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| Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:39 |
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One highlight of the November film series is a night on the French Riviera for the special To Catch a Thief Evening full of thrills, chills, gems and cocktails. The evening includes a buffet dinner, screening of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, To Catch a Thief, Friday, November 14, 2008, and a ticket to Artistic Luxury. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. with the film immediately following at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $55, $45 for CMA members, and are available by calling Katie Tricarichi at (216) 707-6873. All films will be shown in the CMA Lecture Hall located at 11150 East Boulevard in University Circle. Admission prices to museum films are: general public $8, CMA members $6, seniors 65 & over $5, students $4, or one Panorama voucher. Panorama Film Series vouchers (in books of 10) cost $55 for the general public, $45 for CMA members. Tickets are available through the Online Box Office at www.clevelandart.org , in person, or over the phone at 1-888-CMA-0033. Aspects of Artistic Luxury: Klimt (Director’s Cut – U.S. Premiere!) Friday, November 7, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, November 8, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, November 9, 1:30 p.m. Directed by Raul Ruiz, with John Malkovich and Saffron Burrows. The life of Austrian Art Nouveau painter Gustav Klimt—condemned and celebrated for his decorative, sensual paintings—is visualized in this ravishing, phantasmagorical portrait. We will present the U.S. premiere of the “director’s cut” of Klimt, 33 minutes longer than the previously-released “international version.” New print. Adults only! In English. (Austria/France/Germany/Britain, 2006, color, 35mm, 130 min.). Special thanks to Ricki Oelmack, epo-film, Vienna. To Catch a Thief Friday, November 14, 8 p.m. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant. A suave ex-jewel thief is accused of returning to his old occupation in this elegant, picturesque caper set on the French Riviera. (USA, 1955, color, 35mm, 106 min.). Ninotchka Sunday, November 16, 1:30 p.m. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, with Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, and Bela Lugosi. A severe, no-nonsense Soviet agent sent to Paris to supervise the sale of some valuable jewels for her government falls for a debonair Western playboy who represents everything she hates. “Garbo laughs” in this celebrated comedy co-written by Billy Wilder. (USA, 1939, b&w, 35mm, 110 min.). Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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