Past and Prologue: The Films of Ridley Scott May 25 – Jun 03

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece not only anticipated our future but designed it. With Harrison Ford as the grizzled gumshoe on the trail of renegade humanoid “replicants.”

Black Hawk Down

This visceral, Oscar-winning account of the 1993 battle between U.S. Army Rangers and Somali insurgents in Mogadishu set a new standard for cinematic depictions of men in war.

Body of Lies

Samarra-based CIA operative Leonardo DiCaprio trails an elusive, bin Laden–esque terrorist, while his Langley-based boss (Russell Crowe) watches from a safe distance in Scott’s razor-sharp look at the War on Terror.

G.I. Jane

Pumped-up Demi Moore joins an elite Navy reconnaissance team under the watchful eye of Master Chief Viggo Mortensen in Scott’s high-octane women-in-the-military actioner.

Gladiator

In the first of his five collaborations with Scott, Russell Crowe stars as a betrayed Roman General who seeks his revenge through the gladiatorial arena. Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor.

A Good Year

London investment banker Russell Crowe inherits a Provence vineyard and falls for the charms of a pre-La Vie en Rose Marion Cotillard in this charming, sun-drenched romantic fable.

Kingdom Of Heaven (Director’s Cut)

A village blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) becomes an unlikely hero in the Christian-Muslim religious wars of the 12th century in Scott’s masterful Crusades drama, presented here in the rarely screened director’s cut.

Prometheus (Members Only Sneak Preview)

Sneak preview for current Film Society Members only!

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe in Scott’s long-awaited return to the genre he helped to define. 3D Ticket Price: $17 for Members.

Robin Hood

Russell Crowe is an older, wizened Robin Hood and Cate Blanchett a hesitant, widowed Marian in Scott’s lyrical, revisionist take on the classic legend.

1492: Conquest Of Paradise

Scott’s visually stunning, psychologically complex Christopher Columbus bio-pic views the Italian explorer (played by Gérard Depardieu) as a great but flawed man of his times.

Alien

In space, no one can hear you scream...except for the face-hugging, chest-exploding ETs at the center of Scott’s terrifying, hugely influential sci-fi classic. 

American Gangster

An honest cop (Russell Crowe) works to take down the thriving heroin empire of gangster Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) in Scott’s sprawling, African-American companion piece to The Godfather.

Black Rain

Brash NYC cop Michael Douglas and partner Andy Garcia team with a veteran Japanese lawman (the great Ken Takakura) to track a missing Yakuza henchman in this sleek, suspenseful East-meets-West thriller.

The Duellists

Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine are Napoleonic soldiers who allow a petty squabble to erupt into an absurd, lifelong feud in Scott’s dazzling debut feature, adapted from a Joseph Conrad novella. Screening with Boy and Bicycle. Ridley Scott, 1965, UK, Digital; 27m. Scott’s abstract short, made while he was a photography student, stars his brother Tony as a truant schoolboy in an industrial British coastal town.

Hannibal

Hannibal the Cannibal is back in Scott’s mordantly funny, darkly romantic Silence of the Lambs sequel. With Anthony Hopkins in top form, and Julianne Moore ably picking up where Jodie Foster left off.

Legend

Mythical hero Tom Cruise teams up with an assortment of elves, fairies and dwarves to vanquish the forces of darkness in this visually extravagant, cult-classic fantasy.

Matchstick Men

A phobic con artist (Nicolas Cage), his protégé (Sam Rockwell) and the teenage daughter (Alison Lohman) he never knew he had team up to pull the heist of a lifetime in this delightful caper comedy.

Someone To Watch Over Me

One of Scott’s most underrated and surprising pictures, this elegant modern-day film noir stars Tom Berenger as a detective assigned to protect the wealthy Manhattan socialite (Mimi Rogers) who has witnessed a brutal murder.

Thelma & Louise

New 35mm print!

Gal pals turned fugitives Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon go on the lam in Scott’s iconic feminist road movie, nominated for six Oscars and winner for Best Original Screenplay.

White Squall

Jeff Bridges is superb as the disciplinarian headmaster of a youth sailing academy in this fact-based tale of the doomed final voyage of the brigantine Albatross.