Brief Encounter is a date for your diary; AT THE MOVIES.Byline: Graham Young THE BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Summer of British Film Season continues next week with a digitally-remastered version of David Lean's Brief Encounter (PG) playing the Cineworld Cinemas at both Solihull Touchwood and Birmingham Broad Street on Tuesday. Other dates for your diary are-Billy Liar (PG, 94 mins) on Aug 14; Henry V (PG, 137 mins) on Aug 21, The Wicker Man For other uses, see The Wicker Man (disambiguation). The Wicker Man was a large wicker statue of a human allegedly used by the ancient Druids for human sacrifice by burning it in effigy, according to Julius Caesar in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico ( (15, 84 mins) on Aug 28, The Dam-busters (U, 120 mins) on Sep 4 and Withnail & I (15, 107 mins) on Sep 11. All tickets are just pounds 2.50 but, remember, Goldfinger, which I had the honour of introducing at Cineworld Broad Street this week, was a total sell out. Chief projectionist and diehard 007 fan Mick Corfield demonstrated to the audience the physical difference between film and digital and then watched the digital version of Goldfinger with interest. His verdict was that he was pleasantly surprised - but he still prefers film! Digital, though, is the only way we are ever going to see many older movies on the silver screen because of the way reels of film deteriorate. The format is also remarkably clear. Watching the remastered Casablanca earlier this year, you could see every stitch on Humphrey Bogart's jacket. Art Gallery Compton Verney Compton Verney is an award-winning art gallery in Warwickshire, which opened in 2004. Set in a Robert Adam mansion and surrounded by 120 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped parkland, the gallery offers a unique visitor experience that has brought London quality exhibitions and 7 Inch Cinema are joining forces to present a weekend of classic films for families. Films like The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) thought to be the first full-length animated production ever made, are being screened on a rolling programme for the duration of this Saturday and Sunday and are all included in the price of gallery admission. Night on Bald Mountain A Night on Bald Mountain usually refers to one of two compositions – either a seldom performed early (1867) 'musical picture' by Modest Mussorgsky, St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain (Russian: (1933), short films like Humdrum (1998) and Bjork's video, Earth Intruders, are also showing. Compton Verney is seven miles east of Stratford-upon-Avon, off the B4086 between Wellesbourne and Kineton. More details and prices from www.7inch.org.uk or www.comptonverney.org.uk CAPTION(S): REMASTERED CLASSIC... Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter. |
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