LONDON: The Horse Hospital

Saturday 13th September, 2014

6:30pm

Event information

SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER DOORS 6:30PM
TICKETS £7 ADVANCE £9 ON THE DOOR
THE BEAVER TRILOGY 2000 83MINS

Art. Obsession. Olivia Newton-John. For a far-out glimpse into how all these alchemical elements collide, look no further than Beaver Trilogy. In 1979, a chance meeting between eccentric surfer dude-type “Groovin’ Gary” and Trent Harris (who worked for a local Salt Lake City TV station) resulted in The Beaver Kid, a captivating short doc about Gary’s other life as an awkward, yet impassioned Olivia-styled female impersonator. Obsessively driven to the subject matter as much as Gary was driven to “be” Olivia, Harris years later refashioned the story into two separate fiction shorts — with one crudely shot on video starring a young Sean Penn, and the other starring the inimitable Crispin Glover. Viewed as a whole, Beaver Trilogy is an experience so distinct, layered, and brazenly raw that it eludes an appropriate cinematic analogy. As a film, it’s mesmerizing. As an extract of the human psyche, it’s astonishing. Please don’t keep it waiting.
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PLAN 10 FROM OUTER SPACE 1995 80MINS

Lucinda Hall discovers a century old book penned by a mad Mormon prophet. She deciphers this odd artifact and is sucked into a world where spacemen, polygamists, and angels run amuck. Is she nuts or has she uncovered a diabolical plot to change the world led by Nehor (Karen Black), a peeved alien from the planet Kolob? ”

Just because I made it up doesn’t mean it isn’t true!”! – Trent Harris
“Nancy Drew on Acid” – Sundance Film Festival
“A batty brilliant romp.” – Wired Magazine