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Date(s) - 08/09/2025
3:30 pm
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Norton Simon Museum
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“Escape to Witch Mountain” (Photo – Buena Vista)
The Norton Simon Museum presents the film series “Cinematic Touchstones 1975,” celebrating the diverse cinema from 1975—the year the Museum opened.
The featured series of films serve as cultural touchstones from the period. Each film begins with an introduction by Joe Petricca, filmmaker, educator, and organizer of the series.
Free with museum admission. No reservations needed. Doors to the Norton Simon theater open 30 minutes prior to the screening.
Film Lineup
- August 9: Mahogany (1975), NR
Struggling Chicago fashion design student (Diana Ross) goes from rags to riches after a chance meeting with a fashion photographer (Anthony Perkins). Her overnight success and ambitions bring her professional success, but her diva antics may destroy her. - August 16: Barry Lyndon (1975), PG
An 18th-century Irish rogue (Ryan O’Neal) seeks adventure while plotting his ascent in the British aristocracy. After he marries into wealth, his new stepson becomes a major obstacle in his path to power. Based on the novel by William Thackeray. - August 23: Grey Gardens (1975), NR
In this iconic documentary film, meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jackie Onassis. The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their mansion in East Hampton, New York, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot. - August 30: Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), G
Two orphans with supernatural powers attempt to discover the truth about their mystery-shrouded past. Complications arise when they are made wards of a ruthless millionaire who wants to exploit their unusual powers.
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