Wednesday Night Films - Mostly Hitchcock Series

Movie Night at the Arts Centre presented by Bill Engleson

Four Wednesday Nights: April 2, April 9, April 16, April 23

Times: 7:30

Admission: By donation - proceeds go to the Arts Centre

Bill says"Alfred Hitchcock never won an academy award as best director. However his body of work contains many of the most creative and thrilling films of the last century. These three are among my favourites.

Saboteur is a wartime film of intrigue and seditious fifth columnists. Rear Window is an urban suspense film that shows you what might happen if you don’t mind your own business. The Birds! Well, it is quite simply a masterful film of unrelenting terror. "

Note: 49th Parallel replaces Foreign Correspondent due to a last minute availability problem.

 

Scene from The Grapes of Wrath49th Parallel (1941)

Directed by Mickael Powell
Stars Raymond Massey, Lawrence Olivier, Leslie Howard

A WW2 U-boat crew is stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral USA

Wednesday, April 2 - 7:30 pm

Bill says" A thrilling WWII tale set in Canada about the exploits of a castaway German submariner crew.”

Scene from The Best Years of Our LivesSaboteur (1942)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Stars Bob Cummings and Pricilla Lane

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane goes on the run across the United States when he is wrongly accused of starting a fire that killed his best friend. 108 minutes.

Wednesday, April 9 - 7:30 pm

Bill says"Memorable wartime thriller of a wrongly accused man who criss-crosses the US of A seeking vindication.  A beautiful road movie as well.”

Scene from On The WaterfrontRear Window (1954)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Stars Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly

A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. 112 minutes.

Wednesday, April 16 - 7:30 pm

Bill says “One of the great suspense films; high tension amid high density.”

Scene from To Kill A MockingbirdThe Birds (1963)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren

A wealthy San Francisco playgirl pursues a boyfriend to a small northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people in increasing numbers and with increasing viciousness.

Wednesday, April 30 - 7:30 pm

Bill says“Virtuoso classic film of nature in revolt. Brutal and merciless.”