28th Annual Science Fiction Marathon
Drew Reese
Sat Jan 28, 07pm-07:00am, 26-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Fee: 6.00 for admission
Featuring special shorts, episodes of Red Dwarf, and four feature-length films:
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (7:00pm)
Serenity (9:45pm)
12 Monkeys (12:40am)
The Empire Strikes Back (3:50am)
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/
Contact: Drew Reese, 26-100, x3-3791, lsc@mit.edu
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Serenity
Drew Reese
Sun Jan 29, 10pm-12:00am, 26-100
Single session event
Fee: 3.00 for admission
Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society. Of particular interest are two passengers they take on, Simon and River Tam, a brother and his telepathic sister on the run from the corrupt governing Alliance. As Mal is forced to choose between his close-knit crew and the brother and sister newcomers, it becomes apparent that River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers, and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/
Contact: Drew Reese, W20-469, x3-3791, lsc@mit.edu
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Drew Reese
Sun Jan 29, 07-09:15pm, 26-100
Single session event
Fee: 3.00 for admission
Considered the most morally and emotionally complex of the original Star Wars trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back continues creator George Lucas's epic saga where Star Wars: A New Hope left off. The Rebel Forces — which include young adventurer Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), rogue pilot Han Solo (Harrison Ford), and the beautiful but seemingly humorless Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) — have been successful in destroying the Evil Empire's Death Star. However, the Empire's top commander, the terrifying Lord Darth Vader (played by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones), is scanning the galaxy for the Rebels' secret location. Greek tragedy meets a philosophical hero's journey in Empire, a remarkable sci-fi epic in which the performances are as powerful as the spectacular special effects.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu/
Contact: Drew Reese, W20-469, x3-3791, lsc@mit.edu
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Why We Fight - A Special Screening and Q&A with Director Eugene Jarecki
Drew Reese
Mon Jan 16, 08-10:30pm, 10-250
Single session event
This free screening will be followed by a special Q&A session with director Eugene Jarecki.
Why We Fight, the new film by Eugene Jarecki which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is an unflinching look at the anatomy of the American war machine, weaving unforgettable personal stories with commentary by a "who's who" of military and beltway insiders. Featuring John McCain, Gore Vidal, William Kristol, Chalmers Johnson, Richard Perle and others, Why We Fight launches a bipartisan inquiry into the workings of the military industrial complex and the rise of the American Empire.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu
Contact: Drew Reese, W20-469, x3-3791, lsc@mit.edu
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An Evening of Silent Film
Drew Reese
Thu Jan 26, 08-10:30pm, Killian Hall
Single session event
MIT's Martin Marks and MIT alum Dawn Perlner will provide live musical accompaniment to an evening of classic silent films, beginning with the Charlie Chaplin film The Immigrant and two other short films about immigrants in America, and accompanied by Martin Marks on the piano and Dawn Perlner on the violin. Dawn will also present four popular vocal works from the era including one audience sing-a-long. Following an intermission, Martin Marks will provide the piano score accompaniment to the classic Soviet science fiction film Aelita Queen of Mars.
Admission is free.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu
Contact: Drew Reese, W20-469, x3-3791, lsc@mit.edu
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Beauty & The Geek 2: Season Premiere
Drew Reese
Thu Jan 12, 09-10:30pm, 10-250
Single session event
Join us with "Beauty & The Geek" contestant and MIT alum Ankur Mehta for a Q&A after the show!
The producing team of Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg recruited a new group of eight women who are academically impaired and eight men who are brilliant but socially challenged. The second installment will remain true to the series' first season format, pairing up couples for a chance to win a $250,000 grand prize.
Web: http://lsc.mit.edu
Contact: Drew Reese, W20-469, x3-3791, lsc@mit.edu
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