ROBOTS! SPACE ALIENS! BODY SNATCHERS!
Science Fiction Film Classics of the 1950s
FREE summer cinema, beginning July 6, 2012
Wednesday Nights, 7:30pm
UCSB Campbell Hall
Friday Nights, 8:30pm
Sunken Garden at the SB County Courthouse
(except August 3 film which does not screen at the Courthouse)
All films are screened in digital format.
ROBOTS! SPACE ALIENS! BODY SNATCHERS!
FILM LINE UP:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fri, July 6 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
An alien accompanied by a large robot lands on Earth to warn humans about the consequences of their violent ways and increasingly destructive technology. Brilliantly acted and as timely as ever. (Robert Wise, 1951, 92 minutes)
The Thing From Another World
Wed, July 11 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri, July 13 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen space creature inside a crash-landed UFO, then fight for their lives after it emerges from ice captivity. One of the best sci-fi thrillers of the 1950s. (Christian Nyby, 1951, 87 minutes)
It Came From Outer Space
Wed, July 18 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri, July 22/ 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
No one believes an amateur astronomer’s spaceship sighting until people in the desert town of Sand Rock begin disappearing. Based on a story by Ray Bradbury. (Jack Arnold, 1953, 81 minutes)
War of the Worlds
Wed, July 25 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri, July 27 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
This screen adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel tells the tale of a devastating alien attack on Earth. How will the human race be saved when even atomic bombs fail to deter the invaders? (Byron Haskin, 1953, 103 minutes)
Them!
Wed, August 1 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
(Note: there will be no Friday screening at the Courthouse due to Fiesta.)
An atomic test in the desert spawns a nest of giant radioactive ants and in a climactic battle federal agents are sent to destroy the colony in the sewers of Los Angeles. One of the first and best of the “creature feature” movies. (Gordon Douglas, 1954, 94 minutes)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Wed, August 8 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri, August 10 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
Conformity and paranoia mix in this classic film about a small town doctor who begins to suspect that his patients may be alien duplicates. (Don Siegel, 1956, 81 minutes)
Forbidden Planet
Wed, August 15 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri, August 17 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet’s colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret. Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and starring Walter Pidgeon and Anne Francis and featuring Robby the Robot. (Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956, 98 minutes)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Wed, August 22 / 7:30 p.m. / inside at UCSB Campbell Hall
Fri, August 24 / 8:30 p.m. / outside at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden
When businessman Scott Carey begins to shrink after being engulfed in a mysterious cloud of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. (Jack Arnold, 1957, 81 minutes)
For more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at 805.893.3535 or visit online at www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or Santa Barbara Arts Commission at 805-568-3990.
Films presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, Santa Barbara County Park Foundation and County Parks, and the Community Services Department of Santa Barbara County.
Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB 91.9 FM. Films at UCSB presented with support from the UCSB Summer Cultural and Enrichment Program and the Freshman Summer Start Program. Admission to all film screenings is FREE.
UCSB Arts & Lectures 2011-12 season is sponsored by lynda.com.
