Cornell Cinema‘s Elegant Winter Party

early spring 2012 series

Tickets

$50 general
($90 a pair)

$30 for students
($50 a pair)

CornellCinemaTickets.com

featuring the recently restored hand colored version of Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon Saturday, March 3 at 7:30 pm (screenings at 9 pm) in the Willard Straight Theatre

Cornell Cinema's annual Elegant Winter Party has become a must-attend event on the social calendars of cinema-loving Ithacans, and this eighth anniversary edition will not disappoint! Georges Méliès is the historical figure at the center of Martin Scorsese’s new film, Hugo, the French magician-turned-fantasy-filmmaker who made hundreds of magical films at the turn of the century, most notably, the short Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to Moon) in 1902, the first science fiction film ever made, scenes from which appear in Hugo. Describing the new version of the film in the New York Times in December, A.O. Scott wrote “The gorgeous restoration of his [Méliès] masterpiece A Trip to the Moon that was shown at the Cannes and Telluride film festivals was surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.”

Party Plans

7:30 – 8:45 pm
- Scrumptious hors d'oeuvres and desserts, courtesy of some of Ithaca's finest dining & catering establishments
- Complimentary tastings of Meleau specialty wines, courtesy of Frédéric Bouché of Ports of New York
- cash bar & live music
- silent auction
  - 2 DVD box sets of Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema
  - 4 copies of The Hugo Movie Companion signed by director Martin Scorsese & editor Thelma Schoonmaker '61
- short films by Méliès screening while guests eat, drink and mingle
- Photo ops with a scene from a Méliès film as backdrop! Photographer provided!
8:45 – 9 pm
- Drawings for an array of door prizes, including gift certificates from restaurants, wine, tickets for live music & theatre, and two CDs of Le Voyage Dans La Lune, the latest from French electronica duo, AIR
9 – 9:30 pm
- A Trip to the Moon (black & white version) with live music by The Electric Golem (Trevor Pinch & James Spitznagel)
- A screening of Journey to the Moon, artist/animator William Kentridge's homage to Méliès. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
9:30 – 9:45 pm
- The Ithaca premiere of the recently restored hand-painted color version of A Trip to the Moon, which was unveiled at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, with soundtrack by the French electronica duo, AIR Winner! 2011 National Society of Film Critics: Best Film Restoration!
9:45 – 10:45 pm
- The Ithaca premiere of The Extraordinary Voyage (2011), a documentary made by preservationist Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange, charting the film’s voyage across the century and into the next millennium, from the fantastical Méliès production in 1902 to the astonishing rediscovery of a nitrate print in color in 1993 to the premiere of the new restoration at Cannes. Film includes the fascinating and gorgeous history of hand-painted films!
Tickets for this magical evening are $50 general ($90 a pair) and $30 student ($50 a pair), and are available now at CornellCinemaTickets.com, and starting Monday, February 27 from 104 Willard Straight Hall, from 9 am – 5 pm. For more information, call 607-255-3522.