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16mm DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHT April 5th – MIGHTY PEKING MAN and DIRTY HARRY
Join us for some old-school 16mm Movie Madness! – It’s our second monthly 16MM DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHT at The Way Out Club (2525 Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis) ! Join We Are Movie Geeks‘ Tom Stockman and Roger from “Roger’s Reels’ for a double feature of two complete films projected on 16mm film. The show is Tuesday April 5th 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.
First up is THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN
THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN is one of the worst movies ever made…thus making it one of the best movies ever made. Everybody who loves awful movies, must go see THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN when it screens in glorious 16mm April 5th. This is basically a jaw-dropping riff on KING KONG. The special effects are not-so-special. There are animals that are mean one minute, tame the next, and can rip off a leg, and make it disappear in a millisecond. Also watch for the bad acting in the flashback scene (yes, they even used flashbacks, it ruins them all.) For the guys, there is a smokin’ hot jungle babe played by the heavenly Swedish actress Evelyn Kraft. She wears only a small fur bikini that sometimes is glued on (only one arm strap) and sometimes falls off. I also like her makeup…in the jungle at all times, it’s perfect! The inconsistencies are hilarious – everything seems to change size, from the monster to rocks to the buildings (depending on how big the monster is in any given scene).
Next is the original DIRTY HARRY (in 16mm widescreen)
You’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” Clint Eastwood muttered his most famous line in DIRTY HARRY, starring as Harry Callahan, the hard-working San Francisco cop who can’t finish his lunch without having to stop a bank robbery with his 44 Magnum (“the most powerful handgun in the world”). Harry must take the law into his own hands when a psychotic killer is released on a technicality and the cat and mouse play between Harry and the killer ‘Scorpio’ is taut, suspenseful and horrifying but critics in 1971 attacked the movie for evading the complex legal problems and moral issues of vigilante justice. Clint’s cynical superhero is basically irresponsible in endangering the lives of innocent people in his personal crusade against criminals but that just made Harry more endearing to most audiences and the movie was a smash success, spawning four (excellent) sequels. Director Don Siegel keeps the action tightly-wound and fast-paced and Andy Robinson is one of the most vicious, warped, and complex villains in cinema. Due to Callahan’s fascist nature, John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, and Paul Newman all reportedly turned down the part. Eastwood stepped in to the role and when he’s twisting Scorpio’s broken arm (“I have a right to a lawyer!” Scorpio whines), he smiles just a little and we behold the perfect match between actor and character.
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
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