| Mike Judge In Person Tribute
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It's hard to believe it's been 17
years since Mike Judge's cultural icons Beavis and Butt-head played their first game of
frog baseball on MTV's Liquid Television, spreading their message of nachos and fire. The
Beavis and Butt-head decade culminating in a big screen movie was followed by television's
second longest running animated show, "King of the Hill," an innovative
Emmy-award- winning cartoon that does not stray far from real life. Judge, the Austin,
Texas-based creator, writer and director, also supplied his unique vocal talents to both
shows, bringing to life everyone from champion father Hank Hill and the clarity-impaired
Boomhauer to teenage metal heads Beavis and Butt-head as well as the liberal community
college administrating dad in his latest show "The Goode Family." A true
champion of animation, Judge, along with fellow animator Don Hertzfeldt, run a very
successful touring animation festival called "The Animation Show," which screens
shorts including the works of many independent filmmakers. Not new to live action, Judge's
1999 cult comedy, OFFICE SPACE, has become one of film history's most quotable movies, a
sharp satire needling the numbing existence of office life. The hilarious and bold satire
of the future of the American dream, IDIOCRACY, was unfortunately given a limited release
but has become an underground hit based on it's own merit. Mike Judge returns to the big
screen with EXTRACT a new comedy starring Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis and
Kristin Wigg. Judge's satire of America's multitude of subcultures from headbanging metal
heads to suppressed office workers to environmental blue staters to propane-loving red
staters is often biting, but handled with kindness, creating characters you cheer for,
even if they may not totally seem to deserve it.
Friday, August 21 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature:
OFFICE SPACE, 1999, 20th Century Fox, 89 min. "Looks
like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays." Cubicle worker Peter Gibbons is
not a happy person: he hates his job, his boss is making him work on Saturday and his
girlfriend is probably cheating on him. What’s a guy to do? Things start to change
for Peter after a hypnotic suggestion frees him from the drudgery of the five-day
workweek. Love, corporate fraud, Michael Bolton, efficiency experts and one very
inflammatory stapler all come together in writer/director Mike Judge’s cult-comedy
classic starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston. Trailer
BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA, 1996,
Paramount, 81 min. Dirs. Mike Judge & Yvette Kaplan. Beavis and Butt-head,
recipients of the 1997 MTV Movie Award for best on-screen duo, are on a mission: Someone
has stolen their beloved television, and they intend to do whatever it takes to recover
it. Come along for the ride as our intrepid heroes take on America and all of the mayhem
they can handle, plus a lot more. Let Cornholio help you get in touch with your inner
adolescent: a whole lot of laughs are guaranteed and who knows…maybe you’ll even
score, uh-huh, huh-huh. Trailer
Saturday, August 22 – 7:30 PM
Sneak Preview! SOLD OUT
EXTRACT, 2009, Miramax. The latest comedy from
writer/director Mike Judge is the story of Joel and his extract manufacturing
plant. Joel is just about ready to sell the plant and gear up for an early retirement to
easy street when Murphy’s law intercedes with a series of workplace accidents and
disasters that put his business and personal life in jeopardy. The film stars Jason
Bateman ("Arrested Development"), Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night
Live"), Mila Kunis (FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL), and Ben Affleck
(HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU). Discussion following with
writer/director Mike Judge. Trailer |
