Museum of the Moving Image (Venue Partner)
36-01 35 Avenue
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A Town Called Panic (Zeitgeist Films)
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- When
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Feb 13, 2010 – Feb 21, 2010
Daily (11am, 12:30pm, 2pm & 3:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: R, M to Steinway Street (exit station at 34 Ave). N, W to 36 Ave.
- Price
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$10 film and museum admission
- Links
“Cowboy, Indian, and Horse wreak havoc in this slapstick stop-motion animation film, based on a cult Belgian TV series distributed by Aardman Studios (of Wallace and Gromit fame). In their fast-paced and hilarious feature debut, the three unlikely friends find themselves on a trek around the world, discovering a parallel underwater universe and struggling to cross frozen tundra.”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
For a singular filmgoing experience, catch a screening of the cult animated feature, A Town Called Panic, in Tut's Fever, a one-of-kind art work and 35-seat theater in the Museum's core exhibition Behind the Screen. From February 13 through 21, the Museum will present four screenings daily.
Made with plastic toys, painted sets, a surreal sense of humor, and boundless imagination, A Town Called Panic is the first stop-motion movie to be an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. The film, directed by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar, stars three toys named Cowboy, Indian, and Horse, who share a house in a rural town; Cowboy and Indian's plan to make a homemade barbecue for Horse goes awry when they accidentally order way too many bricks. Daily screenings at 11 a.m., 12:30, 2, and 3:30 p.m.
An homage to the ornate movie palaces of the 1920s, Tut's Fever was created by by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong and has been described as a "surrealistic movie palace." Every surface is covered with witty Egyptian-inspired motifs and cartoon-like caricatures of larger-than-life figures from Hollywood's golden age—Orson Welles, Cecil B. DeMille, the Marx Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, and Charlie Chaplin among them.
From February 13-21, the Museum will be open every day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
