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Wednesday 23rd October - Festival Launch!BRIGHTON ROCK
Director - John Boulting
1948
1hr 32mins
British
In Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.
"Richard Attenborough, aged only 24, creates one of the most chilling antiheroes in British cinema: baby-faced psychopath Pinkie Brown takes an unsettling satisfaction in his capacity for cruelty and ruthlessness."
- TIMES
Wednesday 23rd October
Evening Screenng - Doors Open - 6pm
Film introduction (speaker TBA) - 6:30pm
(The Remake of this film was BRIGHTON ROCK. Released in 2010, directed by Rowan Joffe, starring Helen Mirren and John Hurt.)
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Thursday 24th October
DRACULA
Director- Tod Browning
1931
1hr 15mins
American
Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
"The opening scenes, set in Dracula's castle, are magnificent -- grave, stately, and severe"
- CHICAGO READER
Thursday 24th October
Evening Screenng - Doors Open - 6pm
Film introduction (speaker TBA) - 6:30pm
(There has been over 200 remakes of this film. To name a few ; Bram Stoker's Dracula - directed by Francis Ford Coppola - 1992 - Starring Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder. Dracula - 1979 - directed by John Balham - Starring Frank Langella. Nosferatu the Vampyre - 1979 - directed by Werner Herzog - Starring Klaus Kinski and Bruno Ganz)
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Friday 25th October
YOJIMBO
Director-Akira Kurosawa
1961
1hr 50mins
Japanese
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
"Yojimbo is intimate to the point of claustrophobia. It's wit is wry, its characters flawed and its world-view uncompromisingly cynical."
- EMPIRE MAGAZINE*****
Friday 25th October
Afternoon Screenng - Doors Open - 1pm
Film introduction (speaker TBA) - 1.30pm
(Remake was A FIST FULL OF DOLLARS - 1964 - Directed by Sergio Leone - starring Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonté)
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Friday 25th October
SCARFACE
Director- Howard Hawks
1932
1hr 33mins
American
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
"Atmospheric, mesmerising and darkly humourous with a sizzling script and cast. This is a true classic of its genre."
- EMPIRE MAGAZINE*****
Friday 25th October
Evening Screenng - Doors Open - 6pm
Film introduction (speaker TBA) - 6:30pm
(Remake was SCARFACE - 1983 - directed by Brian Di Palma - Starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer)
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Saturday 26th October
PLEIN SOLEIL
Director- Rene Clement
1960
1hr 58mins
French
Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
"Delon is a terrifically good in the role: his almost unearthly perfection is creepy itself, as if he is imitating a human being."
- GUARDIAN
Saturday 26th October
Afternoon Screenng - Doors Open - 1pm
Film introduction (speaker TBA) - 1.30pm
(There have been two remakes of this film. The Talented Mr Ripley - 1999 - directed by Anthony Minghella - Starring Matt Damon, Jude Law Gwyneth Paltrow. Anthony Minghella & RIPLEY - 2022 - Released on Netflix starring Andrew Scott)
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Saturday 26th October ;
INFERNAL AFFAIRS
Director- Andrew Lay & Alan Mac
2002
1hr 41mins
Hong Kong
A story between a mole in the police department and an undercover cop. Their objectives are the same: to find out who is the mole, and who is the cop.
"Everything you'd want in a police action thriller: powerhouse performances, Grade A production values, a good script and suspenseful direction."
- SAN FRANCISO CHRONICLE *****
Saturday 26th October
Evening Screenng - Doors Open - 6pm
Film introduction (speaker TBA) - 6:30pm
(Remake was THE DEPARTED - 2006 - directed by Martin Scorcese - Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlerg, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson etc.)
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Each of these films will have a guest speaker to introduce them (TBA), with accompanying literature and a complimentary drink.
The ticket options are variable, with the choice of purchasing tickets to individual screenings (£10) as well as Festival Passes which offer discounts on attending more than one film.
Premium Festival Pass - Admission to all six screenings
- £50
Gold Festival Pass - Admission to five screenings
(The gallery will contact you to confirm which five films you would like to see)
- £42
Ruby Festival Pass - Admission to four screenings
(The gallery will contact you to confirm which four films you would like to see)
- £34
Silver Festival Pass - Admission to three screenings
(The gallery will contact you to confirm which three films you would like to see)
- £26
Bronze Festival Pass - Admission to two screenings
(The gallery will contact you to confirm which two films you would like to see)
- £18
(Important Notice to Ticket Holders - Tickets are non-refundable/exchangable)
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
32 St Georges Road, Ct14 6BA Deal, United Kingdom, 32 St Georges Road, Deal, CT14 6BA, United Kingdom,Deal, Kent
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