Houston movies at the River Oaks

Houstonist has the details about the River Oaks Theater's upcoming birthday celebration.

River Oaks Theater turns 67 years old next month, and to celebrate, they are throwing two parties and inviting everyone. Landmark Theaters, who owns the property, will feature two nights of double features. All four movies were filmed (at least in part) in Houston and the surrounding areas:

Monday, October 30th, 7 p.m.: The critically acclaimed, off-beat comedy Rushmore with Bill Murray (filmed mostly at St. John's School and Lamar High School), and the now classic Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks.

Monday, November 6th, 7 p.m.: The drama-filled, 1984 Cannes Film Festival winner Paris, Texas and the star-filled tear-jerker, written by Larry McMurtry and James Brooks, Terms of Endearment.

The main reason you need to celebrate with the theater is because all proceeds will go towards the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance, the nonprofit organization that's fighting to keep the historic theater (and the surrounding River Oaks Shopping Center and nearby Alabama Theater) alive.

What, no RoboCop II? Yes, kids, the hipster area we now call Neartown once cinematically stood in for post-apocalyptic Detroit. I think even the fine folks at ttweak might have a hard time polishing up that one.

If you want to lament the other overlooked choices, see this HAIF thread or this IMDb page. If you just want to see the movie, click over to Houstonist and see what you need to do.

UPDATE: The Houstonist post has been corrected to note that Terms of Endearment will now be shown first, at 7PM, then followed by Paris, Texas. This is because Friend of Shirley MacLaine Lynn Wyatt will be on hand to talk about Terms.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on October 24, 2006 to TV and movies | TrackBack