ADG Film Society Presents SPACEHUNTER In 3D This Sunday

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE, Local 800) Film Society and American Cinematheque present a special screening of Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 3D (1983) followed by a unique tribute to the original Production Designer Jackson De Govia, ADG, and two original creative collaborators. This screening is presented in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's 3D: Double Vision exhibit, a celebration of 3-D films, objects and practices running at LACMA through March 2019. It concludes the 2018 ADG Film Society Screening Series entitled "Production Design: Designers on Design," sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter.

A conversation with Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 3D Emmy-nominated Production Designer Jackson De Govia, ADG (Die Hard, Speed, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Special Visual Effects Supervisor Gene Warren Jr. (Terminator 2, The Expendables, Moonrise Kingdom), and Costume Designer Julie Weiss (Twelve Monkeys, Frida, American Beauty) will explore their creative challenges in bringing the film to the 3D screen in the 1980s. The evening will be moderated by Film Society founder John Muto, ADG.
WHEN: Sunday, August 5, 2018, 5:30 PM
WHERE: EGYPTIAN THEATRE | 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA

In the wake of the Star Wars phenomenon of the 1970s, Space Hunter: Adventures in The Forbidden Zone became part of the 3D film revival craze of the early 1980s but was something unique. It boasts particularly imaginative sets created by Production Designer Jackson De Govia, whose remarkably eclectic career includes such disparate films as Die Hard, Bowfinger, Speed, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The 40-Year Old Virgin and Sister Act. Special Visual Effects Supervisor Gene Warren, Jr. and Costume Designer Julie Weiss lent their talents to the unique creative mix to bring this entertaining interstellar adventurer film to the screen in 3D.

Directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald and Ernie Hudson, a vintage print of the classic film will be presented in its original 3D on a silver screen specially installed at the Egyptian Theatre for the occasion. In Space Hunter: Adventures in The Forbidden Zone, three women make an emergency landing on a planet reduced to savagery by a plague and are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff lands there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a prior medical expedition. Combining their talents, they struggle to liberate the women.

For Information about the 2018 ADG Film Series click here. For ticket information, go to American Cinematheque.

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