The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Arthouse Theater Day)

New 4K Restoration by IndieCollect.

Featuring an exclusive pre-recorded salute to Art House Theaters from Lily Tomlin.

Jane Wagner created this one-woman show for Lily Tomlin in 1985 so that audiences could appreciate not just Tomlin’s comic timing, but also her extraordinary acting talent.

Tomlin inhabits 12 characters in this tour-de-force anchored by bag lady Trudy, an everywoman for all time. As Tomlin explained onstage at the restoration’s world premiere, “Trudy is a philosopher… the wise fool.” Asked by Jane Fonda, her comrade-in-arms and the evening’s moderator, if she sees any signs of intelligent life in the universe at the moment, Tomlin replied, “I see a lot of intelligence, but we apply that intelligence so stupidly.”

For years, Lily Tomlin fans have searched in vain for access to this movie version of the one-woman show. Now IndieCollect’s brand new 4K restoration will be shown to movie lovers across America—on July 24, one day only!—in celebration of Art House Theater Day.

Gloria Steinem praised THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE as “a work of genius and compassion.”

Frank Rich of The New York Times called it “the most genuinely subversive comedy to be produced on Broadway in years.”

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