Thursday, September 25
Screening of Death of a Gunfighter
7:30 PM International House of Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut St.
phone 215/895-6542

Friday, September 26
The Writer's House presents Michael O'Reilly, who will screen and answer questions about his award-winning film, Glass Jaw, filmed entirely in pixel vision. To RSVP, and to get a copy of O'Reilly's script for the film, contact Writers House at University of Pennsylvania.
6:00PM Van Pelt College House, University of Pennsylvania

Screening of Smithee's pilot of McGyver and Let's Get Harry
9:00 Stiteler Hall, University of Pennsylvania

Saturday, September 27
Specters of Legitimacy: A Conference on the Films and Career of Allen Smithee

8:30 Morning coffee
Houston Hall, room 245

9:00 Introductory address
"The Alan Smithee Project: A Model for Literary and Film Studies?" Craig Saper, Department of English University of Pennsylvania Houston Hall Auditorium, second floor

9:45-11:00 First Morning Sessions
1. The History of Smithee Studies
Houston Hall Auditorium

The Smithee Roundtable Group of New York City
Performance by Jon Keith Brunelle and Ian Toll

Moderator: Yoonmee Chang, Depatment of English, University of Pennsylvania

2. Smithee's Signature
Smith-Penniman Room, Houston Hall, second floor

"The Law of the Thing: Allen Smithee and Signateurism"
Christian Keathley, Department of Film Studies, University of Iowa

"This is too big for one old man: A Reading of Hitchcock's The Birds and Smithee's The Birds II: Land's End"
Stephen Hock, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Jean-Michel Rabate, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania

11:00-12:15 Second Morning Session
Smith-Penniman Room, Houston Hall, second floor

"Alan Smithee: The Auteur Who (Does Not) Know(s) Too Much"
Donald Pease, Professor of English, Dartmouth College

"L'Auteur, L'Acteur: Raoul Walsh"
Tom Conley, Department of French, Harvard University

Moderator: Jean-Michel Rabate, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:15 Keynote Address
Houston Hall Auditorium, second floor

"The Automatic Auteur"
Robert Ray, Department of Film and Video, University of Florida

Introduction by Timothy Corrigan, Department of English, Temple University

2:15-4:15 Afternoon Sessions

1. The Litigious Allen Smithee
Smith-Penniman Room, Houston Hall, second f

"Smithee and Postmodernism: a neo-auteurist work in progress"
Justin Ginnetti, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania

"Blacklisting, self-censorship, and other trials of authorship (in which the inmates are running the asylum)"
Jessie Labov, Department of Comparative Literature, New York University

"Smithee and the Law (Slight Return)"
Jeremy Braddock, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Craig Saper, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania

2. Smithee and Popular Culture
Houston Hall Auditorium

"Let's Get Harry Fixed: Fishing for Meaning in the Smithee Oeuvre"
Tom Paulus, Andere Sinema Magazine, Antwerp, Belgium

"Movies On A Stick: Allen Smithee, Hollywood and Films for Cannibalizing Cultures"
Laura Spagnoli, Department of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania

"The Smithee Readymade: Duchamp and the Anti-Artist"
David Quintiliani, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Laura Grindstaff, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania 4:15-5:15 Keynote Address, followed by question and answer period
Houston Hall Auditorium, second floor

"Smithee and the Future of Auteurism"
Andrew Sarris, Professor of Film, Columbia University

5:15 Introduction and Celebration of Allen Smithee. Presentation of lifetime achievement award.
Smith-Penniman Room, Houston Hall, second floor

5:45 Reception
Houston Hall Auditorium

6:30 Dinner at the Palladium, 3601 Locust Walk
All are welcome, dinner for presenters will be paid for.