Wohoo! Ealing comedies back in the cinema

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Ealing comedies back in cinemas

Passport To Pimlico
Kind Hearts And Coronets
Whisky Galore
The Man In The White Suit
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Ladykillers

All remastered prints. The story says that they will be touring the UK but I’m sure the IFC(Irish Film Center) will show these.

Wohoo!

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I love this idea ! Just hope the public turn up. From a personal perspective, I’d also like to see ‘I’m All Right Jack’ on the list because it’s ‘important’ – a big slab in paving the way for the 60’s satire boom and a very pointed comment on social discord. And Sellers was so good.
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Meanwhile, in other news, the results of this 10-yearly poll were announced yesterday:

"Citizen Kane by Orson Welles, about the life of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane, is the best film ever made, according to a global critics’ poll.
The poll of international critics and directors was carried out by the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound magazine. "

  1. Citizen Kane (Welles) 1941
  2. Vertigo (Hitchcock) 1958
  3. La Regle du Jeu (Renoir) 1939
  4. The Godfather I and II (Coppola) 1972, 1974
  5. Tokyo Story (Ozu) 1953
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick) 1968
  7. Sunrise (Murnau) 1927
  8. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) 1925
  9. 8 1/2 (Fellini) 1963
  10. Singin’ in the Rain (Kelly, Donen) 1951
  • Probably only handy as a reference for those wanting a reminder of things they want to see, but a bit of fun.

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Excellent!

Though I have to say tastes change. I tried to watch my favourite childhood film Kind Hearts and Coronets a few years ago, and man did it drag.

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I’m All Right Jack is one of my favorites aswell. A couple of my fathers old friends (he was a shop steward in a garage) are Peter Sellers character IRL. Sellers is brilliant as usual and Terry Tomas to boot. “I shay ole boy. Ding Dong”.

I’ve only seen 5 of that 10 :eek:

Kane is IMO worthy of the first place.

On preview

Noooo. I only saw this a few months ago and was impressed with how it stood the passage of time. It’s still as black as black can be. Oh YMMV and all that.

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Any chance of them hitting this side of the pond?