UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen: Stuart Gordon Retrospective, Part One
Director Gordon’s adaptation of David Mamet’s one-act play follows everyman Edmond Burke (Macy) as he visits a tarot reader who tells him “You are not where you belong.” Walking out on his job and his family, Edmond immerses himself in a big city underworld of violence and prostitution, believing he’s found the answer to the most existential of questions. Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
UW Cinematheque – At the Chazen: Stuart Gordon Retrospective, Part One
Decades before Pacific Rim, director Gordon and writer Joe Haldeman conjured up this futuristic action movie set in a world where war has been outlawed and replaced by gladiatorial matches between giant robots, piloted by men known as robot jockeys. The story revolves around the fight over the territory known as Alaska that comes down to a battle between American and Russian jox. Chazen Museum of Art. 2 p.m. Cost: Free. Information: 262-3627, ben.reiser@wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Edmond
EDMOND
USA | 2005 | 35mm | 82 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Joe Mantegna
Director Gordon’s adaptation of David Mamet’s one-act play follows everyman Edmond Burke (Macy) as he visits a tarot reader who tells him “You are not where you belong.” Walking out on his job and his family, Edmond immerses himself in a big city underworld of violence and prostitution, believing he’s found the answer to the most existential of questions. Chazen Museum of Art. 2-4 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Space Truckers
SPACE TRUCKERS
USA | 1996 | 35mm | 96 min
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar
Transporting goods throughout the galaxy, a trio of spaceship driving long-haulers (Hopper, Dorff, and Mazar) discover that their unknown cargo is a secretly developed new super weapon. A comic sci-fi fantasy, Space Truckers is filled with director Gordon’s signature outlandish and colorful visuals, imaginative production design & flamboyant props. Chazen Museum of Art. 2-4 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Robot Jox
ROBOT JOX
USA | 1989 | 35mm | 84 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo
Decades before Pacific Rim, director Gordon and writer Joe Haldeman conjured up this futuristic action movie set in a world where war has been outlawed and replaced by gladiatorial matches between giant robots, piloted by men known as robot jockeys. In a way this is the original live-action Transformers movie, but with more handmade charm. Chazen Museum of Art. 2-4 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu
Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Fortress
FORTRESS
USA | 1993 | 35mm | 91 min.
Director: Stuart Gordon
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith
In a dystopian 2017, the U.S. government has limited families to one child per female. Arrested after daring to conceive a second time, Brennick (Lambert) and his wife, Karen (Locklin), are imprisoned in a high-tech maximum security prison run by a sadistic and cybernetically “enhanced” Warden (Smith). Now, the couple must attempt an escape before his wife gives birth. Chazen Museum of Art. 2-4 p.m. Information: jprey@chazen.wisc.edu