Amount Pledged Per Movie (in addition to the amount raised shown above): $9

Movie Viewing Goal: 30 Movies

Movies Viewed So Far: 31 Movies (21 Screenings)
(See full list of movies below. Movies seen at the Brattle count as 2 movies. Movies seen at other theaters count as 1 movie.)

I'm participating in the Brattle Theater's Watch-A-Thon Fund Raiser. The non-profit Brattle theater needs to raise $500,000 by early 2007 so that they can continue showing repertory films and other programs in Harvard Square.

As part of the Watch-A-Thon, I am asking friends/family/co-workers to pledge any amount they wish for each film that I will watch at the Brattle between Jan 12 and Feb 16. Any movies I see at a theater besides the Brattle only count as one-half of a movie. My personal goal is to see 15 movies in five weeks, but if you really push me I might see more! You can also make a straight donation if you are worried I might go nuts and spend all weekend at the theater.

You can give me your money as cash, check or give online using this Web page.

I've included more information on the Brattle fundraising campaign below.

Keep watching this page for my movie list!

Thanks!

- Ryan



Watch-A-Thon Movie List

Friday, Jan 12 - Red Doors - Dir by Georgia Lee - Brattle Theater

Friday, Jan 12 - Linda, Linda, Linda - Dir by Nobuhiro Yamashita - Brattle Theater

Sunday, Jan 14 - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Dir Larry Charles - Somerville Theater

Monday, Jan 15 - Hurricane on the Bayou - Mugar Omni Theater, Museum of Science Boston

Saturday, Jan 20 - The Case of the Grinning Cat - Dir Chris Marker - Brattle Theater

Sunday, Jan 21 - Letters from Iwo Jima - Dir Clint Eastwood - Boston Common Theater

Wednesday, Jan 24 - Lights in the Dusk - Dir Aki Kaurismäki - Harvard Film Archive

Wednesday, Jan 24 - KussKuss - Dir Soeren Senn - Harvard Film Archive

Friday, Jan 26 - M*A*S*H - Dir Robert Altman - Brattle Theater

Saturday, Jan 27 - Pan's Labyrinth - Dir Guillermo del Toro - Somerville Theater

Sunday, Jan 28 - California Split - Dir Robert Altman - Brattle Theater

Friday, Feb 2 - Disappearances - Dir Jay Craven - Brattle Theater

Friday, Feb 3 - Ruslan & Ludmila - Dir Alexadr Ptushko - MFA

Tuesday, Feb 6 - Strike - Dir Sergei Eisenstein with live piano and live intertitle translation - Harvard Film Archive

Tuesday, Feb 6 - City of Fear - Irving Lerner - Harvard Film Archive

Wednesday, Feb 7 - Shinobi - Dir Ten Shimoyama - Brattle Theater

Saturday, Feb 10 - The Mummy - Dir Karl Freund - Brattle Theater

Monday, Feb 11 - Annie Hall - Dir Woody Allen - Brattle Theater

Tuesday, Feb 12 - Earth - Dir Aleksandr Dovzhenko - Harvard Film Archive

Tuesday, Feb 12 - Invasion U.S.A. - Dir Alfred E. Green - Harvard Film Archive

Friday, Feb 16 - All Bugs Revue - Classic Warner Brothers Cartoons - Brattle Theater


 

More Information on the Fundraiser from the Brattle

In October, the Brattle Film Foundation, the non-profit organization that programs and operates the Brattle Theatre, announced the most important fundraising effort in its 52-year history. The Preserve The Brattle Legacy campaign is a critical fundraiser that is necessary to continue repertory film programming at the Brattle. In order to help them reach this goal, I am participating in their Movie Watch-A-Thon and ask that you sponsor me as part of this fundraising event. If they do not meet this goal, the BFF will be forced TO CEASE OPERATIONS AT THE BRATTLE THEATRE, effectively ending the 52 year legacy of repertory film programming at the Brattle. I don't want to see that happen and I ask that you help me make sure it doesn't. You can make a donation through my webpage by credit card.