MICHAEL RADFORD RETROSPECTIVE
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White Mischief
The lurid, scandalous events in Nairobi are based on James Fox's book concerning the British colony living in Kenya's ‘Happy Valley’ during the early days of WW2. A millionaire past his prime, (Charles Dance), and his young wife (Greta Scacchi), arrive in Kenya to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large, as the homefront gears up for war. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon-vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon-vivant is murdered, and all the evidence points to the husband. Again, Roger Deakins was responsible for the visual beauty of the film. The allstar cast includes Sarah Miles, John Hurt, Geraldine Chaplin and Hugh Grant. UK/USA 1987 Michael Radford 103m
Wed 14 Aug 18:15 (Studio)
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Elsa & Fred
In our final film in this retrospective, Michael Radford returns to the theme of Italy in a charming and captivating love story about finding true love, starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer. Elsa (MacLaine) has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already envisaged: the fountain scene in 'La Dolce Vita'. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroianni but with that love that took so long to arrive – Fred (Plummer). From that moment on, everything changes. Radford uses Luis Bacalov’s music again (‘Il Postino’) to sweet effect. A delightful, charming, warm, funny, sad, inspiring and lovable film! Essential entertainment for anybody over 65! USA/Canada 2014 Michael Radford 94m
Sun 18 Aug 16:00 (Studio)
Michel Petrucciani
Michael Radford’s documentary about the French jazz pianist is a clear-eyed, non-judgmental portrait of an artist as a permanent young man. See Special Events/Jazz and Film section for full details (pg90). Thu 15 Aug 20:30 (Studio)
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