Based on a real-life case, “The French Connection,” starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider is the ultimate chase movie. It won five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor award for Hackman, and Best Director for William Friedkin.

Filmed on the gritty streets of New York and Marseilles, The story involves an international heroin smuggling deal, which includes the Mafia and an American money man.

Hackman is the anti-hero: a relentless New York cop, known as Popeye Doyle, who pursues the case with a cold personal determination to win at all costs, regardless of the consequences.

The showing is on Thursday, May 9 at 7pm. All seats are $8. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea–for a choice of seating and to order freshly-made food and drinks. You are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance at the box office or online.

Pre-show video. Produced by Michael DeWitt.

Pre-show videos that appeared with previous Cerrito Classics can be found on Michael’s channel on YouTube.

Due to high interest in this movie, an additional showing of this Classic has been added at 9:20 pm. Please order tickets online or at the door.

Are you up for a zany spoof of airplane-disaster movies that will have you rolling in the aisles?  “Airplane!” from 1980 is the answer, the movie that spawned such hilarious movies as “The Naked Gun.”  Laugh every minute as you encounter an assemblage of types, including some of your favorite stars, such as Leslie Nielsen, Julie Hagerty, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The showing is on Thursday, April 11 at 7pm. All seats are $8. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea–for a choice of seating and to order freshly-made food and drinks. You are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance at the box office or online.

Audrey Hepburn? The Cockney flower girl who is magically transformed, as a caterpillar into a butterfly, into the incandescent Miss Liza Doolittle.

But, here’s a completely different Hepburn, equally unforgettable. “Wait Until Dark” is a suspense film that keeps you guessing until the very end.

Hepburn plays a young married woman who has recently lost her sight in an accident. Fate involves her with some vicious criminals who are desperate to locate contraband that has gone astray. Hepburn, Oscar-nominated for the role, gives a subtle and powerful performance that puts you inside her head, as the plot takes complex twists and turns.

You won’t forget this movie!

The showing is on Thursday, March 14 at 7pm. All seats are $8. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea–for a choice of seating and to order freshly-made food and drinks. You are strongly advised to buy tickets in advance at the box office or online.