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M A R C H 2 0 2 5 I 2 3 • MARCH SPECIAL SCREENINGS • The Wizard of Oz Directed by Victor Fleming LA Sat., Mar. 1 2:00 p.m. DGA Theater 1 RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Classic Film Series screens revered films, often followed by a panel discussion about the film and its Director's contribution to the world of cinema. ANNIVERSARY SERIES CLASSIC FILM SERIES The Eastern Region Special Projects Committee invites you to join them for a special 40th Anniversary screening of Martin Scorsese's dark screwball comedy, After Hours. After making numerous prize-winning short films including The Big Shave (1967), Martin Scorsese made his feature directorial debut in 1967 with Who's That Knocking at My Door. He would go on in the following years to make other films including Boxcar Bertha (1972), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and won critical and popular acclaim for his feature, Mean Streets (1973). In 2024, Scorsese's feature Killers of the Flower Moon earned him his 13th DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2006 for The Departed and was nominated in that category for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and The Irishman (2019). Scorsese also won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Television in 2010 for Boardwalk Empire and was nominated for Outstanding NY Sat., Mar. 15 1:00 p.m. DGA NY Theater RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Anniversary Series screens classic films on an anniversary of their initial release, with an introduction detailing their contribution to the world of cinema. After Hours — After meeting a girl in a Manhattan café, an ordinary guy experiences the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit her Soho apartment. The seemingly simple trip descends into a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters as he spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown. Critically acclaimed for its black humor, After Hours is now considered to be a cult classic. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for "Best Feature" and earned Scorsese "Best Director" awards at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Cannes Film Festival, as well as a nomination for Cannes' Palme d'Or. Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette Running Time: 97 minutes - Print Courtesy of Swank Motion Pictures This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Martin Scorsese and the film's star, Griffin Dunne. After Hours Directed by Martin Scorsese - Presented by the Eastern Region Special Projects Committee Directorial Achievement in Documentary in 2011 for George Harrison: Living in the Material World. He received the DGA Honor in 1999 and the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. Scorsese has been a DGA member since 1971 and has served as an alternate on the DGA National Board. About the Director Victor Lonzo Fleming (1889 –1949) was working as a driver/stunt man when he met Director Allan Dwan, who took him on as a camera assistant. Fleming soon rose to the rank of cinematographer, working with both Dwan and D. W. Griffith, and directed his first feature, When the Clouds Roll By, in 1919. His first major success was Lord Jim (1925). Among his other most noted films are Mantrap (1926), The Way of All Flesh (1927), The Virginian (1929), Red Dust (1932), The White Sister (1933), Bombshell (1933), Treasure Island (1934), Captains Courageous (1937), Test Pilot (1938), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Tortilla Flat (1942), A Guy Named Joe (1943), Adventure (1945) and his final film, Joan of Arc (1948). His two most famous films came in 1939, when The Wizard of Oz was closely followed by Gone with the Wind for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. This screening will be a Family Matinee featuring a special 35mm print struck from an original 1939 nitrate printing negative. The print is provided by Special Projects Committee Co-Chair Michael Goi, who will introduce the film. The Special Projects Committee invites you to join them for a special 35mm print screening of Director Victor Fleming's 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz. Return with us to that magical land beyond the rainbow where a small girl from Kansas and her plucky dog Toto arrive for a visit after hitching a ride on a tornado. While there, they drop in on some wicked witches, tangle with belligerent trees and flying monkeys and take on anyone who stands in the way of them finding their way home. In doing so, they make some interesting friends and discover a dark secret about the "wonderful" Wizard of Oz. Based on the beloved novel by L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture and earned Oscars for Best Music, Original Song for the song "Over the Rainbow" and Best Music, Original Score. The film also earned Director Victor Fleming a Palme d'Or nomination at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival, was one of a group of 25 films that inaugurated the National Film Registry list in 1989 and was declared by the Library of Congress as the most viewed film on television syndication. Starring: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton and Toto too • Running Time: 102 minutes FM

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