The entire MODS & ROCKERS 2003
Film Festival at a glance



THURSDAY JULY 3 2003

7:30 PM
Festival Opening Night! Double Bill!
Salute to the 1967 Monterey Festival and Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips and Roger Daltrey In Person!!
Other Monterey Festival participants likely to attend!

MONTEREY POP
D.A. Pennebaker’s joyous celebration of the festival that paved the way for Woodstock. Wild performances from Hendrix, the Who, Janis Joplin, the Mamas & Papas and many others.

Discussion after film with Monterey Pop Festival co-organizer Michelle Phillips and Roger Daltrey

DON’T LOOK BACK
Pennebaker captures Dylan on his triumphant 1965 concert tour of England. With Donovan, Marianne Faithfull et al.

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

FRIDAY JULY 4 2003

7:30 PM
Celebrate American Independence Day
with Independent British Puppets!
Get Super-Marionated on July 4th with Thunderbirds double-bill!

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO
THUNDERBIRD SIX
Two feature films inspired by the cult mod/Sci-Fi 60’s TV series “Thunderbirds Are Go!” The feature versions were shot in color and “SuperMarionation CinemaScope”

Plus a July 4th treat: A NEWSREEL BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!
The Beatles versus The Dave Clark Five

“The Dave Clark Five Newsreel” - an ultra-rare glimpse at the white-slacked boys behind “Glad All Over” and “Bits & Pieces.” And an ultra-rare 1963 Pathe newsreel of the Beatles in the early days of British Beatlemania.

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – CLOSED on 4th July. Re-opens Saturday.

SATURDAY JULY 5 2003

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Come celebrate the British Mod version of Independence Day…
CO-Dependence Day!!! at
THE FIFTH ANNUAL MODS & ROCKERS ENGLISH TEA PARTY!
FREE SPECIAL EVENT
WITH LIVE 60’s MUSIC FROM ALL-STAR BAND
Full details of this fun FREE event are here

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
FREE LIVE PERFORMANCE!
Courtyard of Grauman’s Egyptian Theater
The Singing Angels Salute The Swinging Sixties!
CHOIR OF 50 SCHOOLKIDS PERFORM CHORAL VERSIONS OF SIXTIES HITS!
Renowned childrens choir The Singing Angels will perform a choral salute to the music of the The Beatles, The Beach Boys and Nancy Sinatra

5:30 PM
Nancy Sinatra Tribute In Person!
MOVIN’ WITH NANCY
The FAB Emmy-Award-winning TV special.

THE WILD ANGELS
Brand-new 35mm print of the classic biker film starring Nancy Sinatra and Peter Fonda

Discussion following with actress and musician Nancy Sinatra

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

9:30 PM
Mod Rarities Double Feature!
JOANNA
A long-lost Mod gem from British director Michael Sarne (“Myra Breckinridge”) Stars a young Donald Sutherland

THE MODEL SHOP
Psychedelic portrait of L.A. in the late 1960’s by famed French New Wave director Jacques Demy with superb original score by Spirit. New 35mm print!!

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

SUNDAY JULY 6 2003

1:30 PM
Mod Children’s Matinee!

BATMAN
The original 60’s Batman movie starring Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin – with Burgess Meredith (The Penguin), Cesar Romero (The Joker), Frank Gorshin (The Riddler) and Lee Meriwether (Catwoman) Camp pop-art galore!

Discussion following with actress Lee Meriwether

4:00 PM
A Salute to Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees
Double bill of two ultra-rare Bee Gees film projects
CUCUMBER CASTLE
US Premiere of the legendary late 60’s British TV special - the Bee Gees' equivalent of "Magical Mystery Tour." The Bee Gees are joined by a host of stars including the only TV performance by rock’s first supergroup - Blind Faith. The show reflects Maurice Gibb’s role as the court jester of the Bee Gees.

MELODY (aka S.W.A.L.K.)
Ultra-rare film written by Alan Parker and produced by David Puttnam – with fabulous Bee Gees score (very much a Maurice Gibb project)

Stars Mark Lester and Jack Wild (co-stars of OLIVER!) in a charming story about three pre-teen pals at a British school. 10-year-old Mark Lester falls in love with 10-year-old Melody (Tracy Hyde) - and the two youngsters decide to get married!

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

7:15 PM
Double Feature of counter-culture classics!
Folk-rock legend Barry McGuire in-person!
New 35mm Print!
JANIS
Brilliant celebration of the great Janis Joplin. Brand-new 35mm print!

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
Insanely-rare 60’s artifact of the Summer of Love – a stream-of-acideness! Featuring Barry McGuire, Paul Butterfield, Dave Crosby, Tiny Tim, Peter Yarrow, and local San Francisco icons Super Nun Sister, Immaculata Baby and legendary pot dealer Super Spade.

Introduction to "You Are What You Eat" by cast member - singer Barry McGuire - who will also give a rare live solo acoustic performance of his classic hit "Eve Of Destruction"!!!

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

WEDNESDAY JULY 9 2003

7:30 PM
Double Feature of movies set in Swingin’ London!
Actors Judy Geeson and Michael Des Barres in-person!

TO SIR, WITH LOVE
Sidney Poitier in a London school teaching cockney dollybird wildcats Lulu, Judy Geeson and Suzy Kendall what life is all about! Lulu sings the smash theme song!

Actors Judy Geeson and Michael Des Barres will participate in a discussion after the film.

KALEIDOSCOPE
A glittering, fast-moving Mod thriller with Warren Beatty – and yes he finds time for a swingin’ affair with the delectable Susannah York!

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

THURSDAY JULY 10 2003

7:00 PM
L.A. Premiere!

A SKIN TOO FEW: THE DAYS OF NICK DRAKE Brilliant new documentary captures the essence of the British singer/songwriter Nick Drake – who has recently become a major cult hero – years after his untimely death.

BE GLAD FOR THE SONG HAS NO ENDING
Much-loved British prog-folk-rock ensemble The Incredible String Band blend a diverse range of styles, including dance, mime, vaudeville and hippie home movie, into a magical mystery tour-de-force.

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

9:15 PM
Underground movie classic!
Director Jim McBride In Person!
DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY
Director Jim McBride’s pioneering indie film captured the chaotic counter-culture spirit of the late 1960’s like few other movies. The semi-fictional David Holzman records his life in film. Considered such a landmark in indie movies – that it is in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.

Discussion following with director Jim McBride

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

FRIDAY JULY 11 2003

7:30 PM
Leigh Taylor-Young Tribute In Person!
Double bill of two of her classic 60’s films!

I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS
Henpecked lawyer Harold Fine (Peter Sellers) falls in love with hippie Leigh Taylor-Young. It’s down the rabbit-hole from there as Sellers opts for the psychedelic bohemian lifestyle!

THE BUTTERCUP CHAIN
One of the breakout re-discoveries of last year’s Mods & Rockers Fest is back for an encore screening! As a result of its success last year – this is a newly restored 35mm print!!!!

A lovely, melancholy little gem about lost love and fleeting friendships with Leigh Taylor-Young joined by 60’s icon Jane Asher and Hywel Bennett (“The Family Way”)

Discussion following with actress Leigh Taylor-Young and THE BUTTERCUP CHAIN director Robert Ellis Miller and producer Philip Waddilove

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

SATURDAY JULY 12 2003

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Booksigning in Egyptian Theatre Lobby

Author and radio deejay Hal Lifson signs his new book “Hal Lifson’s 1966! A Personal View of the Coolest Year in Pop Culture History”

5:00 PM
Roger Corman Tribute In Person!!
Corman ‘does’ the Sixties!!!
THE TRIP
Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern and Susan Strasberg star in this Jack Nicholson-scripted story of a burned-out TV commercial director who takes the ultimate acid trip. The film captures the Sunset Strip at the height of lurid, frenzied glory!

GAS-S-S-S
After an experimental gas escapes, killing everyone over 25, six young hippies (amongst them Bud Cort, Cindy Williams, Ben Vereen, Talia Shire) go on the run in New Mexico trying to find a fabled commune!

Discussion following films with director Roger Corman

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

9:00 PM
A Salute to James Coburn
Double bill of Coburn classics from the 60’s
OUR MAN FLINT
Lean, mean loving machine Derek Flint takes on the evil boys at GALAXY in a struggle for world domination and a good recipe for bouillabaisse!

THE PRESIDENT’S ANALYST
Ultra-hip, idealistic psychoanalyst James Coburn is selected as the man to listen to the troubles of the US President - but is soon so stressed that he quits and goes on a hippie lam! A smart, hilarious satire, even more timely today, that takes on government, gun control, loss of privacy and the phone company!

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

SUNDAY JULY 13 2003

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
FREE LITERARY EVENT!!!
Not-to-be-missed free event with musician Gary Valentine (of Blondie & Iggy Pop fame)

TURN OFF YOUR MIND!
Informal Talk/Book-reading with author and musician Gary Lachman (aka Gary Valentine of Blondie and Iggy Pop fame) to celebrate publication of his new book - Turn Off Your Mind: The Mystic Sixties and the Dark Side of the Age of Aquarius.

Followed by a booksigning in the Lobby.

4:00 PM
U.S. Premiere of Two Cult British Counter-Culture Movies!
WHOLLY COMMUNION
In June 1965, American Beat poets Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Felinghetti and others gave a landmark poetry reading/happening at Britain’s Royal Albert Hall in front of 7,000 ecstatic Londoners. The event is often cited as the beginning of the Psychedelic counter-culture movement in England! This is the rarely seen documentary of that epochal event.

PRAISE MARX AND PASS THE AMMUNITION
Another ultra-rarity from the U.K., PRAISE MARX follows the amorous adventures of a young revolutionary (played by John Thaw- aka “Inspector Morse”) who uses his radical politics to get women into bed with him – until he’s kidnapped by fellow party members and put on trial for betraying the Revolution!! Noted silent film composer (and occasional Paul McCartney collaborator) Carl Davis appears as a character in the film trying to write catchy pop songs about Trotsky!

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

6:45 PM
Hippie-ness Is Some Warm Fun!
Double Feature of Love and Peace movies maaaan!
ALICE’S RESTAURANT
Arlo Guthrie’s 18 minute FM radio hit, inspired by run-ins with New England law enforcement and his local draft board, became this classic freewheeling, odyssey under Arthur Penn’s direction. A wonderful time capsule of a bygone era and spirit…

TAKING OFF
Director Milos Forman’s first American film is a warm and hilariously subversive comedy about parents trying to cope with their runaway children. Stars Buck Henry. Music by the Incredible String Band.

Mods & Rockers Club House at The Knitting Factory – open 6pm – 2am

TUESDAY JULY 15 2003

7:30 P.M.
FESTIVAL FINALE!
L.A. PREMIERE!!!
Attention Fans of the Turtles and Flo & Eddie!!!
Turtle Howard Kaylan and actor Justin Henry in person!

MY DINNER WITH JIMI
Scripted by the Turtles’ lead singer Howard Kaylan (later of Mothers of Invention and Flo & Eddie fame), the film depicts the true story of Kaylan and his bandmates as they stumble into international fame following the mega-success of “Happy Together.” On their first-ever night in London, they encounter the cream of British rock royalty: the Beatles, Brian Jones, Graham Nash, Donovan and a brace of Moody Blues. Kaylan winds up sharing a revelatory late-night dinner with the legendary Jimi Hendrix.

Discussion following with musician and screenwriter Howard Kaylan, Oscar-nominated actor Justin Henry (“Kramer vs Kramer”) director Bill Fishman (“Tapeheads”) and producer Harold Bronson (co-founder of Rhino Records & Films)

10:00 PM
FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY!!!
FREE ADMISSION!!! (No-Host Bar)
LIVE MUSIC FROM TOP 60’s TRIBUTE BAND – THE MOCKERS!
Including tribute to the Turtles!
FESTIVAL CLOSING PARTY
The Knitting Factory (7021 Hollywood Blvd. 1 block east of La Brea)

To bring the 5th Annual Mods & Rockers Film Festival to a swinging finale – there will be a FREE concert of great 60’s music at The Knitting Factory. Live music from top 60’s tribute band The Mockers! And since the closing film of the festival (earlier in the evening) is the Los Angeles premiere of the brand-new film written by Howard Kaylan of The Turtles about the experiences of the Turtles in swingin’ London in 1967 (including encounters with The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Donovan and Jimi Hendrix) – The Mockers will perform a special tribute to the Turtles. With Turtles lead singer Howard Kaylan in attendance for the premiere of his film – anything might happen!!!



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