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I am told they'll be showing some rare Barry interviews too...
Lukas
SCOREKEEPER: A TRIBUTE TO COMPOSER JOHN BARRY
March 10 - 30, 2011
American Cinematheque's Aero and Egyptian Theatres
American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre
1328 Montana Ave at 14th St
Santa Monica, CA 90403
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$11 General Admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 American Cinematheque Member
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American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
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$11 General Admission, $9 Student/Senior, $7 American Cinematheque Member
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When English composer John Barry died at the end of January, he left behind one of the most extraordinary legacies of any scorer in film history. Best known for his work as an arranger and composer on the James Bond movies, Barry established that series' signature blend of classical orchestral scoring with more modern jazz and pop sounds. As proof of his range during the 1960s, when he was launching the Bond sound, Barry also won an Oscar for the very different BORN FREE and picked up a Grammy for MIDNIGHT COWBOY. His work on SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON and THE WHISPERERS displayed a subtler, more introspective side, but throughout his career Barry was adept at lush, large-scale scores on epics like DANCES WITH WOLVES and OUT OF AFRICA. He returned to his jazz origins to great effect with BODY HEAT and THE COTTON CLUB, all the while racking up numerous credits on the stage and in television. The Cinematheque will pay tribute to the diversity and power of Barry's work with a cross-section of his finest films including WALKABOUT, THE IPCRESS FILE, DEADFALL, and THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.
Join us for a tribute to the illustrious career of John Barry, including his many score contributions to the James Bond franchise: DR. NO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, OCTOPUSSY, HE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, and GOLDFINGER.
Thursday, March 3 - 7:30 PM, Aero Theatre
Double Feature: SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON, 1964, Janus Films, 115 min. Dir. Bryan Forbes. Mira (Kim Stanley), an opportunistic psychic, and her pushover husband, Bill (Richard Attenborough), concoct a scheme to kidnap a rich couple's child, and then gain celebrity by pretending to have clairvoyant hunches about the child's whereabouts. When the police begin to question Mira and Bill - and when Bill becomes paranoid that Mira doesn't want the child to be found alive - an eerie, spine-tingling thriller unfolds.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbo-TRv48CI
THE WHISPERERS, 1967, MGM Repertory, 105 min. Dir. Bryan Forbes. Elderly Margaret Ross (Edith Evans) hears unearthly whispers in the solitude of her home. When her thieving son and woebegone husband turn up suddenly, Margaret's unsettling fantasy life turns into a nightmare. With a haunting score by composer John Barry.
Friday, March 4 - 7:30 PM, Aero Theatre
OUT OF AFRICA, 1985, Universal, 160 min. Dir. Sydney Pollack. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Original Score by John Barry! Meryl Streep gives a memorable performance as strong willed Baroness Karen Blixen, living in Africa during the World War I. Beauty makes wild Africa the main character, among numerous talented actors including Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoAz-pyHw8c
Thursday, March 17 - 7:30 PM, Egyptian Theatre
Double Feature: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, 1974, MGM Repertory, 125 min. Dir. Guy Hamilton. Roger Moore's second outing as James Bond sends Agent 007 after a gadget that can harness the power of the sun; Christopher Lee is the bad guy he's up against. Britt Eklund is one of the most beautiful of all Bond girls as Mary Goodnight in this action classic scripted by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzt6zAj7XUM
OCTOPUSSY, 1983, MGM Repertory, 131 min. Dir. John Glen. After the death of a fellow agent, James Bond (Roger Moore) is led to Octopussy, the mysterious head-honcho of an international "jewel smuggling ring" (a cover-up for a planned nuclear attack). Plus rare John Barry interviews courtesy of Eon Productions.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwHbCvXMbS8
Friday, March 18 - 7:30 PM, Egyptian Theatre
Double Feature: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, 1963, MGM Repertory, 118 min. Dir. Terence Young. Sean Connery's second 007 outing finds Bond scouring exotic Istanbul for an elusive Lektor decoding machine. He's helped by sly Pedro Armendariz and seductive Russian spy Daniela Bianchi, and hunted by Aryan super-killer Robert Shaw and sinister, butch Lotte Lenya as stiletto-toed Rosa Kleb.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_USL1yvnaw
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, 1971, MGM Repertory, 120 min. Dir. Guy Hamilton. James Bond (Sean Connery returning to the role after a one film hiatus) goes from Amsterdam to Las Vegas on the track of missing diamonds and encounters his arch-nemeis, Ernst Stavros Blofeld (Charles Gray) along the way. Plus rare John Barry interviews courtesy of Eon Productions.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cHWQoZ_410
Sunday, March 20 - 7:30 PM, Egyptian Theatre
Double Feature: GOLDFINGER, 1964, MGM Repertory, 111 min. Dir. Guy Hamilton. "Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?" "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die," cackles homicidal villain Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) as he prepares to re-arrange 007's secret equipment with a laser beam, in what is widely considered to be the best of the classic Sean Connery Bond pictures and a high point in 1960s pop culture. Co-starring the saucy Honor Blackman as Bond's nemesis-turned-partner Pussy Galore.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj-vmGlAt2Y
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, 1967, MGM Repertory, 117 min. Director Lewis Gilbert directs the fifth movie starring Sean Connery as 007. To give Bond a headstart on the opposition, his death is faked. He's then sent to Japan to honcho Tetsuro Tanba and operatives Mie Hama and Akiko Wakabayashi (two of Toho Studios' most charismatic contract actresses of the era). With a script by Roald Dahl.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxteuPr28Xw
Friday, March 25 - 7:30 PM, Aero Theatre
Double Feature: MIDNIGHT COWBOY, 1969, MGM Repertory, 113 min. Director John Schlesinger. A shocking, poignant study of being down-and-out in the Big Apple. Jon Voight as hustler Joe Buck and Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo give touchstone performances of the New Hollywood. Winner of three Oscars, including Best Picture.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnFoaj8utio
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS, 1971, Universal, 98 min. Dir. Anthony Harvey. This charmingly goofy, surprisingly romantic Sherlock Holmes iteration finds the famous duo in modern-day New York, with Holmes (George C. Scott) an obsessive paranoid and a female Watson (Joanne Woodward), a psychiatrist helplessly fascinated by the detective.
Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eglXAZNKrMs
Saturday, March 26 - 7:30 PM, Aero Theatre
DANCES WITH WOLVES, 1990, MGM Repertory, 181 min. Dir. Kevin Costner. Union Lieutenant Dunbar (Costner) takes a new assignment on the Western frontier, where he comes into contact with the Sioux tribe and gradually comes to identify with them, falling in love with one of their women (Mary McDonnell), hunting buffalo and ultimately becoming a full-blown member of the tribe. A traitor in the eyes of his own people, Dunbar ultimately must decide to whom his allegiance truly belongs. Winner of seven Oscars including John Barry's nod for best score.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9ICbZVs9TU
Sunday, March 27 - 7:30 PM, Aero Theatre
Double Feature: THE IPCRESS FILE, 1965, Universal, 108 min. Dir. Sidney J. Furie. Low-key, irresistibly sexy thief-turned-spy Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is introduced to the hilariously inscrutable bureaucracy of the British Secret Service when he tries to find out who is behind a "brain drain" of top scientists. Features one of composer John Barry's most weirdly beautiful scores.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pa9yTI3ZY
Rare 35mm Print! DEADFALL, 1968, 20th Century Fox, 120 min. Dir. Bryan Forbes. Michael Caine is cat burglar Henry Clarke, who with accomplices the Moreaus (Giovanna Ralli and Eric Portman) plans and executes an elaborate diamond heist from the epic estate of millionaire Salinas (David Buck). John Barry appears in the film as the Symphony Orchestra Conductor!
Wednesday, March 30 - 7:30 PM, Egyptian Theatre
WALKABOUT, 1971, Janus Films, 100 min. In Nicolas Roeg's dreamy, hypnotically primal tone poem, an adolescent sister and brother flee into the Australian bush after their father has a deadly nervous breakdown. Once distant from civilization, the siblings meet an aboriginal youth (David Gulpilil) on his "walkabout," the ritual separation from home and family as a test of survival and resourcefulness.
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdqwbs8uKwQ
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