We are excited to present, 'JOYRIDE' -- a series of Film Nights at Upstate Films!
Claim Your FREE Movie Tickets - Courtesy of Ruge's Auto Group
Bringing the magic of cinema to our community with a hand-picked selection of top films from over the 90 years of Ruge's!
Fill out the form below if you're interested and enjoy a night at the movies on us! It's our way of saying thank you for being part of our community!
Showtime: 7pm -- Every 1st Wednesday of the Month
FILMS:
March 5th: The Wizard of Oz (dir. Victor Fleming, 1939, 102 min.), 7pm
This iconic Technicolor fever dream is deeply and inextricably woven into the American psyche. Adapted from L. Frank Baum's timeless children's tale about a Kansas girl's journey over the rainbow, it opened at Grauman's Chinese Theater on August 15, 1939.
April 9th: His Girl Friday (dir. Howard Hawks, 1940, 92 min.), 7pm
Perhaps the definitive screwball romantic comedy, this is a pure delight, anchored by stellar performances. A hard-charging New York newspaper editor (Cary Grant) uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter and ex-wife ( Rosalind Russell) from quitting and remarrying.Â
May 7th: Roman Holiday (dir. William Wyler, 1953, 118 min.), 7pm
In this utterly disarming romantic comedy, jaded American reporter (Gregory Peck) attempts to sweet-talk a scoop from an undercover princess (Audrey Hepburn). The razor-sharp screenplay belongs to an initially uncredited Dalton Trumbo (blacklisted at the time), while Hepburn's remarkable star-making turn remains the film's lasting legacy.
June 4th: The Italian Job (dir. Peter Collinson, 1969, 99 min.), 7pm
This wildly fun '60s romp epitomizes the height of Britannia style. A cheeky crook (the charismatic Michael Caine) plans to pinch a fortune in gold bullion from a car convoy in Italy by having a computer expert (Benny Hill) cause a traffic jam.
July 2nd: The Godfather (dir. Frances Ford Coppola, 1972, 175 min.), 7pm
This magnificent multi-generational mafia drama is Shakespearean in its simplicity: the aging Don Corleone (Marlon Brando) must choose which of his three sons - hotheaded Sonny (James Caan), feeble Fredo (John Cazale) or upstanding young Michael (Al Pacino) - is fit to inherit his empire. Adapted from Mario Puzo's then-unpublished novel of Mafia life, it remains almost universally beloved well into the 21st century.
August 6th: Blues Brothers (dir. John Landis, 1980, 148 min.), 7pm
A soul-stirring celebration of music legends such as James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker, this comedy is driven by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi playing two surly ex-cons trying to save the orphanage where they were raised. In addition to a strong dose of daft humor, it features some truly iconic musical sequences and crazed scenes of automotive chaos.
September 3rd: Buffalo '66 (dir. Vincent Gallo, 1998, 112 min.), 7pm
Vincent Gallo's eccentric directorial debut is one of a kind: a provocative comedy, alternately satirical and romantic, full of pain and humor. Deeply personal, the film follows one Billy Brown (Gallo) out of prison and back to his hometown, Buffalo, NY where he kidnaps a girl, Layla (Christina Ricci).Â
October 1st: Napoleon Dynamite (dir. Jared Hess, 2004, 82 min.), 7pm
Jared Hess' debut film, made for under $500,000, netted more than $45 million at the U.S. box office. It's a comic take on his small hometown of Preston, Idaho, featuring Napoleon (Jon Heder) a teenage boy so awkward, so out-of-sync, so damn wrong that he ultimately endears himself as an outlaw and fully-fledged hero. His dysfunctional family is equally bad including older brother Kip who has the worst moustache in history.
November 5th: The Social Network (dir. David Fincher, 2010, 120 min.), 7pm
Director David Fincher (Fight Club) and writer Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men) have made a mischievous tale about the origins of Facebook that combines the talky rigor of Sorkin's writing with the spooky crispness of Fincher's imagery. It reveals the early character of Facebook founder Zuckerberg, a perfect storm of social inadequacy, Ivy League exclusivity and computing genius. Fincher and Sorkin never let us forget that we're complicit in their story (or at least three billion of us are).
