The American Astronaut
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Tue 9 November 2004 // 21:00
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Wed 10 November 2004 // 21:00
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
(McAbee / US / 2001 / B/W / 91 mins / 35mm / cert 15)
(Mon 8th- Wed 10th / 9pm / £4/3)
The Cube welcomes back the wacked-out talent and charm of writer/director/ musician/actor Cory McAbee in this his first feature which is gathering cult momentum back home. It follows the exploits of greasy, laconic interplanetary trader Samuel Curtis, who travels through space exchanging various human cargoes between sex-starved single-gendered Jupiter and Venus. However his lucrative industry is threatened by the ominous shadow of his sinister nemesis Professor Heiss (Rocco Sisto), a mad scientist hellbent on killing everyone the astronaut comes in contact with as he closes in on his prey.
ASTRONAUT is filled with psychotic Astaire-style song and dance sequences, and off the wall characters such as 'Boy Who Once Saw A Womans Breast'. Billed as a 'surreal sci-fi midnight musical', it features the sounds of the bizzaro underground band THE BILLY NAYER SHOW. Using flinty black-and-white photography, ingenious sets and the spirit of the final frontier this independent effort crashlands somewhere between FLASH GORDON and TWIN PEAKS. Do not miss this rare opportunity to catch this wonderfully original feature.
(McAbee / US / 2001 / B/W / 91 mins / 35mm / cert 15)
(Mon 8th- Wed 10th / 9pm / £4/3)
The Cube welcomes back the wacked-out talent and charm of writer/director/ musician/actor Cory McAbee in this his first feature which is gathering cult momentum back home. It follows the exploits of greasy, laconic interplanetary trader Samuel Curtis, who travels through space exchanging various human cargoes between sex-starved single-gendered Jupiter and Venus. However his lucrative industry is threatened by the ominous shadow of his sinister nemesis Professor Heiss (Rocco Sisto), a mad scientist hellbent on killing everyone the astronaut comes in contact with as he closes in on his prey.
ASTRONAUT is filled with psychotic Astaire-style song and dance sequences, and off the wall characters such as 'Boy Who Once Saw A Womans Breast'. Billed as a 'surreal sci-fi midnight musical', it features the sounds of the bizzaro underground band THE BILLY NAYER SHOW. Using flinty black-and-white photography, ingenious sets and the spirit of the final frontier this independent effort crashlands somewhere between FLASH GORDON and TWIN PEAKS. Do not miss this rare opportunity to catch this wonderfully original feature.