APR 9 2025
DINER | Introduction by Casting Director Ellen Chenoweth
Screening on 35mm | Part of "Academy Museum Branch Selects" - Selected by the Casting Directors Branch
DETAILS
Selected by the Casting Directors Branch.
Introduced by casting director Ellen Chenoweth.
35mm print! Barry Levinson made his directorial debut with his own Oscar-nominated script—an evocative, seriocomic portrait of a group of arrested adolescents in 1959 Baltimore—which casting director Ellen Chenoweth filled with memorable players, from the smallest role to the leads. The ensemble includes Kevin Bacon as hard-drinking Fenwick, Mickey Rourke as smooth-talking Boogie, Daniel Stern as the obsessed record collector Shrevie, Ellen Barkin as his beleaguered wife Beth, and Paul Reiser in his film debut as the droll Modell.
WHEN
8 PM WED APR 9FEATURING
DIRECTOR
Barry Levinson
RUNTIME
1h 50m
RATING
R
CAST
Steve Guttenberg,
Daniel Stern,
Mickey Rourke,
Kevin Bacon,
Timothy Daly,
Ellen Barkin
CAST
Steve Guttenberg,
Daniel Stern,
Mickey Rourke,
Kevin Bacon,
Timothy Daly,
Ellen Barkin
SYNOPSIS
Barry Levinson made his directorial debut with his own Oscar-nominated script—an evocative, seriocomic portrait of a group of arrested adolescents in 1959 Baltimore—which casting director Ellen Chenoweth filled with memorable players, from the smallest role to the leads. The ensemble includes Kevin Bacon as hard-drinking Fenwick, Mickey Rourke as smooth-talking Boogie, Daniel Stern as the obsessed record collector Shrevie, Ellen Barkin as his beleaguered wife Beth, and Paul Reiser in his film debut as the droll Modell."
