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MFAH Film Texas Independent Film Network: Eggshells

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

March 4, 2011

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Texas Independent Film Network: Eggshells. Celebrate the Lone Star State by attending these programs especially devoted to Texas filmmakers.

Directed by Tobe Hooper
USA, 1969
Color
90 Minutes

Many people regard 1974´s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Tobe Hooper´s feature debut. Not so. In 1969,...

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Many people regard 1974´s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Tobe Hooper´s feature debut. Not so. In 1969, native Texan Hooper gathered a ramshackle crew and a young cast to make Eggshells, a surreal, psychedelic drama about undergraduates sharing a house in Austin.

The previously thought ´lost´ cult masterpiece has been restored and is getting its first public screenings in forty years.

Cosponsored by the Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP).

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Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77006

Full map and directions

Tickets:

$7 General Admission
$6 Matinee Admission
$1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID
Free Children 5 and under
Free Film Buffs members
$60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$3 Family Flicks Admission
$2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID

Please note:
The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card.

Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office.

The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films.

Times:

Fri., Mar. 4 7:00 PM

Phone: 713-639-7300

Parking:

Museum Parking Garage
Located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings, the MFAH Visitors Center features a four-story covered parking garage.

The easy-to-find parking entrance is on Binz, marked by a large, yellow arrow.

You're always protected from the elements when you park your car in the Museum Garage. From there, you can go to the Visitors Center lobby and find a ticketing desk and up-to-the minute museum information.

As an added convenience, you can enter the Beck and Law buildings from the Visitors Center through security-monitored, climate-controlled tunnels connecting all three buildings.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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