COWABUNGA! – The Original TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Screens Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli

“We were awesome! Bodacious! Bitchin’! Gnarly! Radical! Totally tubular, dude! Wicked! Hellacious! I have always liked… Cowabunga……. COWABUNGA!”

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990) screens this Friday and Saturday nights (July 14th and 15th) at midnight at the Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at the Tivoli’  Midnight series.

The entire concept of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was conceived by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird who originally created them to parody the dark, gritty comic books of the early 80s. Of course, the series branched away and became a pop culture phenomenon of its own and when something becomes a monstrous hit, you can almost guarantee a motion picture is right down the alley. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES hit the theaters in 1990 and instead of it being a continuation of the hit cartoon series, the film goes back to its source material and starts its own continuity. Sure, the Turtles are fun, lovable and quirky as heck but they’re very much like their original comic book counterparts, which were edgy and at times grim. The film has a real gruff, grimy look to it. New York City is portrayed with grubby streets full of trash with dark alleyways. Surprisingly, the performances in TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES are pretty much spot-on thanks to a script which refused to be dumbed down and actually dealt with some pretty dark subjects such as gang influence and teenage runaways and criminals. And the one who was responsible for bringing the turtles to life was the Muppet Master himself, Jim Henson – one of his final projects. It’s astonishing what Henson and his crew were able to accomplish with the art of animatronics and puppetry and the men underneath the turtle suits must have had to practice an awful lot to get the film’s fight scenes just right.

Now you’ll have the chance to TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ‘90’s style on the big screen again when it plays this weekend (July 14th and 15th) at The Tivoli at midnight as part of their Reel Late at the Tivoli midnight series.

The Tivoli’s located at 6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, MO. Admission is a mere $8!

The Tivoli’s website can be found HERE

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/st.louis/tivolitheatre.htm

Here’s the Reel Late at the Tivoli Line-up for the next couple of months:  

July 14-15            TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990)

July 21-22            SHAFT (1971)

July 28-29            THE PRINCESS BRIDE 

Aug. 4-5               THE EXORCIST: EXTENDED DIRECTOR’S CUT

Aug. 11-12           SPIRITED AWAY 
Friday and Saturday at midnight, Subtitled
Saturday matinee at noon in English

Aug. 18-19           THE SHINING 

Aug. 25-26           THE ROOM  with Tommy Wiseau in person! –
Preceded by a trailer for Tommy’s upcoming film BEST F(R)IENDS
All tickets $15; no passes