16mm Tribute to Gene Wilder Oct. 4th – BLAZING SADDLES and HANKY PANKY at The Way Out Club

Join us for some old-school 16mm Movie Madness and a tribute to a beloved movie star – 16MM DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHT at The Way Out Club presents A TRIBUTE TO GENE WILDER! Join Tom Stockman and Roger from “Roger’s Reels’ for a double feature of two complete films projected on 16mm film. The show is Tuesday October 4th and starts at 8pm. Admission is FREE though we will be setting out a jar to take donations for the National Children’s Cancer Society. The Way Out Club is located at 2525 Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis

“Hey, where are the white women at?”
First up at 8pm is Gene Wilder as ‘The Waco Kid’ in Mel Brooks uproarious 1974 comedy classic BLAZING SADDLES.

The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman(R.I.P.)), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople. We’ll be screening a rare 16mm TV print, which actually has MORE footage than the cut of the film you’re used to seeing.

“I am doing something! I’m crashing an airplane!”
Next at 10pm is HANKY PANKY

Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan and Richard Widmark star in this 1982 comedy thriller HANKY PANKY. Wilder plays a New York architect who gets caught up in a web of intrigue when he’s mistaken for a killer. He meets female reporter, Kate Hellman (Radner) who helps him clear his name and he helps her in return by finding her brother’s killers. Michael and Kate are chased by killer, Ransom (Widmark) and his men while they try to find the clues. Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner met on the set of this underrated comedy and were married a couple of years later.

There will be movie trivia with prizes and of course The Way Out Club will have a full bar and Way Out Pizzas for sale. Don’t miss it!

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE