Mocky Horror Picture Show live riffing of ROCK BABY - ROCK IT (1957) #ICFTXFF
Mocky Horror Picture Show live riffing of ROCK BABY - ROCK IT (1957)
Director: Murray Douglas Sporup
Filmed in Dallas, TX
A live-riffing movie comedy show! Mocked by Liz Barksdale, Danny Gallagher and Albie Robles, this campy classic follows local Dallas teenagers as they resist attempts by shady underworld types to take over their beloved rock 'n' roll club. (IMDb)
Dallas’s only interactive movie mocking comedy troupe, The Mocky Horror Picture Show (MockyHorror.com, on Facebook and Instagram @themockyhorrorpictureshow) will return to close out the fest with a live skewering of a classic Texas film. The movie comedy troupe who have performed at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff and the Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson will perform a brand, new “public mockery” at IT CAME FROM TEXAS of the Texas music movie ROCK BABY – ROCK IT, a fun 1957 film showcasing Texas' versions (or the Dollar Store equivalents) of Elvis, the Everly Brothers, and more.
Mocky Horror stars comedians Liz Barksdale, Danny Gallagher, and Albie Robles riffing on movies in the theater for a live audience with jokes, special edits and effects and sketches inserted throughout the movie and the fun doesn't stop there. Timed prompts appear on the screen with instructions for the audience to do or say things at just the right time so you can mock the movie with them. The comedians even provide props for the audience to use during the screening.
This block includes student films from Garland High School’s ‘Reel Owl Cinema.’
Like last year, IT CAME FROM TEXAS will be proud to include short films made in Texas by students enrolled in Garland High School’s Reel Owl Cinema (ROC) film program. Festival Director Kelly Kitchens is delighted to spotlight these Texas students’ first attempts at making movies.
ROC’s Film Department Head, Thomas Schubert, is thrilled to be invited back: “We’re so excited to be involved again with the City of Garland’s first film festival, and I can’t wait for audiences to get a chance to see how talented and dedicated our kids are.”
This might be your chance to see the very first film from the next Scorsese or Gerwig!
The IT CAME FROM TEXAS Film Festival makes its triumphant return to the Plaza Theatre in Garland, located at 521 W. State Street. The second annual IT CAME FROM TEXAS Film Festival, which celebrates films made either wholly or in part within the Lone Star State, will kick off on Friday, September 13 and continue through Sunday, September 15, taking place entirely within the Plaza Theatre, on the recently remodeled square in downtown Garland. As with last year’s inaugural edition of this new fest, IT CAME FROM TEXAS will be sponsored by the City of Garland and Garland Cultural Arts.
