CINESSENTIALS
East of Eden
- Sun, Nov 22
Director: Elia Kazan Run Time: 115 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1955
Starring: James Dean, Jo Van Fleet, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos
Sometimes you can't tell who's good and who's bad! ...
The Sound of Music
- Sun, Nov 29
Director: Robert Wise Run Time: 174 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1965
Starring: Charmian Carr, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Julie Andrews, Nicholas Hammond
Set in 1930s Austria, THE SOUND OF MUSIC — one of the most successful and best-loved movies in motion picture history — tells the story of Maria (Julie Andrews), a young novitiate who leaves her convent to work as a governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. Ernest Lehman’s screenplay made crucial changes to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway production, including having Maria sing “My Favorite Things” to the von Trapp children (instead of the Mother Abbess singing it to Maria), while director Robert Wise and associate producer Saul Chaplin thrillingly transplanted the performance of “Do-Re-Mi“ from indoors to all over Salzburg. The film received five wins among 10 Oscar® nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for Wise.