{"id":3399,"date":"2014-06-10T16:42:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T16:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/long-beach-cinematheque-announces-summer-cemetery-movie-series-lineup-including-shadow-cast-rocky-horror\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T16:42:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T16:42:40","slug":"long-beach-cinematheque-announces-summer-cemetery-movie-series-lineup-including-shadow-cast-rocky-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/long-beach-cinematheque-announces-summer-cemetery-movie-series-lineup-including-shadow-cast-rocky-horror","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Cinematheque Announces Summer Cemetery Movie Series Lineup, Including Shadow Cast ‘Rocky Horror’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"RockTheSunnyside\"Illustration (right) courtesy of Joshua Budich<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Prepare, oh prepare, for some epic cinematic goodness about to invade Long Beach. Not only has the Long Beach Cinematheque (LBC) announced its full lineup of summer outdoor film screenings but announced that Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach will bring a film which has achieved the status of the longest-running feature of all time with nearly 40 years of screening fuel consisting of little more than brilliant mimickers and dedicated fan peeps.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right: LBC, pairing with Lola\u2019s and Sunnyside, will host a shadow cast version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em><\/a> at its inaugural showing of its summertime cinema series Friday.<\/p>\n

LBC\u001f\u2014the organization which last brought freaky awesomeness to the cemetery via Nosferatu<\/em><\/a>\u2014will bring the locally famed talents of The Art Theatre Rocky<\/em> cast under the auspices of the Sunnyside Cemetery for the first time ever. Surrounded by headstones and the most respectful guests one can find at the movies\u2014gotta love that they\u2019re underground\u2014the cemetery showing of Rocky<\/em> is sure to please both the quirky film fan and the obsessed follower of the film\u2019s cult status.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m a huge enthusiast of community collaboration,\u201d said LBC Executive Director Logan Crow, \u201cand the opportunity to once again work with members of the cast of The Art Theatre’s talented Rocky<\/em> cast, with whom I’ve worked so many times before, seemed a perfect way to launch this summer’s series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sunnyside\u2019s placement provides more than the heebie-jeebies with its hosts residing beneath the earth. It also offers Crow and his crew the chance to show more mature films while also showcasing a historic site.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it doesn\u2019t hurt that Sunnyside is gated,\u201d Crow said. \u201cThis allows us the flexibility in programming: Rocky<\/em> and Donnie Darko<\/em> (August 22) and Pulp Fiction<\/em> (July 11) and other films with darker and mature themes. Beyond that, it’s so important to note that it’s truly a historic venue\u2014literally: over 100 years old\u2014and we all need to both celebrate and support our historic institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supporting historic institutions isn\u2019t some cheap token of Millenial ideology that Crow throws around\u2014he genuinely means it considering a portion of every ticket sold will benefit the nonprofit which maintains and upkeeps the cemetery. Not to mention, the summer movie series, in the words of Crow, fits best with the cemetery\u2019s \u201cexpansive and tranquil venue that features a natural slope perfect for angled seating and screen visibility\u2014minus a tree branch or two, depending on where you sit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The series, as slightly hinted by Crow, will be entirely dedicated to films that have achieved cult status beyond their legacies as classics of cinema. Like Rocky<\/em>, LBC brings a full array of cult classics to their summer series which stretches into September with films covering the cinematic gammut from the 60s to the 00s.<\/p>\n

The full lineup:<\/p>\n