The Red Shoes May 15, 2010

THE RED SHOES
New 35 mm print of classic dance film from 1948
Shows at Nuart, Los Angeles on May 15, 16, & 19, 2010

Landmark’s Nuart Theatre - 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Los Angeles, (310) 281-8223
Showtimes: Saturday, May 15 & Sunday, May 16 at 12 pm and Wednesday, May 19 at 2:15 pm
Tickets are $10.50 for general admission and $8.00 seniors, children, & shows before 6PM

Tickets available at the theatre box office and at:
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets/

Into the famous Lermontov Company—to join the greatest ballet talent of the world—comes Vicky Page (Moira Shearer) as a young dancer. Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) knows she will be a great ballerina and demands iron discipline and the complete dedication of her life. She reaches stardom in "The Red Shoes" ballet, dancing to music by Julian Craster (Marion Goring), the young composer whom Lermontov has patronized. Irresistibly, Vicky finds herself caught between two loves: the simple human passion that has embraced Julian and herself; and artistic devotion to the ballet and its jealous master, Lermontov.

THE RED SHOES was directed by Michael Powell (Age of Consent, Peeping Tom) and Emeric Pressburger, known for their collaboration on films such as Black Narcissus, I Know Where I’m Going! and A Matter of Life and Death. Winner of two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Music, the film contains the first full-length English ballet written for the screen and is also well regarded for its creative use of Technicolor cinematography by Jack Cardiff.

“Blending impressionist art and expressionist film, blurring the barriers between theatre and cinema, body and camera, reality and dream, drawing equally on the avant-garde and the classical.” – Tom Huddlestone Time Out London

“Wrapped up with gorgeous sparkly colour, off-the-beaten-track classical music selections, and a sinister edge that perfectly catches the ambiguity of traditional as opposed to Disney fairy tales, this remains a luminous masterpiece.” –David Parkinson Empire Magazine

The film’s running time is 133 minutes; it is not rated. In English.