FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH Playing Nov 23rd

The most famous place in Hollywood, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre www.chinesetheatres.com, salutes Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary with Film Festival showcasing some of the Studio’s most iconic 80’s films. The Film Festival kicked off last Friday and runs thru Dec. 13. If you missed the double-feature of Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club on the 16th, don’t worry! Tickets for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Back to the Future and Scarface are still available and priced at $5.00 to $8.00 at www.chinesetheatres.com and the Chinese Theatres box office. In addition to the Universal film screenings, Grauman’s Chinese will exclusively feature costumes, ephemera and photography from these iconic films, provided by Universal Studios Archives & Collections.  They will be on display in the main theatre lobby and photo gallery for the duration of the Festival.

Throughout 2012, Universal Pictures is commemorating its centennial with a yearlong celebration honoring the studio’s rich film history and cultural legacy.  The campaign draws its inspiration from Universal’s extraordinary and diverse library of films, and is designed to engage fans of all ages in the art of moviemaking. For more information, please visit http://Universal100th.com.

This is an amazing deal for the residents of Los Angeles and Hollywood! There is no place better to see a movie than at the Grand Movie Palace known as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

Featured screenings at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre:

BACK TO THE FUTURE Playing Nov 23rd

NOV. 16                 Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club

NOV. 23                 Fast Times At Ridgemont High/Back to The Future

DEC. 7                     Scarface

SCARFACE Playing Dec 7th

Based on a screenplay by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) stars Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh and tells the tale of a group of California teenagers who enjoy mall-centered good times and rock n’ roll, among other teen diversions.

Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future (1985) stars Michael J. Fox as a teenager sent 30 years into the past.

Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer star in Brian de Palma’s Scarface (1985), Oliver Stone’s screenplay about the price of power in an 80s-era drug cartel.

Says film critic Roger Ebert, “Scarface is a wonderful portrait of a real louse.”

It’s a busy time for the fabled movie palace, with Grauman’s on-going 85th anniversary celebration.  Today, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre forecourt is among the world’s most photographed tourist sites, annually attracting four million-plus tourists, as many visitors as the Sistine Chapel.

In any given year, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre also hosts over 40 red carpet film premieres.