MileHiCon 47: Full Schedule

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2:00pm MDT

Dune (1984) - PG13

Dune is a 1984 American science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. After the success of the novel, attempts to adapt Dune for a film began as early as 1971. A lengthy process of "development hell" followed throughout the 1970s, during which Arthur P. Jacobs and Alejandro Jodorowsky tried to bring their visions to the screen. In 1981, executive producer Dino De Laurentiis hired Lynch as director. The film was negatively received by critics and was an American box office bomb. Upon its release, Lynch distanced himself from the project, final cut privilege. At least three versions have been released worldwide.

Friday October 23, 2015 2:00pm - 4:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

4:30pm MDT

Dune (1984) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a discussion led by Vivian Caethe and Matthew Rotundo.

Participants

Matthew S. Rotundo

Matt is an award-winning writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Read more about him at his website: www.matthewsrotundo.com

Vivian Caethe

Author

When not fighting crime, Ms. Caethe also writes and edits. The author of multiple short stories and novellas, her work has appeared in various magazines and anthologies. She lives with her husband in Colorado. Check her latest novel out on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/VivianCaethe... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 4:30pm - 5:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

5:30pm MDT

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 2008 musical comedy miniseries in three acts, produced exclusively for Internet distribution. The movie was written by writer/director Joss Whedon, his brothers Zack Whedon (a television writer) and Jed Whedon (a composer), and writer/actress Maurissa Tancharoen. The team wrote the musical during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. The idea was to create something small and inexpensive, yet professionally done, in a way that would circumvent the issues that were being protested during the strike. It won the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

Friday October 23, 2015 5:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

6:30pm MDT

Total Recall (2012) - PG13

Total Recall (2012) is an American science fiction action film directed by Len Wiseman. The screenplay by Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback was based on the 1990 film of the same name, which was inspired by the 1966 short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Unlike the first film and the short story, the plot takes place on Earth rather than a trip to Mars and exhibits more political overtones. The film was released to mixed reviews. It received praise in certain areas such as its action sequences but the film's lack of humor, emotional subtlety and character development drew the most criticism.

Friday October 23, 2015 6:30pm - 8:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

8:30pm MDT

Total Recall (1990) - R

Total Recall (1990) is an American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is loosely based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". The film was one of the most expensive films made at the time of its release. Total Recall debuted at number one at the box office. Roger Ebert awarded the film three and a half stars (out of four), calling it "one of the most complex and visually interesting science fiction movies in a long time." Film scholar William Buckland considers it one of the more "sublime" Philip K. Dick adaptations, contrasting it with films like Impostor and Paycheck, which he considered "ridiculous".

Friday October 23, 2015 8:30pm - 10:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

Age Range 17+

10:30pm MDT

Total Recall (2012) vs Total Recall (1990) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a discussion with William Bauers, Jason Evans, Thomas Fowler and Melanie Unruh.

Participants

Melanie Unruh

Melanie Unruh is an artist and maker based in the Denver area specializing in decorative and functional pottery, and fantasy and historical sartorial arts. A lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy literature, alternate worlds influence the styles and themes of her art. Currently... Read More →

W.C. Bauers

W. C. Bauers' first novel, UNBREAKABLE, was an Amazon and B&N, Science Fiction and Fantasy Best Book of the Month pick, for January 2015. His second, INDOMITABLE, was a B&N and Kirkus Best of the Month Pick, for SF/F, for July 2016. Bauers's interests include Taekwondo, military... Read More →

Friday October 23, 2015 10:30pm - 11:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

6:00am MDT

Tenchi Muyo movie 1: Tenchi in Love

The demonic space criminal Kain travels back to 1970 to eliminate Tenchi's
mother before he is even born. Now, Tenchi and the gang must travel to the
past to stop Kain before Tenchi ceases to exist.

Saturday October 24, 2015 6:00am - 8:00am MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

8:00am MDT

The Secret of NIMH (1982) - G

The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 American animated fantasy adventure drama film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's 1971 children's novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. The "Mrs. Frisby" name in the novel had to be changed to "Mrs. Brisby" during production due to trademark concerns with Frisbee discs. Released to wide critical acclaim, the film was a moderate commercial success. The rights to the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH had reportedly been offered to Disney in 1972 but turned down. Jeff Unger of Entertainment Weekly gave The Secret of NIMH a grade of "A", calling it "a wonderful adaptation" of the original book.

Saturday October 24, 2015 8:00am - 9:30am MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Fantasy, Kids

8:00am MDT

Ah! My Goddess: The Movie

For centuries, a god named Celestin has been imprisoned on the moon for
betraying the kingdom of Yggdrasil. Released by the fairy Morgan Le Fey,
Celestin travels to Earth to reunite with his former pupil, the goddess
Belldandy. Things go awry as Celestin erases Belldandy's memories of her
boyfriend Keiichi and uses her as a catalyst to wreak havoc on Earth and
Yggdrasil

Saturday October 24, 2015 8:00am - 10:00am MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

9:30am MDT

The Secret of NIMH (1982) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a post discussion with Dana Bell and Rob Rice.

Participants

Dana Bell

Dana Bell enjoys writing regional tales and has lived many places including Boston, MA., Idaho and Oregon. Currently residing in Colorado, many of her stories are set there and star the various cats she’s been owned by. Her works include her novels Winter Awakening and God’s Gift... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 9:30am - 10:30am MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

10:00am MDT

Gundam movie of the series

(Japanese audio, subtitled in English)

Saturday October 24, 2015 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

10:30am MDT

Wizards (1977) - PG

Wizards, is a 1977 American animated post-apocalyptic science fantasy film about the battle between two wizards, one representing the forces of magic and one representing the forces of industrial technology. It was written, produced, and directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film was originally titled War Wizards. As it neared completion, George Lucas requested that Bakshi change the title of his film to Wizards in order to avoid conflict with Star Wars, and Bakshi agreed because Lucas had allowed Mark Hamill to take time off from Star Wars in order to record a voice for Wizards.

Saturday October 24, 2015 10:30am - 12:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Fantasy, Kids

12:00pm MDT

Wizards (1977) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a discussion with Jason Heller and Karen Stollznow.

Saturday October 24, 2015 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

12:00pm MDT

Vampire Hunter D (1985)

In the year 12,090 A.D technology and the supernatural have overtaken the
world. What's left of the human race is divided into various towns and cities
living in fear of vampires. On a night five days after the Count Magnus Lee
had harmlessly tasted the blood of Doris Lang and chosen her to be his next
wife, she hires a vampire hunter by the name of 'D' to rid her of such an ill-
gotten fate.

Saturday October 24, 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

1:00pm MDT

Soylent Green (1973) - PG

Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film combines the police procedural and science fiction genres. The film, which is loosely based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison which is set in the year 1999. It won the Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film in 1973. Harrison was contractually forbidden control over the screenplay and kept from knowing during negotiations that it was MGM buying the film rights. He discussed the adaptation in Omni's Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies (1984), noting, the "murder and chase sequences [and] the 'furniture' girls are not what the film is about — and are completely irrelevant", and answered his own question, "Am I pleased with the film? I would say fifty percent". While the book refers to "soylent steaks", it makes no reference to "Soylent Green", the processed ConSuite rations depicted in the film. The book's title was not used for the movie on grounds that it might have confused audiences into thinking it a big-screen version of Make Room for Daddy.

Saturday October 24, 2015 1:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

2:00pm MDT

Arcadia of My Youth

The Earth has been conquered by the evil Illumidus Empire. Captain Harlock,
together with a group that will become his lifelong friends, begin their
fight against this tyranny with no regard to the costs the struggle will
exact on them, caring only for the ideal of restoring freedom to the people
of Earth.

Saturday October 24, 2015 2:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

2:30pm MDT

Soylent Green (1973) Discussion

Discussion of the 1973 movie just shown.

Participants

F. P. Dorchak

Paranormal Fiction Author, F. P. Dorchak

I write gritty, Twilight Zone-like fiction. Please check out my new book: Do The Dead Dream? An Anthology of the Weird and the Peculiar, which won the 2017 national Best Book Award for Fiction: Short Stories.My interests are many and varied. Just say "Hi!" and we'll take it from... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

3:30pm MDT

Enemy Mine (1985) - PG13

Enemy Mine is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Wolfgang Petersen based on the story of the same name by Barry B. Longyear. The story first appeared in the September 1979 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Later, it was collected by Longyear in the 1980 book Manifest Destiny. A longer, novel form was published, based on the film. It also appears in The Enemy Papers (Longyear anthology) in 1998. That version was labeled as "The Author's cut" and was significantly revised. In 1980 it won the 1980 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 1979 Nebula Award for Best Novella.

Saturday October 24, 2015 3:30pm - 5:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

4:00pm MDT

The Castle of Cagliostro

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Tracking the legendary counterfeits known as "Gothic Bills," international
thief Arsene Lupin III arrives at the Duchy of Cagliostro. Once there, he
nearly rescues a damsel in distress from the Regent's guards. Following his
failure, Lupin takes it upon himself to save her from captivity.

Saturday October 24, 2015 4:00pm - 6:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

5:30pm MDT

Enemy Mine (1985) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a discussion with Rick Friesen and Jeff Twohig

Participants

Jeffrey Twohig

Jeffrey Twohig has moderated and presented panels on storytelling and world-building at San Diego Comic Con. He is a lifelong comic book fan and has also presented on self publishing, marketing, and comic book/comic convention culture. He also publishes on-demand books and comics... Read More →

Richard Friesen

Saturday October 24, 2015 5:30pm - 6:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

6:00pm MDT

Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

(Japanese audio, subtitled in English)
A new super weapon has emerged and Gamilas ships vanish from the seas.
Meanwhile, the Yamato has left the Large Magellanic Cloud and is on its way
back to the Milky Way Galaxy. During the voyage, the crew is struck by a
Gatlantean warrior fleet under command of Goran Dagam, who claims the
"Yamatee" as his prey.

Saturday October 24, 2015 6:00pm - 8:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

6:30pm MDT

Westworld (1973) - PG

Westworld is a 1973 science fiction western-thriller film written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton and produced by Paul Lazarus III about amusement park robots that malfunction after a power surge and begin killing visitors. It stars Yul Brynner as an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park, and Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as guests of the park.
Westworld was the first theatrical feature directed by Michael Crichton. It was also the first feature film to use digital image processing, to pixellate photography to simulate an android point of view. The film was nominated for Hugo, Nebula and Golden Scroll (a.k.a. Saturn) awards.

Saturday October 24, 2015 6:30pm - 8:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

8:00pm MDT

Westworld (1973) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a discussion with Bill Cherf and Wil McCarthy.

Saturday October 24, 2015 8:00pm - 9:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

8:00pm MDT

Godzilla (1984)

(Japanese audio, subtitled in English)
Produced 30 years after the 1954 original, this film ignores most prior
material and serves as a direct sequel to the first film, with the iconic
monster rising again from the sea. Note: This is the Japanese movie from
1984, not the 1985 US re-edit.
[Joel note: This is an educated guess from release date and DVD availability.]

Saturday October 24, 2015 8:00pm - 10:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

9:00pm MDT

Rollerball (1975) - R

Rollerball is a 1975 American dystopian sports science fiction action film, produced and directed by Norman Jewison, and starring James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, and Ralph Richardson. The screenplay by William Harrison adapted his own short story, "Roller Ball Murder," which had first appeared in the September 1973 issue of Esquire. The film is set in the 2018.
Although Rollerball had an American cast, a Canadian director, and was released by the American company United Artists, it was produced in London and Munich.
A 2002 remake was directed by John McTiernan, (Die Hard), and stars Chris Klein, Jean Reno, and LL Cool J. The film received universally negative reviews from critics; its 3% approval rating at the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes is 63% less than the 1975 original).

Saturday October 24, 2015 9:00pm - 11:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

Age Range 17+

10:00pm MDT

Devilman (live action, 2004)

(Japanese audio, subtitled in English)
Akira Fudo is a kind-hearted, shy teenager until one night his best friend Ryo
Asuka reveals to him a terrible truth: demons are awakening in our world and
mankind is in peril. Assuming the mantle of Devilman, a demon with the heart
of a human, Akira fights demons as well as the rising chaos of a panicked
human populace.

Saturday October 24, 2015 10:00pm - Sunday October 25, 2015 12:00am MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

11:00pm MDT

Rollerball (1975) Discussion

Discussion of the 1975 movie just shown.

Participants

Eytan Kollin

Eytan Kollin was born in a mid-sized American city back when flower power and Star Trek were new ideas. He had a typical American existence of going to a public school where he pretended to learn from people who pretended to teach. In between, he did the typical growing up things... Read More →

Van Aaron Hughes

Van Aaron Hughes is the author of "The Long View," in the March-April 2013 issue of F&SF, "The Body Pirate" in a forthcoming issue of F&SF, and "The Dualist," which was a winner in the Writers of the Future Contest and published in Writers of the Future Vol. 27. His fiction has... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2015 11:00pm - Sunday October 25, 2015 12:00am MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

12:00am MDT

Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy horror film directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien based on the 1973 musical stage production, The Rocky Horror Show, also written by O'Brien. The production is a humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the late 1930s through early 1970s. It stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick along with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre and Belasco Theatre productions.

Sunday October 25, 2015 12:00am - 2:00am MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Science Fiction

Age Range 18+

8:00am MDT

Gamera (1966)

In an icy North American region, an unknown aircraft is shot down by an
American fighter jet. The aircraft crashes and its cargo, a low-level atomic
bomb, explodes. The resulting cataclysm awakens a giant, prehistoric monster
called "Gamera", who has the appearance of a giant turtle with large tusks/

Sunday October 25, 2015 8:00am - 10:00am MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

8:00am MDT

Bedknobs & Broomsticks (1971) - G

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company in North America on December 13, 1971. It is based upon the books The Magic Bed-Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1945) by English children's author Mary Norton. The film, which combines live action and animation, stars Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.
The film is frequently compared with Mary Poppins (1964), as it also combines live action and animation and is partly set in the streets of London. The armor used for the climactic battle against the Nazis had been assembled in Spain for the movie El Cid and was later shipped to Burbank for use in the movie Camelot before being rented for this film.

Sunday October 25, 2015 8:00am - 10:30am MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Fantasy, Kids

10:00am MDT

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

After killing his brother, Prince Ōsu is banished from his father's kingdom
until he can bring his dangerous powers under control. On his journey, he meets
and joins with the magical priestess Oto, and together they go to fight against
an evil god that has been ravaging the Earth in the form of an enormous hydra.

Sunday October 25, 2015 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

10:30am MDT

Bedknobs & Broomsticks (1971) Discussion

Stick around (or drop in) after the movie for a discussion with Peri Charlifu and Jessica Coyle.

Participants

Jessica Coyle

Jessica L. Coyle has attended conventions since she was a tween, and has participated in several costume contests. She earned her Master’s in Museum Education from The George Washington University, and currently works at the Albuquerque Museum of Art & History. She serves as Bubonicon’s... Read More →

Peri Charlifu

Peri Charlifu is an artist who has been working in his field for over 30 years and has been selling his work professionally for more than 20 years. Peri is trained in fine arts, psychology and religious studies. Peri has recently returned to the convention and art show circuit and... Read More →

Sunday October 25, 2015 10:30am - 11:30am MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

11:30am MDT

Buffy Sing A Long 'Once More, with Feeling'

"Once More, with Feeling" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the only one in the series performed as a musical. It was written and directed by the show's creator, Joss Whedon, and originally aired on UPN in the United States on November 6, 2001.
"Once More, with Feeling" explores changes in the relationships of the main characters, using the plot device that a demon—credited as "Sweet" but unnamed in the episode—compels the people of Sunnydale to break into song at random moments to express hidden truths. The title of the episode comes from a line sung by Sweet; once the characters have revealed their truths and face the consequences of hearing each other's secrets, he challenges them to "say you're happy now, once more, with feeling".
All cast members sang their parts, although two were given minimal lines by request. "Once More, with Feeling" is the most technically complex episode in the series, as extra voice and dance training for the cast was interspersed with the production of four other Buffy episodes. It was Joss Whedon's first attempt at writing music, and different styles—from 1950s sitcom theme music to rock opera—express the characters' secrets in specific ways. The episode was well received critically upon airing, specifically for containing the humor and wit to which fans had become accustomed. The musical format allowed characters to stay true to their natures while they struggled to overcome deceit and miscommunication, fitting with the sixth season's themes of growing up and facing adult responsibilities. It is considered one of the most effective and popular episodes of the series, and—prior to a financial dispute in 2007—was shown in theaters with the audience invited to sing along.

Sunday October 25, 2015 11:30am - 12:30pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Fantasy

12:00pm MDT

Mothra

She's on her own to save the kids.

Sunday October 25, 2015 12:00pm - 2:00pm MDT
Wind Star B Ground Floor

Film, Anime

12:30pm MDT

Masque of the Red Death (1965) - NR

The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 British-American horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a sub-plot based on another Poe tale, Hop-Frog. Another sub-plot is drawn from Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
It is the seventh in a series of eight Corman film adaptations largely based on Poe's works made by American International Pictures.

Sunday October 25, 2015 12:30pm - 2:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Fantasy, Horror

2:00pm MDT

Masque of the Red Death (1965) Discussion

A discussion of The Masque of the Red Death.

Sunday October 25, 2015 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film, Discussion

3:00pm MDT

WILDCARD!!!

WILDCARD!!! Do you have a movie you’d like to watch on the big screen and share with the audience? Bring it to the video room at 3:00 and one movie will be randomly selected. No R rated movies.

Sunday October 25, 2015 3:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Highlands Amphitheatre Ground Floor

Film