National Treasures
Wednesday, July 1 – Wednesday, July 8
We’ll be honest, this program really started as an excuse to play NATIONAL TREASURE on the 4th of July. We couldn’t resist the opportunity to screen that absurd, and absurdly entertaining, Da Vinci Code lite film on America’s 250th birthday. Once we started polling folks around the theater about who they would bestow ‘national treasure’ status on, however, it started to take more shape.
All of the films featured here feature a star or significant player that someone might say “Oh yeah, [person X]–national treasure!” about. For instance, “Oh yeah, Morgan Freeman–national treasure!” Of course, calling someone a ‘national treasure’ is a hyperbolic statement and, so, we’ve chosen to feature these stars in some of their most hyperbolic movies—crowd-pleasing, over-the-top action, adventure, and thrillers from the nineties and early oughts.
National Treasure
Director: Jon Turteltaub Run Time: 131 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2004
Starring: Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Justin Bartha, Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean
In order to break the code, one man will have to break all the rules.
Charlie’s Angels
Director: McG Run Time: 98 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2000
Starring: Bill Murray, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Sam Rockwell
Get some action.
Deep Impact
Director: Mimi Leder Run Time: 121 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1998
Starring: Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Vanessa Redgrave
Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives.
Inside Man
Director: Spike Lee Run Time: 129 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2006
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe
It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can’t judge a crime by its cover.
Miss Congeniality
Director: Donald Petrie Run Time: 110 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2000
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Ernie Hudson, Heather Burns, Michael Caine, Sandra Bullock
Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.
Sister Act
Director: Emile Ardolino Run Time: 100 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1992
Starring: Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith, Mary Wickes, Wendy Makkena, Whoopi Goldberg
No booze. No sex. No drugs. No way.