2008 Events

Coming May 31: Blade Runner (the "Final Cut")
Director Ridley Scott's long-awaited, digitally remastered version of the 1982 tech noir masterpiece is coming to The Strand!

Navigating the dank, neon world of futuristic, Asianized Los Angeles, the cast of Blade Runner is a revelation to watch—with standout performances from the budding careers of Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, and Harrison Ford. Ford plays against type here, inhabiting the uneasy, overmatched Rick Deckard, who is tiring of his job tracking down androids ("replicants") who have been declared illegal by the society that created them but—like their makers—won't line up to die.

A smart, prophetic, existential drama—truly a "science fiction classic ahead of its time."

Better yet, treat yourself to this one-night only event and you'll have a chance to win the new, limited-edition five-DVD collectible Blade Runner briefcase! (Includes: The Final Cut; Dangerous Days, Making Blade Runner; Three Complete Archival Versions; Enhancement Archive; Ultra-Rare Pre-Release Workprint.)

Don't miss Blade Runner, The Final Cut, Saturday, May 31, at 8 p.m., at The Strand. (Tickets are $8.)

February 24, 2008: The joint... that is, The Strand Theatre... was jumping during the 2008 Oscars® ceremony, as the SFS hosted a free live broadcast of Hollywoods biggest event on the big sreen.

2007 Events

October 27, 2007: A silent horror masterpiece came to The Strand Theatre in Rockland—just before Halloween. So did the not-so-silent Devil Music Ensemble, who provided an inspired score for Nosferatu, the Vampyre.

Despite a downpour (and the Red Sox playing in a World Series game) that evening, interest was high in this first-ever vampire movie—which doubtless fueled unsettling dreams for the nearly 200 people in attendance.

July 8, 2007: A yellow brick road figured prominently in the Saltwater Film Society's annual summer celebration at The Strand Theatre in Rockland, Maine, on July 8. The SFS's sceening of The Wizard of Oz drew a sold-out house on a drizzly Sunday afternoon.

February 17, 2007: An ape got the respect he deserved during the SFS's "Red Carpet Robberies" presentation—King Kong.

Hollywood's Biggest Party
Winter finery graced the red carpet as the SFS invited the whole community to a free Oscars© Night celebration. (Odds are this will be an annual wing-ding, so mark your calendars now!)

Nosferatu
An impressive turnout sat transfixed the evening of 27 October, 2007, as Devil Music Ensemble performed a perfectly haunting score to Nosferatu (1922), the world's first vampire movie.

The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy and her entourage were all on hand for the SFS's sceening of The Wizard of Oz on July 8, 2007, part of the Strand Theatre's annual summer celebration. In fact, the colorful classic drew a sold-out house on a drizzly Sunday afternoon.

King Kong
The ape got the statuette, as the SFS presented King Kong (the 1933 original) in our second annual Red Carpet Robberies event. To lend an air of authenticity, some old guy in a gorilla suit loped about the lobby of The Strand Theatre amid the famous screams of actress Fay Wray.

Star Trektacular
Another jammed house at The Strand Theatre on December 3, 2006, as fans of the Starfleet flocked to the Saltwater Film Society's celebration of the 40th anniversary of the popular science fiction franchise. Special guest Jonathan Frakes (a.k.a., Commander William T. Riker, first officer of the Enterprise) was on hand for a lively question-and-answer session after a showing of Star Trek: First Contact (1996), which he directed.

Gone with the Wind
The Saltwater Film Society's presentation of Gone with the Wind was a rousing success along the lines of the original 1939 premier of the historic motion picture. The sold-out event featured free hot dogs and lemonade, couples in period costume—even a 1942 Cadillac once owned by GWTW producer David O. Selznick. The affair was part of The Strand Theatre's special First Anniversary celebration on Sunday, July 2, 2006.

Red Carpet Robberies!
The SFS seeks justice for filmmakers who produced greatness only to be robbed of their Oscar by a celluloid sell-out. Hence our presentation in March 2006 of Red Carpet Robberies, featuring three films that have a convincing claim to being the finest of their respective years of release: Citizen Kane (1941), A Star Is Born (1955), and The Last Picture Show (1971). Not only is it the SFS's hope to call attention to deserving films and initiate friendly and fruitful dialogue about cinema and its merits—it's also fun to dress to the nines for the paparazzi.

Maine Spook-A-Thon!
We screamed with laughter, we squirmed with horror, and we thoroughly enjoyed an evening of essential 1950s Sci-Fi / Horror films, presented at the end of October 2005. On the program were Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1958), It Came from Outer Space (1953), and that Vincent Price classic, House on Haunted Hill. (Alas, there was a problem with Outer Space, so we didn't get to see that 3-D masterpiece—but the packed Strand Theatre hardly noticed.) Sponsored by Fangoria, The Free Press, and Fright Catalog.