RAMPAGE and HARRY BLACK AND THE TIGER June 29, 2007

Friday, June 29 – 7:30 PM

Big Game Hunters Double Feature:

New 35mm Print! RAMPAGE, 1963, Warner Bros., 98 min. Director Phil Karlson (WALKING TALL; 99 RIVER STREET) helmed this pulpy and gorgeous-looking melodrama that ranges from urban Germany to the wilds of Malaysia. Robert Mitchum is a trapper hired by a zoo, along with a self-centered big game hunter Jack Hawkins, to bring a rare panther back alive for exhibition. However, an uneasy dynamic develops when Hawkins’ longtime assistant (and mistress) Elsa Martinelli, whom he treats as a possession, decides to stay with Mitchum after the hunt. Hawkins’ powerful ego cannot take the rejection, and he hatches a revenge scheme involving the captured jungle cat. Co-starring Sabu (THE THIEF OF BAGDAD) in a pivotal supporting role. Elmer Bernstein (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN; THE GREAT ESCAPE) supplied the stirring score. NOT ON DVD

New 35mm Print! HARRY BLACK AND THE TIGER, 1958, 20th Century Fox, 107 min. "Man against beast! Woman against man!" When a tiger begins to kill the inhabitants of a remote Indian village, master hunter Stewart Granger is brought in to slay the wild beast. Hampered by an artificial leg from a WWII injury, Granger must also contend with wartime comrade Anthony Steel, now a plantation owner, who wants to come along on the hunt to impress his son. It becomes a full scale operation, and director Hugo Fregonese admirably charts the events with astounding authenticity, ranging from the luxuriously verdant India locale to the procession of elephants beating the bush to the native culture and interpersonal tensions amongst the hunting party. Co-starring Barbara Rush. NOT ON DVD

$10 General Admission
$8 Students/Seniors
$7 American Cinematheque members

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