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We would like to thank the following members who have donated to the Heroes of the Alamo Foundation-a non-profii corporation formed for the pulposes of supporting cufting-edge film in downtown Austin andacquiring and continuing the operations of the Alamo Dra{thouse Downtown. In addition to the heroes belo*we would also like to thank our 85 BOWIE SPONSORS. Find out more at rememberthe.originalalamo.com

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AIN'T IT COOI NTW' THE AUSTI}I CHRONI(tT AND BIG BROTHERS/BIG SIsTERS PRESEIITFREE SATURDAY MORNING KIDS (LUBTAST SATURDAY OF EUERY MONTH AT ATAMO SOUTH

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ftristmas is apptoaching in Frogtown Hollow, and [mmet Otter and his Ma hope to huy gifts for eath other. Unfor-tunately, [mmet doesn't make enough from the oddjobs he does, and Ma doesn't make enough as a laundress. Theydecide to ompete i0 the Frog Town Hollow Talent (ontest in order t0 win money, but Ma wilihave to hock Emmet'itool chest to buy a costume, and Emmet will have to put a hole in Ma! washtub for his band! Kermit the Frog hoststhis dassir Muppet musical &ristmas tale, based on the book by Russell and lillian Hoban, with original songs from

TIIE I"A5T STARFIGHTTRSATURDAY JAN. ]/ - NOON IAMAR, FREFWhat sweaty-browed video game aficionado hasn't pretended, while feverishly pounding away on their Playstati0n (ontrol,that they were actually saving the univene? That! the {on(eit employed in 1984's THE IAST STARFIGHIER, a lightweight yetwholly entertaining sci-fi adventure that's come to command a special place in the heart of my disaffected generation. 0urherohthe mild-mannered and anxioustrailer-parkdenizenAlex Rogan.Aftermastering thelocal Starfightervideogame, Alexis visited by an interstellar messengetwho delivers a curious message: The game Alex hasbeen dominating is much morethana sinrple plaything; a planet desperately in need ofsawy star pilots has planted these gamer on Earth in an effort to find newrecruits. lmagine thal! [xcel at a video game and you're draftedto save a distant planet! Howvery cool. (5(0ttWeinberg]

lRON CHEF ALAM0 ROUND 2 : BLA(K 0RPHEUSDlfi. MARc rt {AMU5.'i*59, :${} Mttr,35MM, pCWED. JAN 17 7PM LAMAR - PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE CAPITAL AREA FOOD EANKAfter the smashing success of August's lR0N (HEF: 60D 0F (00KERY event, we've decided to up theante even further with a competition that pits the reigning titleholder against a victory-hungry0utside 0pp0nent. ln th is corner: Alamo Vi llage chef and retu rn ing cha mpion Trish Eichel berger, Andher chal lengers: the chefs ofAusti n's Hudson's on the Bend restau rant, a bout whom former (BS anchorDan Rather said,"These guys could cook a horseshoe and make it deli(ious.'The stage is now setf0rlRON (HEF 2: ALAi\40 VS. HUD50N'S, in the luxurious Kitchen Stadium (theater #2 [amar) whereinAlamo founder Tim League will again be assuming the red kimono of (hairman Kaga. D0 note, atlR0N (HtF ALAMo, the secret ingredient is not tanagon or foie gras...it is celluloid. Ihe contestantswill delivertoeach ofthe l00attendeesa seriesof5dishesand petitewinepairings(that's l0coursesin all folks!) themed to the film. At the end ofthe show, the audience will decide whose meals weretastier and more cleverly mat(hed and timed to the movie. tor this r0und 2 (ompetition, the battlewill take place over BLA(l( 0RPHEUS, the dizzyingly beautiful cinema classic about celebration, loveand loss in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. ls the undefeated Trish steeled to face the People's (hoiceAward winners of the Texas Wine and Food Festival? Without battinq an eye. Will their


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THE SINUS 5H0W presents A VERY BRADY CHRISTMASDf{EMBf R 1 & },7 & 9:45pm, D0l,1i NT0WN, $12.50D. PETER BALDWIN, DVD, ]988, 1OO MiNWITII tsARRY WILI.iAMS {GRE6 BRADY} LIVI AT THE 5AT" CIEC 2 SHOWs!Watch as the Sinus Show crew takes on one of the most entertainingly bad movies ever, the1988 made-for-TV fiasco "A Very Brady (hristmas", which features all your favorites from theoriginal "Brady Bunch"television shoW ex(ept f0r Cindy (wh0 was killed in a drive-by shootingby Dana Plato of"Diff'tent Strokes"). Plotlines and integrity are sactificed at the altar ofschmaltzinthisridiculouslygood-naturedholidaystory. NowthattheBradykidshavegrownupandleftthe nest, Mom (Florence Henderson) and Dad (Robert Reed) decide to fly them back home for a(hristmas reunion. While together, each of the Bradys tries t0 hide a shameful secret from therest of the clan: Jan's maniage is a mes, Marcia's husband has lost his lob, and Bobby wantst0 quit grad s(hool to become a race-car driver. Over (hristmas dinner, however, all secrets arepredictably revealed, ex(ept for the most egregious ones: (indy has been mystetiously replacedby a hot fox who looks nothing like her, Mom and Greg have been getting 0edipal, and DadBrady has been having sex with other men since the Nixon era. Not to fear, however: what themovie elides, the 5inus crew derides - and gleefully. (ome see John, Joe and crew ridicule theproceedings, induding the absurdly contrived ending (a "deus ex MO(K-ina" if ever thete wasone) in whi(h the Bradys manage to free dad from a deadly building


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As the new year arriver, s0 will (0untle55 new films that already have us giddy with anticipation.would-be blockbusters to feature$ too ttrange and inventive to register 0n Hollywood hype radarup(0ming m0fiths promise some of the finest movie-g0ing experiences in re(ent memory.you're looking for high, low ot no-brow entertainment, your


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HN6$I T!MAs PRTSNNTS HIGH FOR THE HOTIDAYSDARK SIDE OF THT RAINBOWWITH JOINT ROLLING CONTTST BEFORE THE MOVIEOtC 26 - 7PM & DEC 27 - 9:45 DOWNT0WNDid Pink Floyd intend to synch up "Dark side of the Moon" with the classk film IHE wrzARD 0F onsome say vcRs cost a whopping g1 0,000 at that time and it would be imposible to cue the re(ord tothe film, change sides on the album and keep synch. Others say the album cover to,,Dark side of theMoon" begins with a beam of white light which passes through a prism and turns into a rainbow ofcolors then pasing through yet another prism and reverts back to white light . . . Just like the moviewhich begins in black and white but then passes through the prism of the tornado and becomes col-ored beginning in Munchkinland and then goes back to black and white when Dorothy leaves oz andreturns t0 Kansas. Kind of hard to refute. Regardles, (ome t0 the Alamo, get properly stimulatedand maybe bring some earplugs, because when the tin man's heart is thumping to the heartbeats in"Edipse" (track 9), we'd like you to feel it in your chest as well.

PINK F[OYD: THE WAttWITH BONG BUITDIIIG CONTEST B'IORE THE MOVIEJAIIUARY i & 3 - 9:45 D0WNT0WN0ln" AIAN pARKlfi, 198t,35Mtn,95 MlN, RPart dream, part nightmare, part hallurination, part music video - this is 0ne 0f the greatest ro(k music films of alltime. lt's also one ofthe most severely de+anged drug movies ever. [et'sjust go out on a limb here and guess that99% of prospe(tive High For The Holidays attendees have seen THt WALL before. But how many of you hive seen a35mm film print of it in Dolby stereo on the big screen? lt's like the difference between smoking banana peels andhaving 500


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RIRMOfiftG-RtonGt Owen Egerton and HenriMazza hosti nteractive sing"along extravaganzasevery Thursday and select Sundayscoming this december & january:THE (HRI5TMA5 POPS! SIN6.AtONGTHURSDAYS, DECEMBER 7,14&21,7pm,5UN, DEC 10,4pm, SAT, DEC'16,4pm, ALAM0 D0WNTOWN, $10il. VAR|0US, DVD, 90 mlnRemember when you wete a kid, growing up in some idyllic small townthat was ripped right out of Norman Rockwell! illustrations in the SatutdayEvening Post? Yeah, we've actually never really been taroling, either. But thisyear, we decided to fix that childhood injusti(e. We won't have an idyllic NewEngland cottage, but we will have (o(oa. And instead ofwarming the heartsof neighbors, we're going to warm the hearts of people of downtown Austinas we make our way fiom the theater to some cider, singing all the way. 0fcourse, before we leave the theater we?e all going to have to tefresh ourmemories of our favorite Christmas carols, and what bettel way to d0 thatthan with the ultimate collection of (hristmas Pop? We'll have dips from theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'WE WISH YoU A TURTI-I CHRISTMAS, a touchOf DOI-TY PARTON'5 SMOIfl MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS, thE PEE WETS PLAYHOUSEspecial, a little bit 0f MAX HEADR0OM'S CHRISTMAS, and of course someWayne Newton, Sonny & Cher, and there is no way we're closing out the showwithout a little bit ofThe New Kids on the Block's FUNKY, FUNKY CHRISTMAS.Even ifyou did grow up Christmas caroling in New England, you've never beencaroling until you've been caroling Alamo+tyle. (Henri)


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Iryf s4,tAt_t iiAt"F-Ff;SH, FtAtF-fitfit StNs-AtCIr{s %5ul{DAYs, ilr{EMBE* r,7nrn,&*:4.spnz,ilE(rfr,{slR 10,9;45pm, s[([MBtR 17,7pm,AIAMO D0l,{NTowN, $i0IRJD$.Y.,:DFIEMEIR S, ft{tDf{t6}iT, nraruovtiitce,;i0 "' " 'We can't tell you what movie we,ll be.singing along to for this show, but ifyou?e really,really smar! maybe you can figure it out ior yourserf? ttrinl auoulli. tit a musiratllT,:,:ll'i?:lryne whoispa.rtsirtand parifish. Need m.,, r,.Jpiii. *p p.u otner rs grr, the b'ttom part is fish tair. Not enough? ummm. . . she has an ,hnimated,,prsonality. Still not getting it? Sheeshl Let3 just say that you shoulJ iome to ttreshow, because you'll definitely want t0 be pari of f,.i ,ori,i *f,i,f,r;urit upp.n, ,obe under the sea. (Henri)

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vAfit0u5, ill/s,2 hrsOur very own Mondo Tees shirt-slinger Amerykah Medfordsuggested this show to us, and as soon as we heard thetitle, we were hooked. And since Amerykah ;urt f,appeniiomoonlight as a DJ for Elysium3 retro Oince partier'anU ,frewent all out enough to suggest a playlist forus, we T0TALLiknew we had to do this show. We?e still sourcing the videos,but some ofthe stuff on our list includes Wf,itn.y ffourton, i-fr.llls]:', t:ll'dl lqrtiste, Tiffany, Btondie, (yndi Lurp.,, iounJett, Nena, Kim Wilde, Tina Turner, 0livia NewtonJohn, and of

course Dolly Parton's 9 to 5. .. We,re selling tickets to this showby the seat, but we,ll be surprised if many of us stay in thoseseats for more than the first five minutes. iHenri)d-Slftr &1Tf;5: THI pCIWEfi BALIAS Stru6-At"SFie}ilflryf!g*Y,1ryUARy 3t, e;45pm, ALAM0 nowrurol{lFJ, $roS. VAnl0il5, SVil, t0S minLast Eebruary we unveiled our first toVE BITES sing_along and not onlv was it asmash sucress, it was a hel l of a lot of fun. Ther. iin,t quit. us rnu,t O'un,ing utthis show, but there's way more fist-pumping than l,ve ever seen in a ineater (notcounting the one time I went to a taping oflhe Arsenio ffatf slow, luiifrat mnA:lfl1li1]i:!d'Trent anvwav)' weie eoine to keep in ihe t'tt' tror'rurt y.r,a.m take.out s0me ofthe songs that didn,t get our blood flowing as much so thatthis year's show is erren more pang,inducin! than the lurt. loirii.nrilna o".nas we share some of our broken hearts with you and *. on,. uguin i.i,li.t. tt ,time, of year when the rong-haired hard roci


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enthusiasti(, the response from Rolling Stone, 5pin, The New Yotk Times, and the rest of the mainstream independent (and that's not an oxymomrmusi( community fell head over heels. That's when things got (omplicated ' ' '

JAN 'l - 9:45FIr4: Plt'lK FLOYD: THE WAttALS0 prsYs JAt{ 3 roR R!6ULAR Atf*ls5l0NDlRE(T0R: ALAN PARKER 1982 95MlN.35MM

0E{ 18 - 9:45PM: I SWEAR I WAS THERE:Tf,T GIC THAI {HAI'I6T} TlT WORI}DIRE(T0R: DAVID NOLAN 2005 91 MlN. BETA SP0nJune4,1976,fouryoung mentookthe stageofa tiny upstairs hall in Manche+ter for a gig that quite literally changed the wotld. ln front of a handful of peoplethey played one ofthe most impotfant live sets ofall time. Alongside Woodstodand Live Aid, the sex Pistols petfotmance at the Lesser Free Trade Hall has beonamed by critics as one ofthe most pivotal performantes in music histoty . '. ncnecessarily because ofthe quality ofthe music - but be(ause ofthe effect the mlfsic had on the audiente. The crowd were mesmetized by the power and possibili-ties0fpunk-and it inspited them to createtheirown musicthatwould shapethesound of rock music for decades to come. Members ofJoy Division and New 0tder,the Smiths, the tall and Buzztotks wete there that night as well as Tony Wilson, a

key player in the story 0f Factory re(ords, the Hacienda, Madchester and beyond. The truth behind that gig - plus the Pistols repeat performan(e sixweeks later and their first ever TV appearance - has been shrouded in mystery foI thirty years. Until now, everyone's been happy to print the legend'For the first time, here's the truth. Eased on David Nolan's acclaimed book of the same name'

self-imposed isolation as a world-renowned rock star' As he festers in his hotel t

DI(.4 - e:45PM: SOUND UNBOUND V0t. 2:MOOIRN A[4ERICAtiI (OMPOsEN5(0MPILED BY: ANNE HELLER 2006 87MlN. VIDEOSound Unbound Vol. 2 examines the contributions offrom the 1940s to l980s who have broken with tradition to follow theirmuses by creating theit own theories of musical composition and usinginstrumentati0n, with an emphasis on those who collaborated withdanrers and other artists. Featured composers include John (age' PhilipBruce Haack, Teny Riley, Angus Maclise and 0Inette Coleman.

}rC.11 - e:45PM; DANIIISON: A fAMltY MOVIEALSO PLAYS OT{. 2S, 2S & JAN 2 FCIR RE6ULAR AOMISSIONDlR[(TOR: JL ARONSON 2006 11oMlN. BETA SPDirectot, produter, (ameraman and editor JL Aronson almost singlehandedpta(kled the complex and intriguing knot of Christian faith, unbridled creativiqinimitable vision, and slavish attention to detail that's embodied in the 0utwarqordinary figure of Daniel 5mith. An etcentri( musician and visual artist, Smith leihisfoursiblings and bestfriend Sulan Stevensto indie-rockstald0m while ste*fastly refusing t0 c0mptomise his sometimes baffling worldview. The DaniellcFamily first made their matk in the indie scene in 1 995, when their drummer rca mere 1 1 years old. 0utfitted in vintage nurses'uniforms,theyshouted aboutfuhealing power of the Lord. And while the (hristian establishment was far frmr

Aurally explosive on record and visually explosive on the scteen, THE WAIL tracesthe life ofthe fi(tional protagonist Pink Floyd (Bob Geldof, loosely based on origi'nal Floyd fiontman Syd Barett) fiom his boyhood days in war-torn England to hisroom, hiding from managers (Bob Hoskin$, groupies (NEAR DARK's Jenny Wtight)and an estringed wife (Eleanor David), elements of his abusive childhood comeback to haunt him until he begins to des(end into absolute madness - leading t0a (limax that is as questionably cathartic as it is destructive. Punctuated by theamazing animation of artist Gerald Scarfe (Dl(K DTADEYE).

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JAN.8 -e:45PM: L05T VEGAS: IHE tOUNGE ERADlREfi0R: TIM 0N05K0 2005 esMtN. BETA SpYukmeister nirvana in this new doc detailing the life and showbtsytimes of second bananas who worked LV small rooms from theearly'50st0 the mid-'70s - manyof,em paisanosfrom South philiyinspired by the mighty Xing Guido, Louie prima. Fueled by boozeand unbelievablestamina,theydidsix45/l5sanightfordecades_45 minutes on and 15 off. The grind was s0metimes relieved by sex,steam baths (as part of Sinatra3 entourage) and digging the earlyA-bomb testings some 65 miles away.,,We useta go out the back ofthe dubsi'says one of the crew, ,,watch the blasi, go back inside,have a coupla blasts of our own and then do the ao:,

=b!2Fr=o=gtruchnames as Freddie Bell,5onny King, Babe piers, peter Anthony,Pete Barbutiand Faye McKay (whose main bit, dug deeply byVegis

supernova Liberace, was a besotted rendition of,,l2 Days ofXmas,,)may. not be remembered today, but these were the party-timerounden the headliners used to catth after d0ing their own more sedate acts. The flkk ilternates from rrbj.nt trd;i ; il;i;;;;i'il;i;';;,ii*lfootage/stills to some newly filmed old shtick. Ring-a-ding lids reverently doffed t0 first-time directgr Tim 0nosko ieditot ot lre oop .irry-ioirott-(over Wasn't the Future Wonderful? - a mind-rearuanging assortment of mad'30s inventions from the brittle pages of poputa, uect anici a'nu roiutarScience). This boffo doc premiered at Cinevegas 2005. lt needs distribution immediately. (Dick Bla(kburn)JAN 15 - e:45PM: JAMES BR0WN tlVE ATTHT BOSION GARDENS, APRI[ 5, 1968IN OBsTRVAN(E OF MARTIN TUTHER KING DAYless than 24 hours after Martin luther King,s assassination the city of Boston wasin a state 0fturmoil. When James Brown arrived at the airport to ilay his alreadyscheduled show he was warned that the mayor, fearing furthei unrert amongthe African American community, planned to canrel the show. Brown assured thimayor that the consequences would be much wone if the (on(ert was called off.Not only did the show go on as planned, publi( television station WGBH broadcastthe whole thing. lt's an incredible historical document and a fantasti( performanceby James Brown, who dedicated the show t0 Dr. King,s memory and brought theraw emotions within himselfand his community to a searing head. At one pointthe restless (rowd swarms the stage and amidst the mayhem James Brown tellsthe (ops to stay back and calmly talks the crowd back inio their seats.,,This isn,thow blatk people should act." Riveting viewing. (lars Niken)

JAN 22 - e:45PM: COLD HEARTS: ICEIANDtC MUS|( SHORTSDlREffOR: VARI0US 2004-2006 90MtN. BITA SpAll toooften, especially in music circles, lceland is known almost exclusively as theland of Bjork and Sigur Ros. But those who have explored lcelandic cinema andart know that it has emerged as one ofthe world,s most unique creative breedingg_rounds, and this program is living proof. Featuring macabre stop_motion anima_tion, the secret life of moss, mouse suits, exploding dictaphones, women wholive on douds, and some very creative uses for whipped criam, this compilationrepresents the whimskal lrelandic imagination - the crowning achievement beingthe short mockumentary "Who! Bardi?,,about enigmatk musical prodigy BardiJohanssen (Bang Gang, [ady and Bird). Anyone whose record collections eipandedafter watching the Flying Nun retro or HIGH AND DRy will not want t0 miss thisglimpse into a unique musical landscape that deserves a look and a lhten.iAltl 29 -9:45FM: MEL0DY (AKA - S.W.A.I.K.)RART BRITISH (UtT (LASSIC!WITH EARTY BTT GETs MUSICIDIRE$OR: WARRIS HUSSEIN 1970106 MtN. t6MMSPECIAt THANK5 TO JANffT[ MOAT5Maurice and Barry Gibb were commissioned by producer David puttnam to providethe soundtrack for this longlost gem - scripted by Alan parker - that re_unitedyoung actors Mark lester and Jack Wild ko+tars of oLIVER!) in a story about pre_teen pals at a British school. The plot takes a very novel twkt when l0_year_oldLester falls in love with l0-year-old Melody (Tracy Hyde) - and the two youngstersdecide not to wait until they?e older t0 get married! Maurke Gibb became c-loselyinvolved in the musir for the film and remained very proud of his contribution t;the score.

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