BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA & OVERBOARD

RETRO FILM SERIES DOUBLE FEATURES
Select Fridays at 7pm | $12 per person.

JULY 18, 2025
John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
(PG-13, 1986, 99 min)
Last screened at Retro in 2023!
Retro proudly presents this ultra-rare theatrical screening from the Walt Disney/20th Century Fox library! Kurt Russell is Jack Burton, a tough talking, wisecracking truck driver whose life takes a sudden tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped. Speeding to the rescue, Jack finds himself beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, in a world ruled by Lo Pan, a 2000-year-old magician who presides over an empire of spirits. Dodging demons and facing baffling terrors, Jack battles his way through Lo Pan's domain in a full-throttled ride to rescue the girl.
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Followed by:
Garry Marshall’s OVERBOARD
(PG, 1987, 106 min)
Last screened at Retro in 2017!
Real-life couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn star in this hilarious comedy by Garry Marshall (“Pretty Woman”). Rich bitch socialite Joanna Stayton (Hawn) employs rough and ready carpenter Dean Proffitt (Russell) to do some work on her yacht, but the two have a disagreement over payment. Dean gets his chance for revenge when Joanna falls overboard and suffers from amnesia. Imagine her horror upon awakening and being told that not only is she Dean’s wife, but also the mother of his four brats!
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