The Greatest Show on Earth
“Damn everything but the circus! …damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won’t get into the circle, that won’t enjoy. That won’t throw it’s heart into the tension, surprise, fear and delight of the circus, the round world, the full existence.”
― E.E. Cummings
From March 11th to April 1st we are putting up the big top here in Paradise! Join us as we breathe fire, leap through rings, and celebrate that which does not conform as we bring the circus back to town. The Paradise Presents… THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. Come one, Come all as we screen Seven Sideshow Stories for the clowns and freaks in all of us.
Programming by Lucy Walker
Freaks
- Tue, Mar 11
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Tod Browning Run Time: 66 min. Release Year: 1932
Starring: Daisy Earles, Harry Earles, Henry Victor, Olga Baclanova, Wallace Ford
Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?
The Circus
- Mon, Mar 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Charlie Chaplin Run Time: 72 min. Release Year: 1928
Starring: Al Ernest Garcia, Charlie Chaplin, George Davis, Harry Crocker, Merna Kennedy
The Circus is Here!
Parade
- Mon, Mar 17
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Jacques Tati Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 1974 Language: French
Starring: Jacques Tati, Karl Kossmayer, Michèle Brabo, Pia Colombo, Pierre Brama
For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as...
Lola Montès
- Mon, Mar 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Max Ophüls Run Time: 116 min. Release Year: 1955 Language: French
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Henri Guisol, Lise Delamare, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov
She lived too intensely and far too well!
La Strada
- Mon, Mar 24
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Federico Fellini Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 1954 Language: Italian
Starring: Aldo Silvani, Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Marcella Rovere, Richard Basehart
Filmed in Italy - where it happened!
Werckmeister Harmonies
- Mon, Mar 31
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Béla Tarr Run Time: 139 min. Release Year: 2001 Language: Hungarian
Starring: Alfréd Járai, Gyula Pauer, Hanna Schygulla, Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a...
The Elephant Man
- Tue, Apr 1
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: David Lynch Run Time: 124 min. Release Year: 1980
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Wendy Hiller
A true story of courage and human dignity.