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Night Of The Hunter / Cape Fear Double @ The Egyptian

Wed October 28th!

I, for one, am very excited about this particular double feature; both films feature roles that are amongst  Robert Mitchum's finest and most intense. Night Of The Hunter took me a while to warm up to, as it carries such a massive reputation that I was a bit let down upon first viewing. A couple years later I caught it on late night TV and wondered what kind of funk I must have been in the first time. The film is a true oddity and quite beautifully directed by Charles Laughton. The original version of Cape Fear is pretty gripping from the get go and I'm sure that the swamp scenes will look gorgeous on the Egyptian's huge screen. Gregory Peck gives a great performance as the tortured father and the adaptation of John D. MacDonald's novel The Executioners is none too shabby. I'd say that no one does justice to the inherent menace of the swamplands like MacDonald. Also, author Preston Neal Jones will be on hand signing his book Heaven and Hell to Play With: The Filming of Night of the Hunter.

Wednesday October 28th
Night Of The Hunter / Cape Fear
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028-4605
(323) 461-2020


Cape Fear
trailer


Night Of The Hunter
boat scene

Posted by Mr. Chadwick on October 27, 2009 at 12:05am | Comments (2)

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Robert Mitchum (1), Film Noir (12), Film (25), Lori Martin (1), Egyptian Theatre (13), Shelly Winters (1)

Comments

Wait, don't you mean Gregory Peck?

Posted by Matt Mess on October 27, 2009 at 08:32pm

duh, thanks for the correction!

Posted by chadwick on October 27, 2009 at 09:18pm

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