| Spellbound
Film Gala
Celebrating the legacy of Hitchcock: Screening and panel discussion
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13th August 2003
To celebrate the 104th birthday of revered director,
Alfred Hitchcock, County Hall Gallery is holding a special screening
of the 1945 classic Spellbound (starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory
Peck) followed by a discussion panel on the film.
Expert comment and analysis will be provided by
Emma Cochrane (Contributing Editor, Empire), Charles Barr (Author
of Vertigo), and Simon Hunter (Director of modern thriller, Lighthouse).
County Hall Gallery is the permanent home of the
monumental canvas Spellbound, a Dalí painting commissioned
for the dream sequences in the movie and a highlight of the Dalí
Universe exhibition, Europe's most important surrealist collection.
A
SPECIAL SCREENING
Visitors will be given the opportunity to see the film in the special
screening room at County Hall Gallery, accompanied by a private
viewing of the Dalí Universe exhibition and Spellbound canvas,
as well as a complimentary bar and nibbles.
In addition, a special panel of experts have been
brought together to discuss the film and its director. Charles Barr
will chair the event looking at how Spellbound fits into Hitchcock's
career, referring to his interests in psychology and art, notably
modern art. Emma Barr will be examining the history and myths surrounding
the film itself - throwing in some movie trivia about the making
of the film.
ABOUT
SPELLBOUND
This Oscar-nominated masterpiece was the first film to explore psychoanalysis
in mainstream Hollywood cinema.
When the head of a mental asylum retires and is
replaced with the renowned Dr Edwards (Gregory Peck), it soon becomes
apparent he is an imposter and amnesiac. Ingrid Bergman plays the
psychiatrist who falls in love with Edwards and who eventually risks
everything to run away with him to help solve the dark mystery that
surrounds the mysterious doctor.
Hitchcock commissioned Dalí to design the
magnificent Spellbound canvas for the dream sequence for as well
as the sets featuring a bizarre set of tables and chairs with human
legs.
GIVEAWAYS
County Hall Gallery in conjunction with Fremantle Media has 8 DVD
copies of Spellbound available for giveaways, as well as 5 pairs
of film night tickets and 10 pairs of exhibition tickets to the
Dalí Universe.
FILM GALA Spellbound (1945, Alfred Hitchcock);
13th August 2003, doors open 7pm, screening 8pm. Tickets £16.95
at County Hall Gallery Box Office (Limited availability) or on www.ticketweb.co.uk
FOR INTERVIEWS / USE OF PICTURES / BOOKS contact
Lauren on lauren@ideageneration.co.uk or Jo on jo@ideageneration.co.uk
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