Straight to Hell

[Christine]

http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/prog ... weekender/

From Twitter: @spiderstacy will be joining for our Acid Western Double Bill @EastEndFilmFest that @spiderstacy will be joining for our Acid Western Double Bill @EastEndFilmFest

June 24, 2PM
Go West Young Man! An Alex Cox Acid Western Double Bill: Straight to Hell + Walker

Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid & Nancy) was never one to play by the rules, and his two-gun salute to the Western was no exception. Join us as we present two of cinema’s maddest trips to the frontier, including The Clash’s Joe Strummer and a career-best Ed Harris…

Straight to Hell (Dir. Alex Cox, 1987, 91 Mins)

In Straight to Hell, Django Kill! receives a liberal remake, as a gang of criminals (including Joe Strummer) flee their boss (Jim Jarmusch), and end up marooned in a frontier town. Teaming up with a ruthless gang of coffee-addicted cowboys played by the Pogues, their past eventually catches up with them. But not before they meet Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and Courtney Love. Cinematic madness, with a brilliant soundtrack!

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Walker (Dir. Alex Cox, 1987, 94 mins)

Cox followed the insanity of Straight to Hell with a nonsensical biopic of imperialist lunatic William Walker (Ed Harris, laying the groundwork for his role in Westworld), a man who decided to invade Mexico one day before eventually making his way to Nicaragua, where he installed himself as dictator following a brutal and bloody campaign. Cox takes a bizarre premise, and makes it more peculiar. Django lives!

Tickets: £10

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http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/scorched-earth-acid-western-nuclear-war-weekender/

From Twitter: @spiderstacy will be joining for our Acid Western Double Bill @EastEndFilmFest that @spiderstacy will be joining for our Acid Western Double Bill @EastEndFilmFest

June 24, 2PM
Go West Young Man! An Alex Cox Acid Western Double Bill: Straight to Hell + Walker

Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid & Nancy) was never one to play by the rules, and his two-gun salute to the Western was no exception. Join us as we present two of cinema’s maddest trips to the frontier, including The Clash’s Joe Strummer and a career-best Ed Harris…

Straight to Hell (Dir. Alex Cox, 1987, 91 Mins)

In Straight to Hell, Django Kill! receives a liberal remake, as a gang of criminals (including Joe Strummer) flee their boss (Jim Jarmusch), and end up marooned in a frontier town. Teaming up with a ruthless gang of coffee-addicted cowboys played by the Pogues, their past eventually catches up with them. But not before they meet Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and Courtney Love. Cinematic madness, with a brilliant soundtrack!

+

Walker (Dir. Alex Cox, 1987, 94 mins)

Cox followed the insanity of Straight to Hell with a nonsensical biopic of imperialist lunatic William Walker (Ed Harris, laying the groundwork for his role in Westworld), a man who decided to invade Mexico one day before eventually making his way to Nicaragua, where he installed himself as dictator following a brutal and bloody campaign. Cox takes a bizarre premise, and makes it more peculiar. Django lives!

Tickets: £10

Thanks, Christine! Dammit, I wish I'd known about this earlier...