NATALIE WOOD SERIES

She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, as is her adolescence in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. Her coming of age? Still playing in SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, WEST SIDE STORY and so many other hits. From Natalie Wood's debut at age seven in 1946 (playing Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles's ward in TOMORROW IS FOREVER), to her shocking, untimely death in 1981, the decades of her life are marked by movies that-for their moments-summed up our yearnings for the American dream.

Screenwriter and Wood biographer Gavin Lambert, whose 20-year friendship with Natalie began when she petitioned to star in the movie adaptation of his novel Inside Daisy Clover, will appear live on-stage at the afternoon screenings of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS on Saturday, May 1, and TOMMOROW IS FOREVER and INSIDE DAISY CLOVER on Sunday, May 2. Mr. Lambert will be available to sign copies of his 2004 best-selling book, Natalie Wood: A Life. These special events are co-sponsored by Borders Books and Music.

Film: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
Genre: Natalie Wood Series
Running Time: 111 min
Format: color
Sound: english
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Synopsis:
The archetypal teen-alienation movie and a huge box office success, though perhaps more subversive than 50s audiences cared to admit. Best known for James Dean's iconic, impassioned and cleverly shaded performance, but also for veteran child star Natalie Wood's turning-point performance as the thrill-seeking Judy, earning the 16-year-old her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Directed/story by Nicholas Ray; written by Irving Shulman and Stewart Stern; produced by David Weisbart. US, 1955, color, scope,111 min.

SPECIAL MAY 1 MATINEE EVENT! Biographer Gavin Lambert Live On-Stage.
Saturday, May 1, 1:00; Sunday, May 2, 7:15; Monday, May 3, 7:15

Film: SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Genre: Natalie Wood Series
Running Time: 124 min
Format: color
Sound: english
Director: Elia Kazan
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Synopsis:
"No nice girl feels like that." Smalltown repression in eve-of-the- Depression Kansas keeps teenage love of Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood unconsummated, but his dalliance with another sends Wood to a sanitarium. With Pat Hingle as a roistering parent undone by the Crash and a memorable longing look at the finale. Beatty's screen debut, and Wood's second Oscar nomination. Featuring an Oscar-winning screenplay by William Inge (and a title from William Wordsworth's Ode to Immortality). Directed/produced by Elia Kazan; written by William Inge. US, 1961, color, 124 min.

SPECIAL MATINEE EVENT! Biographer Gavin Lambert Live On-Stage.
Saturday, May 1, 3:50

Film: WEST SIDE STORY
Genre: Natalie Wood Series
Running Time: 151 min
Format: color
Sound: english
Director: Robert Wise
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Synopsis:
Sharks! Jets! Ten-count 'em, ten-Oscars for the dazzling screen adaptation of Broadway's Romeo and Juliet-inspired musical smash, including Best Picture. Best remembered for the brilliant Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim score (Maria, Tonight, When You're a Jet, America) and Jerome Robbins' vibrant choreography featuring the Academy Award-winning footwork of George Chakiris and Rita Moreno. Robbins personally courted Natalie Wood to be his screen Maria. Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins; written by Ernest Lehman, from the musical by Arthur Laurents and Jerome Robbins; music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim; produced by Robert Wise. US, 1961, color, scope, 151 min.

Opens Sun, May 2, with evening shows through Thurs, May 6

Film: TOMORROW IS FOREVER
Genre: Natalie Wood Series
Running Time: 105 min
Format: Black and White
Sound: English
Director: Irving Pichel
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Synopsis:
Listed among the dead of World War II, Orson Welles, sporting a new face, returns to find wife Claudette Colbert now remarried to George Brent. But is it forever? Seven-year-old Natalie Wood plays the war-orphan ward of Welles, who found the youngster's performance "almost terrifyingly professional," but also found "something very sad and lonely about this compelling child." Directed by Irving Pichel; written by Gwen Bristow and Lenore J. Coffee; produced by David Lewis. US, 1946, b&w, 105 min.

SPECIAL MATINEE EVENT! Biographer Gavin Lambert Live On-Stage with the New 35mm Print
Sunday, May 2, 1:00

Film: INSIDE DAISY CLOVER
Genre: Natalie Wood Series
Running Time: 128 min
Format: Color
Sound: English
Director: Robert Mulligan
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Synopsis:
In this 60s take on the on- and offscreen world of 30s Hollywood, Natalie Wood plays an ambitious child star whose fortunes rise and fall under the (mis)guidance of delusional star mother Ruth Gordon and abusive studio boss Christopher Plummer. Over-sheltered, her heart gets broken by a cavalier-and closeted-Robert Redford (in one of his first screen roles). "I'll kill for that part," she told screenwriter Gavin Lambert (she was already his first choice). Features Wood at her best in her silently screaming breakdown, shot outside the sound booth while her musical number plays on screen. Directed by Robert Mulligan; adapted by Gavin Lambert, from his novel; produced by Alan J. Pakula. US, 1965, color, 128 min.

SPECIAL MATINEE EVENT! Biographer Gavin Lambert Live On-Stage
Sunday, May 2, 3:50