937)
Monday October 22, 2007
7:00pm
"Either he's dead or my watch has stopped."—Groucho
Things are never easy for Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho) whose valiant attempts to do a good deed never go unpunished by the menacing Dr. Steinberg, a man who will stop at nothing to sell his patients down the river.
Animal Crackers (1930)
Monday October 29, 2007
7:00pm
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." —Groucho
The explorer Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding (Groucho) attends a party in his honor at the estate of society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse. When a valuable painting turns up missing, the boys must use all of the gags in the book to find the culprit.
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Monday November 5, 2007
3:00 pm and 7:00pm
"Three years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket. Now I've got a nickel in my pocket."—Groucho
In their debut feature-length film for Paramount, The Marx Brothers take on the real estate boom in 1920's Florida. The Cocoanuts is highlighted by the music of Irving Berlin ('When My Dreams Come True') and the film endures as a classic of the silver screen.
A Night At The Opera (1935)
Monday November 12, 2007
7:00pm
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!" —Chico
Their first film for MGM (and first without Zeppo) finds the Marx Brothers in fine form. Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho) works with his brothers to unite a pair of young lovers by bringing them to New York in order to join an American opera company and become stars.
Horse Feathers (1932)
Monday November 19, 2007
7:00pm
"I tell you what ... I'll consult my lawyer. And if he advises me to do it, I'll get a new lawyer!" — Groucho
College football, the way it was meant to be! Horse Feathers finds the Brothers at a football game between fictional Huxley and Darwin Colleges where Huxley President Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho) convinces professional footballers to enhance his team's chances of victory. One of the most influential of the Marx Brothers films (M*A*S*H anyone?), it remains a comedy classic perfect for the football season.
Duck Soup (1933)
Monday November 26, 2007
7:00pm
"Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he really is an idiot."— Groucho
The final Marx Brothers film to feature Zeppo, and by far the Brothers most cynically political work Duck Soup is a masterpiece that still has lessons for us today. When the small and bankrupt country of Freedonia faces its greatest crisis only the anarchic rule of newly appointed Prime Minister Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) can save the day.
Series Film Discussion with Terry Porter of Video Renaissance
Monday, November 5, 2007
5:30pm $5 (in addition to the price of the film)
Join Terry Porter for an afternoon of conversation about the Marx Brothers film series, and join us for the matinee or evening screenings of The Cocoanuts.
Special Theater Engagement: An Evening With Groucho, starring Frank Ferrante
6 performances only :
Wednesday, November 28 - December 1 at 8:00pm; Saturday, December 1 - Sunday, December 2 at 2:00pm
Contact the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office for ticket pricing and availability. An Evening with Groucho is sponsored in part by the Sarasota Manatee Jewish Federation and the Longboat Key Club.
Screenings at 7:00pm at the Historic Asolo Theater, located within the John and Mable Ringling of Art at 5401 Bay Shore Road in Sarasota. Tickets are $7 per film or $36 for a package of 6 films. Seating is limited. Tickets to the An Evening With Groucho performance are $30, $25, $20. For tickets, call the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office at (941) 360-7399.
For more information, visit us online at: www.SarasotaFilmFestival.com
Presenting Magazine Sponsor: SRQ Sarasota's Premier Magazine
The 2008 SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL celebrating a decade of cinema, with hundreds of film screenings as well as jaw-dropping special events, intimate conversations with some of the brightest minds in film and more intensive educational programs will take place April 4th-13th, 2008.
Press Contacts:
Sarasota Film Festival – Gary Springer, 212-354-4660, gary@springerassociatespr.com
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art – Chrissy Kruger-Gruendyke, 359-5700 ext. 2801, ckruger@ringling.org or Lynn Hobeck Bates, 941-359-5700 ext 2803, lhobeck@ringling.org |
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