Marathon XXX: Surprise 1B, That's not what the label on the film can says!
We always have two movies on the schedule listed as "Surprise"; those movies are planned in advance, but only known to the projectionists & the student Directors who work with the various film distributors to book all of the films we show.
BUT...another fine old Sci-Fi Marathon tradition is the unplanned surprises, invariably a result of a shipping error of some sort. This year, it's Real Genius...which we discovered after opening the box is actually a copy of Amelie. Oops.
So now what? Well...this is where we tap into the Film Society's little-known "archive" of film prints. Marathon regulars are most familiar with Darkstar, John Carpenter's student film project and a monument to cheap & cheesy filmmaking; it's been shown here probably a half-dozen times by now to fill in for missing or incomplete Marathon prints.
But we found (mostly because it was near the door of The Crypt) Evil Speak, and decided to use that since it's never been run at a Sci-Fi Marathon.
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