BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY
2018, Focus Features , 87 min, Dir: Dava Whisenant
When he started as a comedy writer for "The Late Show With David Letterman," Steve Young had few interests outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever. Bizarre cast recordings - marked "internal use only" - revealed full-throated Broadway-style musical shows about some of the most recognizable corporations in America: General Electric, McDonald's, Ford, DuPont, Xerox. Steve didn't know much about musical theater but these recordings delighted him in a way that nothing ever had. BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY follows Young on his quest to find all he can about this hidden world. While tracking down rare albums, unseen footage, composers and performers, Steve forms unlikely friendships and discovers that this discarded musical genre starring tractors and bathtubs was bigger than Broadway. With David Letterman, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Florence Henderson, Susan Stroman, Jello Biafra and more. Winner of Best Documentary Screenplay at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards and Best New Documentary Director at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
Amanda Spain
Dava Whisenant
Susan Littenberg
Ozzy Inguanzo
Natalie Kingston
Nick Higgins
1987, Warner Bros., 120 min, USA, Dir: Joe Dante
Lt. Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) volunteers for an experiment in which he is shrunk down to microscopic size; when rival scientists storm the lab, Pendleton is injected into the bloodstream of a hypochondriac (Martin Short) to protect the top-secret technology. This action-comedy take on FANTASTIC VOYAGE won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Costarring Meg Ryan.
Michael Finnell
Chip Proser
Jeffrey Boam
Andrew Laszlo
Dennis Quaid
Jane Feinberg
Joe Dante
2012, Walt Disney Pictures, 87 min, USA, Dir: Tim Burton
This stop-motion animated salute to the 1931 classic FRANKENSTEIN is based on a live-action short that director Tim Burton made while working at Disney in the 1980s. When his dog Sparky is hit by a car, young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) puts his science lessons to work, reanimating the deceased pet - the first of many creatures unleashed when the boy's classmates copy his work. With Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau and Winona Ryder. An Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature.
Catherine O'Hara
Martin Landau