I can't believe they were able to track down a 35mm print of Day of the Dead. Back in my theatre managing days I tried endlessly to find one but never could. If you live in the 'Burgh or you are near the area and you love Day of the Dead you have to check it out. I was fortunate enough to see it back in 1985 at a theatre in my hometown of Savannah when I was 14 and now I'll be able to see it at 40 in Pittsburgh. Too cool. |
This is incredible. The theater looks quite nice, too, but a print screening of Day in a city I can't make it to just makes me happy and upset all at the same time. |
"Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
Whoa.....LOTS of good movies playing at that theater. Like Aces, this just makes me sad... |
The Oaks is an awesome little theater. They do this Moonlit Matinee Festival every summer. Several years ago they screened a 35mm print of the original Night of the Living Dead. It was great - the film was in such poor shape that it popped during the middle of the picture and they had to re-splice it. Since I work on booking convention appearances for some of the people who worked on this film, I'm going to contact the theater manager to see if he would be interested in inviting some of them in for a possible Q&A(Lori Cardille, Mark Tierno, Mike Gornick, etc...). Hopefully he will be interested. |
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"Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
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I may just have to road trip to this... I had seen Day in theaters during its midnight movie runs quite frequently in 85 and 86. Was always a hollowing good time, and the theater was always near capacity for those midnight screenings. |
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I spoke with the theater manager this afternoon and he loved the idea of having some of the cast & crew come out. So I'm going to contact everyone that I know or deal with here in Pittsburgh that were involved with the film and see if they want to come out. I already know Mark "Beef Treats" Tierno is in, so I'll have to see about Lori Cardille, Mike Gornick, Tim Dileo, Debra Gordon, etc... I can't guarantee that they will say yes, but I will do my best to talk them into it. Also, a guy I know who is a collector of memorabilia from the film and owns some props from the movie wants to come out and display his stuff as well. And I know that Chris "the greek" Stavrakis will be in attendance as well. Chris actually visited the set of Day of the Dead when he was 13 to visit his brother Taso - Chris is always full of great stories too. So it looks like it will shape into a great event. By the way, the night that we talked about doing all of this is for the Friday showing at 10pm on August 19. Saturday the 20th is looking like it might be too hectic due to other commitments that the theater is involved with. That could possibly change, but as of now it's the 19th that all of the extras are being planned for. |
Damn it Leo.....just twist the knife a little deeper. After that pour some salt on the wound, will ya? |
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"Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
Barring anything that could come up like an acting gig, convention appearance, or just a personal issue so far I've got Mark Tierno, John Amplas, Tim Dileo, and Debra Gordon confirmed for the 19th. I'm still waiting to hear back from Lori Cardille, Tom Savini, and Mike Gornick. As soon as I know something from them I'll let you guys know! |
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That is close enough to be feasible. |
It looks like Lori Cardille won't be a part of the event. She will be on vacation with her family during that time. Still waiting on Savini and Gornick to let me know something. |
May also have to make the trek June 10 and in July for Shaun of the Dead and Aliens as well. |
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