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United Artists 90th Anniversary

“The inmates are taking over the asylum,” sneered a crusty studio head when Hollywood titans Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith formed Untied Artists in 1919. Evolving into the first ‘studio without a studio,’ thus eschewing crushing overhead expenses, UA would eventually forge partnerships with such independently-minded filmmakers as Buster Keaton, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Robert Altman, John Huston, Richard Lester, John Schlesinger, Jules Dassin, Martin Scorsese, and more – while cleaning up with its James Bond and PINK PANTHER franchises – resulting in some of the most entertaining, adventurous, and Oscar-laden American movies of the last nine decades. We are proud to join other leading arthouses across he country in saluting United Artists as it heads into its tenth! – adapted from notes for the Film Forum, NYC

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"Revisit heyday of the 'studio without a studio'"

United Artists 90th Anniversary
In The Heat Of The Night at 7:15

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(1967) dir Norman Jewison w/Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates [109 min]

Double Feature w/TWELVE ANGRY MEN

Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Poitier), back home in rural Mississippi to visit his mother, finds himself at the center of a murder investigation - first as an indignant suspect and then as an unwilling advisor to the bigoted sheriff (Steiger). Poitier's stardom was so reviled by the white Southern establishment that he refused to film in Mississippi fearing for his safety - despite this, the film went on to win five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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United Artists 90th Anniversary
Twelve Angry Men at 5:15, 9:30

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(1957) dir Sidney Lumet w/E.G. Marshall, Henry Fonda, Ed Begley [96 min]

Double Feature w/IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

A minimalist epic if there ever was one. What seems like an open and shut case regarding patricide in a Spanish-American household turns into a discourse on each of the twelve jurors' own fears and prejudices. Immediately, all but Juror #8 (Fonda) vote guilty, each juror seemingly being able to back up his vote with factual evidence. However, as the group continues to deliberate on the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the hidden prejudices and personality flaws of the jurors themselves come to the surface and effect the final verdict in the most unexpected of ways.

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Original Theatrical Trailer