Repertory Series
Spawn of Jaws: Blockbusters & Wannabe Blockbusters
Not only did the successes of Jaws and STAR WARS lead to a slew of big budget, high concept adventure film blockbusters but they also opened up the field for any number of ‘wannabe blockbusters’ to form. Few of these are more legendary than David Lynch’s DUNE. Hot off of an Oscar nomination for The Elephant Man, Lynch was recruited by producer Dino De Laurentiis to create the ‘Star Wars for grown-ups’—an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s wildly popular sci-fi epic and a supposed cash cow with the prospect for multiple sequels built in. Of course, this might exist in an alternate universe but, in ours, Lynch’s idiosyncratic vision, De Laurentiis’s aspirations, and the financers conservatism clashed and the project ended up a compromised, commercial and critical failure.
1984 • dir David Lynch w/Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Kenneth McMillan, Sting, Patrick Stewart • 137 min • 35mm
Trailer:
Repertory Series
Spawn of Jaws: Blockbusters & Wannabe Blockbusters
Tue, Jul 1 – Thu, Jul 10
https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/spawn-of-jaws/
STAR WARS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
ALIEN
ALIENS
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
DUNE
E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL
POLTERGEIST
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
ACTION JACKSON
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION
BEVERLY HILLS COP
FLASH GORDON
HOWARD THE DUCK
BATMAN
STREETS OF FIRE
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