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According to ever so  slightly brain-damaged Debbie Schlussel, there will be a very extra special anniversary showing of Red Dawn in Santa Monica, on Thursday Night at 7:30 p.m:

This is one of those things that makes you feel old. Some movie publicists tell me that Thursday is the 25th anniversary of the release of an important movie, "Red Dawn," which depicts a Soviet Communist invasion of America and a band of American teens–the "Wolverines"–who heroically fight them off. (IMDB differs and says it was released on August 10, 1984, so I’ll repost on this, again, then.)

American Cinemathique sent me word that the organization will be marking "Red Dawn’s" 25th anniversary with a special showing and discussion at the historic, restored Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, on Thursday Night at 7:30 p.m. So if you live in the Los Angeles area, this is a great opportunity to see this excellent movie as it was meant to be seen–on the big screen. More details here.

If you’re not going to be in Santa Monica (with flowers in your hair) here’s a taste of the Dawn:


For oh so many reasons, Red Dawn could rival The Room on the cult film circuit and not for the reasons that Debbie might expect. She adds:

Although it was panned by many critics (a/k/a liberals) at the time, "Red Dawn" is a great movie that stands the test of time . . . if you realize that the Communist threat of yesterday in the movie could easily be the Islamic threat of today, taking over our country unless we stop them. Only a few years after "Red Dawn" came out, the Soviet Union fell. But several of the Communist leaders on our own Western Hemisphere, in Latin America, who were around then–like Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega–are back or have been replaced by far worse, such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Bolivia’s Evo Morales.

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I’ve always said that "Red Dawn" and "Arlington Road" are both great movies that should be remade into timely movies with Muslims replacing Communists and neo-Nazis. They are the current threat. But Hollywood refuses to believe it. Given that mentality, it’s in fact miraculous that "Red Dawn" was ever made. Don’t look for "Green Dawn" or "Black Dawn"–about the Muslim invasion–to ever get greenlit.

Because, as everyone knows, the Soviets plans for the Invade Amerika! 1984 Tour were shelved after the release of Red Dawn.

-"Komrade! That American swine John Milius is on to us!"
-"This make me sad. I’m such a huge fan of Big Wednesday. And things are going so swell in Afghanistan"
-"Then let us go drink wodka! "
-"Spasibo!"
-"Na zdorovje!"

…and that’s the rest of the story.