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MOViES FOR MANiACS is thrilled to announce the first theatrical screening of Don Coscarelli’s KENNY & COMPANY (1976) in 50-years along with Walt Disney's cult classic adaptation of Ray Bradbury's SOMETHiNG WiCKED THiS WAY COMES (1983) at the 4 Star Theatre on FRi. NOVEMBER 7. Part of the “GET OFF THE INTERNET” Film Festival, which showcases Radical Cinema unavailable to stream online and can only be experienced in a theater.

KENNY & COMPANY (1976) - 7:00 PM
This incredibly rarely screened cinematic treasure captures the low-key life of a couple of 12-year-olds growing up in Los Alamitos & Long Beach, as they prepare their Halloween costumes, skateboard in the streets, dodge the neighborhood bully and find their first crushes. This slice-of-life 1970s cinema is the kind of movie that you'll want everyone you know to watch. Director Don Coscareill -- who will go on to direct PHANTASM (1979) a few years later -- must be a direct inspiration for Richard Linklater's low-key aesthetics in DAZED AND CONFUSED (1995) and BOYHOOD (2002-2014). After searching for the screening rights for over 20 years, KENNY & COMPANY will finally make its theatrical return, just in time for its 50th Anniversary. Unavailable on any round disc (the DVD has been long out of print!) 2K Restoration courtesy of 20th Century Fox & Walt Disney. Running Time: 90-Minutes. Rated PG (includes mature situations.) Do not miss one of my all time favorite movies. 

SOMETHiNG WiCKED THiS WAY COMES (1983) - 9:15 PM
Ray Bradbury adapted his own short story for this remarkably thoughtful and downright creepy Walt Disney flick. Following a couple of 13-year-old boys growing up next door to one another in Green Town, Illinois, a carnival comes to town which seems to mystically bewitch many of the small town locals. Showcasing an all star cast of Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd and Pam Grier, It is also one of the very first films to showcase the newly invented "computer-generated-imagery", winning the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film and Best Writing in 1984.

Upon its release, Roger Ebert called it "a horror film with elegance" and "one of the few literary adaptations I've seen in which the film not only captures the mood and tone of the novel, but also the novel's style." The director Jack Clayton, who helmed the brilliantly gothic THE INNOCENTS (1961), ran into many conflicts during the production and deserves much more credit than history has written about. Similar to RETURN TO OZ, this eerie Disney entry has built quite a cult following over the decades, even though it has suspiciously been absent from ever streaming on Disney+ as well as basically been erased in the UK, which does not list it ever being screened in the UK film database. Very Rare Screening is a 2K Restoration courtesy of Walt Disney. Running Time: 95 Minutes. Rated PG (for frightening and intense sequences.)

Tickets are $15 for a single feature and $20 for the double feature.