Flashback Cinema
THE WIZARD OF OZ
1939 • Rated G
Sunday, May 11, Wednesday, May 14
Before there was Wicked, there was The Wizard of Oz. Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends in the beloved musical based on the book by L. Frank Baum. This magnificent Technicolor production features Judy Garland in her star-making role (“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…”) and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. (“I’ll get you, my pretty…and your little dog too!”)
LABYRINTH
1986 • Rated G
Sunday, May 18, Wednesday, May 21
Muppets creator Jim Henson directed this musical fantasy about a teenage girl (Jennifer Connelly) who must enter the mythical world of the Labyrinth to rescue her kidnapped baby brother. The casting of David Bowie as the Goblin King made this an iconic 80’s movie; Bowie’s five original songs include “Magic Dance,” which he performs with a gaggle of goblin puppets. (“You remind me of a babe…”)
BLAZING SADDLES
1974 • Rated R
Sunday, May 25, Wednesday, May 28
NOT your typical western. This politically incorrect 70’s comedy from director Mel Brooks stars Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart and Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid. Madeline Kahn plays saloon singer Lily von Shtupp (“Oh…a wed wose. How womantic!”) who falls for Sheriff Bart (“Oh, it’s twue, it’s twue!”) Harvey Korman plays the villain whose name is unfortunately similar to movie star Hedy Lamarr’s. (“That’s HEDLEY!”)
GREASE
1978 • Rated PG
Sunday, June 1, Wednesday, June 4
Grease is STILL the word! John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John star in the original high school musical (“Summer loving, had me a blast…”) The dynamite score (the album went multi-multi-platinum) includes “Greased Lightnin’,” “Beauty School Dropout” (performed by 50’s heartthrob Frankie Avalon) and “You’re the One That I Want.” (“I’ve got chills…they’re multiplying…and I’m losin’ control!”)