Films: The Big Chill

The Big Chill

USA, 1983, 105 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Classic, Comedy, Drama
Programs: Contemporary World Cinema, Last Picture Show At the Starz FilmCenter
Language: English

DIRECTOR: Lawrence Kasdan
Producer: Michael Shamberg
Editor: Carol Littleton
Screenwriter: Barbara Benedek, Lawrence Kasdan
Cinematographer: John Bailey
Principal Cast: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place

Lawrence Kasdan’s classic tale of reunited friends growing older and more or less wiser first screened at the Denver International Film Festival in 1985 as part of a three-film tribute to the actor Jeff Goldblum. What was then the brand-new AMC Tivoli 12 would become, for the next 26 years, the home of the Starz Denver Film Festival and eventually the Denver Film Society itself. The final day of the 34th Starz Denver Film Festival marks the end of an era: the tattered but much beloved Starz FilmCenter will close its doors. Join us for The Last Picture Show at the Starz FilmCenter and enjoy, once again, the energetic and (appropriately) nostalgic The Big Chill on the big screen—followed by a blowout farewell party.

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