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‘The biggest lobster tale ever' comes to theaters Aug. 30

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Filmmaker Stanley Sheff's 1989 cult classic Lobster Man from Mars will be screened, for the first time ever, anywhere, with a live Rocky Horror Picture Show-style shadowcast at Chandler Cinemas Aug. 30.

If you go
What: Lobster Man From Mars featuring live shadowcast, followed by The Rocky Horror Picture Show lingerie night
When: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30
Where: Chandler Cinemas, 2140 North Arizona Ave., Chandler
Cost: $6 per film or $10 for both. Cash only/ATM on site
Rating: Lobster Man from Mars - PG, The Rocky Horror Picture Show - R
Contact: Matthew M. Yenkala, (602) 502-8421

Beginning at 8:30 p.m., Sheff will be on hand to introduce his movie-within-a-movie. Starring Deborah Foreman (Valley Girl), Patrick MacNee (The New Avengers) and Tony Curtis (Spartacus), Lobster Man from Mars is about a young film student who tries to sell his weird movie to a desperate film producer who is in need of a tax write-off. In the film, Mars suffers from an air leakage, and sends the dreaded Lobster Man to Earth to steal its air.

According to Sheff, Orson Welles jokingly referred to his classic "War of the Worlds" broadcast as "That ‘Lobster Man From Mars' thing I did." Struck by the phrase, Sheff asked permission to use it for a movie title - and was granted it.

The film will be shown with a live shadowcast and audience participation, followed by a Q&A and signing with writer/director Sheff and actor M.G. Kelly, who plays a Private Eye in the film. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with a lingerie contest, will follow at 11 p.m.

Chandler Cinemas is located at 2140 N. Arizona Ave, Chandler. Cost is $6 per film or $10 for both, cash only.

 


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