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DOUBLE FEATURE: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 + MAGIC MIKE XXL
1933 + 2015
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Gregory Jacobs
Starring
Ruby Keeler
Joan Blondell
Channing Tatum
Joe Manganiello
Runtime
96 + 115 minutes
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Come on gang, let’s put on a show. We celebrate the Beacon Cinema’s FIFTH ANNIVERSARY by recreating our opening night double bill. This piece of programming was our original gauntlet throwdown and we still believe in it as a statement of intent now more than ever. Two movies, made 80 years apart, that both have so much to say about pleasure and sex and the economy, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 and MAGIC MIKE XXL are going to turn the party vibes all the way up. Help us celebrate five years in the only way we know how: taking off all our clothes.
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
This pre-code Busby Berkeley musical features half-naked showgirls and leering men, the wrenching Depression anthem “Remember My Forgotten Man,” and the downright smutty “Pettin’ in the Park” number, promising a whole different vision of what the Hollywood dream factory could have been: adult in its portrayal of sex, socially relevant, and artistically on the bleeding edge. Things get tough for Joan Blondell and her showgirl pals when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Dick Powell saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown him, the gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way. This movie - and the show-within-a-show - are all about getting by, getting over, artistic self-expression, and building a creative community.
MAGIC MIKE XXL
Three years have passed since Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) left the crazy life of stripping behind. Teaming back up with the remaining Kings of Tampa for one last unforgettable show, they travel to Dirty Myrtle Beach for an exotic-dancer convention. Using the road-trip to see old friends and make a few new ones, the guys discover some new ways to spice up their bump and grind along the way. It’s a bare-bones premise on which to build some of the most ecstatically joyous pieces of male erotic performance we have ever witnessed. No movie made in Hollywood in this century understands pleasure quite like this one.
“This movie is so far ahead of its time. Its existence implies a surrounding film landscape that is completely antithetical to the one we're living in. One that values sound and vision over story and plot. One that stares captivated at the movement of the human form the way other films stare at fantastical CG action. One that invites all manner of people to partake in its pleasures, rather than putting down some for the enjoyment of others. I almost can't believe this got made.” - Esther Rose
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
This pre-code Busby Berkeley musical features half-naked showgirls and leering men, the wrenching Depression anthem “Remember My Forgotten Man,” and the downright smutty “Pettin’ in the Park” number, promising a whole different vision of what the Hollywood dream factory could have been: adult in its portrayal of sex, socially relevant, and artistically on the bleeding edge. Things get tough for Joan Blondell and her showgirl pals when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Dick Powell saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown him, the gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way. This movie - and the show-within-a-show - are all about getting by, getting over, artistic self-expression, and building a creative community.
MAGIC MIKE XXL
Three years have passed since Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) left the crazy life of stripping behind. Teaming back up with the remaining Kings of Tampa for one last unforgettable show, they travel to Dirty Myrtle Beach for an exotic-dancer convention. Using the road-trip to see old friends and make a few new ones, the guys discover some new ways to spice up their bump and grind along the way. It’s a bare-bones premise on which to build some of the most ecstatically joyous pieces of male erotic performance we have ever witnessed. No movie made in Hollywood in this century understands pleasure quite like this one.
“This movie is so far ahead of its time. Its existence implies a surrounding film landscape that is completely antithetical to the one we're living in. One that values sound and vision over story and plot. One that stares captivated at the movement of the human form the way other films stare at fantastical CG action. One that invites all manner of people to partake in its pleasures, rather than putting down some for the enjoyment of others. I almost can't believe this got made.” - Esther Rose