FOGCUTTER FILM SERIES VOLUME 18

DINER (1982)

The Fogcutter Film Series
hosted by Robert Mailer Anderson

6:00 PM: “Happy Hour Gramophone Concert” by DJ GrampaPhone spinning a roots of rock and roll set of 78 shellacs on his 1906 gramophone including rare tracks from Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Joe Turner, Fats Domino, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Elmore James, Bob Wills, Elvis Presley, and more!

with FREE Wine while supplies last!

7:00 PM: DINER (1982) – Director Barry Levinson (6-time Oscar nominee, winner best picture, Rain Man) film debut, Oscar-nominated for Best Screenplay, with dialogue credited to have influenced Tarantino, Nick Hornby, and the creation of Seinfeld! There are no degrees of Kevin Beacon as he co-stars with Mickey Rourke, Steve Guttenberg, Paul Reiser, Daniel Stern, and Ellen Barkin in breakout performances as a group of college-age friends whose second home is a diner. They struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood, friendship, fear of intimacy, women, and why “You never ask me what’s on the B-side!” in 1959 Baltimore. “What do you want? Say the words!” It’s pre-Vietnam America and the beginning of rock and roll! The last time anyone will ever ask, “Who’s the greatest, Sinatra or Mathis?”

ROBERT MAILER ANDERSON: Anderson is a native San Franciscan, 9th generation Californian, writer, producer, filmmaker (Windows on The World, Pig Hunt) activist, author of the bestselling novel Boonville, and nominated for 3 Grammys as a music producer. His most recent work is the graphic novel My Fairy Godfather (Fantagraphics) - dedicated to The Castro Theater. He is also known as "DJ GrampaPhone” - spinning 78 records on his 120-year-old gramophone.

DOORS & MUSIC at 6:00 PM | FILM at 7:00 PM