Bill Paxton - (Movie Promo) Guest Programmer, January 2013

Last Detail, The - (Original Trailer)

Two shore patrolmen decide to show a prisoner a good time on his way to the brig in The Last Detail (1973) starring Jack Nicholson and Randy Quaid.

California Split (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Open, How To Play Poker

Opening at an LA poker club, Robert Altman directing, roughly from a screenplay by actor and real-life gambler Joseph Walsh, we meet George Segal as Bill, Elliott Gould as Charlie, and non-actor Edward Walsh, brother of the screenwriter, as player “Lou,” in California Split, 1974, famous as the first feature shot with 8-track stereo sound.

Juliet of the Spirits -- (Movie Clip) Seance

Darkness and fractured dialogue as Valentina (Valentina Cortese) and friends attempt a seance focusing somewhat on Juliet (Giuelettta Masina) in Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits, 1965.

California Split (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Captain Midnight

Confirming what seemed likely after the opening scene at an LA poker club, director Robert Altman moves to a strip bar and makes clear Charlie (Elliott Gould) and Bill (George Segal), who took the same side in a brawl, had never met before, Alyce Passman and Joanne Strauss the half-naked stripper and mother, early in California Split, 1974.

Spirit Of The Beehive, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) My Constant Prayer

In rural Spain, 1940, the introduction of beekeeper Fernando (Fernando Fernan-Gomez), then his wife Teresa (Teresa Gimpera), writing to an unknown correspondent, in Victor Erice's The Spirit Of The Beehive, 1973.

Last Detail, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Give This Man A Beer!

Entering a Washington, D.C. bar and determined to show their prisoner (Randy Quaid) a good time, navy cops Mulhall (Otis Young) and especially "Bad Ass" Buddusky (Jack Nicholson), in a profane tangle with the bartender (Don McGovern), in Hal Ashby's The Last Detail, 1973.

California Split (1974) -- (Movie Clip) They Give You Powdered Eggs

The morning after the night they met at an LA poker club then got mugged, Charlie (Elliott Gould) and Bill (George Segal) get bailed out by Barbara (Ann Prentiss, Paula’s younger sister) and meet her roommate (Gwen Welles), ad-libbing, misdirection and some exposition from director Robert Altman, early in California Split, 1974.

Spirit Of The Beehive, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Your Last Mushroom

Beekeeper Fernando (Fernando Fernan-Gomez) with his daughters Ana (Ana Torrent) and Isabel (Isabel Telleria), discussing mushrooms, in post-Civil War Spain, in Victor Erice's The Spirit Of The Beehive, 1973.

Spirit Of The Beehive, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Don Jose Can See

Timid Ana (Ana Torrent) and sister Isabel (Isabel Telleria) in class, north-central Spain circa 1940, early in Victor Erice's celebrated The Spirit Of The Beehive, 1973.

Last Detail, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Who'd He Kill?

Summoned by the Master At Arms (Clifton James), cynical Navy shore patrolmen Bad-Ass (Jack Nicholson) and Mulhall (Otis Young) are briefed on their mission, opening Hal Ashby's The Last Detail, 1973, from Robert Towne's screenplay.

California Split (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator!

The afternoon following their night in jail, writer Bill (George Segal) joins gambler Charlie (Elliott Gould) at LA’s Santa Anita race track, where their horse comes in with a photo finish, then a lady Charlie steered away from the horse (Barbara London) comes after them, Robert Altman directing on location, in California Split, 1974.

Juliet of the Spirits -- (Movie Clip) Juliet Sees Magic Everywhere

At the beach with family, Juliet (Giuletta Masina) for the first time gets directly involved with one of her daydreams, in Federico Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits 1965.

Last Detail, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Thirteen Buttons

Arrived at New York's Penn Station as they transport their sailor prisoner (Randy Quaid), Navy patrolmen Buddusky (Jack Nicholson) and Mulhall (Otis Young) seize the opportunity to butt heads with rival Marines, in Hal Ashby's The Last Detail, 1973.

Juliet of the Spirits -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Anniversary

Opening credits and the delightful opening sequence in which Juliet (Giuletta Masina) and maids prepare to receive her husband on their anniversary, from Federico Fellinia's Juliet of the Spirits, 1965.