In this issue...
• "Airplane!" Lands at the Amtrak Station - July 30-31
• "Cropsey" Coming August 6-8
• This Week's Regal Miracle Five Films - Friday, July 30
• This Week's Films at the Challenger Learning Center IMAX
• FSU Student Life Cinema This Week
• Thanks to Our Sponsors!
• All Saints Cinema - When You Go . . .
• All Saints Routing Map
• The Tallahassee Film Society
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 "Airplane!" Lands at the Amtrak Station - July 30-31
"Airplane!" is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Haggerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. The film is a spoof of the disaster film genre, and a satirical remake of the 1957 Paramount film "Zero Hour!" "Airplane!" was a huge financial success, grossing over $83 million in North America alone, against a budget of just $3.5 million. The film’s creators received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy, and nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay.
In the years since its release, "Airplane!’s" reputation has grown substantially beyond its modest comic intentions. The film was voted the 10th-funniest American comedy on AFI’s 100 Years. Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker (collectively known as ZAZ) wrote Airplane! while they were performing with the Kentucky Fried Theatre, a successful small theatre they had founded in 1971.
TFS would like to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of "Airplane!" with three showings July 30 and July 31. In preparation of viewing the film, please visit the following great websites for quotes and a quiz on "Airplane!":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/quotes
http://mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=1008
Show Dates and Times:
Friday, July 30 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 31 at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Admission and Location:
General admission is $7.00; active TFS members and students with valid IDs are $5.00 per person. "Airplane!" will play at All Saints Cinema inside the Amtrak station.
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 "Cropsey" Coming August 6-8
Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery behind five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearance in their hometown of Staten Island, New York.
Growing up on Staten Island, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio had often heard the legend of ‘Cropsey.’ For the kids in their neighborhood, Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the old abandoned Willowbrook Mental Institution, who would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets.
Sometimes Cropsey had a hook for a hand, other times he wielded a bloody axe, but it didn’t matter, Cropsey was always out there, lurking in the shadows, waiting to get them. Later as teenagers, the filmmakers assumed Cropsey was just an urban legend: a cautionary tale used to keep them out of those abandoned buildings and stop them from doing all those things that teenagers like to do.
That all changed in the summer of 1987 when a 13-year-old girl with Down syndrome, named Jennifer Schweiger, disappeared from their community. That was the summer all the kids from Staten Island discovered that their urban legend was real.
Now as adults Joshua and Barbara have returned to Staten Island to create "Cropsey," a feature documentary that delves into the mystery behind Jennifer and four additional missing children. The film also investigates Andre Rand, the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances. Embarking on a mysterious journey into the underbelly of their forgotten borough, these filmmakers uncover a reality that is more terrifying than any urban legend.
2009. Not rated. Color and Black and white. 84 minutes.
"Cropsey can be seen as The Blair Witch Project by way of Zodiac and Capturing the Friedmans." - Brandon Harris, Filmmaker Magazine
Show Dates and Times:
Friday, August 6 - 6:00 PM
Saturday, August 7 - 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 8 - 5:00 PM
Admission Pricing and Location:
General admission is $7.00 per person; students and active TFS members with valid IDs are $5.00 per person.
"Cropsey" will be shown at All Saints Cinema, 918-1/2 Railroad Avenue inside the Amtrak station.
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 This Week's Regal Miracle Five Films - Friday, July 30
This week's Regal Miracle Five Theater Films Beginning Friday, July 30 (subject to change). Remember: TFS members' tickets are $6.00 for all shows at Miracle Five.
I Am Love
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
Cyrus
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Micmacs
The Kids Are Alright
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 This Week's Films at the Challenger Learning Center IMAX
This week's Challenger Learning Center IMAX Films. Don't forget: active TFS members receive a $2.00 discount on IMAX film admissions. Please click here for specific show dates and times.
Journey into Amazing Caves
Hubble
The Living Sea
Shrek Forever After
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
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 FSU Student Life Cinema This Week
This week's FSU Student Life Cinema films. Remember that active TFS member admission to Student Life Cinema films is $3.00 per person. For movie times and information, please call 644.4455. Please click here for specific show dates and times. Please click here for a map to the Student Life Cinema.
Date Night
- Tuesday, July 27 - 7:30 PM and 10:15 PM
- Wednesday, July 28 - 7:30 PM and 10:15 PM
- Thursday, July 29 - 7:30 PM and 10:15 PM
- Friday, July 30 - 7:30 PM and 10:15 PM
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Thanks to Our Sponsors!
How do we pay for film prints, postage, phone bills etc?? With a little help from our friends. Please support our sponsors:
TFS Patrons:
Steve Been & Kathy McGuire
Michael Billmeier
Nancy Bivins
William & Nolia Brandt
Kathleen Brennan & Claude Hendon
Fred Breeze & Debbie Bergstrom
Karol S. Brigham
Sally & Peter Butzin
Beverly Frick
Cheryl Gibbons
Jean Hartman & Daniel Woodring
Nancy & David Harvey
Melanie Hines & Dudley Witney
Elise & Jesse Judelle
Deborah Kearney
Jessica & Sam Kimelman
Betty & Joel Kramer
Dr. Kenneth and Virginia Daire Loewe
Mary McCormick & Micky Sakora
Cindy Miller
Gwynne Parmelee
Jeff G. Peters
Anne & Colin Phipps
David Powell & Victoria Weber
Jerry Price
Marilyn & Terry Reisman
Sheila & Bill Ryan
Zeina & Joe Schlenoff
Winnie & Dave Schmeling
Donna Smithey
Cynthia & David Suhrweir
Donna Cay Tharpe
Jan Timm
Susan & Steve Turner
Lori and Fred Varn
Florence Wills
TFS Business Sponsors:
Amtrak - National passenger rail service
Bradfordville Animal Hospital - Veterinary services
Challenger Learning Center IMAX Theatre
Courtyard by Marriott-Capital - Apalachee Parkway (select service hotel)
Diverse Computing, Inc. - Computer services
eXtreme editing - Professional Editing Services
First Florida Credit Union - Consumer loans and services
Hopping, Green & Sams, PA, Attorneys at Law - Legal services
Kelley, King, and Associates PA, CPAs - Accounting services
Kidd Group - Public relations and advertising
Museum of Florida History
Regal Entertainment Group - The Miracle and Governors Square Theaters
Tallahassee Coca-Cola Bottling Company - Coca-Cola products
Wachovia Bank NA - Personal and commercial banking services
TFS is registered with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 496. Our registration number with the department is SC-12810. TFS does not utilize any professional fund-raising solicitors. TFS retains 100% of all contributions received.
A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free (800.435.7352) with the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state.
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 All Saints Cinema - When You Go . . .
All Saints Cinema is located at 918-1/2 Railroad Avenue inside the Amtrak station. The Tallahassee Film Society began operation of All Saints Cinema in November, 2005 and operates All Saints Cinema most weekends. Directions to All Saints: Heading south on Railroad Avenue from West Gaines Street, we are in the last building on the right before crossing the railroad tracks.
To view and print a map for All Saints, simply visit www.tallahasseefilms.com and click on the left-side link "View Printable Map." Or, check out our alternative routing map in this newsletter.
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 All Saints Routing Map
Don't let the Gaines Street road project deter you from attending film events at All Saints. Please note alternative routings to All Saints Cinema on the adjacent map.
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 The Tallahassee Film Society
The Tallahassee Film Society (TFS) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded in 1999. Membership is open to everyone, and membership information can be obtained at www.tallahasseefilms.com.
TFS does not sell, rent, lend, or share its list of email addresses.
Should you have any questions or comments, please contact TFS at filmnews@tallahasseefilms.com.
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