Egyptian Theatre (Venue Partner)
6712 Hollywood Blvd
323.466.3456
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The Night of the Hunter
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2009 (8–11pm)
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Directions: The Egyptian Theatre is just east of Highland Avenue between Las Palmas Avenue and McCadden Place. Metro Stop: Hollywood & Highland
- Price
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$10 General Admission, $8 Student/Senior, $7 Cinematheque member
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“Notorious bad-boy actor Robert Mitchum had a chilling knack for playing psychopaths who, at first glance, seem lovable; this play on light and dark is what makes his performances in Night of the Hunter and Cape Fear so haunting. Cinephiles and horror fans can catch both these film-noir classics tonight at the Egyptian in a special double-feature just in time for Halloween.”
Amanda Moshier, Flavorpill
Double Feature: THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, 1955, Sony Repertory, 93 min. Dir. Charles Laughton. Robert Mitchum is astonishing as a sociopathic wandering preacher who uses his fire-and-brimstone fundamentalism to mask his schemes to bilk money from gullible yokels or, when that doesn’t work, to blithely rob and murder them. Trailer
CAPE FEAR, 1962, Universal, 106 min. Dir. J. Lee Thompson. Gregory Peck is an ordinary family man terrorized by psychotic ex-con Robert Mitchum in this adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s THE EXECUTIONERS. A classic Bernard Herrmann score drives this relentless thriller, a finely tuned suspense piece that was remade by Martin Scorsese in 1991. Book signing of Heaven and Hell to Play With: The Filming of The Night of the Hunter by author Preston Neal Jones between films.
