Christmas on Mars - finally gets a release date!

[D_Davis]

http://io9.com/5039991/flaming-lips-ready-bubble-baby-jesus-for-the-mars-nativity-scene

http://io9.com/assets/images/io9/2008/08/lips1111.jpg

October 8, on DVD.

Awesome.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'll be renting it for sure.

[D_Davis]

Oh yeah. It feels like I've been waiting for this forever.

And it stars Steve Burns from Blues Clues!

:)

(His album is pretty awesome)

[Lasse]

WTF?!

I'll rent it.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Better quality trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/christmasonmarstheflaminglips/)

[Stay Puft]

Better quality trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/christmasonmarstheflaminglips/)

Hadn't seen that until now. Awesome.

[D_Davis]

This movie is going to rule so much.

I can't even fathom how much it is going to rule.

November 14-15 in Seattle.

http://www.pr-inside.com/the-flaming-lips-to-release-long-awaited-r853505.htm


Due to overwhelming public demand, Warner Bros. Records and film company Cinema Purgatorio will bring CHRISTMAS ON MARS to offbeat venues across the country, such as rock clubs, stage theaters, museums, and select movie theaters. The film had previously been presented by THE FLAMING LIPS at rock and film festivals over the summer. The movie will continue its NYC engagement through the end of 2008. Due to overwhelming demand, CHRISTMAS ON MARS will now screen in more than 22 additional cities across the US beginning this month. Dates and details as follows: -0- Playing now till the end of the year if not the end of time: - original high definition video, and now louder than before - New York, New York: The KGB Complex's Kraine Theater From October till the end of the year if not the end of time: - 35mm transfer - Austin, Texas: Original Alamo Drafthouse, starts October 11 San Antonio, Texas:Alama Drafthouse, starts October 19 Limited engagements: - 35mm transfer - Des Moines, Iowa: Nova 10 Cinemas, October 1 Columbia, South Carolina: The Nickelodeon, October 3-5 Moline, Illinois: Nova 6 Cinemas, October 5 Atlanta, Georgia: Plaza Theater, October 8 Peoria, Illinois: Reynold's Cinemas at Landmark, October 10 Naperville, Illinois: Nova 8 Cinemas, October 11 Nashville, Tennessee: The Belcourt, October 11-14 Dallas, Texas: Landmark Inwood Theater, October 17-18 Whitewater, Wisconsin: Theaters of Whitewater, October 17 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: Geneva 4, October 18 Orlando, Florida: Enzian Theatre, October 18 West Bend, Wisconsin: Paradise Theater, October 19 Madison, Wisconsin: The Orpheum, October 21-24 Waterville, Maine: Railroad Square Cinema, October 24 Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Brattle, October 31-November 9 Omaha, Nebraska: Film Streams / Ruth Sokolof Theater, October 31 San Francisco, California: The Roxie, October 31-November 2 Bremen, Indiana: Bremen Theater, November 5 Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Cinematheque, November 8-9 Columbus, Ohio: Landmark Gateway Theater, November 14-15 Denver, Colorado: Landmark Esquire Theatre, November 14-15 Seattle, Washington: Northwest Film Forum, November 21-22 Hartford, Connecticut: Real Art Ways, November 21-23 Minneapolis, Minnesota: Landmark Uptown Theater, November 22 Tucson, Arizona: The Loft, December 5-11 Chicago, Illinois: The Music Box, December 5-6 St. Louis, Missouri area: Webster University Film Series, December 12- 14 Albuquerque, New Mexico: The Guild, December 19-20 DVD release happenings: Kansas City, Missouri: Screenland, November 22-23 Jacksonville, Florida: Fuel in Five Points, November 27 Roanoke, Virginia: Grandin Theater, December 12-13

November 11, DVD

[Kurosawa Fan]

Well, if I had already moved to Naperville, I'd be all set. :|

Not one date in Michigan. Bummer. Oh well, DVD it is.

[Ivan Drago]

Dude. That's AWESOME!

[D_Davis]

My DVD of this shipped from Amazon today!


:pritch:

[Duncan]

Did anyone ever actually see this? Was it any good?