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THE FRIEND
2025 | D: SCOTT McGEHEE, DAVID SIEGEL
NAOMI WATTS, BILL MURRAY
In The Friend, writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) dies suddenly and bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane. The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones, his looming presence constantly reminding her of her friend's problematic choices in both life and death. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with the animal, she begins to come to terms with her past, her lost friend, and her own creative inner life.
FRI 4/18 | 4:30pm, 7:10pm
SAT 4/19 | 4:30pm, 7:10pm
SUN 4/20 | 4:30pm, 7:10pm
MON 4/21 | 4:30pm
TUE 4/22 | 4:30pm, 7:10pm
WED 4/23 | 4:30pm
THUR 4/24 | 4:30pm
M*A*S*H
1970 | D: ROBERT ALTMAN
DONALD SUTHERLAND, ELLIOTT GOULD
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
The ribald tale of Korean War combat surgeons "Hawkeye" Pierce (Donald Sutherland), "Duke" Forrest (Tom Skerrit), and “Trapper” John (Elliott Gould), who wreak havoc on their mobile surgical unit stationed right next to the front line, M*A*S*H veers between hilarious hi-jinks and barely contained fury at the utter futility of war. Robert Altman’s thumb in the eye to Army life was the perfect counterculture flick for the Vietnam generation, and has since been regarded as a classic, which spawned one of the most popular television shows of all time. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures
THE 2025 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
WEDNESDAY APRIL 23 | 7:30 PM THURSDAY APRIL 24 | 7:30 PM (SOLD OUT)
VERTIGO IN 70MM
BONUS SCREENING ADDED WEDNESDAY APRIL 23!
NEW 70MM PRINT!
1958 | D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
JAMES STEWART, KIM NOVAK
ALL SEATS
$19.00 - in person$19.75 - online
You have not seen Vertigo until you have seen it in this newly restored 70mm print! One of our most popular events makes a return engagement for the 2025 Hitchcock Film Festival. Former cop Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) is hired by a college acquaintance to investigate his wife, Madeleine (Kim Novak). Madeline believes she’s Carlotta, a 19th century woman who committed suicide. Following her around San Francisco, Scottie soon becomes enraptured as identities merge and nothing is as it seems. Voted the greatest film of all-time in the 2012 Sight & Sound poll.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
70mm print - Universal Pictures.
70mm print - Universal Pictures.
THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF JUDY HOLLIDAY
THURSDAY MAY 1 | 7:30 PM
BORN YESTERDAY IN 35MM
1950 | D: GEORGE CUKOR
JUDY HOLLIDAY, WILLIAM HOLDEN, BRODERICK CRAWFORD
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
75TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Billie Dawn (Holliday) is a blonde bombshell, a former dancer who is now the fiancée of a corrupt junkyard tycoon, Harry (Broderick Crawford). Problem: Harry’s hoping to buy himself a congressman, and in D.C. he’s finding out that Billie’s foul mouth offends the dignitaries he needs to impress. Enter Paul Verrall (William Holden), a journalist looking for a scoop. When Harry asks Paul to help polish his tarnished fiancée, little does Harry realize an educated Billie might not cotton to being a stooge anymore. With BORN YESTERDAY, Judy Holliday reprised her role in the smash Broadway hit, took the nation by storm, and won a surprising Best Actress Oscar in what has become one of the funniest—and most influential—comedies of all time.
35mm print - Sony Pictures.
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG - LES PARAPLUIES DE CHERBOURG
1964 | D: JACQUES DEMY
CATHERINE DENEUVE, NINO CASTELNUOVO
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
NEW 4K RESTORATION!
One of the most beloved French musicals is at once a toe-tapping delight and a heartbreaking anti-war film. Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve, in a star-making role) is the daughter of an umbrella shop owner. Her lover is Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), a hunk of a garage mechanic. Life should be a joy for these young lovers, and is until he’s drafted to fight in the Algerian War. With music by Michael Legrand and an astonishing color palette from cinematographer Jean Rabier, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is an utter delight. Winner of the 1964 Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival
In French with English subtitles.
DCP - Janus Films.
THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF JUDY HOLLIDAY
THURSDAY MAY 8 | 7:30 PM
BELLS ARE RINGING
1960 | D: VINCENTE MINNELLI
JUDY HOLLIDAY, DEAN MARTIN
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
65TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Ella (Holliday) runs Susanswerphone, a successful answering service, and though she’s just supposed to take down messages, she can’t help but get involved in her clients’ lives. Case in point: Jeffrey Moss (Dean Martin) a struggling playwright with a drinking problem (and they cast ol’ Dean-o?!?) Dispirited over a potential failure, Jeffrey hits the bottle, so Ella takes it upon herself to help the man out, with hilarious results. Reprising her Broadway smash, Holliday has never been more charming.
THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF JUDY HOLLIDAY
THURSDAY MAY 15 | 7:30 PM
IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU IN 35MM
1954 | D: GARSON KANIN
JUDY HOLLIDAY, JACK LEMMON
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
75TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Gladys (Holliday) has been struggling in New York for two long years. After having been fired, she sits in Central Park, where she meets documentary filmmaker Pete Sheppard (Jack Lemmon), who films her for his movie about the everyday people of the city. He’s smitten, and so is she—except in her case, it’s with an enormous billboard overlooking Columbus Circle. Using the thousand bucks she’s saved, she has an ad agency slap her name on it, and off she goes, rocketing to fame almost overnight. This loony cautionary tale is equal parts funny, charming, and romantic, and was Jack Lemmon’s first star turn.
35mm print - Sony Pictures.
ANCHORS AWEIGH
1945 | D: GEORGE SIDNEY
GENE KELLY, FRANK SINATRA, KATHRYN GRAYSON
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
80TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Two sailors, “Brooklyn” Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Brady (Gene Kelly), fall in with a young woman, Susan (Kathryn Grayson), who’s raising her 9-year-old brother, Donald (Dean Stockwell). Donald keeps running away from school to join the Navy. When Susan asks the sailors to help convince her kid brother to say in school, Joe falls hard for her. A tremendous hit in its time, Anchors Aweigh is a fun romp through wartime Hollywood, and features a dynamite number with Kelly dancing along with an animated Jerry the Mouse.
THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF JUDY HOLLIDAY
THURSDAY MAY 22 | 7:30 PM
PHFFFT
1954 | D: MARK ROBSON
JUDY HOLLIDAY, JACK LEMMON, KIM NOVAK
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Poor Nina and Robert (Holliday and Jack Lemmon). Married for eight years and phffft!, it’s splitsville. So, Robert crashes at the home of his playboy pal Charlie (Jack Carlson) and Nina nurses her grievances over the phone to her mom. It’s the 50s, just get a divorce already! Too bad Nina and Robert can’t live without one another in this sidesplitting, and tender, comedy of manners. Holliday and Lemmon have incredible chemistry, Carlson is the perfect cad, and Kim Novak is on hand as an ingenue with an eye for our man Robert.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST IN 70MM
NEW 70MM PRINT!
1959 | D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
CARY GRANT, EVA MARIE SAINT, JAMES MASON
ALL SEATS
$19.00 - in person$19.75 - on line
One of our most popular features in a stunning new 70mm restoration. WHAT?!? That’s right, North by Northwest, one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most triumphantly entertaining films, has had a mind-blowing 70mm restoration, and we’re bringing it to the Twin Cities. Charming ad man Roger O. Thornhill (or ROT, to his friends) must run for his life when he's mistaken for an American spy by a dastardly criminal organization. Hitchcock urged screenwriter Ernest Lehman to pull out all the stops, resulting in a breathtaking adventure whose insane plot twists work in spite of themselves. Cary Grant was never more charming, Eve Marie Saint never more alluring, and Hitchcock never more assured.
70mm print - Park Circus
70mm print - Park Circus
THE LAUREL AND HARDY FESTIVAL
1929 - 1934
STAN LAUREL & OLIVER HARDY
ALL SEATS
$15.00 - in person$15.75 - on line
NEW RESTORATIONS!
One of the Heights’ most popular events returns for what is sure to another sold-out screening. This year we’re bringing six classic short films in new digital restorations. “Another Fine Mess” (1930), “Men o’ War” (1929), “Going Bye-Bye” (1934), “Perfect Day” (1929), “Dirty Work” (1933), and “Hog Wild” (1930) round out the program. Don’t miss it!
DCPs - Jeff Joseph
THE GOONIES
1985 | D: RICHARD DONNER
SEAN ASTIN, JOSH BROLIN, COREY FELDMAN
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
40TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
The kids of the Goon Dock section of a small Oregon town refer to themselves as Goonies. When their neighborhood is threatened with development, they get in their heads to try and find the treasure of “One-Eyed Willy”, in the hopes of saving their homes. One of the rare cases of a hit movie that is also a cult classic, The Goonies has thrilled audiences for four decades.
DCP - Warner Bros.
THE WIZARD OF OZ IN 35MM TECHNICOLOR
35MM DYE TRANSFER TECHNICOLOR PRINT!
1939 | D: VICTOR FLEMING
JUDY GARLAND, RAY BOLGER, JACK HALEY, BERT LAHR, MARGARET HAMILTON
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
The Heights is one of the few theaters in the entire country showing this rare Dye Transfer Technicolor print, which must be seen to be believed. The yellow brick road, Dorothy's ruby slippers, the emerald city of Oz—The Wizard of Oz bursts from the screen in all of its Technicolor glory. These shows sell out each year and audiences marvel at the brilliant color that fairly drips from the big screen.
FOOTLOOSE WIDOWS IN 35MM
1926 | D: ROY DEL RUTH
LOUISE FAZENDA, JACQUELINE LOGAN
ALL SEATS
$20.00 - in person$20.75 - on line
Flo and Marian are a pair of young New York girls looking to nab rich husbands. “Borrowing” a fine set of clothes from their employer, they head straight for the Florida beaches, pretending to be widows. Del Ruth’s hilarious silent comedy likely inspired Some Like It Hot and comes to us in a restored 35mm print from the Library of Congress.
This screening will be presented with a live accompaniment by Ed Copeland on the Heights Mighty Wurlitzer!
ALL ABOUT EVE IN 35MM
1950 | D: JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ
BETTE DAVIS, ANNE BAXTER, GARY MERRILL
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
75TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Widely regarded as the greatest film about Broadway, All About Eve unleashed Bette Davis at her most witty and eviscerating, here going toe-to-toe with Anne Baxter, who plays the title character. This story of a young actress who claws her way to stardom, and the wreckage she leaves behind, was nominated for a then-record 14 Academy Awards, winning Best Picture and Director (among others) and remains a classic.
35mm print - Walt Disney Pictures
35mm print - Walt Disney Pictures
CHILDREN OF PARADISE - LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS
1945 | D: MARCEL CARNE
ARLETTY, JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
80TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Set in Paris’ theatrical society in the early 19th Century, Children of Paradise is the story of a mysterious courtesan who is beloved by four men: an actor, a thief, a count, and a mime. Director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert create a lush world in stunning contrast to the Nazi-controlled France in which they were filmmaking. One of the most beloved French films of all-time, director François Truffaut famously said that he would give up all of his films to have made Children of Paradise, and in a 1995 survey, French film critics called it the best film ever made.
In French with English subtitles.
DCP - Janus Films.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
1965 | D: ROBERT WISE
JULIE ANDREWS, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
ALL SEATS
$15.00 - in person$15.75 - on line
One of the most popular films of all-time arrives at the Heights Theater! Poor Maria (Julie Andrews) is a nun who is just too free-spirited to do anything right in the convent. So, she’s placed as a governess to the stern Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) and his seven children, who are models of discipline. Thank goodness Maria is there to help them become happy kids again! Director Robert Wise pulled out all the stops making this blockbuster, whose music people have adored for generations. Winner of five Academy Awards.
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures
9 TO 5
1980 | D: COLIN HIGGINS
JANE FONDA, LILY TOMLIN, DOLLY PARTON
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
45TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Judy (Jane Fonda) is newly divorced and needs a job, and she lands one as a secretary at Consolidated. Violet (Lily Tomlin) has worked there for a dozen years, trained her stupid boss, Franklin M. Hart (the wonderfully odious Dabney Coleman), and is stuck without promotion. Doralee (Dolly Parton) is Frank’s secretary, whom he belittles. Well, put those three women together, and in no time, they’ll have their sweet revenge… and start running the company! Produced and conceived by Jane Fonda, 9 to 5 launched Parton’s cinematic career and was a massive hit, even though President Ronald Reagan hated that the characters smoked pot in once scene. Don’t miss it!
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures
WAITING FOR GUFFMAN IN 35MM
1996 | D: CHRISTOPHER GUEST
CHRISTOPHER GUEST, EUGENE LEVY, CATHERINE O'HARA, PARKER POSEY
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
Blaine, Missouri is small town whose local amateur theater, led by the indomitable Corky St. Clair (Guest), plans to put on a show to commemorate the town’s 150th anniversary. Pulling together all the citizens, who battle for choice roles, Corky’s Red, White and Blaine might just be their undoing! Guest’s star-studded mockumentary is hilarious, and features brilliant comic performances from Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard and Guest himself.
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? IN 35MM
2000 | D: JOEL COEN & ETHAN COEN
GEORGE CLOONEY, JOHN TURTURRO, TIM BLAKE NELSON
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
25TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Pete, Delmar and Ulysses (Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro and George Clooney) escape a chain gang in 1930s Mississippi in the Coen Brothers’ riotous take on Homer’s Ulysses. Featuring some of the best folk musicians of the turn of the century, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, a modest hit in its day, has since gone on to be one of the Coen’s most revered classics.
35mm print - Walt Disney Pictures
THE GREAT DICTATOR
1940 | D: CHARLES CHAPLIN
CHARLIE CHAPLIN, PAULETTE GODDARD, JACK OAKIE
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
85TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
This brave and biting comedy by Charlie Chaplin was his first sound film, and most successful picture. Released at a time when the U.S. was still in a tenuous truce with Germany, The Great Dictator not only satirized the Fuhrer, but accurately revealed Hitler's hunger for world domination and his dangerous policies against the Jews. The Great Dictator is not only one of the greatest movies of all-time, but perhaps the most important comedy ever made.
DCP - Janus Films.
SEVEN SAMURAI
1954 | D: AKIRA KUROSAWA
TOSHIRO MIFUNE, TAKASHI SHIMURA
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
In the sixteenth century, bandits have been invading a small mountain village, depleting it of its rice harvest and leaving its inhabitants in a state of perpetual near-hunger. A group of three brave villagers goes to the nearest town, hoping to entice down-on-their-heels samurai to help defend the village with the promise of rice. What ensues is one of the most thrilling, and emotionally moving, action epics ever made. The Seven Samurai has always been high on list of the greatest films ever made, and is an absolutely entertaining film that leaves its viewers enthralled and devastated. The Heights presents the gorgeous new digital 4K restoration from Janus.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
DCP - Janus Films
FORGOTTEN FACES
1928 | D: VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
OLGA BACLANOVA, WILLIAM POWELL, CLIVE BROOK
ALL SEATS
$20.00 - in person$20.75 - on line
When stick-up artist “Heliotrope” Harry comes home after escaping the cops, he finds his devious wife, Lilly, in the arms of another. Enraged, Harry shoots his rival, and before he’s caught, leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a rich, childless couple. While in the big house, he’s kept abreast of daughter Alice’s progress by his former associate, Froggy. But when Lilly finds the girl and seeks revenge, Harry is able to get free and tries to set a trap to keep his daughter safe. One of the earliest productions from David O. Selznick, Forgotten Faces is a newly restored masterpiece of silent melodrama, not available for streaming anywhere!
This screening will be presented with a live accompaniment by Andy McCormick on the Heights Mighty Wurlitzer!
DCP courtesy of the Library of Congress
THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN IN 35MM
1935 | D: JAMES WHALE
KARLOFF, ELSA LANCCHESTER, COLIN CLIVE, UNA O'CONNOR
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
90TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
Boris Karloff met his match with Elsa Lanchester, who plays the Bride of Frankenstein and sports perhaps the greatest hairdo in Hollywood's long history of great hairdos. Her performance was years ahead of its time, the kind of thing that wins Oscars today and was the perfect foil to Karloff. James Whale attempted to camp up this sequel, but the result is a film that many consider superior to the first, more emotional and less stagy, and perhaps the greatest of Universal's celebrated horror films.
35mm print - Universal Pictures
35mm print - Universal Pictures
YOU'LL LIKE MY MOTHER
1972 | D: LAMONT JOHNSON
PATTY DUKE, RICHARD THOMAS, ROSEMARY MURPHY
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
To Glensheen devotees and local cinema buffs, this Gothic old dark house suspense film is an absolute must-see! Shot completely on location in Duluth in the winter of 1971, You'll Like My Mother stars Patty Duke, a very sinister Richard Thomas (John Boy from The Waltons), and an utterly chilling Rosemary Murphy as the mother you'll love to cringe from. However, the real star of this film is the glorious Glensheen Mansion, which you'll explore (with a terrified Patty) from the cellar to the attic!
DCP - Universal Pictures
hocus pocus
1993 | D: KENNY ORTEGA
BETTE MIDLER, SARAH JESSICA PARKER, KATHY NAJIMY
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
We’ve been asked to screen Hocus Pocus for years, and it’s finally here! When Salem, Massachusetts teenager Max accidentally resurrects three witches from the seventeenth century, and those witches happen to be comedians Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, the results is one of the most hilarious (and beloved) pictures from the 1990s!
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures
THE SHINING
1980 | D: STANLEY KUBRICK
JACK NICHOLSON, SHELLEY DUVALL, DANNY LLOYD
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
45TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING!
We love showing this movie and you love coming to this movie. Arguably Kubrick's best, and perhaps most personal film, The Shining thrills Heights audiences year-after-year and people come wearing incredible Shining t-shirts or dressed as Jack or as the ghostly twins (no one has yet shown up as Lloyd the bartender, so please help us here). So bizarre it has spawned countless conspiracy theories, including explaining the moon landing, The Shining can be watched, interpreted and reinterpreted numerous times. As people do.
DCP - Warner Bros.
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
1952 | D: GENE KELLY & STANLEY DONEN
GENE KELLY, DONALD O'CONNOR, DEBBIE REYNOLDS, JEAN HAGEN
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - on line
Singin' in the Rain is one of our most popular events and sells out year after year! Considered by many to be the greatest screen musicals of all time, Singin’ is also a hilarious look at the chaos and turmoil that the switch from silents to talkies cast upon Hollywood in the late 1920's. This film is on everyone’s top ten lists and was named the 10th greatest film of all-time in the 2022 Sight & Sound poll. Dig all that glorious TECHNICOLOR!
DCP - Warner Bros.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS IN 35MM
2008 | D: QUENTIN TARANTINO
BRAD PITT, ELI ROTH, CHRISTOPHER WALTZ
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - on line
Lieutenant Aldo Raine is a battle-tested solider in the U.S. Army during World War II. His goal: recruit a commando group of Jewish-American soldiers to do “one thing, and one thing only: kill Nazis!” This is Quentin Tarantino’s World War II, full of blood, brilliant dialogue, great actors, all the while referencing spaghetti Westerns and Italian action films. Inglourious Basterds was a tremendous hit and introduced the world to the amazing Christoph Waltz, who won an Oscar for his slimy performance.
35mm print - Lionsgate
35mm print - Lionsgate
MARRIAGE IN THE SHADOWS - EHE IM SCHATTEN
1947 | D: KURT MAETZIG
PAUL KLINGER, ILSE STEPPAT
ALL SEATS
$15.00 - in person$15.75 - on line
Hans Wieland is a brilliant actor, a leading figure in German cinema. When the Nazis pressure him to divorce his Jewish wife, Elisabeth, he refuses. Finally, political pressure becomes too much, and, realizing that he will be arrested, his wife to be sent to a concentration camp, he faces the ultimate test of his love. Based on the real-life story of actor Joachim Gottschalk, Kurt Maetzig’s Marriage in the Shadows was the first movie (produced under Soviet auspices) to confront Germans about their treatment of Jews, and the only postwar film to be released simultaneously in both the East and West Germany. A brilliant and heartbreaking film, shot like a noir but filled with the rarefied emotions of a melodrama, this rare screening should not be missed.
In German with English subtitles.
DCP courtesy of the DEFA Film Library