Mon, Apr 14, 9:30 pm; Wed, Apr 16, 9:30 pm

Oscar-winning filmmaker William Friedkin directs William Petersen and Willem Dafoe in a visceral game of cat and mouse between a secret service agent and the counterfeiter extraordinaire who murdered his partner. An obsessive stickler for authenticity, Friedkin and his skeleton crew filmed almost exclusively on location across the Los Angeles region. In addition to its dramatic use of the L.A. River, Vincent Thomas Bridge and LAX, the film includes a café frequented by actual U.S. Secret Service agents and the former home of legendary MGM art director Cedric Gibbons as Rick Masters’ Art Deco abode. DIR/SCR William Friedkin; SCR Gerald Petievich, after his novel; PROD Irving H. Levin. US, 1985, color, 116 min. RATED R

Ticket Information:
The National Building Museum is proud to partner with the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre and Cultural Center on this film series, "L.A. Modern, 1960–2000," which surveys mid-century to postmodern views of Los Angeles as the city of angels evolved into the nation’s second largest, and most modern, metropolis. The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring Metro, Red Line.

BUY TICKETS THROUGH AFI.com/Silver. $8.50 AFI and NBM members | $12 General Admission | $10 Seniors (65+), Students (with valid ID), and Military | $7 Children (12 and under). Tickets may also be purchased at the box office (opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day). Please note that tickets are not available for purchase through the National Building Museum.

Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 is generously supported by the Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation, ZGF Architects LLP, Lois England, and the Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation, Lola C. Reinsch and J. Almont Pierce.