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Thursday 10 May 2012

Woody Allen fever!

We're very excited to announce our first mini film season, a look back at some of Woody Allen's classics from the 70s and 80s.

Screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author and playwright, with a plethora of awards and more than 40 films to his name, Woody Allen's career spans over half a century. Starting out as a comedy writer in his teens, before the age of twenty he had sold twenty thousand jokes to New York newspapers and by 23 he was writing for one of television's biggest comedy stars, Sid Caesar. By the mid-1960s Allen was writing and directing films - his first writing credit was on What's New Pussycat in 1965, while he earned his directorial debut with What's Up, Tiger Lily in 1969 - first specializing in slapstick comedy before moving into more dramatic material influenced by European art films during the 70s and 80s, pioneering a new brand of romantic comedy with work such as Annie Hall and Manhattan. His later work has attracted some criticism, although Midnight In Paris performed incredibly well in both America and the UK, and earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. One of America's most prominent filmmakers he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and remarkable figures in cinema today. Whether you are a long-standing fan or new to Allen’s work, don’t miss this fleeting chance to revisit four of his classic works that achieved so much critical acclaim, re-mastered in traditional 35mm glory on the big screen!

2 comments:

  1. That's a great line-up - really looking forward to it! Well done, Chloe :-)

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