Chicago
A FILM BY: Rob Marshall
WRITTEN BY: Bill Condon (screenplay), Bob Fosse (book)
STARRING: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere
This New Year's Eve, help us welcome the city of Chicago into the 2020s by watching the 1920s-set movie musical hit, CHICAGO! It's the story of murder, fame, corruption, and great bob haircuts, all told through song and dance. Put on your best flapper and/or jailhouse attire and join us as we drink-a-long!
Nightclub sensation Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones) murders her philandering husband, and Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), is set to defend her. But when Roxie (Renée Zellweger) also winds up in prison, Billy takes on her case as well -- turning her into a media circus of headlines. Neither woman will be outdone in their fight against each other and the public for fame and celebrity.
Technical Information
Production Year: 2002
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Run Time: 113 mins
Format: DCP
Drop Dead Gorgeous
A FILM BY: Michael Patrick Jann
WRITTEN BY: Lona Williams
STARRING: Kirstie Alley, Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, Denise Richards, Mindy Sterling, Nora Dunn, Mo Gaffney, Amy Adams
The screening is part of the monthly Music Box Drink-A-Long! This month - bring your crowns, sashes, and patriotic headwear, because we’re drinking along to DROP DEAD GORGEOUS! Our hosts Brooke and Cody have created a list of drinking rules to accompany the movie, and they’ll be cuing you when to drink (by cheerfully yelling at you in the theater). We’ll have a specialty cocktail on hand plus our usual selection of beer and wine. And even if drinking isn't your thing, you can still join us to scream and shout along! See you there!
Written by Lona Williams and directed by Michael Patrick Jann, 1999’s DROP DEAD GORGEOUS follows Minnesotan teenage beauty queens vying for the title of American Teen Princess – and the killer intent on taking out the competition! Bringing together a jaw-droppingly talented cast including Kirstie Alley, Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, Denise Richards, Mindy Sterling, Nora Dunn, Mo Gaffney, and the film debut of Amy Adams, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS is an endlessly-quotable black comedy and a modern camp classic that proves if looks can kill, laughter is twice as deadly.
Technical Information
Production Year: 1999
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Run Time: 97 mins
Format: 35mm