BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Ave
718.636.4100
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His Girl Friday
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Saturday Sep 20, 2008 (2, 4:30, 6:50 & 9:15pm)
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- Price
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$11
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His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks' supreme screwball comedy, is not unlike a neo-impressionist's version of conversation: the more colorful the bits, the better. By one count, the Cary Grant-to-Rosalind Russell repartee tallies 240 words per minute — or nearly double the average American's clip. The debonair Grant plays a no-nonsense newspaper editor who, still smitten, postpones his ex-wife/ace reporter's remarried retirement by tempting her with one last headline-snagging scoop. Russell, who wasn't even the go-to gal for the role, exudes an on-her-toes sophistication while balancing on the métier-or-marriage fence. Throughout the hysterics, Hawks choreographs the overlapping he-said-she-said with an intoxicating strategy — he just lets it flow.
