[bomp] "Riot on Sunset Strip" Film Series hits New York, Midnight Movies every weekend!

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bRIOT ON SUNSET STRIP:

ROCK, REBELLION AND HOLLYWOOD HIPPIESb




b60s Rock bNb Roll and California CountercultureB 

Spotlighted in bWaverly Midnightsb Series,B 

July 25-September 27 at IFC Center




bRiot on Sunset Strip: Rock, Rebellion and Hollywood Hippies,bB a 10-film
program of features and documentaries steeped in the California rock scene of
the 60s, screens as part of the ongoing bWaverly Midnightsb series,
weekends at midnightB July 25-September 27 at IFC Center. The first two
weekendsb screenings of WILD IN THE STREETS and RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP will be
introduced by Domenic Priore, whose meticulously researched chronicleB Riot on
Sunset Strip: Rock bnb Rollbs Last Stand in Hollywoodinspired the
series.B B A schedule is below.



On the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1965 and 1966 an electrifying scene
appeared out of nowhere. Bands like Love, The Byrds, The Doors and The
Standells flourished, and music dethroned movies as the groovy center of
Hollywood. Studios responded by scrambling to get hip to the new youth culture
or byB B producing lurid, cautionary tales of kids trapped in a cycle of sex,
drugs and rockbnbrollband sometimesB B by pursuing both tactics in the
same picture.




The program opens with WILD IN THE STREETS, the tale of a young
anarchist-cum-popstar who runs for the Presidency on a platform promising
14-year-olds the vote. It continues with
 RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP, a B-movie soundtracked by The Standells about a cop
assigned to clean up the Stripbs seedy new haunts; LORD LOVE A DUCK, George
Axelrodbs spoof of 60s teen culture starring Tuesday Weld; counterculture
head-trips PSYCH-OUT and THE TRIP (directed by Roger Corman and written by
Jack Nicholson); MARYJANE, with Fabian as a high-school teacher framed for pot
possession; THE COOL ONES, focusing on a go-go dancer packaged for TV stardom;
and guru satire THE LOVE-INS. Also included are two rare documentaries that
capture the spirit of the era first-hand: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, featuring
musicians like David Crosby, Tiny Tim and Frank Zappa, and MONDO HOLLYWOOD, a
snapshot of the cultural scene in Hollywood in the late 60s with appearances
by Brigitte Bardot, Sonny & Cher, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jayne Mansfield
and more.




bRiot on Sunset Strip: Rock, Rebellion and Hollywood Hippiesb

Weekends at midnight, July 25-September 27

July 25-26: WILD IN THE STREETS (1968, Barry Shear)

August 1-2: RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (1967, Arthur Dreifuss)

August 8-9: LORD LOVE A DUCK (1966, George Axelrod)

August 15-16: PSYCH-OUT (1968, Richard Rush)

August 22-23: MARYJANE (1968, Maury Dexter)

August 29-31: MONDO HOLLYWOOD (1967, Robert Carl Cohen)

September 5-6: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT (1968, Barry Feinstein)

September 12-13: THE LOVE-INS (1967, Arthur Dreifuss)

September 19-20: THE COOL ONES (1967, Gene Nelson)

September 26-27: THE TRIP (1967, Roger Corman)

For press information
 or images, contact Harris Dew at 212 924-6789 orB hdew@ifccenter.comB 




IFC Center, 323 Avenue of the Americas at West 3rdB Street, box office:B B 212
924-7771.B B 

For showtimes, advance tickets and more information, visit ifccenter.com.B 







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