DILLINGER and ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
DILLINGER
12:304:559:20
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
2:407:05
Thursday, July 23
DILLINGER
(1973, John Milius) The great Warren Oates is a dead ringer for the legendary bank robber in Milius’ directing debut, although the body count’s a multiple of the real one. Ben Johnson’s Melvin Purvis has his cigar lit before every shootout, a young Richard Dreyfuss cameos as Baby Face Nelson, and with a final disclaimer actually written by J. Edgar Hoover. Approx. 107 min. 35mm.
12:30, 4:55, 9:20
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
(1979, Don Siegel) Condemned to the Rock, Clint Eastwood shrugs off strip searches, shower brawls and racial tensions to find a special new use for snotty warden Patrick McGoohan’s nail clipper. Based on the only successful escape attempt from Alcatraz — well, bodies were never found — and arguably the darkest and quietest film from a major studio. Approx. 112 min. 35mm.
2:40, 7:05