
Academy Museum Branch Selects Screening Series
co-presented with Everyman at The Whiteley
The Academy is in London! Time for our big speech.
We're over the moon to be partnering with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for a new programme of film screenings that celebrate the classics we all know, and some that we should know.
Beginning this October, the Academy Museum Branch Selects screening series will bring a variety of films back to the big screen for new audiences, new perspectives and new appreciation. Setting up a weekly residency in our cinemas, the Academy Museum has worked with the 19 branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to select a line-up of films that showcase incredible artists and filmmakers.
Whether you're considering an old favourite, or discovering something for the first time, you're sure to leave with stars in your eyes.
Allow us to introduce to you, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the largest museum in the world dedicated to global cinema and the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. The museum advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections.
Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the museum's campus contains the restored and revitalized historic Saban Building—formerly known as the May Company building (1939)—and a soaring spherical addition. Together, these buildings contain 50,000 square feet of exhibition spaces, two state-of-the-art theatres, the Shirley Temple Education Studio, and beautiful public spaces that are free and open to the public. These include: The Walt Disney Company Piazza and the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, which houses the Spielberg Family Gallery, Academy Museum Store, and Fanny’s restaurant and café.
The Academy Museum is open six days a week from 10am to 6pm.
Branch Selects
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
In order to escape the prison labour, McMurphy, a prisoner, fakes insanity and is shifted to the special ward for the mentally unstable. In this ward, he must rise up against a cruel nurse, Ratched.
Selected by the Casting Directors Branch.

Yi Yi
N.J., dissatisfied with his job, seeks favour with a major video game company, while Ting-Ting and Yang-Yang face the trials of youth as the family cares for N.J.’s comatose mother-in-law.
Selected by the Directors Branch.

Blade Runner
Rick Deckard, an ex-policeman, becomes a special agent with a mission to exterminate a group of violent androids. As he starts getting deeper into his mission, he questions his own identity.
Selected by the Production Design Branch.

Stop Making Sense
Stop Making Sense captures the energy and avant-garde spirit of Talking Heads over three electrifying nights in 1983, in what many critics call the greatest concert film of all time.
Selected by the Documentary Branch.

Casino
Ace, a resourceful mafia associate, is asked to run casinos in Las Vegas and rises to power. However, his altercations with Nicky, his friend, and Ginger, his love interest, creates complications.
Selected by the Actors Branch.

The Great Escape
Based on a true story, a group of prisoners of war during World War II plan an elaborate escape plan from a German POW camp that is believed to be “escape-proof.”
Selected by the Music Branch.

Showgirls
Nomi arrives in Las Vegas with only a suitcase and a dream of becoming a top showgirl. She quickly befriends Molly, who works at the high-profile Stardust Hotel, and lands a job at a seedy strip club.
Selected by the Marketing & Public Relations Branch.

Thelma & Louise
Meek housewife Thelma joins her friend Louise on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar.
Selected by the Writers Branch.

The Conversation
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple, Mark and Ann. Whilst tracking the pair, Caul is tormented by memories of previous cases, and he determines the couple might be in danger.
Selected by the Sound Branch.

2001: A Space Odyssey
When Dr. Dave Bowman and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behaviour...
Selected by the Cinematographers Branch.

The Iron Giant
A giant alien robot crash-lands near the small town of Rockwell, Maine, in 1957. Exploring the area, a local 9-year-old boy, Hogarth, discovers the robot, and soon forms an unlikely friendship with it.
Selected by the Animation Branch.

The Godfather Part II
Vito's popularity in the underworld is on the rise, while his son, Michael's career is swinging downwards. In order to redeem himself, Michael must fight his enemies, including his own brother.
Selected by the Executives branch.

The Elephant Man
Born with a congenital disorder, Merrick uses his disfigurement to earn a living as the "Elephant Man." Treves brings Merrick into his home, discovering that his rough exterior hides a refined soul...
Selected by the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch

Taxi Driver
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
Selected by the Costume Designers Branch.

Breathless
Petty thug Michel considers himself a suave bad guy in the manner of Humphrey Bogart, but panics and impulsively kills a policeman. On the lam, he turns to his aspiring journalist girlfriend, Patricia.
Selected by the Film Editors Branch.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit, the sultry wife of Maroon's biggest star, Roger Rabbit
Selected by the Production and Technology Branch.

Metropolis
In a futuristic city divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a saviour.
Selected by the Visual Effects Branch.

Little Miss Sunshine
The Hoover family puts the fun back in dysfunctional by piling into a VW bus and heading to California to support a daughter in her bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest.
Selected by the Producers Branch.
