About this Event
PANAMA 66 PRESENTS
A SPECIAL ONE-NITE VALENTINE's WEEK 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SCREENING OF....
Lotte Reiniger's 1926 German silhouette animation silent film classic
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
With Original Live Film Score Performed By MORRICONE YOUTH
AT THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
COPLEY AUDITORIUM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH
TICKETS: $25 General Admission
PANAMA 66 presents a special one-night, family-friendly, Valentine's Week screening of Lotte Reiniger’s 1926 German silhouette animation silent film "THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED," the oldest surviving feature length animated film on its 100th anniversary year, with a live score by NYC's in the Copley Auditorium at the San Diego Museum of Art. This will be a general admission seated show.
Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights”, THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED is the first feature length animated film, using striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Seats are general admission.
- Limited seats with tables are first come first serve.
- Seats will be set up in pairs.
- 18-up, no children.
- No pets.
- No refunds/exchanges.
- Doors open at 7:00pm.
- Show starts promptly at 8:00pm.
- Kitchen closes at 9:00pm.
- MORRICONE YOUTH/THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED starts approx. 8:00pm.
- Run time 75 mins.
- Bar Closes at 10:00pm.
- As a courtesy to the artist and friends, please remain seated and quiet during show.
MORRICONE YOUTH: https://morriconeyouth.com/
AFTER THE SHOW:
- No mingling after show.
- We will need to clear the space as quickly as possible.
DINNER MENU: https://www.panama66.com/dinein
ABOUT MORRICONE YOUTH
Morricone Youth is a collective of New York City musicians founded in 1999 reinterpreting 100+ film and television works all over the world, from CBGB's and the top of the World Trade Center to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, MassMoCA, Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Sydney Festival, as well as supporting Italian prog soundtrack legends Goblin on their 2017 North American tour. The band has composed and performed 15 different silent film and midnight movie live scores, including F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), Robert Clouse’s Enter The Dragon (1973), Jack Hill's Foxy Brown (1974), David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) and Rene Laloux's La Planete Savauge (1973), and embarked on a 15-vinyl series for each film in 2016, the first 7 of which have been released for George Miller's Mad Max (1979), George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik (1968), Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1928) and Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1926).Morricone Youth's The Adventures of Prince Achmed EP was composed for a live scoring of Lotte Reiniger's 1926 German animation silent film classic, first performed live at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2012. Morricone Youth's original reworked live film score for "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" had a vinyl release in 2016 distributed via Light In The Attic Records and Revolver/Midheaven on black 150g vinyl and also available through the Morricone Youth website (morriconeyouth.com) and Bandcamp (https://morriconeyouth.bandcamp.com/album/the-adventures-of-prince-achmed).NOTE: This is a live music event creating a new silent film score for THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED with the original intertitles and English subtitles.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Panama 66, 1450 el prado, San Diego, United States
USD 28.52
