STRANGERS ON A TRAIN / ROPE | American Cinematheque

Egyptian Theatre

6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028

Wed, May 4
7:30pm

Farley Granger Double Feature!

SUSPENSE ACCOUNT: THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN / ROPE

Our Alfred Hitchcock retrospective opens with a tribute to the late actor Farley Granger (1925 - 2011), featuring films the two artists collaborated on.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

1951, Warner Bros., 101 min, USA, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock

A chance encounter between tennis champion Guy (Farley Granger) and psychopath Bruno (Robert Walker) on a train triggers an unstoppable race toward double murder. Hitchcock’s classic thriller is a finely-tuned engine of suspense, taking barely a breath as it steams through a spine-tingling story of fate, coincidence, guilt and psychopathology - favorite themes of noir writer Patricia Highsmith, whose novel was adapted by the great Raymond Chandler. With Ruth Roman.

ROPE

1948, Universal, 80 min, USA, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock

This startling Alfred Hitchcock film was doubly daring for 1948: First, it risked depicting the Leopold & Loeb-like tale of homosexual lovers committing murder solely for the thrill. If that wasn’t enough, it told the tale in a series of long, 10-minute takes, unlike anything any director had previously attempted. Having passed over the heads of most audiences when originally released, the film is a revelation by today’s standards. With James Stewart, Farley Granger and John Dall (GUN CRAZY).

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Screening formats: 35mm

Egyptian Theatre • Wed, May 4 • 7:30pm

Films in this Series at the Egyptian

REBECCA / THE 39 STEPS Thu, May 26 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	PSYCHO / THE BIRDS Fri, May 27 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	TO CATCH A THIEF / NOTORIOUS Sat, May 28 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre
VERTIGO Sun, May 29 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	THE LADY VANISHES / THE WRONG MAN Thu, June 2 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	REAR WINDOW / THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH Fri, June 3 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre
SPELLBOUND / SABOTEUR Sat, June 4 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	NORTH BY NORTHWEST / FRENZY Sun, June 5 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre	SHADOW OF A DOUBT / SUSPICION Thu, June 9 - 7:30pm Egyptian Theatre