Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest at Aero Theatre
Friday, July 12, 2024 at 07:30pm
Ultra Cinematheque 70 Fest
Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Avenue
7:30 PM - TOP GUN / DAYS OF THUNDER in 70mm
TOP GUN, 1986, Dir. Tony Scott, 11O Min, Paramount, USA
Tom Cruise’s cocky novice pilot must grow up and hone his chops as a fighter ace while wooing flight instructor Kelly McGillis and bumping heads with hard-as-nails rival Val Kilmer. The first of several megawatt collaborations between Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, TOP GUN was the perfect American action film for the 1980s. With Anthony Edwards and Tom Skerritt.
FORMAT: 70mm
DAYS OF THUNDER, 1990, Dir. Tony Scott, 108 Min, Paramount, USA
Tom Cruise plays race driver Cole Trickle, whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid), Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge (Academy Award winner Rovert Duvall) to race for the Windston Cup at the Daytona 500. After a fiery crash nearly ends Cole’s career, he turns to a beatufiul doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve and the true courage needed to race, to win, and to live.
FORMAT: 70mm
Tickets: $12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission)