Double-Feature – Double-Gal Trouble!
"Janis" & "Petulia" rock the joint!

Friday July 27, 2007 - 7:30pm
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica

JANIS

(1974, 96 mins, Universal, Directed by Howard Alk)

Arguably the greatest female rock singer of her generation, Texas-born Janis Joplin invested her recordings and concert performances with a ferocious, heartbreaking intensity. And then came her tragic death from a drug overdose in 1970. Director Howard Alk’s excellent portrait of Joplin (made with her family’s cooperation) features volcanic concert footage of her from 1966 - 1970, performing "Ball And Chain," "Piece Of My Heart," "Tell Mama" and other classics.

NOT ON DVD!

PETULIA

(1968, 105 mins, Warner Bros., Directed by Richard Lester)

Truly one of the great overlooked films of the late 1960’s, “Petulia” stars George C. Scott as a middle-aged physician who finds himself drawn into the mad, idealistic and desperately sad whirlwind life of unhappily married Julie Christie at the height of San Francisco’s Summer of Love. Beautifully photographed by Nicolas Roeg, and featuring brief, ultra-rare appearances in their prime by Janis Joplin (with Big Brother & The Holding Company) and The Grateful Dead, “Petulia” captures both the sunshine optimism of the 60’s and the melancholy afterglow soon to come when the Summer of Love faded away.

Tonight's Stars!

Musicians & Composers (seen and/or heard):

Big Brother & The Holding Company • The Grateful Dead • Janis Joplin

Actors/Directors/Producers/Cultural Icons:

Elvis Presley