Safari Film Festival
Schedule of Cinematic Adventures:
Friday,
April 27
Feature EVENT
ADVENTURE LOVERS
Winner of the
Jules Verne Film Festival Grand Prize!
The Adventure Lovers"
("Les Amants de l'Aventure"), is the first documentary on
the lives and careers of Martin and Osa Johnson.
Shot on location in Chanute, Kenya and New York, the movie includes hundreds
of original Johnson photographs and much original Johnson film footage.
The film premiered on French and German Public Television after winning
Grand Prize, and being named Documentary of the Year, at the Jules Verne Film
Festival in 1999. We will be airing the British English version of this
remarkable film.
Doors
Open at 6pm Friday Evening!
in the CHANUTE HIGH SCHOOL Auditorium (Visitor
Maps Available at Museum)
SATURDAY, April
28
MATINEES
&
DAY EVENTS
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8:30am-1pm
OSA's ARK SHOP BOOTH & SAFARI FILM Clips
in the NCCC Gymnasium
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12-1:30~Lunch
on your own. There will be food booths at the Chanute Chamber Expo
& a list of the city's restaurants will be available with maps at the
museum and all film locations.
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1-4
Castaways Sidewalk Safari & Free Petting Zoo
Help
support Castaways Animal Shelter during the Chamber Expo and join in their
Side Safari which will end at the Safari Museum where there will be a fun
petting zoo assembled for families behind the museum's Santa Depot!
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2pm
PRESENTATION
in the Museum’s SNARK THEATRE
ACROSS
THE WORLD
With
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
A
trip up the Nile from 1927 to 1928 with friend and supporter George Eastman
(of Eastman-Kodak fame) and watching the adventures of three American Boy
Scouts on safari highlight this documentary from Martin and Osa's Johnsons'
third African expedition. This film is a “silent with sound”
transition.
Scenes in the field are silent, but the opening, a cocktail party “home
movie” premiere, has sound and was shot in Martin and Osa’s New York City
apartment.
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Saturday,
April 28 Feature
Film
Around the World
in 80 Days
Doors
Open at 6pm Saturday Evening!
in
the CHANUTE HIGH SCHOOL Auditorium
(Visitor
Maps Available at Museum)
Based on the classic Jules Verne book, Around the World in 80 Days,
the 1956 adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company, was released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael
Anderson and it was produced by Michael Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography was by Lionel
Lindon.
The film won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The film's seven-minute-long animated title sequence, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass.
Over 40 famous performers make cameo appearances, including Marlene Dietrich, George Raft,
Frank Sinatra, and southeast Kansas's famous silent screen son, Buster Keaton.
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