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Film

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

When

Tuesday July 29, 2008 (6:50 & 9:15pm)

Where

BAM Rose Cinemas

30 Lafayette Ave

718.636.4100

Price

$11

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BAM Rose Cinemas says…

In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked Kind Hearts and Coronets as the sixth best British film, placing director Robert Hamer alongside the elite likes of Hitchcock, Lean, and Carol Reed. Kind Hearts is Hamer's high-water mark and the highlight of his mini-retrospective at the BAMcinématek. The black comedy tracks Louis, a deadbeat distant relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne who plots to take the Duke's place. Eight other potential heirs — all played with droll, cross-dressed perfection by Alec Guinness — stand in the way of his crowning achievement, and Louis kills 'em all. Hamer drenches each of Guinness' demises in ageless wit and sophistication.