“The Wizard of Oz” with Intro by Lou Lumenick
United Palace Theatre
4140 Broadway
NY
40.847401223625674
-73.93803119659424
Description
Sunday, December 11, 2016Doors: 3:30pm; Introduction by Lou Lumenick + Special Performances by American Idol's Anwar Robinson and the Broadway Performing Arts Center: 4pm; Movie: 4:30; Discussion led by Lumenick and Turner Classic Movie host Tiffany Vazquez: 6:20pm
Tickets: Online - $10 adult, $5 children/senior. $15 at the door.
Longtime friend of the Palace and (as of October 7) former New York Post Chief Film Critic Lou Lumenick introduces the movie about Dorothy’s magical journey along the Yellow Brick Road. Following Lou's introduction is a live musical performance by American Idol Top 10 Finalist Anwar Robinson and performers from Broadway Performing Arts Center dressed as munchkins.
After the movie, Lou will host a Q&A with Tiffany Vazquez, the Saturday Daytime host of Turner Classic Movies. She joined TCM in May 2016, becoming the third host hired in the network's history. Born in Bronx, New York and raised in Queens, Vazquez holds two graduate degrees, one from Saint John's University in international communications and the other from New York University in cinema studies having interned at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. In 2014 Vazquez entered and won TCM's 20th Anniversary Ultimate Fan Contest, flying to Atlanta to introduce a film of her choice on-air with Robert Osborne.
Plot summary: When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow that needs a brain, a Tin Man missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn his help.
Starring: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Margaret Hamilton. Directed by: Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor, George Cukor, and Norman Taurog. 1939. 1 hour 52 minutes. In English with Spanish subtitles.
This screening is part of the Reawaken Wonder at a Timeless Movie Palace campaign to bring cinema-quality audio to the Palace to match the new DCP projector donated by Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda. Learn more here.
The United Palace is located at 4140 Broadway in NYC, 1 block from the 175th St. A train. The United Palace is wheelchair accessible.
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Start:
2016-12-11T16:00:00-05:00
End:
2016-12-11T19:00:00-05:00
Category
Film
Tickets
Child/Senior
5.0
USD
400
Adult
10.0
USD
2000
