Feb 27 2009
NWFF salutes 1969 with “Cowboy,” “Horses”
The first and only X-rated film to win an Academy Award for best picture (later revised to R), “Midnight Cowboy,” arrives at Northwest Film Forum for a week’s run tonight. Joined by the late Sydney Pollack’s dance-marathon drama “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” it’s part of NWFF’s tribute to the films of 1969. Both screen nightly in 35 mm through Thursday: NWFF, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle; 206-267-5380 or www.nwfilmforum.org.
Seattle Art Museum concludes its Black History Month musicals series with a screening tonight of “Carmen Jones,” the Oscar Hammerstein adaptation of Bizet’s opera, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Dorothy Dandridge (who’s dubbed by opera star Marilyn Horne) and Harry Belafonte. 7:30 p.m., Plestcheeff Auditorium, SAM, 1300 First Ave., Seattle; 206-654-3121 or www.seattleartmuseum.org. Tickets are $7 (cash only) at the door.
The Grand Illusion continues its Akira Kurosawa series with “Yojimbo,” the 1961 samurai-for-hire tale which would later inspire “A Fistful of Dollars.” Nightly through Thursday, 1403 N.E. 50th St., Seattle; 206-523-3935 or www.grandillusioncinema.org.
And finally, this week’s midnight movie at the Egyptian is Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 sci-fi adventure “Starship Troopers,” based on the novel by Robert Heinlein. Tonight and Saturday at 805 E. Pine St., Seattle; 206-781-5755 or www.landmarktheatres.com.
