Movies at Proctors

Ballin’ at the Graveyard

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:15:48 +0000

GE Theatre at Proctors

Wednesday, June 12, 7:00 pm

Not since Hoop Dreams has there been a portrait of urban basketball that’s as raw, real and anchored in the true African American experience.

This gritty, eye opening film takes viewers deep inside the intricate culture of urban pickup basketball and its players. By shining an unflinching light on one court and the lives of five men who play there, Ballin’ at the Graveyard vividly reveals the heart, humor and brotherhood forged on the court, knocking down stereotypes, challenging assumptions and providing a new perspective about African American men along the way.

The film offers a simple truth that is all but ignored by today’s media: the vast majority of black men are good citizens who work hard each day, love their families, mentor those who need it, and give back again and again to their community, with resilience, determination and compassion.

A surprising, moving story that will challenge what you think you know about the world behind the chain link fence, Ballin’ at the Graveyard serves as a clarion call to a deeper dialogue among people of all cultures.

"[The film] ZEROES IN ON JUST ONE PARK, IN JUST ONE CITY; BUT LIKE ANY REVEALING STUDY OF A SUBCULTURE, IT HITS ON A FEW UNIVERSAL HUMAN TRUTHS. ONE IS THAT FOLKS CRAVE COMMUNITY AND BUILD IT WHEREVER THEY CAN ...'BALLIN' AT THE GRAVEYARD' DROPS US COURTSIDE AND SHOWS THE GRITTY SUBCULTURE OF URBAN PICKUP BASKETBALL — ITS PERSONALITIES, ITS LINGO, THE SWEAT AND DRAMA IN EVERY FLYING ELBOW. IT'S GOT GAME." – Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle, Albany Times Union

“... THROUGH THE PLAYERS’ AUTHENTIC AND UNFILTERED VOICES, [WE] ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO THE PRIVATE WORLD OF YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN BEYOND THE COURT. THERE, WE SHARE IN THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ARE SO OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY THE WORLD AROUND THEM. “BALLIN’” IS A MIND AND HEART CHANGER OF THE GREATEST KIND.” - Dr. Alice Green, Founding Board Member, African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region

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Ticket Prices: $9, $6 for students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors

Ballin’ at the Graveyard

Wednesday, June 12 - 7:00 pm

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Let's Do It Again

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:57:15 +0000

part of Soul Cinema 2013

GE Theatre at Proctors

Thursday, June 27, 7:00 pm

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Series
sponsored by Price Chopper

Three event nights, celebrating African American Art and culture through film and live performance. Tonight's film is Let's Do It Again starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby.

A pair of blue-collar buddies use hypnosis to turn a wimpy boxer into a champ in this crime comedy, which reunites actor/director Sidney Poitier and comedian Bill Cosby, stars of the similarly themed Uptown Saturday Night.

Clyde Williams (Poitier) and Billy Foster (Cosby) want to help raise funds to sustain the Sons and Daughters of Shaka Lodge, their local community group.

Given that Clyde was trained as a hypnotist while in the military, the pair decide to con mobster Biggie Smalls (Calvin Lockhart) by placing a high-stakes bet on a boxing match and then using hocus-pocus to transform skinny underdog Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a bruiser. When Biggie finds out about their ruse, he and his thugs move in to reclaim their money, setting the stage for further laughs and sleight-of-hand.

With a supporting cast that includes Denise Nicholas and Lee Chamberlin as the protagonists' wives and Ossie Davis as an elder at their lodge, Let's Do It Again also reunited Good Times stars Walker and John Amos to the silver screen.

The soundtrack for Let's Do It Again featured Curtis Mayfield songs performed by the the Staple Singers.

Live performance before the film by Improv Performing Artist, Erica Johnson.

"As a Buffalo native I come from a crazy place, the home of Rick James. Like Rick James, I'm also crazy (in a good way). I keep people motivated, happy, and laughing when they're around me. I have been funny all my life so, I decided to follow the principles of Y.O.L.O (You Only Live Once) to follow my dreams. I love making people laugh and I'm sure to keep you bustin' yo gut." - Erica Johnson

As with all ICFS movie events, prizes, surprises, special guests, and comfy couches will be part of the party.

Rated PG

Running Time
110 min

Ticket Prices: $9, $6 for students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors

Let's Do It Again

Thursday, June 27 - 7:00 pm

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Wattstax

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:44:13 +0000

part of Soul Cinema 2013

GE Theatre at Proctors

Thursday, June 20, 7:00 pm

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Series
sponsored by Price Chopper

Three event nights, celebrating African American Art and culture through film and live performance. Tonight's film is the documentary Wattstax.

Wattstax the concert was an incredible outpouring of music, soul and the black experience. Staged in the LA Coliseum in the Summer of 1972, it brought together over 100,000 people in a spirit of joy, pride and celebration. Virtually the entire Stax Records roster, including Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas and the Staple Singers, put their hearts into performances that matched the magic of the occasion and forged a connection with the crowd which is still revered.

Wattstax the movie is more than just incredible musical performances. Through topical street interviews on subjects ranging from music and love to politics and the 1965 Watts Revolt, the film provides unexpectedly potent insight into life in Watts. A young relatively unknown Richard Pryor peppers the film with biting wit in a series of standup routines, binding the interviews and musical performances together into a powerful statement on life in Black America.

Live performance before the film by talented students from Schenectady High School, Revolution Studios.

As with all ICFS movie events, prizes, surprises, special guests, and comfy couches will be part of the party.

Rated R

Running Time
98 min

Ticket Prices: $9, $6 for students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors

Wattstax

Thursday, June 20 - 7:00 pm

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Rocky

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:55:06 +0000

GE Theatre at Proctors

June 1 - 3

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once-promising pugilist, Rocky is now taking nickel-and-dime bouts and running strongarm errands for local loan sharks to survive.

Even his supportive trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), has given up on Rocky.

All this changes thanks to Muhammad Ali-like super-boxer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). With the Bicentennial celebration coming up, Creed must find a "Cinderella" opponent for the big July 4th bout -- some unknown whom Creed can "glorify" for a few minutes before knocking him cold.

Rocky Balboa was not the only Cinderella involved here: writer/director Sylvester Stallone, himself a virtual unknown, managed to sell his Rocky script (one of 35 that he'd written over the years) on the proviso that he be given the starring role.

Since the film was to be made on a shoestring and marketed on a low-level basis, the risk factor to United Artists was small.

For Stallone, this was a make-or-break opportunity -- just like Rocky's million-to-one shot with Apollo Creed. Costing under a million dollars, Rocky managed to register with audiences everywhere, earning back 60 times its cost.

The film won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Rated PG for boxing violence and some sensuality.

Running Time
119 min

Saturday's 6pm showing will be followed by a Q & A with Burt Young who played Paulie. He will also be at Johnny’s Patio across the street after the Q&A.

Ticket Price: $5
The Film 100 pass: Just $100 for a personal pass to the entire series!
(please pick up your pass at the Box Office)

GE Theatre at Proctors	Rocky	Saturday, June 1 - 6:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Rocky	Monday, June 3 - 2:45 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Rocky	Monday, June 3 - 5:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Rocky	Monday, June 3 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Film 100 Pass	Wednesday, December 31 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show

The Magic Flute

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:45:31 +0000

A Film by Kenneth Branagh

GE Theatre at Proctors

Tuesday, June 11

A film version of Mozart’s opera directed by Kenneth Branagh projected onto our GIANT screen!

Mozart’s classic opera The Magic Flute is breathtakingly transformed in a spectacular film version conceived and directed by Kenneth Branagh with a newly-adapted libretto by Stephen Fry.

With musical director James Conlon conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the film showcases opera stars René Pape, Tom Randle, Lyubov Petrova and Silvia Moi in a romantic adventure story of humanity and fellowship, weaving drama with comedy.

Branagh “…BRINGS MAGIC AND A NEW LIFE TO MOZART” (Classic FM). A perennial favorite for generations of opera-goers this production is a visually extraordinary cinematic experience that the LA Times called “EXUBERANT!”

**CAST**
Lyubov Petrova	Queen of the Night	René Pape	Sarastro
Tom Randle	Monostatos	Joseph Kaiser	Tamino
Amy Carson	Pamina	Ben Davis	Papageno
Teuta Koço	First Lady	Louise Callinan	Second Lady
Kim-Marie Woodhouse	Third Lady	Silvia Moi	Papagena (Young)
Liz Smith	Papagena (Older)

**CREATIVE**
Director	Kenneth Branagh	Libretto	Adapted by Stephen Fry
Producer	Pierre-Olivier Bardet	Costumes	Christopher Oram
Music Arranged & Conducted by	James Conlon

On the eve of the first global war a magical drama unfolds as Tamino sets forth on a perilous journey in pursuit of love, light and peace in a world afflicted by darkness, death and destruction.

An eerie quiet descends over a landscape still untouched by conflict as Tamino waits anxiously with his fellow recruits for the command to go into battle. In the ensuing chaos he is transported to a twilight world caught between dream and nightmare where he is rescued from certain death by a trio of field nurses.

When Papageno (keeper of the canaries employed to detect the presence of gas in the trenches) stumbles onto the scene and attempts to take credit for saving Tamino, the Sisters dispatch the two soldiers on a deadly mission. The duo must rescue Pamina, the lovely daughter of the Queen of the Night, who has been kidnapped by the dark lord, Sarastro.

What follows is a spectacular musical adventure in which the destiny of a pair of young lovers may help determine the fate of nations and the lives of millions.

Sung in English

Running Time
134 min

Ticket Prices: $20 Adults; $16 for 17 & under

GE Theatre at Proctors	The Magic Flute	Tuesday, June 11 - 3:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	The Magic Flute	Tuesday, June 11 - 7:00 pm	Buy this show

Marley

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:43:20 +0000

part of Soul Cinema 2013

GE Theatre at Proctors

Thursday, June 13, 7:00 pm

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Series
sponsored by Price Chopper

Three event nights, celebrating African American Art and culture through film and live performance. The film series kicks off with Marley, a documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.

Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history, and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Marley is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, legend and the man, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom.

Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, never before seen performances, previously unreleased music, and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.

"FILLED WITH THRILLING CONCERT FOOTAGE AND SCORES OF IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS, MARLEY IS SURE TO BECOME THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTARY ON THE MUCH BELOVED KING OF REGGAE." - Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

"THIS WILL GIVE PEOPLE A MORE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO BOB - NOT JUST AS A REGGAE LEGEND OR MYTHICAL FIGURE, BUT TO HIS LIFE AS A MAN." - Ziggy Marley

"YOU DON”T HAVE TO BE A BIG FAN OF REGGAE TO DIG ‘MARLEY." - Detroit News

"A COMPELLING PORTRAIT, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN." - SF Bay Guardian

"DAZZLING PERFORMANCE FOOTAGE… MOVING AND AUTHORITATIVE." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Live performance before the film by local area artists celebrating the sounds of Jamaica with a vibe of dancehall and Hip Hop.

Bling Force Presents
Alion
Krush Lennon/f Tameka Amar

As with all ICFS movie events, prizes, surprises, special guests, and comfy couches will be part of the party.

Rated PG-13 for drug content, thematic elements
and some violent images

Running Time
144 min

Ticket Prices: $9, $6 for students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors

Marley

Thursday, June 13 - 7:00 pm

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Soul Cinema 2013

Thu, 02 May 2013 11:36:52 +0000

Saluting Black Music Month

GE Theatre at Proctors

June 13 - 27

It Came From Schenectady presents the Soul Cinema 2013 film series
sponsored by Price Chopper

Marley • Thu, June 13 at 7pm
Bling Force Presents Alion & Krush Lennon/f Tameka Amar
Wattstax • Thu, June 20 at 7pm
talented students from Schenectady High School, Revolution Studios
Let's Do It Again • Thu, June 27 at 7pm
Improv Performing Artist, Erica Johnson

As with all ICFS movie events, prizes, surprises, special guests, and comfy couches will be part of the party.

Ticket Prices: $9 per film, $6 for students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors	Marley	Thursday, June 13 - 7:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Wattstax	Thursday, June 20 - 7:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Let's Do It Again	Thursday, June 27 - 7:00 pm	Buy this show

The Room

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:58:04 +0000

ICFS Guilty Treasures

GE Theatre at Proctors

Friday, May 31, 7:00 pm

It Came from Schenectady at Proctors presents Guilty Treasures.
Films that are not for the Oscars, but for the awesome.

Oh Hi Denny...SPOON!

It Came from Schenectady presents the film that "so-bad-it's-freakin'-awesome." Horrible acting - check, terrible script - check, awful music - check, The Room has nothing going for it, yet it somehow gloriously works as a complete masterpiece of movie wrongness. Simply put, it's hysterical and Ed Wood himself would have be proud.

If you're already a fan of Tommy Wisseua's epic love-triangle set in the stock footaged streets of San Fransico, (cut to pan of Golden Gate Bridge) then you know this is a film experience not to be missed. If you've never been introduced to the melodramatically confused lives of Johnny, Lisa, Denny and Mark, then join the crowd and find out why The Room has been called "the Citizen Kane of bad movies."

But thats not all, The Room is also a full-on audience participation event, like Rocky Horror. The initiated will lead you along, but for more information, check out this audience's guide to the ways the crowd helps each other make sense of the movie mess.

ICFS will have plenty of plastic spoons on hand.

As with all ICFS events, there will be movie extras, contests, prizes, games and comfy couches.

Rated R for sexuality, language and brief violence.

Running Time
99 min

Ticket Prices: $9 Adults, $6 for Students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors

The Room

Friday, May 31 - 7:00 pm

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Miami Connection plus For Your Height Only

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:16:51 +0000

ICFS Guilty Treasures

GE Theatre at Proctors

Thursday, June 6, 7:00 pm

It Came from Schenectady at Proctors presents Guilty Treasures.
Films that are not for the Oscars, but for the awesome.

"THE MIAMI CONNECTION IS SO BAD, IT'S ESSENTIAL" - Gawker

So what is The Miami Connection? Is it worried looking white guys holding plastic uzis and wearing Panama hats?

IT IS!!!

Is it a band called Dragon Sound that wants to show the world the interracial, intergalactic magic of Tae Kwon Do?

IT IS!!!

Is it also the sad, sad story of a boy who had never had a birthday? Or a father?

YOU BET!

Yes, The Miami Connection will make you laugh AND make you cry, but most of all, The Miami Connection will make you Against The Ninja! - description courtesy of Grady Hendrix, Subway Cinema

The Miami Connection will be presented with For Your Height Only, the star turn of Fillipino action dwarf Weng Weng, the Guinness Book's confirmed shortest action star standing tall at 2'9".

As with all ICFS events, there will be movie extras, contests, prizes, games and comfy couches.

Ticket Prices: $9 Adults, $6 for Students (with ID, not available online)

GE Theatre at Proctors

Miami Connection plus For Your Height Only

Thursday, June 6 - 7:00 pm

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Honor Flight

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:16:51 +0000

One Last Mission Regional Movie Premiere

GE Theatre at Proctors

Thursday, May 23

Regional Premiere Presented by: SEFCU, Blaise Price Media &
Albany Broadcasting

Honor Flight: One Last Mission is a heartwarming documentary about four living World War II veterans and a Midwest community coming together to give them the trip of a lifetime. Volunteers race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2004, nearly 60 years after their epic struggle.

The trips are called “Honor Flights” and for the veterans, who are in their late 80s and early 90s, it’s often the first time they’ve been thanked and the last trip of their lives. The 24-hour journey is full of surprises that deeply move all who are involved. It’s uncommon for World War II veterans to talk about the War, but the Honor Flight experience brings their stories out. Many veterans say, with the exception of their wedding day and the birth of their children, the trip is the best day of their life.

Attend the premiere and meetExecutive Producer Kmele Foster plus enjoy a question and answer session with him. Get your picture taken on the Camo Carpet and enjoy music and refreshments.

A Hollywood-Esque Movie Premiere in the Capital Region!

Suggested. PG Rating. Emotional Scenes, War Related
Disturbing Images and Mild Language

Running Time
120 min

Ticket Prices: $20, $10 for Veterans
50% of Ticket Sales go to S.U.D.S. (Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba) & the Wounded Warrior Project

GE Theatre at Proctors	Honor Flight	Thursday, May 23 - 4:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Honor Flight	Thursday, May 23 - 7:00 pm	Buy this show

The French Connection

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:52:20 +0000

GE Theatre at Proctors

Monday, July 1

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

This gritty, fast-paced, and innovative police drama earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Ernest Tidyman), and Best Actor (Gene Hackman).

Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Hackman) and his partner, Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider), are New York City police detectives on narcotics detail, trying to track down the source of heroin from Europe into the United States.

Suave Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) is the French drug kingpin who provides a large percentage of New York City's dope, and Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hired killer and Charnier's right-hand man.

Acting on a hunch, Popeye and Buddy start tailing Sal Boca (Tony Lo Bianco) and his wife, Angie (Arlene Faber), who live pretty high for a couple whose corner store brings in about 7,000 dollars a year. It turns out Popeye's suspicions are right -- Sal and Angie are the New York agents for Charnier, who will be smuggling 32 million dollars' worth of heroin into the city in a car shipped over from France.

The French Connection broke plenty of new ground for screen thrillers; Popeye Doyle was a highly unusual "hero," an often violent, racist, and mean-spirited cop whose dedication to his job fell just short of dangerous obsession. The film's high point, a high-speed car chase with Popeye tailing an elevated train, was one of the most viscerally exciting screen moments of its day and set the stage for dozens of action sequences to follow.

And the film's grimy realism (and downbeat ending) was a big change from the buff-and-shine gloss and good-guys-always-win heroics of most police dramas that preceded it.

The French Connection was inspired by a true story, and Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, Popeye and Buddy's real life counterparts, both have small roles in the film.

Rated R.

Running Time
104 min

Ticket Price: $5
The Film 100 pass: Just $100 for a personal pass to the entire series!
(please pick up your pass at the Box Office)

GE Theatre at Proctors	The French Connection	Monday, July 1 - 2:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	The French Connection	Monday, July 1 - 5:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	The French Connection	Monday, July 1 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Film 100 Pass	Wednesday, December 31 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:40:33 +0000

The Mainstage at Proctors

Monday, June 24

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

Close Encounter of the First Kind - Sighting of a UFO.
Close Encounter of the Second Kind - Physical Evidence.
Close Encounter of the Third Kind - Contact.
WE ARE NOT ALONE

Steven Spielberg followed Jaws (1975), his first major box-office success, with this epic science fiction adventure about a disparate group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence.

Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is an electrical lineman who, while sent out on emergency repairs, witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it.

Neary's wife and children are at first skeptical, then concerned, and eventually fearful, as Roy refuses to accept a "logical" explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his job, his home, and his family to pursue the "truth" about UFOs.

Neary's obsession eventually puts him in contact with others who've had close encounters with alien spacecraft, including Jillian (Melinda Dillon), a single mother whose son disappeared during her UFO experience, and Claude Lacombe (celebrated French filmmaker François Truffaut), a French researcher who believes that we can use a musical language to communicate with alien visitors.

Lacombe's theory is put to the test when a band of government researchers and underground UFO enthusiasts (including Neary) join for an exchange with alien visitors near Devil's Tower, Wyoming.

Rated PG.

Running Time
137 min

Ticket Price: $5
The Film 100 pass: Just $100 for a personal pass to the entire series!
(please pick up your pass at the Box Office)

The Mainstage at Proctors	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Monday, June 24 - 1:30 pm	Buy this show
The Mainstage at Proctors	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Monday, June 24 - 4:30 pm	Buy this show
The Mainstage at Proctors	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Monday, June 24 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show
The Mainstage at Proctors	Film 100 Pass	Wednesday, December 31 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show

The Manchurian Candidate

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:28:40 +0000

GE Theatre at Proctors

Monday, June 17

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

An unusually tense and intelligent political thriller, The Manchurian Candidate was a film far ahead of its time. Its themes of thought control, political assassination, and multinational conspiracy were hardly common currency in 1962, and while its outlook is sometimes informed by Cold War paranoia, the film seemed nearly as timely when it was reissued in 1987 as it did on its original release.

It opens with a group of soldiers whooping it up in a bar in Korea as their commander, Sgt. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), arrives to inform them that they're back on duty. These men obviously have no fondness for Shaw, and he feels no empathy for them. While on patrol, Shaw and his platoon are ambushed by Korean troops.

Months later, Shaw is receiving a hero's welcome as he returns to the United States to accept the Congressional Medal of Honor, and several of the soldiers who served under Shaw repeatedly refer to him as "the bravest, finest, most lovable man I ever met." It soon becomes evident that after their capture by the Koreans, Shaw and his men were subjected to an intense program of brainwashing prior to their release.

While several are troubled by bad dreams and inexplicable behavior, it's Capt. Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) who seems the most haunted by the experience. In time, Marco is able to piece together what happened; it seems Raymond Shaw was programmed by a shadowy cadre of Russian and Chinese agents into a killing machine who will assassinate anyone, even a close friend, when given the proper commands.

On the other side of the coin, Shaw is also used for political gain by his harridan mother (Angela Lansbury), who guides the career of her second husband, John Iselin (James Gregory), a bone-headed congressman hoping to win the vice-presidential nomination through a campaign of anti-Communist hysteria.

The Manchurian Candidate features a host of remarkable performances, several from actors cast cleverly against type. Frank Sinatra's edgy, aggressive turn as Marco may be the finest dramatic work of his career; Laurence Harvey's chilly onscreen demeanor was rarely used to a better advantage than as Raymond Shaw; James Gregory is great as the oft-befuddled Senator Iselin; and Angela Lansbury's ultimate bad mom will be a shock to those who know her as the lovable mystery writer from Murder, She Wrote.

George Axelrod's screenplay (based on Richard Condon's novel) is by turns compelling, witty, and horrifying in its implications, and John Frankenheimer's direction milks it for all the tension it can muster. While Frankenheimer's career has had its ups and downs, The Manchurian Candidate and Seconds (1966) suggest that he deserves to be recognized as one of the most brilliantly paranoid American filmmakers of the '60s. Entertaining yet unsettling, both films indicate that things in the '60s were not what they seemed, with a resonance that still echoes uncomfortably in the present.

Rated PG-13

Running Time
126 min

Ticket Price: $5
The Film 100 pass: Just $100 for a personal pass to the entire series!
(please pick up your pass at the Box Office)

GE Theatre at Proctors	The Manchurian Candidate	Monday, June 17 - 1:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	The Manchurian Candidate	Monday, June 17 - 4:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	The Manchurian Candidate	Monday, June 17 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Film 100 Pass	Wednesday, December 31 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show

Shane

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:29:43 +0000

GE Theatre at Proctors

Monday, June 10

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

The simple story of a Wyoming range war is elevated to near-mythical status in producer/director George Stevens' Western classic Shane.

Alan Ladd plays the title character, a mysterious drifter who rides into a tiny homesteading community and accepts the hospitality of a farming family. Patriarch Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) is impressed by the way Shane handles himself when facing down the hostile minions of land baron Emile Meyer, though he has trouble placing his complete trust in the stranger, as his Marion (Jean Arthur) is attracted to Shane in spite of herself, and his son Joey (Brandon De Wilde) flat-out idolizes Shane.

When Meyer is unable to drive off the homesteaders by sheer brute strength, he engages the services of black-clad, wholly evil hired gun Jack Wilson (Jack Palance). The moment that Wilson shows he means business by shooting down hotheaded farmer Frank Torrey (Elisha Cook Jr.) is the film's most memorable scene: after years of becoming accustomed to carefully choreographed movie death scenes, the suddenness with which Torrey's life is snuffed out -- and the force with which he falls to the ground -- are startling.

Shane knows that a showdown with Wilson is inevitable; he also knows that, unintentionally, he has become a disruptive element in the Starrett family. The manner in which he handles both these problems segues into the now-legendary "Come back, Shane" finale.

Cinematographer Loyal Griggs imbues this no-frills tale with the outer trappings of an epic, forever framing the action in relation to the unspoiled land surrounding it. A.B. Guthrie Jr.'s screenplay, adapted from the Jack Schaefer novel, avoids the standard good guy/bad guy clichés: both homesteaders and cattlemen are shown as three-dimensional human beings, flaws and all, and even ostensible villain Emile Meyer comes off reasonable and logical when elucidating his dislike of the "newcomers" who threaten to divest him of his wide open spaces.

Unrated.

Running Time
118 min

Ticket Price: $5
The Film 100 pass: Just $100 for a personal pass to the entire series!
(please pick up your pass at the Box Office)

GE Theatre at Proctors	Shane	Monday, June 10 - 2:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Shane	Monday, June 10 - 5:00 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Shane	Monday, June 10 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show
GE Theatre at Proctors	Film 100 Pass	Wednesday, December 31 - 7:30 pm	Buy this show

FILM 100: The American Film Institute Essentials

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:32:33 +0000

September 17, 2012 - August 25, 2014

Proctors was built for movies.

86 years ago, Stranded in Paris opened the doors on the grand movie house and began the octogenarial love affair between the Capital Region and Movies at Proctors. When Proctors expanded to a multi-theatre arts organization, the GE Theatre was built, primarily to showcase GIANT screen films in the most technologically-advanced setting that could be built. It's a tri-city truism that if you love watching movies, Proctors is the place for you.

In celebration of over 100 Years of Motion Pictures, the American Film Institute's lists of the Top 100 American films are the essential place to draw from as Proctors showcases the last century of classic motion pictures, many of which played Proctors when they were new releases.

Proctors, the Capital Region's home for top-notch film presentation, is proud to present FILM 100: The American Film Institute Essentials. Over the next two years, and only on Mondays, we present a thorough countdown from the AFI lists of the TOP 100 Films, from Ben-Hur to Citizen Kane. Every screening is an American cinema classic and features the great actors of the silver screen in their most definitive roles --Brando in The Godfather, Groucho Marx in Duck Soup, John Wayne in The Searchers. Proctors will release more scheduled film dates and times regularly, with features appearing in both the classic Mainstage at Proctors and the GIANT screen GE Theatre.

And if you really love classic movies, we have the deal of the century for you! For just $100, you can purchase the FILM 100 Pass. This individual collectible pass is your passport to the entire two year series. Thats over 100 years of film for just $100!
(please pick up your pass at the Box Office)

Join us for FILM 100: The American Film Institute Essentials.
Only at Proctors.

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) GE ~ Sept 17, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Ben-Hur (1959) Mainstage ~ Sept 17, 2012 • 2:30 & 7:00
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1967) GE ~ Sept 24, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Unforgiven (1992) Mainstage ~ Oct 8, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
The Apartment (1960) Mainstage ~ Oct 15, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Do The Right Thing (1989) GE ~ Oct 15, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Frankenstein (1931) ~ GE Oct, 22, 2012 • 3:30, 5:30 & 7:30
Bringing Up Baby (1938) Mainstage ~ Oct 29, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
The Searchers (1956) GE ~ Oct 29, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
The Last Picture Show (1971) GE ~ Nov 5, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Goodfellas (1990) GE ~ Nov 19, 2012 • 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
A Place In The Sun (1951) GE ~ Dec 3, 2012 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Swing Time (1936) GE ~ December 31, 2012 • 2:30, 4:45 & 7:00
Sophie’s Choice (1982) GE ~ Jan 7, 2013 • 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
Easy Rider (1969) GE ~ Jan 14, 2013 • 3:00, 5:15 & 7:30
A Night at the Opera (1935) Mainstage ~ January 28, 2013 • 7:30
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Mainstage ~ February 4, 2013 • 7:30
Toy Story (1995) GE ~ February 18, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
Titanic (1997) Mainstage ~ February 25, 2013 • 3:30 & 7:30
Spartacus (1960) Mainstage ~ March 4, 2013 • 3:00 & 7:00
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Mainstage ~ March 11, 2013 • 3:30 & 7:00 with live organ by Avery Tunningley
Fargo (1996) GE ~ March 18, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
The Deer Hunter (1978) GE ~ March 25, 2013 • 3:30 & 7:30
All The President’s Men (1976) GE ~ April 1, 2013 • 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
American Graffiti (1973) Mainstage ~ April 15, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
In The Heat of the Night (1967) GE ~ April 22, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
12 Angry Men (1957) GE ~ April 29, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
The Wild Bunch (1969) GE ~ May 6, 2013 • 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
Saving Private Ryan (1998) Mainstage ~ May 13, 2013 • 3:30 & 7:30
Forrest Gump (1994) GE ~ May 20, 2013 • 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
Rocky (1976) GE ~ June 1, 2013 • 6:00 & June 3 • 2:45, 5:00 & 7:30
Shane (1953) GE ~ June 10, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) GE ~ June 17, 2013 • 1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Mainstage ~ June 24, 2013 •1:30, 4:30 & 7:30
The French Connection (1971) GE ~ July 1, 2013 • 2:30, 5:00 & 7:30

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Ballin’ at the Graveyard

Let's Do It Again

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Seriessponsored by Price Chopper

Live performance before the film by Improv Performing Artist, Erica Johnson.

Wattstax

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Seriessponsored by Price Chopper

Live performance before the film by talented students from Schenectady High School, Revolution Studios.

Rocky

Part of our Film 100The American Film Institute Essentials

Saturday's 6pm showing will be followed by a Q & A with Burt Young who played Paulie. He will also be at Johnny’s Patio across the street after the Q&A.

The Magic Flute

A film version of Mozart’s opera directed by Kenneth Branagh projected onto our GIANT screen!

Marley

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Seriessponsored by Price Chopper

Live performance before the film by local area artists celebrating the sounds of Jamaica with a vibe of dancehall and Hip Hop.

Bling Force PresentsAlionKrush Lennon/f Tameka Amar

Soul Cinema 2013

It Came From Schenectady presents the Soul Cinema 2013 film seriessponsored by Price Chopper

The Room

It Came from Schenectady at Proctors presents Guilty Treasures.Films that are not for the Oscars, but for the awesome.

Oh Hi Denny...SPOON!

Miami Connection plus For Your Height Only

It Came from Schenectady at Proctors presents Guilty Treasures.Films that are not for the Oscars, but for the awesome.

Honor Flight

Regional Premiere Presented by: SEFCU, Blaise Price Media &Albany Broadcasting

The French Connection

Part of our Film 100 The American Film Institute Essentials

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Part of our Film 100 The American Film Institute Essentials

The Manchurian Candidate

Part of our Film 100 The American Film Institute Essentials

Shane

Part of our Film 100 The American Film Institute Essentials

FILM 100: The American Film Institute Essentials

Proctors was built for movies.

Join us for FILM 100: The American Film Institute Essentials. Only at Proctors.

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Series
sponsored by Price Chopper

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Series
sponsored by Price Chopper

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

ICFS presents The Soul Cinema 2013 Film Series
sponsored by Price Chopper

Bling Force Presents
Alion
Krush Lennon/f Tameka Amar

It Came From Schenectady presents the Soul Cinema 2013 film series
sponsored by Price Chopper

It Came from Schenectady at Proctors presents Guilty Treasures.
Films that are not for the Oscars, but for the awesome.

It Came from Schenectady at Proctors presents Guilty Treasures.
Films that are not for the Oscars, but for the awesome.

Regional Premiere Presented by: SEFCU, Blaise Price Media &
Albany Broadcasting

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

Part of our Film 100
The American Film Institute Essentials

Join us for FILM 100: The American Film Institute Essentials.
Only at Proctors.