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heights theater
Minnesota's classic cinema experience.
Established 1926
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
2024 | D: JAMES MANGOLD
TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, ELLE FANNING, EDWARD NORTON, MONICA BARBARO
New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold's A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.
SUN 1/26 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
MON 1/27 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
TUE 1/28 | 4:00pm, 7:10pmWED 1/29 | 4:00pm, 7:10pmTHUR 1/30 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
FRI 1/31 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
SAT 2/1 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
SUN 2/2 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
MON 2/3 | 4:00pm, 7:10pm
TUE 2/4 | 4:00pm, 7:10pmWED 2/5 | 4:00pm, 7:10pmTHUR 2/6 | 4:00pm
you only live once
1937 | D: FRITZ LANGHENRY FONDA, SYLVIA SIDNEY
ALL SEATS: $12.00 - in person $12.75 - online
ALL SEATS: $12.00 - in person $12.75 - online
Eddie (Henry Fonda) is an ex-con, trying to go straight. But when he is wrongfully framed and sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, with his faithful wife Joan (Sylvia Sidney), he goes on the lam, and unleashes his pent-up, and justifiable, anger on an unsuspecting public. Fritz Lang’s YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE is a shocking indictment of American hypocrisy, as telling today as it was during the Depression, and was a favorite of James Baldwin.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Shout Factory
BONUS SCREENING ADDED! WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12 | 7:30 PM (SOLD OUT) WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19 | 7:30 PM
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
1987 | D: ROB REINER
CARY ELWES, ROBIN WRIGHT, BILLY CRYSTAL
ALL SEATS:
$12.00 - in person$12.75 - online
Once upon a time, a beautiful maiden named Buttercup (Robin Wright) fell in love with a handsome man named Westley (Cary Elweys), who bid her farewell so that he could seek his fortune, return, and claim her hand in marriage. Enter pirates. Enter giants. Enter a masked man, enter an evil Price hell bent on marrying Buttercup against her will, and enter Peter Falk as a suburban grandad. What? Yes, gramps is reading this tale to his reluctant grandson and embellishing it to levels of hilarious grandiosity as he goes. The Princess Bride sends up every fairy tale cliche, and with its amazing cast of comedy stalwarts has since come to be known as a modern classic, the perfect treat for our (almost) Valentine's Day screening.
DCP - Walt Disney Pictures.
DETOUR
1945 | D: EDGAR G. ULMERTOM NEAL, ANNE SAVAGE
ALL SEATS: $12.00 - in person$12.75 - online
ALL SEATS: $12.00 - in person$12.75 - online
Hitchhiking across the country, Al (Tom Neal), hops a ride with a gambler. When the gambler croaks suddenly, Al’s paranoia is unleashed, and he knows he’s going to be the stooge. On the run in the dead guy’s car, he foolishly picks up Vera (Anne Savage), the most fatale of the femmes fatales in noir history. She knows whose car he’s driving, knows she can milk him for a load of money, and as he tries to navigate his way through this mess, Al knows that fate is against him, and the electric chair awaits.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
GUN CRAZY
1950 | D: JOSEPH H. LEWIS
JOHN DAHL, PEGGY CUMMINS
ALL SEATS:
$12.00- in person$12.75 - online
Bart (John Dahl) loves guns. Annie (Peggy Cummins) loves guns and money. Put them together and watch the violence unfold. From this simple plot, director Joseph H. Lewis concocted one of the most thrilling and emotional noirs, which includes an astonishing heist featuring a nearly 3-minute long take in a real town, by a real bank, among real people who didn’t know a movie was being made. Dall and Cummins are simply electric as the doomed pair, whose greed slowly gives way to a passionate love.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Warner Bros.
DCP - Warner Bros.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 24 | 7:30 PM
BLUE VELVET
1986 | D: DAVID LYNCH
KYLE MacLACHLAN, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI, DENNIS HOPPER, LAURA DERN
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person
$13.75 - online
David Lynch has a special place in all of our hearts, and the Heights would like to honor America's most visionary director with our favorite of his: BLUE VELVET. After the financial and critical disaster of Dune, Lynch retreated to the Surrealist world he knew best, and with Blue Velvet established himself as a controversial and mesmerizing auteur. This is the story of Jeffrey (Kyle Machlachlan, Lynch's muse if ever there was one) who returns home to Lumberton, Oregon only to find a human ear in an abandoned lot. Enter Frank (Dennis Hopper), one of the nastiest villains ever to appear in a movie, who terrorizes Dorothy (Isabella Rosellini) and draws a very curious Jeffrey into this sticky web of lust and murder. Despite dividing the critics of its day, Blue Velvet earned Lynch an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, and has since been regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. We're going to miss you, David.
DCP - Park Circus.
DCP - Park Circus.
DUEL
1971 | D: STEVEN SPEILBERG
DENNIS WEAVER
ALL SEATS:
$12.00 - in person$12.75 - online
David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is a dull businessman on his way to LA through the Mojave Desert. When he cuts off a rusty semi-truck, it pisses off the driver, who begins a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse on this deserted highway. Steven Spielberg’s made-for-TV movie stunned audiences, so Universal tossed it into theaters, and it has since become a classic.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Universal Pictures
DCP - Universal Pictures
THELMA & LOUISE
1991 | D: RIDLEY SCOTT
SUSAN SARANDON, GEENA DAVIS, BRAD PITT
ALL SEATS
$12.00 - in person$12.75 - online
Louise (Susan Sarandon) is a level-headed waitress; Thelma (Geena Davis) is a daffy housewife. Together, they head out in Louise’s turquoise ’66 Thunderbird for a girls’ weekend. But when Louise blows away Thelma’s would-be rapist at a honky-tonk, the pair hit the road, leaving the patriarchy in the dust. THELMA & LOUISE was an instant classic and a box-office smash when it was released, an old school Hollywood picture dropped into the 90s, a feminist masterpiece (written by Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for the script), and one hell of a great ride.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Park Circus.
DCP - Park Circus.
THURSDAY MARCH 13 | 7:30 pm
STOP MAKING SENSE
1984 | D: JONATHAN DEMME
THE TALKING HEADS
ALL SEATS:
$13.00 - in person
$13.75 - online
When postmodernist rock band The Talking Heads met visionary filmmaker Jonathan Demme, the result was a concert film like no one had ever seen before. Opening with Heads lead singer David Byrne alone on a massive stage at L.A.'s Pantages Theater, the band grows with each song, one member at a time, culminating in a nine-person ensemble that brought the house down and changed cinema forever. Arguably the greatest concert film of all-time, the Heights is proud to present Stop Making Sense in its new 4K restoration from A24.
DCP - A24
THURSDAY MARCH 20 | 7:30 pm
ELVIS: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS - SPECIAL EDITION
1970 - 2001 | D: DENIS SANDERS
ELVIS PRESLEY
ALL SEATS:
$13.00 - in person
$13.75 - online
One of the greatest rock documentaries ever made, Elvis: That's the Way It Is captured the King of Rock and Roll in all of his 1970s Las Vegas glory. Documenting Elvis' Summer Festival at the International Hotel, his performances, with the Taking Care of Business Band behind him, will knock your socks off. The Heights presents the Special Edition, actually shorter than the original, removing much of the documentary footage in favor of more incredible concert footage. If you think you know Elvis, you'll be blown away to see him do his stuff in one of the most dynamic shows ever captured on film.
DCP - Warner Bros.
THE 2025 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY MARCH 27 | 7:30 PM
SUSPICION IN 35MM
1941 | D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
CARY GRANT, JOAN FONTAINE
ALL SEATS
$16.00 - in person$16.75 - online
Lina (Joan Fontaine) wonders if she'll ever be married. Johnnie (Cary Grant) meets her on a train and falls head-over-heels. Perfect, right? Except that maybe he’s a debt-ridden psychopath hungry for her fortune. Fontaine won the Oscar for Best Actress for her intense performance.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
35mm print - Park Circus.
35mm print - Park Circus.
MONDAY MARCH 31 | 7:30 PM
LICORICE PIZZA - IN 70MM
2021 | D: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
COOPER HOFFMAN, ALANA HAIM
ALL SEATS:
$18.00 - in person
$18.75 - online
Paul Thomas Anderson’s nearly plotless paean to late 1970s Southern California is like a cinematic tone poem. A series of kind-of connected vignettes sees 15-year-old Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman, Philip Seymour’s son) as he bumbles along with numerous get-rich-quick schemes and tries to win the heart of 25-year-old Alana Kane (Alana Haim). Wait, what? Hey, it was the 70s. With director Paul Thomas Anderson’s usual incredible supporting cast, including Sean Penn doing an amazing turn as William Holden. This rare 70mm screening should not be missed!
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
70mm Print - Park Circus.
THE 2025 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY APRIL 3 | 7:30 PM
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
1940 | D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
JOEL McCREA, LARAINE DAY
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - online
John Jones (Joel McCrea) is an American reporter assigned to Britain to get the low-down on the impending war. What he uncovers is a dastardly plot to undermine the Allies in this white-knuckle spy caper, full of suspense, sex appeal and outright fun. Hitchcock dropped both of his first two American movies in 1940, this and Rebecca, and both were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
THE 2025 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY APRIL 10 | 7:30 PM
UNDER CAPRICORN
1949 | D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
INGRID BERGMAN, JOSEPH COTTEN
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - online
Sam Flusky (Joseph Cotten) is a reformed convict in 19th Century Australia, a murderer turned landowner living in luxury with his high-strung, formerly aristocratic wife, Henrietta (Ingrid Bergman). Enter Charles (Michael Wilding), the Governor's greedy cousin, who eyes Sam's land and knows the Fluskys darkest secrets. Hitchcock's lush and lurid costume-drama was panned in its time and was a rare box office failure, but has since been championed as an underseen classic. This one has probably not screened in town since its release over 75 years ago.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
THE 2025 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY APRIL 17 | 7:30 PM
THE BIRDS
1963 | D: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
TIPPI HEDREN, ROD TAYLOR
ALL SEATS
$13.00 - in person$13.75 - online
Melanie (Tippi Hedren) wants Mitch (Rod Taylor). Annie (Suzanne Pleshette) also wants Mitch. Mitch's mother (Jessica Tandy) doesn't want either woman touching her darling boy. When Melanie comes for a visit to Mitch's small town, the suppressed anger, jealousy and betrayal erupts in an ornithological mania which drives birds to murder. With its insane special effects and stunning violence, for some, The Birds is laughably bizarre; for others, it is a masterly examination on Freudian sexual politics. You be the judge.
Presented by The Heights Theater and The Trylon Cinema.
DCP - Universal Pictures.
DCP - Universal Pictures.
THE 2025 HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY APRIL 24 | 7:30 PM
VERTIGO IN 70MM
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.