49th Science Fiction Marathon - Jan. 19-20, 2024

1:20PM: Marathon 49 will continue as scheduled unless the university cancels non-class activities. If you choose to attend, please be safe getting to Strosacker. Check back here or on Facebook for further updates.

More information will be released as we get closer to the Marathon itself. Updates will be announced on our Facebook page @CWRUFilms as well as through the 49th Annual Sci-Fi Marathon Facebook event page found here.

Here is the current schedule:

Friday, January 19
8:00pm	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023, PG, DCP)
10:10pm	Alphaville (1965, Not Rated, DCP)
Saturday, January 20
12:05am	Surprise 1: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, PG-13, 35mm)
1:55am	Cube (1997, R, 35mm)
3:40am	Zardoz (1974, R, DCP)
5:40am	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941, Passed, 35mm)
8:05am	Invaders from Mars (1953, Approved, DCP)
9:40am	The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962, Not Rated, TBA)
11:25am	Interstellar (2014, PG-13, 70mm)
2:30pm	Surprise 2: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021, PG-13, DCP)
5:00pm	The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014, Not Rated, Digital)
6:45pm	A Boy and His Dog (1975, R, TBA)
8:35pm	Surprise 3: Sphere (1998, PG-13, 35mm)
11:05pm	Asteroid City (2023, PG-13, DCP)

Be sure to check the 49th Annual Science Fiction Marathon Facebook Event for the most recent information.

See below or click the movie title for more detailed descriptions.

Movies, order and times subject to change. Check back for more information closer to the event.

Food Schedule

All meals will have a vegetarian option available.

Friday, January 19th
7:00 p.m. - Pizza from Guy’s and Dewy’s La Pizzeria and Costco (cheese, pepperoni, sausage, white)
11:45 p.m. - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (variety)

Saturday, January 20th
8:15 a.m. - Bialy's Bagels
11:45 p.m. - Sitoo's Pita Wraps (Beef, Chicken, Falafel)
5:30 p.m. - BurgerIM burgers (beef+cheese, chicken no cheese, falafel - toppings all on the side)

Important Details

Free parking is available in Lot 44. This year and for the foreseeable future, lot 1A will not be available due to construction. Lot 44 will be available after 4:30 pm on Friday. If you arrive earlier than 4:30 pm, you will have to pay for parking in the Veale Parking Tower (lot 53) at the posted rates. If you park at a location other than Lot 44, we are not responsible for any parking tickets or loss of access to your vehicle. It is highly suggested that marathon attendees stick with the lot we recommend.

Early Arrivals

If you arrive before 6pm on Friday for the Marathon, there will be NO OFFICIAL SPACE for you to camp out. If you intend to arrive early, please anticipate making your own arrangements.

Admission Information

Admission information is subject to correction. Please check back before finalizing your plans.

Pricing for this year's science fiction marathon is $30 per person. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 19 at 6pm in the lobby of Strosacker Auditorium. No one under 18 admitted without parental supervision.

If you are unable to stay for the entire marathon, you may purchase tickets for movies individually. If you surrender a state or college ID to us, we will allow you to pay $4 per movie you wish to stay for. You are free to stay for more movies than you initially pay for, however you will be charged the balance before return of your ID. You may also simply purchase a wristband for the remaining balance of the marathon upon your arrival if you do not wish to surrender an ID (maximum charge of $30.)

Pre-sale tickets will ONLY be sold on CampusGroups this year. A $25 per marathon pass price will be available to CWRU faculty, staff, and students as well as employees of University Circle businesses. Other members of the community will be able to purchase for $30. All wristbands will be available for pick-up the evening of the event when the doors open. Pre-sale tickets do not allow you to enter the theater before 6:00 pm.

Rules

No alcohol. No glass bottles. No fire hazards. Bring deodorant. Bring a toothbrush. Don't forget your towel. No one under 18 admitted without parental supervision. All bags are subject to inspection before admittance.

STAGE RULES: It is no longer possible to remove the classroom A/V equipment from the stage (stage right/house left side) for Marathon. Aside from losing precious mattress/sleeping bag real estate, we must prevail upon our audience to not fiddle with, place, store, or spill food & beverages on, fold, spindle, mutilate, or otherwise in any way disturb that equipment.

Rules subject to change at the discretion of the CWRU Film Society. Check back closer to the event for any additional rules.

Detailed Movie Descriptions

Friday, January 19
8:00 p.m. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Rated PG (99 min)
Director: Jeff Rowe
With the voices of Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon
Format: DCP
The film follows the Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
Read more about it at the IMDb

10:10 p.m. Alphaville (1965)
Not Rated (100 min)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
With Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
Format: DCP
A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler.
Read more about it at the IMDb

Saturday, January 20
12:05 a.m. SURPRISE 1: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Not Rated (95 min)
Director: Jay Roach
With Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York
Format: 35mm
Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".
Read more about it at the IMDb

1:55 a.m. Cube (1997)
Rated R (90 min)
Director: Vincenzo Natali
With Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett
Format: 35mm
Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze containing deadly traps.
Read more about it at the IMDb

3:40 a.m. Zardoz (1974)
Rated R (105 min)
Director: John Boorman
With Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman
Format: DCP
In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Read more about it at the IMDb

5:40 a.m. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Passed (127 min)
Director: Victor Fleming
With Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner
Format: 35mm
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
Read more about it at the IMDb

8:05 a.m. Invaders from Mars (1953)
Approved (79 min)
Director: William Cameron Menzies
With Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt
Format: DCP
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Read more about it at the IMDb

9:40 a.m. The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962)
Not Rated (89 min)
Director: Edward Bernds
With Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Joe DeRita
Format: TBA
Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece in a milquetoast inventor's time machine.
Read more about it at the IMDb

11:25 a.m. Interstellar (2014)
Rated PG-13 (169 min)
Director: Christopher Nolan
With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Format: 70mm
When Earth becomes uninhabitable, a team of researchers travel through space to find a new home for humanity.
Read more about it at the IMDb

2:30 p.m. SURPRISE 2: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Rated PG-13 (132 min)
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
With Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Format: DCP
Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
Read more about it at the IMDb

5:00 p.m. The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014)
Not Rated (87 min)
Director: Hyeong-yoon Janga
With the voices of Yoo Ah-in, Jung Yu-mi, Hwang Seok-jeong
Format: Digital
An out of commission satellite picks up a lovelorn ballad on her radio antenna and descends to Earth to find the source of such sincere emotions. But on the way she is caught in the crossfire of a raging magical battle and is transformed into Satellite Girl, complete with Astro Boy–like rocket shoes and weapon-firing limbs. Meanwhile, the balladeer in question – a loser 20-something at a café open mic – meets the fate that befalls all broken-hearted lovers: he is turned into a farm animal. But love knows no bounds, and aided by the wise and powerful Merlin – a wizard who has been turned into a roll of toilet paper – our duo must evade the all-consuming incinerator monster, the wily pig witch, and other nefarious adversaries in an attempt to be together.
Read more about it at the IMDb

6:45 p.m. A Boy and His Dog (1975)
Rated R (91 min)
Director: L.Q. Jones
With Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton
Format: TBA
A young man and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Read more about it at the IMDb

8:35 p.m. SURPRISE 3: Sphere (1998)
Rated PG-13 (133 min)
Director: Barry Levinson
With Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson
Format: 35mm
A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
Read more about it at the IMDb

11:05 p.m. Asteroid City (2023)
Rated PG-13 (105 min)
Director: Wes Anderson
With Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks
Format: DCP
Following a writer on his world-famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
Read more about it at the IMDb

49th Science Fiction Marathon - Jan. 19-20, 2024 1:20PM: Marathon 49 will continue as scheduled unless the university cancels non-class activities. If you choose to attend, please be safe getting to Strosacker. Check back here or on Facebook for further updates.