If you’re in the Raleigh/Durham area then you have a magical night planned out for you at the movies with JAWS 2 and The Legacy at the Carolina Theatre in Durham! Be sure to swing by early, sign up for door prizes and grab a beer and prepare to be treated to two horror gems on the big screen in 35mm!
From the Retrofantasma Newsletter:
Hey everyone,
Just a reminder that RETROFANTASMA is tonight at 7:00 p.m. (sharp!) at the Carolina Theatre. Please arrive early, if you can. Both of tonight’s films are long and we need to start as close to 7:00 p.m. as possible in order that the second feature doesn’t start at 10:00 p.m. LOL
PLUS, we’ll be announcing the July-September RETROFANTASMA and RETROFANTASMA CLASSICS line-up tonight!
We’ve test-screened JAWS 2 and THE LEGACY and the prints are in MINT condition!
Come early and register for door prizes. We’re giving away a sealed 30th Anniversary 2-disc Collector’s Edition DVD of JAWS!
See you tonight!
Jim
Universal Pictures’ Rare Archives!
Friday, May 20
JAWS 2
(US, PG, 1978, 115 min)
7:00 p.m.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. Four years after the great white shark terrorized the small resort of Amity, unsuspecting vacationers and water-skiers begin disappearing in all all-too-familiar fashion. Roy Scheider returns as Sheriff Martin Brody in this inspired sequel to Steven Spielberg’s classic frighfest!
THE LEGACY
(US, R, 1979, 102 min)
9:30 p.m.
When an American couple (Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott) have a car accident in the English countryside, the other driver offers to take them to his lavish country estate. The couple’s fear turns to terror when other houseguests begin dying in unspeakable ways! Now it’s clear the true master of the house is a supernatural force that will stop at nothing to find the rightful heirs for an unimaginable legacy.
Did you know…?
In conjunction with Universal Pictures, Retrofantasma is proud to present the last surviving 35mm prints of Jaws 2 and The Legacy. Like the first film, the production of Jaws 2 was troubled. Roy Scheider reluctantly returned to reprise his role as Martin Brody after having quit a role in The Deer Hunter two weeks into the production because of creative differences. Universal used Scheider’s failure to fulfill this contractual obligation to force him to appear in Jaws 2. Despite the production problems, Jaws 2 was the highest-grossing sequel in history until 1979 (beaten by Rocky II). It was also the most expensive film that Universal had produced up to that time, costing almost $30 million. It was the third highest grossing movie worldwide in 1978 with $187 million. Based on his work on The Legacy (and 1981’s Eye of the Needle), Director Richard Marquand attracted the attention of George Lucas and was offered the directorial chair of Return of the Jedi. Stars Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott fell in love while shooting the film and were married in 1984.
