Marki Bey, Beau Bridges in The Landlord
The schedule/synopses below are from the Academy's press release:
Friday, June 26, 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
The Landlord (1970)
Ashby made his directorial debut with this poignant comedy in which a wealthy young man buys a Brooklyn apartment building and plans to displace the mostly black tenants, before personal relationships cause him to rethink his intentions.
Cast: Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands, Louis Gossett, Lee Grant
Academy Award nominee: Actress in a Supporting Role (Grant)
Shampoo (1975)
This classic tale of womanizing and blowouts in the fast lane of the swinging ‘60s was written by the film’s star, Warren Beatty, and the Oscar-winning writer of Chinatown, Robert Towne.
Cast: Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden
Academy Award winner: Actress in a Supporting Role (Grant)
Academy Award nominee: Actor in a Supporting Role (Warden), Art Direction (Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: George Gaines), Writing – Original Screenplay (Robert Towne, Beatty)
Jack Nicholson in The Last Detail
Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
The Last Detail (1973)
Two career sailors are assigned to deliver a young petty thief to the brig for an eight-year stint, and along the way they decide to show him a thing or two about life, drinking and sex.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane, Michael Moriarty
Academy Award nominee: Actor in a Leading Role (Nicholson), Actor in a Supporting Role (Quaid), Writing – Screenplay based on material from another medium (Robert Towne)
Coming Home (1978)
This profoundly moving anti-war film portrays the personal drama of a romance between a disabled vet and the wife of an Army captain.
Cast: Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Robert Carradine, Robert Ginty
Academy Award winner: Actor in a Leading Role (Voight), Actress in a Leading Role (Fonda), Writing – Screenplay written directly for the screen (Story by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones)
Academy Award nominee: Actor in a Supporting Role (Dern), Actress in a Supporting Role (Milford), Directing (Ashby), Film Editing (Don Zimmerman), Best Picture (Jerome Hellman, producer)
Peter Sellers in Being There
Sunday, June 28, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
Being There (1979)
Peter Sellers portrays an isolated and apparently simpleminded gardener whose entire worldview is shaped by what he has seen on television. His subsequent celebrity exposes the follies of contemporary culture.
Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart
Academy Award winner: Actor in a Supporting Role (Douglas)
Academy Award nominee: Actor in a Leading Role (Sellers)
Tickets to each evening of the Ashby retrospective screenings as well as June 25 salute featuring Harold and Maude, are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID, and may be purchased online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office or by mail. Doors open one-hour prior to the event. All seating is unreserved.
The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood.
For more information, call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.