The Moving Image Source Calendar is a selective international guide to retrospectives, screenings, festivals, and exhibitions.
Descriptions are drawn from the calendars of the presenting venues.
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That’s Montgomery Clift, Honey!
March 11–25, 2010 at
BAMcinématek
, New York
The prototype for the handsome, brooding leading man later embodied by James Dean and Marlon Brando. Montgomery Clift's sensitive and soulful screen persona redefined masculinity in the 1950s and brought method acting into vogue. Though his tragic career-marked by a disfiguring car accident, struggle with alcoholism, and untimely death at age 45-has become the stuff of Hollywood legend, Clift's stunningly modern, emotionally layered performances only resonate more with time.
Featured Works:
Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948); The Heiress (William Wyler, 1949); The Big Lift (George Seaton, 1950); A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951); From Here to Eternity (Fred Zinnemann, 1953); I Confess (Alfred Hitchcock, 1953); Lonelyhearts (Vincent J. Donehue, 1958); The Young Lions (Edward Dmytryk, 1958); Suddenly, Last Summer (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1959); Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960); The Misfits (John Huston, 1961, pictured); Freud (John Huston, 1962)
Program information:
That's Montgomery Clift, Honey!
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