Program Series: Works of Enduring Importance: 35 Years of the National Film Registry

House Party in 35mm

Added to the National Film Registry in 2022.

Fri, Jan 19, 2024 | 7:30pm PT

Ted Mann Theater
House Party in 35mm

Added to the National Film Registry in 2022.

Brothers Reginald (as director) and Warrington (as producer) Hudlin independently produced their first feature together, a teen comedy that finds off-screen hip-hop duo Kid ’n Play (Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin, respectively) attending a rager in their Los Angeles neighborhood, hyped as the soirée of the year. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, this energetic film was met with near-universal critical acclaim and has risen to the status of cult classic, spawning four sequels and a 2023 remake. The Hudlin Brothers’ lighthearted, wholesome, infectiously fun romp is one of the newest inductees to the National Film Registry screening in this series.

DIRECTED/WRITTEN BY: Reginald Hudlin. WITH: Christopher Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence. 1990. 100 min. USA. Color. English. Rated R. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Tim Hunter Collection at the Academy Film Archive.

Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation. 

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