Duck Amuck is probably my favorite Chuck Jones film too, but I don’t think it’s mandatory for every tribute to a filmmaker who has made hundreds of films to include it. There were eight shorts shown, and though the theme of “dream vs. reality” was perhaps overrepresented (through Water Water Every Hare, Wearing of the Grin and Rocket Bye Baby) in relation to his career, it included a nice mix of stars (In addition to Bugs, Daffy, Elmer & Porky, we saw Road Runner & Pepe in Ready, Set, Zoom and The Cat’s Bah respectively) & starless films (like the Dot and the Line and Rocket-By Baby.)

PS Marnie is undoubtedly one of Hitchcock’s greatest films.

Odysseus and Colonel Lawrence were both classic anti-heroes, which makes Lawrence’s retelling of this story all the more interesting. It’s a very accessible read (far less difficult that the “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”).

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=15909040

They don’t do much business unless they get a big movie so it is pretty easy to have the seat of your choice, especially useful for 3D movies (Though Grand Lake should be your first choice for 3D as they use two projectors to provide twice as bright a picture). And they now regularly play Bollywood movies. A lot closer than Fremont but not as much fun.