THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION, THE FILM FOUNDATION, AND
THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE’S CELEBRATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS WITH A SERIES OF RESTORED CLASSIC FILMS
Steven Spielberg and Christopher
Nolan will join the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), The Film Foundation, and the American Cinematheque in person for select programs in a series celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the
Golden Globe Awards. The screening series which will take place Sept. 21-24,
2017 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will showcase 35mm prints of
restored classic films, including Elia Kazan’s A Face In The Crowd, the
Powell-Pressburger masterpiece The Red Shoes, Robert Altman’s Come Back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the first film version of Death Of A Salesman, and Indian director Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed Apu Trilogy.
The film restorations have been made possible in part by grants awarded
annually to The Film Foundation by the HFPA. To date, the HFPA, in partnership
with The Film Foundation, has helped fund the restoration of over 90 classic
feature films.
Steven Spielberg will
introduce the screening of “A Face In The Crowd” on Sept. 21, and Christopher
Nolan will present “The Red Shoes” showing on Sept. 22. A complete schedule of
the screening series is provided below.
SCREENING SCHEDULE:
Thursday, Sept. 21 – 7:30 PM – Introduction by
Steven Spielberg, Director and TFF Board Member
A FACE IN THE CROWD, 1957, Warner Bros.,
125 min. Dir. Elia Kazan.
Andy Griffith is
mesmerizing as Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, a wild Arkansas
vagrant-turned-television sensation in Kazan’s provocative and poignant
masterpiece about fame, fraud and the transition from radio to television.
Equally captivating is Patricia Neal as Marcia Jeffries, the naive Sarah
Lawrence college student who is the first to fall under Larry’s fraudulent
spell. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with
Castle Hill Productions, Inc. with funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign
Press Association and The Film Foundation. Print courtesy of The Film
Foundation Conservation Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
Friday, Sept. 22 – 7:30 PM – Introduction by
Christopher Nolan, Director and TFF Board Member
THE RED SHOES, 1948, Park
Circus/MGM, 133 min. Dirs. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.
A delirious,
shimmering Technicolor dream of a movie, THE RED SHOES stars Scottish
dancer-turned-actress Moira Shearer (in her film debut) as an aspiring
ballerina caught between the maniacal, domineering passion of impresario Anton
Walbrook and the equally controlling love of composer Marius Goring. An
awesome, superbly fluid blending of dance, a Golden Globe-winning score and
Jack Cardiff’s Technicolor cinematography. Restored by the UCLA Film &
Television Archive in association with the BFI, The Film Foundation, ITV Global
Entertainment Ltd. and Janus Films. Restoration funding provided by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation and the Louis B. Mayer
Foundation. Print courtesy of The Film Foundation Conservation Collection at
the Academy Film Archive.
Saturday, Sept. 23 – 7:30 PM
COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN,
JIMMY DEAN,
1982, Paramount, 109 min.
Director Robert
Altman directs this elegant cinematic adaptation of Ed Graczyk's Broadway play,
which observes the interactions between a group of women holding a 20-year
reunion of their James Dean fan club. Over the course of their get-together,
the old friends expose painful secrets and stunning revelations, all of which
are powerfully conveyed by a cast that includes Sandy Dennis, Karen Black,
Kathy Bates and, in a Golden Globe-nominated performance, Cher. Restored by
UCLA FIlm & Television Archive with funding provided by the Hollywood
Foreign Press Association and The Film Foundation. Print courtesy of The Film
Foundation Conservation Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN, 1951, Sony
Repertory, 105 min. Dir. Laslo Benedek.
Stanley Kramer
produced this adaptation of Arthur Miller's landmark play, in which aging
failure Willy Logan (Frederic March) looks back on his life as it slips away. A
stellar supporting cast that includes Kevin McCarthy, Mildred Dunnock and
Cameron Mitchell brings Miller's bleak vision to life, aided by director Laslo
Benedek's evocative and claustrophobic visual style. Benedek, March and
McCarthy each won Golden Globes, as did Franz Planer for the film’s B&W
cinematography. Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association and The Film Foundation. Print courtesy of The Film Foundation
Conservation Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
“In celebration of Art House Theatre Day, is a screening of
one of the great hits on the art house theatre circuit.”
Sunday, Sept. 24 – 5:00 PM
The Apu Trilogy:
PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE
ROAD), 1955, Janus Films, 125 min.
Director Satyajit Ray
burst onto the international film scene with this first film, based upon
Bibhutibhushan Bannerjee’s novel of the same name. As part one of what would
become “the Apu Trilogy,” PATHER PANCHALI depicts a poor Brahmin family
struggling to survive in their small Bengali village. The birth of a new child,
Apu, marks the beginning of new adventures - and struggles - for the family.
This dense mosaic of village life introduces Apu's dreamy father, fretful
mother and tempestuous older sister, with the child Apu a wide-eyed observer.
Beautifully balancing the prosaic and poetic, it depicts harsh poverty and
childhood raptures with unsentimental compassion. Scenes of Apu and his sister
exploring their surroundings are among the most beautiful and memorable moments
ever captured on film. Voted one of the 10 greatest films of all time in the
1992 Sight & Sound poll. With music by the legendary Ravi Shankar.
APARAJITO (THE UNVANQUISHED), 1956, Janus
Films, 108 min. Dir. Satyajit Ray. Part two in the “Apu Trilogy,” this film
affirmed Ray’s stance as a master of cinema. APARAJITO follows Apu from ages 10
to 17. Apu and his family are now living in a new village along the banks of
the holy Ganges River. Faced with the loss of his father and the demands of
fast-approaching adulthood, Apu goes on to study in Calcutta, leaving his
mother behind. APARAJITO centers around Apu’s maturation and his changing
relationship with his widowed mother. One of the cinema's most profound
treatments of parent-child relationships. With more superb music by Ravi
Shankar.
APUR SANSAR (THE WORLD OF APU), 1958, Janus
Films, 103 min. Dir. Satyajit Ray. As the final installment of the “Apu
Trilogy,” APUR SANSAR depicts Apu’s challenges with adult life in the city.
Living again in poverty, Apu is forced to sell his books and begins writing an
autobiographical novel. Upon making an unexpected visit to a small village, Apu
finds himself as the groom in an arranged marriage. Life with his new bride
gives way to love - and a child - and ultimately proves to be both joyous and
tragic. Nominated for the Golden Globes’ Samuel Goldwyn International Award in
1961.
THE APU TRILOGY was
restored by the Satyajit Ray Preservation Project through a collaboration of
the Academy Film Archive, the Merchant and Ivory Foundation and The Film
Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association. Prints courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Tickets for all screenings are available on Fandango.com for $8-15 and can be purchased
here:
A FACE IN THE CROWD: https://fandan.co/2wqyvIT
THE RED SHOES: https://fandan.co/2wqyvIT
ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Founded in the 1940s
during World War II, the HFPA was originally comprised of a handful of
L.A.-based overseas journalists who sought to bridge the international
community with Hollywood, and to provide distraction from the hardships of war
through film. Seventy years later, members of the HFPA represent 56 countries
with a combined readership of 250 million in some of the world’s most respected
publications. Each year, the organization holds the third most watched awards
show on television, the Golden Globe® Awards, which has enabled the
organization to donate nearly $30 million to entertainment-related charities,
scholarship programs and humanitarian efforts. For more information, please
visit www.GoldenGlobes.com and follow
us on Twitter (@GoldenGlobes) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/GoldenGlobes).
ABOUT THE FILM FOUNDATION
Created in 1990 by
Martin Scorsese, The Film Foundation (TFF) is dedicated to protecting and
preserving motion picture history. By working in partnership with archives and
studios, the foundation has helped to restore over 750 films, which are made
accessible to the public through programming at festivals, museums, and
educational institutions around the world. TFF’s World Cinema Project has
restored 31 films from 21 different countries representing the rich diversity
of world cinema. The foundation’s free educational curriculum, The Story of
Movies, teaches young people - over 10 million to date - about film
language and history. For more information visit: www.film-foundation.org
ABOUT THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE
Established in 1981,
the American Cinematheque is a 501 C 3 non-profit viewer-supported film
exhibition and cultural organization dedicated to the celebration of the Moving
Picture in all of its forms. At the Egyptian Theatre, the Cinematheque presents
daily film and video programming which ranges from the classics of American and
international cinema to new independent films and digital work. Exhibition of
rare works, special and rare prints, etc., combined with fascinating post-screening
discussions with the filmmakers who created the work, are a Cinematheque
tradition that keep audiences coming back for once-in-a-lifetime cinema
experiences. The American Cinematheque renovated and reopened (on Dec. 4, 1998)
the historic 1922 Hollywood Egyptian Theatre. This includes a state-of-the-art
616-seat theatre housed within Sid Grauman's first grand movie palace on
Hollywood Boulevard. The exotic courtyard is fully restored to its 1922
grandeur. The Egyptian was the home of the very first Hollywood movie premiere
in 1922. In January 2005, the American Cinematheque expanded its programming to
the 1940 Aero Theatre on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. Major funding comes
from the American Cinematheque’s Award Show. This year the organization honors
Amy Adams on November 10.