Double Feature: 40th Anniversary! DELIVERANCE, 1972, THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT, 1974, January 28, 2012

Saturday, January 28 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: 40th Anniversary! DELIVERANCE, 1972, Warner Bros., 109 min. Director John Boorman fashions an indescribable odyssey of unexpected violence, endurance and transcendence as Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty are stalked by a scruffy gang of backwoods neanderthals. The cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond (MCCABE & MRS. MILLER, THE LONG GOODBYE, and winner of the 1998 ASC Lifetime Achievement Award) perfectly evokes an atmosphere of stark, pastoral beauty and mounting terror from novelist James Dickey’s pitch perfect screenplay. [35mm]
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THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT, 1974, MGM Repertory, 114 min. Writer-director Michael Cimino’s first film is a terrific, offbeat heist film and modern-day Western, with pro thief Clint Eastwood trying to elude murderous ex-partners George Kennedy and Geoffrey Lewis with aid from gentle-souled drifter Jeff Bridges. THUNDERBOLT constantly surprises with ingenious plot twists, character-driven humor and a wistful sweetness that is all too rare in most action films. [35mm]
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