UW Cinematheque - Cinema Greats X 2
TARGETS | USA | 1968 | 35mm | 90 min. Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Event Details
Date
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim O’Kelly, Peter Bogdanovich. At a Southern California drive-in movie theater, the fates of aging monster movie icon Byron Orlok (Karloff) and psychotic mass shooter Bobby Thompson (O’Kelly) will collide. One of the most compelling and still enduring debuts from a New Hollywood director, Bogdanovich’s Targets is a scary, fascinating piece of Americana. The screenplay intriguingly commingles the real life stories of Texas sniper Charles Whitman and horror movie legend Ka
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
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