HEIGHTS 2019 CELEBRATION OF CINEMA

For the fifth straight year, The Heights Theater is presenting a year-long CELEBRATION OF CINEMA, bringing the greatest films from nearly a century of movie making from around the world to the Heights Theater. Each film, preceded by an organ concert performed on the Heights' mighty Wurlitzer, will be presented in 35mm, 70mm, or Digital Cinema Projection making this a year-long event no cinema lover should miss.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

May 6, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION

Just a few years after George Lucas and Steven Spielberg changed Hollywood forever with their blockbusters JAWS, STAR WARS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, these two friends teamed up to create an homage to the serial films they loved as children, and launched one of the most popular franchises in history. But none of the Indiana Jones films are anywhere near as perfect as the original RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, with its evil Nazis, rolling boulders, slimy snakes, and overall sense of adventure, all buoyed by amazing stunts, real planes, and very little CGI.

DCP courtesy Paramount Pictures.


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June 17, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

BEING THERE

July 15, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

35MM PRESENTATION

Chance the gardener tends to the greenhouses of a beloved and wealthy man in Washington, D.C. Never given any sort of education, and learning all he knows from TV, Chance lives a life free from chaos... until his benefactor dies, and he is on the street. Out for just a short while, he is injured by the limousine of Ben and Eve Rand, a Washington fixer and his trophy wife. Taking him in, both are struck by Chauncey Gardiner (as he is now named) and his pearls of wisdom, which are merely Chance's gardening tips and tidbits he learned from the boob tube. Soon, Chance is considered to be a rising star, and perhaps... the next president? You could do worse.

35mm print courtesy Warner Bros.


LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Oct. 7, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION

Who would have thought that Roger Corman's ultra-low budget shlock horror film from the 60s would turn into an off-Broadway musical, itself turned into one of the most underrated musicals in cinema history! Believe it! When timid Seymour (Rick Moranis) tries to help his bullying flower-shop boss Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia) by displaying Audrey II, a strange flower Seymour bought in Chinatown, little did they know they were unleashing a creature from outer space that just loves to devour flesh.

DCP courtesy Warner Bros.