RATING
HO00000164
SYNOPSIS
ABOUT THE EVENT:
7:30pm | Introduction
7:40pm | BLACK TUESDAY
9:00pm | Intermission
9:10pm | LE TROU
Start times are approximate.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
BLACK TUESDAY, Dir. Hugo Fregonese, 80 Min, Park Circus, USA
Originally released December 31, 1954
MIA from NOIR CITY for nearly two decades, this brutal and breakneck hostage tale is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson’s most vicious performances. Gangster Vince Canelli (Edward G.) makes a daring prison break on the date of his scheduled execution, holing up with a group of terrified hostages. Who will survive? Fregonese’s vigorous direction is complemented by the stark imagery of legendary DP Stanley Cortez (THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS) abetting Robinson as he chews apart both scenery and cast!
FORMAT: 35mm
LE TROU, Dir. Jacques Becker, 131 Min, Rialto Pictures, France/Italy
Originally released March 18, 1960
In French with English subtitles.
Adapted from a novel by ex-con Jose Giovanni, who based it on an actual prison break he’d participated in (and co-starring another of the actual participants), Jacques Becker’s masterpiece commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on the process of escape and the stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of prisoners digging their way from their cell to the tunnels below. Jean-Pierre Melville declared LE TROU, “the greatest French film of all time” adding, “and I weigh my words carefully.”
FORMAT: DCP
7:30pm | Introduction
7:40pm | BLACK TUESDAY
9:00pm | Intermission
9:10pm | LE TROU
Start times are approximate.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
BLACK TUESDAY, Dir. Hugo Fregonese, 80 Min, Park Circus, USA
Originally released December 31, 1954
MIA from NOIR CITY for nearly two decades, this brutal and breakneck hostage tale is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson’s most vicious performances. Gangster Vince Canelli (Edward G.) makes a daring prison break on the date of his scheduled execution, holing up with a group of terrified hostages. Who will survive? Fregonese’s vigorous direction is complemented by the stark imagery of legendary DP Stanley Cortez (THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS) abetting Robinson as he chews apart both scenery and cast!
FORMAT: 35mm
LE TROU, Dir. Jacques Becker, 131 Min, Rialto Pictures, France/Italy
Originally released March 18, 1960
In French with English subtitles.
Adapted from a novel by ex-con Jose Giovanni, who based it on an actual prison break he’d participated in (and co-starring another of the actual participants), Jacques Becker’s masterpiece commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on the process of escape and the stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of prisoners digging their way from their cell to the tunnels below. Jean-Pierre Melville declared LE TROU, “the greatest French film of all time” adding, “and I weigh my words carefully.”
FORMAT: DCP
SYNOPSIS
ABOUT THE EVENT:
7:30pm | Introduction
7:40pm | BLACK TUESDAY
9:00pm | Intermission
9:10pm | LE TROU
Start times are approximate.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
BLACK TUESDAY, Dir. Hugo Fregonese, 80 Min, Park Circus, USA
Originally released December 31, 1954
MIA from NOIR CITY for nearly two decades, this brutal and breakneck hostage tale is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson’s most vicious performances. Gangster Vince Canelli (Edward G.) makes a daring prison break on the date of his scheduled execution, holing up with a group of terrified hostages. Who will survive? Fregonese’s vigorous direction is complemented by the stark imagery of legendary DP Stanley Cortez (THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS) abetting Robinson as he chews apart both scenery and cast!
FORMAT: 35mm
LE TROU, Dir. Jacques Becker, 131 Min, Rialto Pictures, France/Italy
Originally released March 18, 1960
In French with English subtitles.
Adapted from a novel by ex-con Jose Giovanni, who based it on an actual prison break he’d participated in (and co-starring another of the actual participants), Jacques Becker’s masterpiece commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on the process of escape and the stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of prisoners digging their way from their cell to the tunnels below. Jean-Pierre Melville declared LE TROU, “the greatest French film of all time” adding, “and I weigh my words carefully.”
FORMAT: DCP
7:30pm | Introduction
7:40pm | BLACK TUESDAY
9:00pm | Intermission
9:10pm | LE TROU
Start times are approximate.
ABOUT THE FILMS:
BLACK TUESDAY, Dir. Hugo Fregonese, 80 Min, Park Circus, USA
Originally released December 31, 1954
MIA from NOIR CITY for nearly two decades, this brutal and breakneck hostage tale is powered by one of Edward G. Robinson’s most vicious performances. Gangster Vince Canelli (Edward G.) makes a daring prison break on the date of his scheduled execution, holing up with a group of terrified hostages. Who will survive? Fregonese’s vigorous direction is complemented by the stark imagery of legendary DP Stanley Cortez (THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS) abetting Robinson as he chews apart both scenery and cast!
FORMAT: 35mm
LE TROU, Dir. Jacques Becker, 131 Min, Rialto Pictures, France/Italy
Originally released March 18, 1960
In French with English subtitles.
Adapted from a novel by ex-con Jose Giovanni, who based it on an actual prison break he’d participated in (and co-starring another of the actual participants), Jacques Becker’s masterpiece commits itself to raw verisimilitude. A stripped-down focus on the process of escape and the stunning use of sound bring hypnotic intensity to scenes of prisoners digging their way from their cell to the tunnels below. Jean-Pierre Melville declared LE TROU, “the greatest French film of all time” adding, “and I weigh my words carefully.”
FORMAT: DCP
This film is a presentation of the American Cinematheque. Tickets for this (or any other) American Cinematheque screenings at the Egyptian are only available through their site, here.
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