Total Recall
Total Recall
It took several years, dozens of screenplay drafts, and multiple teams of actors and directors to bring Philip K. Dick’s short story “I Can Remember It For You Wholesale” to the screen, but the end-result, directed with gusto by Paul Verhoeven, is a mind-bending action classic that unfolds like a sci-fi North by Northwest. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Quaid, a construction worker on Mars in the late 21st century, who undergoes an unusual identity crisis while trying to save himself and the working-class Mars colonists from an interplanetary conspiracy. The film was nominated for its Sound and Sound Effects Editing, and received a Special Achievement Award for its Visual Effects, including the literally eye-popping creations of Rob Bottin (The Thing).
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Film Program
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
MUSEUM MEMBERS-ONLY SCREENING. Free for Museum Members.
Film Program
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
Face/Off
Introduction by the film's screenwriters, Mike Werb & Michael Colleary.
Film Program
Sun, Aug 21, 2022
Cool Hand Luke
Pre-screening conversation with actor Lou Antonio moderated by Larry Karaszewski.
Film Program
Sun, Aug 28, 2022
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Post-screening conversation with Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, moderated by Director and President of the Academy Museum Jacqueline Stewart.
Film Program
Sun, Sep 4, 2022
Dog Day Afternoon
Post-screening conversation with Academy Award winner Al Pacino moderated by Larry Karaszewski.
Film Program
Sun, Sep 18, 2022
Places in the Heart
Pre-screening conversation with Academy Award winner Sally Field, moderated by Dave Karger
Film Program
Sun, Nov 13, 2022
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Special guests: Pre-screening conversation with visual effects artist Ellen Poon and make-up artist Tym Buacharern.
Film Program
Sun, Nov 27, 2022
The Last Emperor
Special guests: Pre-screening conversation with actresses Joan Chen and Lisa Lu.
Film Program
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Post-screening conversation with director Renee Tajima-Peña and executive producer Juanita Anderson. Introduction remarks by filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi.