NEWS - "Mad Men", the final count...DON! Tutti pronti all'addio di Draper&Co. mentre si molptiplicano gli eventi per celebrarne la cult-aggine (il Smithsonian Museum in primis)
Don Draper’s gray suit and trademark fedora are headed to the
Smithsonian. As part of an ambitious slate of cultural commemorations
tied to the end of
Mad Men, Vulture has learned that the
Smithsonian’s Museum of American History will add Don’s familiar fashion
statements — plus his much-used office bar cart — to its permanent
collection. In a ceremony planned for March 27, series creator
Matthew
Weiner will also donate a copy of the script for season-one finale “The
Wheel,” including a never-filmed alternate ending. The Smithsonian
enshrinement is one of several exhibits, events, and screenings AMC and
Mad Men producer Lionsgate have organized as part of an effort to both market the
Mad Men
farewell season (which kicks off April 5) and position the show for a
long and prosperous pop-culture afterlife. “A television series unlike
any other deserves a send-off unlike any other,” AMC president Charlie
Collier said in a press release announcing the network’s plans,
which include big events at seven different New York museums and
organizations and at least one major exhibit in Los Angeles. Here’s
what’s planned so far:
—On March 14, New York’s Museum of the Moving Image launches “Matthew Weiner’s
Mad Men,”
a three-month installment consisting of re-creations of sets from the
show, more than two dozen costumes, and “hundreds of props, video clips,
and personal notes and research material.” There’ll also be a look
inside the
Mad Men writers’ room and video interviews with Weiner
about his process. The museum is also launching a ten-film screening
series called “Required Viewing:
Mad Men’s Movie Influences,” with Weiner-selected titles such as
Les Bonnes Femmes and
The Apartment.
And on March 20, MoMI will host "An Evening With
Matthew Weiner," a
live Q&A with the producer and an as-yet-named moderator.
—The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is hosting a two-day series
(March 26–27) in which Weiner and select cast members will screen their
favorite episodes of the show and then discuss them with Elvis
Mitchell.
—Weiner and cast members
Jon Hamm,
January Jones,
Christina
Hendricks,
John Slattery, and
Vincent Kartheiser will gather at New
York’s Alice Tully Hall on March 21 for the Film Society of Lincoln
Center–sponsored
"
Mad Men: The End of an Era," in which
those assembled will discuss their favorite scenes from the show’s seven
seasons. FSLC will host a free, two-day screening series of “essential”
episodes of the show, as chosen by Weiner.
—The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcinématek offers “
Mad Men
at the Movies,” a two-day festival (April 22–23) of films that inspired
the show. Weiner or a cast member will be on hand for postshow
discussions of the chosen films.
—Weiner will speak at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on March 29 (as
part of the museum’s “Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism")
and at a public program at the 92nd Street Y on April 28.
—The New York Public Library will host a
Mad Men–themed
edition of its “Live From the NYPL” ticketed event series a few days
after the show’s May finale. It’s also launching the “
Mad Men Reading List,” an assortment of 25 titles given shout-outs during the show’s run.
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