40th Science Fiction Marathon - Jan. 16-17, 2015

Important Details

Free parking is available in both Lot 01A) and Lot 44 Lot 1A is open for entry between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm on Friday, January 16th. Lot 44 will be available after 4:30 pm on Friday. If you arrive earlier than 4:30 pm, you will have to pay for parking in the Veale Parking Tower (lot 53) at the posted rates. If you park at a location other than Lot 44 or Lot 1A; we are not responsible for any parking tickets or loss of access to your vehicle. It is highly suggested that marathon attendees stick with the lot we suggest.

Early Arrivals

If you arrive before 6pm on Friday for the Marathon, there will be NO OFFICIAL SPACE for you to camp out. If you intend to arrive early, please anticipate making your own arrangements.

Admission Information

Admission information is subject to correction. Please check back before finalizing your plans.

Pricing for this year's science fiction marathon is $30 per person. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 16 at 6pm in the lobby of Strosacker Auditorium. No one under 18 admitted without parental supervision.

If you are unable to stay for the entire marathon, you may purchase tickets for movies individually. If you surrender a state or college ID to us, we will allow you to pay $4 per movie you wish to stay for. You are free to stay for more movies than you initially pay for, however you will be charged the balance before return of your ID. You may also simply purchase a wristband for the remaining balance of the marathon upon your arrival if you do not wish to surrender an ID (maximum charge of $30.)

The increase in price corresponds to the increase in normal semesterly prices and is an attempt to maintain a level of sophistication that CWRU Film Society has come to know. We have also recently gained access to digital projection, a transfer we have been looking to make for a long time. We will continue to prefer print movies, but the addition of digital projection allows us access to a wider range of films that were not available before.

Pre-sale tickets will be sold Monday, January 12 through Thursday, January 15 in Nord Atrium, the building across from Strosacker. A $25 per ticket price will be available to CWRU faculty, staff, and students as well as employees of University Circle businesses. Other members of the community will be able to purchase for $30. All wristbands will be available for pick-up the evening of the event when the doors open. Pre-sale tickets do not allow you to enter the theater before 6:00 pm.

Rules

No alcohol. No glass bottles. No fire hazards. Bring deodorant. Bring a toothbrush. Don't forget your towel. Space for sleeping bags is available on a first-come first-served basis. No one under 18 admitted without parental supervision. All bags are subject to inspection before admittance.

STAGE RULES: It is no longer possible to remove the classroom A/V equipment from the stage (stage left/house right side) for Marathon. Aside from losing precious mattress/sleeping bag real estate, we must prevail upon our audience to not fiddle with, place, store, or spill food & beverages on, fold, spindle, mutilate, or otherwise in any way disturb that equipment.

Movies and times subject to change.

8:00pm
Godzilla (2014)
Rated PG-13 (123 min.) Director: Gareth Edwards
With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston
Read more about it at the IMDB

The world's most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

11:00pm
Surprise I - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

1:15am
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Rated Passed (81 min.) Director: Jack Arnold
With Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent
Read more about it at the IMDB

Whe Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.

3:00am
Sleeper (1973)
Rated PG (89 min.) Director: Woody Allen
With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck
Read more about it at the IMDB

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

4:45am
Steamboy (2004)
PG-13 (126 min.) Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
With Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Alfred Molina
Read more about it at the IMDB

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

7:15am
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Rated PG (90 min.) Director: Joe Johnston
With Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman
Read more about it at the IMDB

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

9:00am
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Rated PG (98 min.) Director: Fred M. Wilcox
With Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
Read more about it at the IMDB

A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.

11:00am
Surprise II - Island of Lost Souls (--)

12:30pm
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Rated PG-13 (90 min.) Director: Frank Pavich
With Alejandro Jodorowsky, Michel Seydoux, H.R. Giger
Read more about it at the IMDB

The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.

2:45pm
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Rated Approved (65 min.) Director: Nathan Juran
With Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers
Read more about it at the IMDB

When an abused socialite grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

4:15pm
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Rated PG-13 (113 min.) Director: Doug Liman
With Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Read more about it at the IMDB

A military officer is brought into an alien war against an extraterrestrial enemy who can reset the day and know the future. When this officer is enabled with the same power, he teams up with a Special Forces warrior to try and end the war.

6:30pm
Surprise III - Plan 9 from Outer Space

10:30pm
Jumanji (1995)
Rated PG (104 min.) Director: Joe Johnston
With Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt
Read more about it at the IMDB

When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

10:00pm
Tremors (1990)
Rated PG-13 (104 min.) Director: Ron Underwood
With Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter
Read more about it at the IMDB

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.