SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
The 48 Hour Film Project
A competition for do-it-yourself filmmakers: they're given a genre, a prop, a character and a line of dialogue. The rest is up to them! AFI Silver welcomes back the 11th edition of the wildly popular 48 Hour Film Project, with this year's Washington, DC-area films screening May 8 through 11, followed by the "Best Of" screenings on May 24.
Each screening of the 48 Hour Film Project is different, featuring a unique program of films. For individual show schedules and information about the 48 Hour Film Project, visit 48hourfilm.com
Best of 2012 48 Hour Film Project schedule:
Group 1 - 7:00
APOCALYPSE SOON, Wytek
BUSH WACK, Creme Goulet
COMEBACK KINGS, Future History Labs
IT'S A RAD PARTY, TIFFANY DAVIS, Sistine Robot
LAST FRIDAY IN APRIL, Star Wipe Films
AT LAST, Tohubohu
CANNON BALLZ AND BAZOOKA GIRL, Pan Down
DENNY, Conservatory Prod
MANCESSION, Citra
MAYBE, O-zeeh Entertainment
PASSAGE, WIT
REAL HIPSTERS OF MERIDIAN HILL, 4 and 9 Productions
THE GUARANTEE, Worthy Brothers
Group 2 - 9:30
APP-OCALYPSE, Category III
BURGERS FOR PATRIOTS, Dino Power Productions
5TH FLOOR, The Quest
ADVANCING AGE, The Big Honkin'
DEATH POOL, Parts Unknown
HOUSES AND HUMANS, Frozen Penguins
I'LL BE GOOD, Sweep the Leg, Johnny
ON DEATH'S DOOR, The Betamacks
PRESENCE, Cavegirl Productions
RE-BREAK, Wallingford Films
TERRIFIC TERRANCE, Peterwagon Films
THE ELEMENTS, DC Dogs
TO DAD, Pantless Productions
No passes accepted.The 48 Hour Film Project
Tue, May 8, 7:15--note new time!; Wed, May 9, 7:00, 9:30;
Thu, May 10, 7:00, 9:30; Fri, May 11, 7:00, 9:30
Best of 2012 48 Hour Film Project
Thu, May 24, 7:00, 9:30
THE BEATLES: THE LOST CONCERT
THE BEATLES: THE LOST CONCERT features the group's first-ever concert in America, performed at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C. Filmed in 1964 expressly for the big screen, the concert footage was largely unavailable and unseen in theaters for over 47 years. More than a concert film, THE BEATLES: THE LOST CONCERT tells the story of how The Beatles first came to the U.S. through original interviews, historical footage, unpublished photos and rare artifacts. The documentary features new interviews with celebrities such as Chuck Berry, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and The Strokes, as well as journalists, historians and fans who attended the original 1964 concert. The Beatles are the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed group in the history of popular music, having sold over 1.3 billion discs and tapes.
DIR Steve Cole; PROD Chris Hunt. US, 2012, color/b&w, approx. 90 min. RATED PG
Thu, May 17, 7:30; Tue, May 22, 7:30
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the screenings of THE BEATLES: THE LOST CONCERT scheduled for May 17 and 22 have been canceled, both at AFI Silver and all other venues.
All advance tickets purchased for screenings at AFI Silver may be returned for a full refund at the theater box office; credit card purchases may be refunded by phone at 301.495.6720, weekdays from 9:00 a.m to 5:30 p.m.
Official Website
U.S. Postal Service presents
Great Film Directors Commemorative Stamps
First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony and free screening of THE APARTMENT
Hosted by Arch Campbell (ABC7/WJLA-TV)
With special guests:
Dr. Bernie Cook (Associate Dean and Director, Film and Media Studies, Georgetown University)
Jean Picker Firstenberg (President Emeritus, American Film Institute; Chairman, Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee, United States Postal Service)
The new Great Film Directors (Forever®) stamps honor four great filmmakers — Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, and Billy Wilder, all past AFI Life Achievement Award recipients. Creators of some of the most iconic scenes in American cinema, they gave audiences an unforgettable (and in some cases, deeply personal) vision of life. The stamps showcase portraits of each filmmaker against a background suggesting scenes from their work: Frank Capra, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT; John Ford, THE SEARCHERS; John Huston, THE MALTESE FALCON; and Billy Wilder, SOME LIKE IT HOT. Working with art director Derry Noyes, illustrator Gary Kelley created the stamp art using pastels on paper.
Great Film Directors stamps will be available for purchase in the lobby.
This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the box office beginning at 9:00 a.m.
The ceremony begins at 10:00 a.m. and is followed by a free screening of Billy Wilder's classic THE APARTMENT at 11:00 a.m.
Wed, May 23, 10:00 a.m. (First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony);
11:00 a.m. (Free screening of THE APARTMENT)
PATTON
In 70mm!
George C. Scott's magnetic, Oscar-winning turn as controversial US General George S. Patton is one of the screen's great larger-than-life performances, beginning with the famous monologue in front of a screen-filling American flag. Released while the US was mired in the Vietnam conflict, some saw this portrait of an obsessively driven military adventurer (starring the same actor who played General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE a few years earlier) as a critique of the military mindset rather than a flag-waver.
Said Roger Ebert, "PATTON is not a war film so much as the story of a personality who has found the right role to play." Winner of seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Screenplay.
DIR Franklin J. Schaffner; SCR Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North, from the books "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago and "A Soldier's Story" by Omar N. Bradley; PROD Frank McCarthy. US, 1970, color, 172 min. RATED PG
Sun, May 27, 1:00; Mon, May 28, 1:00