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Hundreds Of Beavers: Savoy Arthouse
Phoenix Theatres Savoy 16 + IMAX
232 Burwash Ave.
Savoy, Illinois
(217) 530-4671
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Hundreds Of Beavers is a low budget, wordless, black-and-white slapstick comedy inspired by Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Warner Brothers cartoons and more. Made for $150,000, the film is self-distributed, starting with a roadshow presentation, where the filmmakers went from town to town playing the film to people. It became a smash hit, inspiring Rocky Horror-levels of devotion (people are showing up in beaver costumes), and has grossed over a million dollars, and has been playing theatrical engagements for over two years. The film has a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, is the #1 highest rated comedy of 2024 on Letterboxd. Matt Zoller Seitz, writing for RogerEbert.com gave it 4 stars out of 4.
This screening is the second year the filmmakers are doing a Christmas event, and they’ll be promoting the screenings nationally, and are supplying cool giveaways at the screenings, including a new intro to the film by the beavers.
This film has never played in the CU, but has played The Normal Theater several times. You don’t want to miss the first appearance here!