ATLFS teams up with the Rialto for the BE DOWNTOWN FILM FESTIVAL, This Weekend!

The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University and the Atlanta Film Society with Central Atlanta Progress present the BE DOWNTOWN FILM FESTIVAL on Friday July 22 and Saturday July 23, 2016.

This year, the Rialto celebrates 100 years in Downtown Atlanta and 20 years with Georgia State University while the Atlanta Film Society celebrates 40 years. Join us for a joint birthday weekend of movies the way they were meant to be seen!

The schedule features something for everyone, with several movies that played at the Rialto back in the day.

Tickets for each film are $9 adults; $5 children. Get tickets online at the Rialto Box Office or by calling (404) 413-9849. Atlanta Film Society members get FREE tickets (while supplies last)!

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Friday - July 22

Both #FlashbackFriday Features Will Be Presented in Glorious 35mm FILM!

7:30 PM
SHAFT

Rare 35mm film Print! Starring Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cijoffi. Directed by Gordon Parks.

10:00 PM
ENTER THE DRAGON

In Beautiful Wide-Screen CINEMASCOPE 35mm film! Starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly. Directed by Robert Clouse.

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Saturday - July 23

12:30 PM
Walt Disney’s ALADDIN

Audience Sing-along! Starring Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.

3:00 PM
SPACE JAM

In Glorious 35mm film! Starring Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny, Wayne Knight. Directed by Joe Pytka.

5:30 PM
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

Original Wide-Screen Director's Cut, Remastered 5.1 Surround Stereo! Starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef. Directed by Sergio Leone.

10:00 PM
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

EXTREMELY RARE Original 35mm film Print at Wide-Screen 1.66:1! Starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman. Directed by George A. Romero.

Pre-show festivities begin at 8:30 PM on Forsyth Street (a block featured in Season 1 of "The Walking Dead"), professional make-up artists and photo-ops with zombies! After-show special event on Poplar Street!

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