The Hilarious Mockumentary Best in Show at the Warner Grand
Warner Grand Theatre (478 W. 6th Street San Pedro, CA 90731)
- Full Price:
- $10.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Best in Show have expired.
The last date listed for Best in Show was Sunday June 27, 2004 / 3:00pm.
Currently at Warner Grand Theatre:
Cinema Fantastique: Epic Choral Soundtracks with Golden State Pops Orchestra
- Full Price:
- $25.00 - $45.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50 - $22.50
The Golden State Pops Orchestra will fill the historic Warner Grand Theatre with music both thrilling and familiar when they perform Cinema Fantastique: Epic Choral Soundtracks. Highlighting the program will be selections from the soundtracks to popular films, including Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Avatar, Saving Private Ryan, Edward Scissorhands, Independence Day, First Knight, Empire of the Sun, Agnus Dei (a choral setting of Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber) and The Abyss. The orchestra will be joined by the USC Thornton Concert Choir for this performance. There will be a stageside chat 30 minutes before the concert. Learn More
More Information About Best in Show
Quotes & Highlights
- There will be an owner-dog look-alike competition before the movie
- !"Given its outstanding pedigree, it isn't much of a surprise that Best in Show qualifies as a champion comedy." --L.A. Daily News
- "I was laughing so hard, tears were streaming down my cheeks." --New York Post
Description
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show.
The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them. There is Harlan Pepper (CHRISTOPHER GUEST), a fly-fishing shop owner from Pine Nut, North Carolina, who hopes that his Bloodhound, Hubert, may be the first of his kind to win top prize at the show.
In their upscale Illinois home, yuppie lawyers Meg (PARKER POSEY) and Hamilton Swan (MICHAEL HITCHCOCK) anxiously ready themselves and their somewhat neurotic Weimaraner, Beatrice, for the big event.
Meanwhile, in Fern City, Florida, mild-mannered menswear salesman Gerry Fleck (EUGENE LEVY) and his vivacious wife, Cookie (CATHERINE O'HARA), happily prepare their Norwich Terrier, Winky, for the most important show of his competitive career.
In New York, professional handler Scott Donlan (JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS) and his longtime partner, hair salon owner Stefan Vanderhoof (MICHAEL McKEAN), happily anticipate the event as they feel that one of their Shih Tzus, Miss Agnes, stands a very good chance of winning the cup.
Although the fabulously wealthy and elderly Leslie Ward Cabot (PATRICK CRANSHAW) and his voluptuous young wife, Sherri Ann Cabot (JENNIFER COOLIDGE), are confident that their two-time champion Standard Poodle, Rhapsody In White, will keep the crown, they aren't taking any chances and have hired ace handler Christy Cummings (JANE LYNCH) to assure their win.
At the Mayflower Dog Show, everything is being organized with the utmost precision under the watchful eye of Mayflower Kennel Club President Dr. Theodore W. Millbank III (BOB BALABAN) and the show's chairman, Graham Chissolm (DON LAKE). Trevor Beckwith (JIM PIDDOCK) and Buck Laughlin (FRED WILLARD) are the Mayflower dog show commentators.
Finally, the hundreds of contestants come together under one giant roof, the audience throngs the massive arena and the competition begins in earnest as television cameras bring the wonderful world of dogs to millions.
About the Ticket Supplier: Warner Grand Theatre
When the Warner Grand Theatre opened in 1931 it was the first sound-equipped theater in the South Bay. It quickly became the glamorous center of public life. Designed by famed architect B. Marcus Pritica, who also designed Hollywood's Pantages theater, the Theatre is one of the nation's few surviving Art Deco movie palaces. It was one of three similar theaters constructed in suburbs of Los Angeles by Warner Bros. Motion Picture Studio (the other two were built in Beverly Hills and Huntington Park.) The 1400-seat Warner Grand is the only one of these three theaters left intact. Six years ago, the theatre's future was in danger.
In 1996 the City of Los Angeles and its Community Redevelopment Agency purchased the Warner Grand for $1.2 million. Today, the Theatre is managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and is home to regular foreign and classic film series.