Sam Shepard Film Series

Screenings are free and open to the public, in Annenberg Auditorium on Monday evenings July 9 – August 6, beginning at 7 pm. Latecomers will not be admitted after 7:15 pm. The entrance to Annenberg auditorium is on Lasuen Mall. A handicapped entrance (with elevator) is available in the back of the building behind Green Library, on Arguello Way. Stanford faculty and SST company members provide a brief introduction to the film and lead a post-screening discussion with the audience.

July 9 Days of Heaven Directed by Terrence Malick (1978) 95 minutes

Starring Sam Shepard, Richard Gere, Brooke Adams

Discussant: Adrian Daub, Assistant Professor, German Studies, Stanford

July 16 Thunderheart Directed by Michael Apted (1992) 119 minutes

Starring Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Sheila Tousey, Ted Thin Elk

Discussant: Myrton Running Wolf, Ph.D. student, Drama, Stanford

July 23 The Voyager Directed by Volker Schlöndorf (1991) 117 minutes

Starring Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, Barbara Sukowa

Discussant: Adrian Daub, Assistant Professor, German Studies, Stanford

July 30 Don’t Come Knocking directed by Wim Wenders (2004) 122 minutes

Screenplay by Sam Shepard

Starring Sam Shepard, Tim Roth, Jessica Lange, Eva Marie Saint, Sarah Polley

Discussant: Adrian Daub, Assistant Professor, German Studies, Stanford or Rush Rehm, SST Artistic Director

August 6 Fool for Love Directed by Robert Altman (1985) 107 minutes

Screenplay by Sam Shepard, from his play of the same title

Starring Sam Shepard, Kim Bassinger, Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton

Discussant: Frank Murray, Chair of the Performing Arts Department, Saint Mary's College of California