"GRRRL
ROCKERS
OF
THE
1980s" TRIPLE
BILL
(SPECIAL
EVENT
AS PART
OF BAY
AREA
NOW 5)
SATURday,
SEPTEMBER
13, 2008
yerba
buena
center
museum
in San
Francisco,
CA.
6:00pm - "ABC
Afterskool
Special" STARSTRUCK (1981)
Directed
by
Claude
Kerven Containing:
Trini
Alvarado,
Anna
Maria
Horsfield
 Kicking
off
our "Grrrl
Rockers
of
the
80s" triple
bill
is
this
Emmy
Award
Winning
ABC
Afterschool
Special,
confronting
a
high
school
grrrl's
dilemma:
Either
work
a
summer
factory
job
alongside
her
mom
or
follow
her
dream
of
becoming
a
singer,
by
waitressing
and
performing
at
a
local
coffee
shop.
Lynn
Ahrens
of
SCHOOLHOUSE
ROCK
fame
wrote
the
original
songs
that
TIMES
SQUARE
star
Trini
Alvarado
performs.
Be
prepared
for
heart
break.
NOT
AVAILABLE
ON
DVD.
16mm
print,
45min.
Playing with...
7:00pm
- TIMES
SQUARE (1980) - Written & Directed
by Allan
Moyle
Containing:
Tim Curry,
Trini Alvarado,
Robin Johnson,
Anna Maria
Horsfield
 Heavily
censored
by the studio
to hide it's
lesbian undertones,
this quintessential "Grrrl
Rocker" flick
follows two
punks as
they run
away from
a mental
institution,
fall in love,
fight the
man and form
a band (The
Sleaze Girls!)
With a similar
storylline
to the equally
important
LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN,
THE FABULOUS
STAINS, these
grrrl teenagers
question
authority
through Punk
Rock music.
Tim Curry
plays the
empathetic
DJ with a
bitchin'
soundtrack
including:
The Ramones,
Lou Reed,
Roxy Music
and original
songs sung
by Trini
Alvarado & Robin
Johnson!
Extremely
RARE 35mm
print, 111
min. Preceded
by a bunch
of Baadasssss-Babe
trailers.
Playing with...
9:10pm
- BREAKING
GLASS (1980) -
Written & Directed
by Brian Gibson
Containing:
Hazel O'Connor,
Phil Daniels,
Jonathan Pryce.
The evening
concludes with
this forgotten "Brit-Grrrl
Rocker" masterpiece.
Hazel O'Connor,
who wrote and
performed the
entire soundtrack,
is downright
stunning in
this terrifyingly
relevant punk-morality
tale. Even
fans of the
era's harshest
social commentary
will leave
the theatre
with their
jaws ripped
wide-open after
experiencing
this widescreen
35mm U.K. print
(complete with
the original
ending never
before seen
in the U.S.!)
NOT AVAILABLE
ON DVD! 104
min. Preceded
by a few more
legendary trailers.
Plus,
tons
of
trivia
and
giveaways!
Miss this
night… and
cry!
COME
ON
PEOPLE...$8
for
ALL
THREE
FILMS!
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