Monday, March 31, 2014

16th Annual Film Noir Festival Closing Weekend Party: DETOUR

Presented in collaboration with the American Cinematheque, Film Noir Foundation and The Kitchen for Exploring Foods. Sponsored by Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, Distillery No. 209, Quady Winery's Vya, and Piper-Heidsieck.

Cancel that jewelry story heist and the visit to your bookie. You can postpone the kidnapping and the extortion phone calls too. Get paroled, whatever it takes - because we need you to be part of our racket on Saturday, April 5, 2014. Instead of getting weepy when our travels in Noir City come to the end, we're celebrating the close of our 16th annual series of Film Noir (on the big screen) at the Egyptian Theatre!

Pull the brim of your fedora down low over your face and jump on the Red Car to join a bevy of other shady characters for a celebration - Noir City style. Get in a noir mood with a screening of DETOUR, followed by a party in the Egyptian Theatre Courtyard!

GET TICKETS HERE!

Saturday, April 5, 2014
PARTY TIMELINE
7:00 PM: Introductions and screening of DETOUR (info below).
8:45 PM: Dinner is served, bar open, entertainment begins. Party till midnight!
Our Box Office will be open until 9 PM for latecomers.

FOOD AND DRINK
Catered Buffet dinner will be DETOUR diner-themed, but more than a step up from a roadside diner by The Kitchen for Exploring Foods! View the MENU
Wet your beak and tip a few martinis, gin fizzes or brews (but don't get as tight as a prima donna's corset!). All ticket holders will have a choice of two free alcoholic and/or non-alcoholic beverages from our bar, plus other options from a cash bar.  


Sponsors include Distillery No. 209, Piper Heidsieck, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, Vya

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ENTERTAINMENT
  • Shuffle with a dame or sailor to the rhythms of the Dean Mora Swingtet and the sweetest canary you'll ever hear tweet.
  • Don't let the coppers catch you gambling in the casino when they raid the burlesque show! The Victory Variety Hour performs.
  • Vintage make up styling tips and lipstick touch-ups from Besame Cosmetics, plus a vintage make-over for one lucky winner!
To enter to win the Besame Cosmetics make-over, post a photo of your favorite femme fatale on the Facebook page Film Noir Los Angeles or on Instagram or Twitter and tag @SidGrauman and #FilmNoirStyle . Enter to win by noon on April 2. You must have a ticket to the Film Noir Party to participate.
  •  Plenty of vintage photo opportunities!
ATTIRE
Step into Noir City in vintage 1930s, 40s or 50s attire! Come as a femme fatale, gumshoe, gun moll or mobster (or come as you are - no special attire required)! When shopping for your glad rags, get 15% off merchandise at Iguana Vintage Clothing and Paper Moon Vintage and 10% off at Vintage Vortex when you mention Film Noir!

TICKETS
Tickets are only available on Brown Paper Tickets and will not be sold on Fandango for this event. You can also purchase a ticket in person at the Egyptian Theater box office.




Here’s how much dough it’ll set you back:
$25 General Admission
Includes Movie, Drink Tickets, Gambling, Live Music, Dancing, Burlesque Show & Other Sinister Entertainment
Tickets will be sold until 9 PM the night of the event if the event is not sold out in advance. Buy Ticket
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$40 Cinematheque Member Film Noir Party with Dinner
Includes Movie, Drink Tickets, Gambling, Live Music, Dancing, Burlesque Show & Other Sinister Entertainment, Catered Dinner from The Kitchen for Exploring Foods.
Sales end Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:30 PM! A limited number of dinner tickets will be sold at the door if available. Advance tickets recommended. Buy Ticket
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$45 Film Noir Party with Dinner
Includes Movie, Drink Tickets, Gambling, Live Music, Dancing, Burlesque Show & Other Sinister Entertainment, Catered Dinner from The Kitchen for Exploring Foods.
Sales end Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:30 PM! Buy Ticket.
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$55 VIP Film Noir Party and Dinner
Includes Movie, Drink Tickets, Gambling, Live Music, Dancing, Burlesque Show & Other Sinister Entertainment, Catered Dinner from The Kitchen for Exploring Foods and 1st-In-Line Priority. Buy ticket
Sales end Wednesday, April 2nd at noon!
Our Sponsors!
DETOUR
1946, Wade Williams, 70 min, USA, Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer
“Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you” in this low-budget noir classic. Hitchhiking to Hollywood, loser Tom Neal takes several wrong turns and ends up on the expressway to hell - Ann Savage plays the vixenish vagabond who ushers him there. She ends up paying a stiff toll herself.

Please note that Noir City Hollywood actually ends on Sunday, April 6, but our party is on Saturday, April 5! | DETOUR will screen in a 35mm print.

Here are a few of the suspicious activities we found some suspects engaging in at last year's party.









Photos by Lee Christian and Margot-Robin.