Elliott Gould (third from left) and Tom Skerritt (far right) will be at Lincoln Center for fortieth anniversary screening of M*A*S*H, part of Labor Day weekend celebration of 20th Century Fox’s seventy-fifth anniversary
Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St. at Amsterdam Ave.
September 4-6, $9 per screening, $49 All Access Pass
212-875-5601
www.filmlinc.com
In 1935, Fox Films merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is honoring the company’s seventy-fifth anniversary with a fabulous slate of 20th Century Fox flicks this Labor Day weekend, with screenings only nine bucks apiece. The series begins Saturday with the noir greats HANGOVER SQUARE (John Brahm, 1945) and KISS OF DEATH (Henry Hathaway, 1947) and also includes the cult classic VANISHING POINT (Richard C. Sarafian, 1971), in which Barry Newman rides that white Dodge Challenger across the country, on the run from the law as well as life itself. Saturday’s big event, however, is the fortieth anniversary screening of a new print of M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970), with Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt, and Kathryn Reed Altman participating in a Q&A. Sunday’s films begin with William A. Wellman’s harrowing 1943 Western THE OX-BOW INCIDENT, in which Anthony Quinn barely grits his teeth when removing a bullet from his body; the film takes on added significance in light of the border war with Mexico and the anti-immigrant law in Arizona. Sunday also features restored prints of NIAGARA (Henry Hathaway, 1953) and ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) and the director’s cut of ALIEN (Ridley Scott, 1979), with Skerritt again hanging around for a Q&A. The evening concludes with FIGHT CLUB (David Fincher, 1999), but we can’t say any more about that, because you know what the first rule of Fight Club is. On Monday, a trio of all-time favorites starts with a restored print of Elia Kazan’s 1947 exploration of anti-Semitism, GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT, followed by 70mm prints of CLEOPATRA (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) and the military biopic to end all military biopics, PATTON (Franklin L. Schaffner, 1970). It’s quite a collection of memorable films, and you can see them all for a mere $49 with an All Access Pass, which is quite a deal, especially since the Fox Movie Channel now charges on-demand for each of its flicks.