Michigan Theater

 

Michigan Theater

January Schedule of Events

Michigan Theater Foundation, Inc.

603 E. Liberty Ann Arbor, 48104 (313) 668-8397

 

JANUARY 1 

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 5:50

The Summer House 8:00

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 10:30

 

JANUARY 2

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 5:20

The Summer House 7:30

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 9:20

 

JANUARY 3

The Summer House 7:30

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 9:20

 

JANUARY 4

The Summer House 7:30

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 9:20

 

JANUARY 5

The Summer House 7:30

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 9:20

 

JANUARY 6

The Summer House 7:30

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 9:20

 

JANUARY 7

The Summer House 5:10

Wild West 7:00

Bad Behavior 9:00

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 11:20

 

JANUARY 8

Wild West 5:00

Bad Behavior 7:00, 9:10

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 11:20

 

JANUARY 9

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 2:50

Wild West 5:00

Bad Behavior 7:00, 9:10

 

JANUARY 10

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 4:10

Wild West 7:10

Bad Behavior  9:10

 

JANUARY 11

Wild West 5:00

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 7:00

Bad Behavior 9:10

 

JANUARY 12

Bad Behavior 9:00

Wild West 9:25

 

 

JANUARY 13

Bad Behavior 7:15

Wild West 9:25

 

JANUARY 14

Gettysberg 7:30

 

JANUARY 15

Live-on-Stage

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra 8:00

 

JANUARY 16

Gettysburg 2:30

Boyz N The Hood 7:00 FREE

 

JANUARY 17

Live-on-stage

Ain't Got Long to Stay Here 8:00

 

JANUARY 18

Gettysburg 7:00

 

JANUARY 19

Gettysburg 7:00

 

JANUARY 20

The Oak 7:00

Wax 9:15

 

JANUARY 21

The Oak 7:00

Wax 9:15

 

JANUARY 22

The Oak 5:45

It's All True 8:00

Wax 11:00

 

JANUARY 23

Baraka 6:15

It's All True 8:20

 

JANUARY 24

The Rapture 4:10

Baraka 7:00

It's All True 9:05

 

JANUARY 25 

It's All True 5:00

The Rapture 7:00

Baraka 9:10

 

JANUARY 26

Baraka 7:15

It's All True 9:20

 

JANUARY 27

Baraka 7:15

It's All True 9:20

 

JANUARY 28

Baraka 7:15, 11:30

The War Room 9:20

 

JANUARY 29

The War Room 5:10, 9:20

Baraka 7:15, 11:30

 

JANUARY 30

Way Down East 

7:00 With Live Orchestra

Presented in conjuction with

U-M Program in 

Film and Viedo Studies

 

JANUARY 31

The Exorcist 4:10

The War Room 7:00

 

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

JANUARY 1-8

A Japanese animation masterpiece chronicling the Overfiend's mission to destroy the existing world to create a new world of peace and happiness. The traditional definitions of animation are shattered with a feast of bizarre and surreal images depicting fantastic stories. This is science fiction horror baked in the microwave of "erotic grotesque."

 

Live-on-Stage

Ain't Got Long to Stay Here

JANUARY 17

A play with music developed from letters and speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. The play begins in Montgomery when Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat and follows Dr. King's life from that point.  Traditional spirituals and gospel music underscore the action in this riviting evening of history and theater. Authorized for production by the estate of Dr. King. Produced and performed by the Tennessee Repertory Company.

 

WAX or the discovery of the television among the bees

JANUARY 20-22

Set in Alamagordo, New Mexico, beekeeper Jacob Maker is introduced to a type of destiny that puches in away from the normal world into a miasma of past and synthetic realities.  This is the first electronic independent feature to achieve widespread international distribution.  Computer and video graphic techniques are combined to give footage and photography an animated look.

 

It's All True

JANUARY 22-27

The reasearch of Ann Arbor native Catherine Benamou can be seen in the 1993 production of It's All True, an unfinsihed Orson Wells film.  A 1988 New York University gallery show of photographs and documents relating to It's All True brought Benamou to the attention of Dick Wilson. In collaboration with two other filmaker, Wilson was producing a documentary on the making and unmaking of Welles' 1941-42 project. Benamou joined them as Associate Producer, recording over 50 testimonies of orignial participants during her field research. She will be in town for the premiere.

 

Baraka

JANUARY 23-29

A spectacular blend of images and music is presented in 70mm, six-track glory.  This nonverbal feature was directed by Ron Fricke, who photographed Koyaanisqatsi and directed Chronos. The themes of interconnection and transcendence are explored again in this meditation on the enviroment. Locations from France to Ecuador are set against Michael Sterns' soundtrack, which was developed from original compositions, ethnic music and indigenous sounds.