Double Feature: When We Were Kings + Run Lola Run—Sundance Revisited Film Series
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7 p.m.: WHEN WE WERE KINGS (Leon Gast, 1996, 35mm, 88 mins)
30th anniversary screening! Muhammad Ali floats, taunts, and dazzles in Gast’s exhilarating depiction of the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle, when sports, politics, race, and international identity converged in a steamy Kinshasa stadium. This Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature includes astonishing footage of Ali, his rival George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee, Miriam Makeba, and more. “One of the best and most emotionally affecting documentaries ever made” (David Parkinson) is both an unforgettable ringside spectacle and a powerful portrait of a global superstar. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
8:50 p.m.: RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer, 1998, 35mm, 80 mins)
Tykwer’s third feature is a “hyperkinetic pop culture firecracker” (Kenneth Turan) starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu. With propulsive editing, kinetic camerawork, bursts of animation, and a pulsing electronic score, it follows the tangerine-haired Lola as she careens through the streets of Berlin in a dash to save her boyfriend who’s on the hook for losing a gangster’s loot. In a race to beat the clock, split-second decisions have seismic consequences. The thriller won seven German Film Awards, including German Film of the Year. “Run Lola Run is fun, fun, fun” (Rick Groen)! 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
"Sundance Revisited" features a selection of films from our collection that had their American or world premieres at the festival.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
30th anniversary screening! Muhammad Ali floats, taunts, and dazzles in Gast’s exhilarating depiction of the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle, when sports, politics, race, and international identity converged in a steamy Kinshasa stadium. This Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature includes astonishing footage of Ali, his rival George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee, Miriam Makeba, and more. “One of the best and most emotionally affecting documentaries ever made” (David Parkinson) is both an unforgettable ringside spectacle and a powerful portrait of a global superstar. 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
8:50 p.m.: RUN LOLA RUN (Tom Tykwer, 1998, 35mm, 80 mins)
Tykwer’s third feature is a “hyperkinetic pop culture firecracker” (Kenneth Turan) starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu. With propulsive editing, kinetic camerawork, bursts of animation, and a pulsing electronic score, it follows the tangerine-haired Lola as she careens through the streets of Berlin in a dash to save her boyfriend who’s on the hook for losing a gangster’s loot. In a race to beat the clock, split-second decisions have seismic consequences. The thriller won seven German Film Awards, including German Film of the Year. “Run Lola Run is fun, fun, fun” (Rick Groen)! 35mm print from the Yale Film Archive.
Full schedule: bit.ly/yalefilmarchivescreenings
"Sundance Revisited" features a selection of films from our collection that had their American or world premieres at the festival.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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Where is it happening?
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT, United States
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Host or PublisherYale Film Archive
