LSC Science Fiction Marathon XXII

Saturday, January 22, 2000 in 26-100

Schedule

6:00 pm	Stargate
8:40 pm	Metropolis
10:15 pm	Pizza Break (opportunity to order before Metropois)
11:00 pm	12 Monkeys
1:35 am	SciFi Shorts
1:55 am	Sleeper
3:45 am	Time Bandits
6:00 am	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Special Sunday Double Feature Replay

7:00 pm	Stargate

9:30 pm	12 Monkeys

Admissions

Marathon admission is $5.00.
Price drops to $2.50 after Twelve Monkeys.
One child 12 or under gets in free with each adult admission.
Sunday replay "Double Feature" is $5.00, for one or both.

Stargate
(PG, 1994) 128 m

Life looks grim for discredited Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) until he is abducted by the government to unravel the secrets of an ancient alien artifact covered in Egyptian hieratic. When it turns out to be a portal to a distant part of the universe, where a Ra-like alien "god" (Jaye Davidson) dominates an Egyptian-like society of slaves, it's a good thing Colonel O'Neil (Kurt Russell) is along for the ride. Devlin and Emmerich's (ID4) first effects-laden blockbuster, the inspiration for televisions Stargate: SG-1, is a must-see on the big screen.

Metropolis
(PG,1927) 115 m

Fritz Lang's silent masterpiece defines the classic tale of man's struggle against oppression in the futuristic utopia/dystopia. In a world where humanity has long been divided into "thinkers" and "workers," one visionary thinker breaks the mold and joins the oppressed masses in revolt against the system. Known for its powerful and timeless story, impressive special effects, and incredible art and set design that set the standard for decades to follow, our look at the future and past would not be complete without Metropolis.

12 Monkeys
(R,1995) 129 m

Perhaps Terry Gilliam's best and certainly most coherent work of science fiction, 12 Monkeys presents us with a future in which man has been forced underground to avoid a deadly plague upon the surface of the earth. But man has endured--and if a convict named Cole (Bruce Willis) can survive a trip to the past--the 1990's--he just might be able to unravel the mystery of an underground group called the 12 Monkeys and save humanity's future. With Madelaine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer.

Sleeper
(PG,1973) 87 m

If you locked Orwell, Bradbury, Freud and Groucho Marx in a room you might get a vision of the future as bent, satirical, and hysterical as through Woody Allen's thick black glasses in "Sleeper." We take the ride alongside 1970's health food store owner Miles Monroe (Allen) after he is defrosted 200 years in the future by a group of rebel scientists out to topple the conformist government led by a giant nose. But that's the least of Miles' problems as he adapts to a future where chocolate is good for you, the orb is addicting, and sex happens in the "orgasmatron."

Time Bandits
(PG, 1981) 110 m

Half of Monty Python--Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, and John Cleese--bring us, courtesy of George Harrison's production company, the strangest and shortest time travel adventure ever. What else would you do but join in, as young Kevin does, when a rag-tag band of midget international thieves, formerly in the employ of the Supreme Being himself, stumble into your bedroom in suburban London with a map of the holes in the fabric of the universe? And so they are off through time and space on a search for the Most Fabulous Object in the Universe...a search that will lead them to confrontation with Evil itself in the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness, or possibly to a game show.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
(PG) 90 m

Go back to 1989, and then further, in the comedy that started it all, and the one that's still the best. Keanu Reeves (as Ted), in the part he was born for, teams up with Alex Winter (Bill) to learn history the easy way with a little help from George Carlin (Rufus). Or possibly to re-write it, instead. If you've only seen it on tv, you've never seen it at all.