Free Outdoor Movie & Beat Poetry: “The Troublemaker” (1964) | Berkeley
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Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive | 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA
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Bring a blanket to the BAM/PFA sculpture garden for a free outdoor screening of The Troublemaker, a finger-snappin’ exposé of a bumpkin opening a coffeehouse in Greenwich Village, preceded by a special beat poetry reading by Adam Sussman and other surprises.
The Troublemaker
Theodore J. Flicker (U.S., 1964)
Jack (Tom Aldredge) discovers being a purveyor of cool is hot, everybody wants a piece: the building inspectors, the bureaucrats, even the mobsters. While he’s fighting off the finaglers, he’s haunting the voluptuous Village with his gal-pal played by Joan Darling. This groovin’ guffaw was written by Buck Henry who would soon pen The Graduate and later become a regular guest on Saturday Night Live. All for a cup of joe.Written by Flicker and Buck Henry. Photographed by Gayne Rescher. With Tom Aldredge, Joan Darling, Buck Henry, Godfrey Cambridge, James Frawley. (80 mins, B&W, 16mm, PFA Collection, permission Janus Films)
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Cost: FREE
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