Vidiots40th
Vidiots is celebrating our 40th Birthday this November! Founded in 1985 by Patty Polinger and Cathy Tauber, Vidiots has been providing Los Angeles with affordable access to physical media for 4 decades and we’re hoping for at least 40 more!
To revel the year we were founded, we’re screening tons of classics from that seminal year for Vidiots and outrageously fun movies – 1985!
Return to Oz
- Today, Nov 9
Director: Walter Murch Run Time: 109 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1985
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark
The trip to Oz that traumatized an entire generation is turning 40 (just like us)!
Ran
- Tue, Nov 11
Director: Akira Kurosawa Run Time: 160 min. Format: 4K Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1985 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada
Master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa reinterprets the Bard's King Lear as a breathtaking and monumental epic set in sixteenth-century Japan with feudal lords, familial strife, and a cinematic spectacle that no cinephile should miss on the big screen!
40th Anniversary! New 4K Restoration!
To Live and Die in L.A.
- Wed, Nov 12
Director: William Friedkin Run Time: 116 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1985
Starring: John Turturro, Willem Dafoe, William Petersen, John Pankow, Debra Feuer
Take off on the ultimate high-speed thrill ride in William Friedkin's seedy, cocaine-fueled underbelly of 1980s Los Angeles with neon-soaked cinematography by Robby Muller and a soundtrack by Wang Chung.
40th Anniversary!
Vidiots 40th Birthday Bash + Benefit!
- Thu, Nov 13
Run Time: 180 min.
We are celebrating our 40th Anniversary and you are invited to our birthday party! It's an all-star videocentric benefit to ensure that Vidiots continues to thrive for the next generation of film and at least another 40 years!
Clue – 40 Years of Vidiots and Clue!
- Fri, Nov 14
Director: Jonathan Lynn Run Time: 94 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1985
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Madeline Kahn, Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Michael McKean, Leslie Ann Warren, Martin Mull, Colleen Camp
Seven Suspects, Six Weapons, Five Bodies and Three Endings.
40th Anniversary! Michael McKean and Lee Ving in person and Colleen Camp via video!
Stop Making Sense
- Sat, Nov 15
Director: Jonathan Demme Run Time: 88 min. Format: 4K Digital Release Year: 1984
Starring: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Bernie Worrell
Why stop making sense? Why a movie? Why a big suit? Where do the odd movements come from? What will the band do next?
It's our 40th birthday and we're ready to party like rock stars!
Explorers
- Sun, Nov 16
Director: Joe Dante Run Time: 109 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1985
Starring: River Phoenix, Ethan Hawke, Jason Presson, Amanda Peterson, Bobby Fite
We're off to outer space in Joe Dante's intergalactic cult classic that's celebrating its 40th Anniversary!
Krush Groove
- Fri, Nov 21
Director: Michael Schultz Run Time: 97 min. Format: Digital Rating: R Release Year: 1985
Starring: Blair Underwood, Sheila E., Joseph Simmons, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels, Kurtis Blow
Vidiots is thrilled to welcome legendary director Michael Schultz for a special 40th Anniversary screening of his hip-hop cult classic Krush Groove, followed by a conversation with Schultz and director Ernest Dickerson!
The Last Dragon
- Fri, Nov 21
Director: Michael Schultz Run Time: 108 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1985
Starring: Taimak, Julius Carry, Vanity, Christopher Murney, Faith Prince
Vidiots is glowing to welcome legendary director Michael Schultz to introduce a special 40th Anniversary screening of his inner-city martial arts cult classic The Last Dragon!
Angel’s Egg
- Sat, Nov 22
Director: Mamoru Oshii Run Time: 73 min. Format: 4K Digital Release Year: 1985 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Keiichi Noda, Mako Hyodo, Jinpachi Nezu
Under a sky where clouds make sound as they move.
40th Anniversary! New 4K Restoration!
Police Story
- Fri, Nov 28
Director: Jackie Chan Run Time: 100 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 1985 Language: Cantonese with English subtitles
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Bill Tung, Chor Yuen
There is no scene more cathartic after Black Friday than watching Jackie absolutely destroy a mall to get the bad guys!
40th Anniversary!
Back to the Future
- Sat, Nov 29
Director: Robert Zemeckis Run Time: 116 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1985
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Claudia Wells
We're gonna go BACK in TIME!
Fast Forward
- Sat, Nov 29
Director: Sidney Poitier Run Time: 110 min. Format: Digital Rating: PG Release Year: 1985
Starring: John Scott Clough, Don Franklin, Tamara Mark, Tracy Silver, Cindy McGee
The greatest 1980s dance-off movie you've never seen, Sidney Poitier's Fast Forward has everything you could want from an 80s musical and more!
40th Anniversary!