Birthday Bash for AFI's 40th

In celebration of their 40th anniversary, the American Film Institute is throwing a celebration that will surely have classic movie buffs everywhere wishing they all lived in LA. I know I do.

On October 3 at the ArcLight Hollywood cinema, AFI will screen not one, not two, but eleven classic films. And that's not all: each of the films will be introduced by the star and/or director of that film:

• Julie Andrews for The Sound of Music
• Warren Beatty for Bonnie and Clyde
• Billy Crystal and Rob Reiner for When Harry Met Sally ...
• Kirk Douglas for Spartacus
• Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven
• Morgan Freeman for The Shawshank Redemption
• Tippi Hedren for The Birds
• Angela Lansbury for Beauty and the Beast
• George Lucas for Star Wars
• Jack Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Sylvester Stallone for Rocky

Or maybe it's all for the best I don't live in Los Angeles. All of the films will be screened at the same time, so you can only see one! Talk about your Sophie's choice!

I'd probably see Beauty and the Beast, because I would love to see Angela. Plus, it's the shortest one, so then I could sneak into another theater to catch a glimpse of Julie, or maybe Tippi. Which one would you choose?

Tickets for the event go on sale today at AFI.com.

UPDATE: Wow, I'm not sure when it happened, but according to AFI's website today (Sunday, September 23), this event is now completely SOLD OUT.

Links via AFI.com.