Reel Legends Retrospective
Revisit these classic and critically acclaimed films featuring legendary actors and directors who have recently left us.
The Godfather
In Tribute to Reel Legends Robert Duvall & Diane Keaton
Friday, April 24th at 7:15pm & Sunday, April 26th at 5:15pm
Back in 1972 young filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola battled the studio every step of the way as he transformed Mario Puzo’s pulp bestseller into an impossibly rich, deeply personal meditation on family, power, violence and the harsh realities of the American Dream. Filled with some of film history’s most iconic and imitated moments (Brando and the orange peel, “take the cannoli,” and that infamous horse’s head, to name just a few), The Godfather has embedded itself in American popular culture in ways that few other films have, pleasing both audiences and critics alike, and becoming that true rarity: a massive, blockbuster entertainment that is also great movie art. Featuring Oscar-winner Marlon Brando in his immortal role as the ultimate family patriarch, Don Vito Corleone, The Godfather also contains a “who’s who” of legendary ‘70s performers, including Robert Duvall, James Caan, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, John Cazale and newcomer Al Pacino as youngest son Michael, who is drawn ever deeper into the family business. (R, 175 mins) Newly restored in 4K Ultra HD and Digital SurroundSound.
Note: This was the first feature film to be booked at the Naro Expanded Cinema when we opened our business back in September of 1977!
“The Godfather is the most memorable, most influential, most quoted, most beloved, most discussed, most imitated, most revered and most entertaining American movie ever made.” – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
When Harry Met Sally
In tribute to Reel Legend Director Rob Reiner
Saturday,April 25th at 2:30pm & Tuesday, April 28th at 7:15pm
In 1977, college graduates Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) share a contentious car ride from Chicago to New York, during which they argue about whether men and women can ever truly be strictly platonic friends. Ten years later, Harry and Sally meet again at a bookstore, and in the company of their respective best friends, Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), attempt to stay friends without sex becoming an issue between them. (1989, R, 1h 35m)
The Natural
In Tribute to Reel Legends Robert Redford & Robert Duvall
Saturday, April 25th at 4:30pm & Monday, April 27th at 7pm
On the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, young baseball phenom Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is shot by the unstable Harriet Bird (Barbara Hershey). After 16 years, Hobbs returns to pro baseball as a rookie for the last-place New York Knights. Despite early arguments with his manager, Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley), Hobbs becomes one of the best players in the league, and the Knights start winning. But this upsets the Judge (Robert Prosky), their owner, who wants Hobbs to lose games, not win. (1984, PG, 2h 25m)
Tombstone
In Tribute to Reel Legend Val Kilmer
Saturday, April 25th at 7:15pm & Tuesday, April 28th at 4:45pm
Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers, Morgan (Bill Paxton) and Virgil (Sam Elliott) , have left their gunslinger ways behind them to settle down and start a business in the town of Tombstone, Ariz. While they aren’t looking to find trouble, trouble soon finds them when they become targets of the ruthless Cowboy gang. Now, together with Wyatt’s best friend, Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), the brothers pick up their guns once more to restore order to a lawless land. (1993, R, 2h 7m)
The French Connection
In Tribute to Reel Legend Gene Hackman
Sunday, April 26th at 3pm & Wednesday, April 29th at 4:30pm
New York Detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) and his partner (Roy Scheider) chase a French heroin smuggler. Realistic, fast-paced and uncommonly smart, The French Connection is bolstered by stellar performances by Hackman and Scheider, not to mention William Friedkin‘s thrilling production. (1971, R, 1h 44m)