Screenings At Cine-Excess IV
CINE-EXCESS SCREAMERS: UK THEATRICAL PREMIERES AND EXCLUSIVE SCREENINGS
As the reputation of Cine-Excess festival component continues to grow, we are able to secure a number of high profile UK theatrical premieres and exclusive pre-release screenings. This year we are proud to present our strongest line-up of exclusive screenings to date:
CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 1: The Movie Orgy (Joe Dante, 1968)
Thursday 29th April 8.30pm.
Odeon Covent Garden
Cine-Excess IV is proud to announce an exclusive UK theatrical premiere of footage from Joe Dante’ s unseen first film The Movie Orgy. In the words of the legendary director, The Movie Orgy “is an unclassifiable extravaganza assembled from found footage by Joe Dante and Jon Davison from 1968 thru 1974. The original running time of seven hours was pared down over time as different material was added and removed.” The film is a paracinematic cult collage of imagery from television, movies, old serials, news programs, musical performances edited in Dante’s unique style to form a pop culture explosion. Unseen publicly for decades, recent revivals in LA and at last year's Venice Festival have proved popular and Cine-Excess is delighted to screen the opening 90 minutes of the new cut prepared by Dante in this exclusive UK theatrical screening.
Screening courtesy of Joe Dante
We are delighted to confirm that Cine-Excess IV Guest of Honour Joe Dante will be discussing the making of this cult movie in an onstage discussion with leading film critic Kim Newman following the screening.
Entrance to the Joe Dante and Kim Newman interview is £10.80 and £6.50 (concessions), which includes free entry to the screening of The Movie Orgy.
CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 2: Demons (Lamberto Bava, 1986) –Exclusive Pre-Release Screening
Thursday 29th April 11pm.
Odeon Covent Garden
Cine-Excess IV is thrilled to present a special preview screening of the forthcoming release of this cult classic. Directed by Lamberto Bava, and produced by Dario Argento, this body horror epic details the terrifying events that unfold when two young girls accept an invitation to a screening of an untitled horror movie, only to find that the cinema patrons are infectious zombies.
Screening and image courtesy of Arrow Films
CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 3: The Party’s Over (Guy Hamilton, 1963)-World Wide Theatrical Premiere
Friday 30th April 11pm
Cine-Excess IV is honored to be able to present the worldwide theatrical premiere of this controversial cult rarity, which has been painstakingly restored and is screened here in its entirety for the first time. In the film,
Enigmatic young Melina (Louise Sorel) falls in with a group of Chelsea beatniks, catching the attention of the gang's defiant leader Moise (Oliver Reed). But wild and drunken partying has terrible consequences, and when Melina's fiancée Carson (Clifford David) begins investigating, the shocking truth is soon revealed. With its controversial themes of teen debauchery, sexual debasement and necrophilia, The Party’s Over was written by Marc Behm (Help!), scored by John Barry (Zulu, Thunderball, Diamonds are Forever), and directed by the legendary Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, Battle of Britain).
Screening courtesy of BFI Flipside
We are delighted to confirm that the film’s Producer Anthony Perry will be introducing this exclusive screening with Professor Julian Petley (Brunel University)
CINE-EXCESS SCREENING 4: Piranha (Joe Dante, 1978)
Saturday 1st May 12.30pm
Cine-Excess IV is proud to present a screening of this classic monster movie from visionary director Joe Dante. When a deadly strain of fish engineered by the military are accidently released onto an unsuspecting American populous, Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies face a desperate race against time to warn summer camp residents of the ensuing massacre. Featuring a script co-written by John Sales and Dante’s trademark features of comedic excess, combined with body horror and cutting social critique, Piranha provides the perfect closing bite to this year’s conference and festival theme of ‘Corporeal Excess.’
Screening courtesy of Park Circus/MGM
