PART OF A LINCOLN FILM SERIES: YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW, TODAY
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Join us at the Lincoln Theatre for our film series Yesterday's Tomorrow, Today: Dystopian Visions of the Future 1973-1976.
In these four futuristic films about the decay of society, the anxieties of the 1970s are laid bare: overpopulation, pollution, authoritarian rule, encroaching technology, and endless war all raise their heads. Is it possible to break free and even flourish? Or are we doomed to be swallowed up as the last vestiges of individual humanity are drained away?
Wildly imaginative and gripping to this day, some of these films may seem implausible and even at times ridiculous -- but some may feel uncomfortably, alarmingly prescient. Yesterday's tomorrow may be today before you know it!
June 11: Zardoz
In the year 2293, Earth is divided into two castes: the Eternals, advanced and secretive, and the savage group called the Brutals. The Eternals have created a god named Zardoz to intimidate the Brutals, making them believe that killing is their natural state.
However, Zed (Sean Connery), a Brutal warrior, challenges that assumption when he enters the Zardoz monument and is captured by an Eternal (Charlotte Rampling). There, he learns the truth about the Eternals and the false god that rules society.
One of the most bizarre and baffling films in the science fiction canon, words cannot describe how completely bonkers Zardoz is -- you must see it for yourself!
Directed by John Boorman
Starring Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling
United States | English | 1974 | Sci-Fi | 105 minutes | R
Film Prices
Lincoln Theatre Members get $2.00 off on the following prices with discount code:
General: $11.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $10.00
Children 12 and under: $8.50
All prices include a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.