DUDES
dir. Penelope Spheeris, 1987
90 mins. United States.
MONDAY, JANUARY 24 – 7PM with remote filmmaker Q+A!
ONE NIGHT ONLY – FREE with RSVP
Penelope Spheeris directed the punk-western DUDES about six years after SUBURBIA and soon before she helmed THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II: THE METAL YEARS. Part revenge drama, part road comedy, DUDES follows Jon Cryer, Flea, and Daniel Roebuck as they travel cross-country to get revenge on disgruntled vigilante Lee Ving. Featuring music by the Little Kings, the Tail Gators, and the Vandals, and shot by Robert Richardson (JFK, NATURAL BORN KILLERS).
This FREE screening (with RSVP) will be preceded by a Zoom Q&A with director Penelope Spheeris to celebrate DUDES’ 35th anniversary, as well as Q&A moderator/film critic Simon Abrams’s birthday (also released in 1987).
Special thanks to screenwriter Randall Johnson and producer Miguel Tejada-Flores.