Just added: James Pax “Lightning” will be joining us for this screening! Aside from appearing as Lightning in Big Trouble in Little China, James has also appeared in such movies as Invasion USAwith Chuck Norris, The Dark Knight, Year of the Dragon, and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects with Charles Bronson. James will join our other guests for a signing before the the film and will also be part of the on stage post Q&A!
Jack Burton’s in for some serious trouble…and you’re in for some serious fun.
The Moviebusters are back at The Frida Cinema, and this time they’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of the John Carpenter and Kurt Russell’s 1986 cult classic Big Trouble In Little China! In addition to the film, we will have guests Alan Howarth, who worked with John Carpenter on the film’s soundtrack, and actor and martial artist Gerald Okamura, who played the Wing Kong Hatchet Man in the film join us after the screening for a Q&A hosted by Scott Zillner! They will also be signing autographs in the lobby before the film begins!
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi’s green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
This kind of Kung Fu-Western-Sci Fi-Action-Horror genre mashing is common now, but in the 1980s, it was unheard of. Big Trouble In Little China embraced the chaos then, and has become even more beloved as the years have worn on. Come see it on the big screen!
May 9th 4pm-5pm guest Signing Gerald Okamura
5pm -7pm Movie
7pm to 8pm Q and A with Gerald Okamura, James Pax, Alan Howarth and Scott Zillner
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