Oct 24 Friday
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back at The Smith this October with romance, thrills, laughs, and an interactive shadow cast!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the ultimate movie experience, a mad mix of classic horror/sci-fi, super-charged sensuality and outrageous fantasy. This cult classic from 1975 features the story of an “ordinary” couple and an unforgettable night at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad-scientist from the planet Transexual, Transylvania. Brad and Janet have arrived on a special night, the night Dr. Furter’s “beautiful creature,” Rocky, the adonis humanoid created for the release of Frank’s “tension,” was to be born.
The Smith wants attendees to enjoy this ultimate movie experience (including costumes and having your audience participation script memorized,) but we do hope you’ll refrain from water spraying. It makes our mascara run and it ruins our nice big movie screen.
Rocky Horror goody bags – containing all items needed to participate along with the film – are available for purchase online in advance or at the bar prior to the show.
Motion Picture Rating: RRunning Time: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Oct 31 Friday
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) meets Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to follow him home. She brings with her the gift of two love birds and they strike up a romance. One day birds start attacking children at Mitch’s sisters party. A huge assault starts on the town by attacking birds.
Movie Rating: PG-13Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutes
Nov 01 Saturday
After the members of a team of scientists (Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) lose their cushy positions at a university in New York City, they decide to become “ghostbusters” to wage a high-tech battle with the supernatural for money. They stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, a doorway that will release evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters must now save New York from complete destruction.
Remember to stop by Concessions in the lobby to buy your popcorn and candy and be sure to catch the vintage cartoon short screening before the feature film, for that good, old-fashioned movie theater experience!
Movie Rating: PGRuntime: 1 hour, 47 minutes
Nov 20 Thursday
Three years ago, Will Ferrell was filming a movie when he received a most surprising email: his dear friend of nearly 30 years was coming out to him as a trans woman. That friend was Harper Steele, a writer he met on his first day at Saturday Night Live back in 1995. From that fateful first meeting in the halls of 30 Rock, Will knew he had found a match made in comedy, and their friendship and creative partnership would only continue to grow over the next 3 decades.
In this intimate, honest, and heartfelt documentary, Will and Harper hit the open road together to process this new stage of their friendship and reintroduce Harper to the country that she loves – this time, as herself. Over 16 days, the two drive from New York to LA, visiting stops that are meaningful to them, to their friendship, and to America. Through laughter, tears, and many cans of Pringles, they push past their comfort zones as they re-examine their relationships to these spaces, and to each other, in this new light.
Movie Rating: RRuntime: 1 hours, 54 minutes
This FREE screening is part of the Hobart William Smith Road Movie series sponsored by the HWS First Year Seminar Program.