Programs and Events
Secret Cinema: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
May 26, 2010
The SECRET CINEMA presents a film screening of The Valley of Gwangi (1969).
The screening will be followed with a discussion led by film critic Dan Buskirk of Phawker.com
In The Valley of Gwangi, a cowboy captures a dinosaur in Mexico in order to display the beast at a traveling circus. Gwangi, the prehistoric creature, fights back with a vengeance. The film features the superb stop-motion effects of Ray Harryhausen.
Wednesday, May 26 at 7pm
APS Museum
104 South Fifth Street (adjacent to Independence Hall)
Admission is Free (seating is limited)
Come early and see the exhibition Dialogues with Darwin!
ABOUT THE SECRET CINEMA
Jay Schwartz began the Secret Cinema in 1992, after collecting fi lm prints for nearly twenty years. The Secret Cinema presents only original 16mm (and sometimes 35mm) films, never DVD or other video formats. The mission of the Secret Cinema is to celebrate the beauty and historical importance of projected celluloid, and to present films that would otherwise not be seen. Schwartz has shown films in many locations around Philadelphia and the world, ranging from a small living room to places such as University of Pennsylvania, Moore College of Art, and Eastern State Penitentiary.
