Tag: Susannah York

SLIFF 2019 – THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY? Golden Anniversary Screening at The St. Louis Public Library November 17th

” I may not know a winner when I see one, but I sure as hell can spot a loser. “

THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’t THEY? will be screening at the St. Louis Public Library (1301 Olive Street St. Louis) on November 17th at 1:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’t THEY? is part of Cinema St. Louis’ Golden Anniversary of films made in 1969. This is a FREE event. With an intro and post-film discussion by We Are Movie Geeks’ own Tom Stockman. A Facebook invite can b found HERE

In Depression-era America, desperation spawned a bizarre fad: the dance marathon. Couples competed to stay on their feet for thousands of hours, and audiences flocked to watch. But Gloria (Jane Fonda, two-time Oscar winner for “Klute” and “Coming Home”) doesn’t think of herself as a spectacle. She is a fierce, unforgiving contestant in a battle she’s determined to win. At stake is much more than the $1,500 prize: The marathon is her only hope for dignity, accomplishment, and salvation. Based on a novel by hardboiled writer Horace McCoy, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Gig Young, who plays the marathon’s emcee, and was nominated for eight additional Academy Awards, including Best Director (Sydney Pollack), Best Actress (Fonda), and Best Supporting Actress (Susannah York). The remarkable cast also includes Michael Sarrazin (as Gloria’s dance partner), Red Buttons, Bruce Dern, and Bonnie Bedelia.

Jerzy Skolimowski’s THE SHOUT Screens November 2nd at Webster University

“Get out of here Anthony, or I’ll shout your bloody ears off!”

Director Jerzy Skolimowski’s THE SHOUT (1978) starring Alan Bates, Susannah York, and John Hurt screens Saturday, November 2nd at Webster University’s Moor Auditorium (470 E Lockwood Ave) at 7:30pm. A Facebook invite for the film can be found HERE

Esteemed film critic Dave Kehr once described The Shout as “a trance thriller that beats Peter Weir on his own turf.” This surrealist horror film, winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes upon its 1978 premiere, is told in flashback over the course of a cricket match taking place at a mental hospital. The narrator of these flashbacks is Charles Crossley (Alan Bates), previously a resident among Australian aborigines, who, alongside other skills, managed to pick up the ability to cut loose with a shout so extreme that it kills all who hear it. Co-starring Tim Curry, just three years after The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as Robert Graves, whose 1926 short story served as the source material for the film. Soundtrack by Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks of the prog rock band Genesis.

Admission is:

$7 for the general public
$6 for seniors, Webster alumni and students from other schools
$5 for Webster University staff and faculty

Free for Webster students with proper I.D.

Robert Altman’s IMAGES (1972) Available on Blu-ray From Arrow Academy March 20th


Robert Altman’s IMAGES (1972) starring Susannah York will be available on Blu-ray From Arrow Academy March 20th


The early seventies were a period of remarkable activity for Robert Altman, producing masterpiece after masterpiece. At the time he came to make Images, MASH and McCabe & Mrs. Miller were behind him, with The Long Goodbye, California Split and Nashville still to come.


Originally conceived in the mid-sixties, IMAGES concerns a pregnant children s author (Susannah York, who won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival) whose husband (Rene Auberjonois) may or may not be having an affair. While on vacation in Ireland, her mental state becomes increasingly unstable resulting in paranoia, hallucinations and visions of a doppelgänger.


Scored by an Oscar-nominated John Williams, with sounds by Stomu Yamash’ta (The Man Who Fell to Earth), IMAGES also boasts the remarkable cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond (Close Encounters of the Third Kind).


SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

  • Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original English mono audio (uncompressed LPCM) soundtracks
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Audio commentary by Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger
  • Scene-select commentary by writer-director Robert Altman
  • Interview with Robert Altman
  • Brand new interview with actor Cathryn Harrison
  • An appreciation by musician and author Stephen Thrower
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Carmen Gray and an extract from Altman on Altman

 

R.I.P. Susannah York

British actress Susannah York died on Friday (January 14, 2011) at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London at the age of 72 after suffering from bone marrow cancer. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and won the Bafta for her role in 1969 film THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY? York also appeared in A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, BATTLE OF BRITAIN, TOM JONES and played Superman’s Mom, Lara, in Ilya Salkind’s SUPERMAN THE MOVIE.

Her son, the actor Orlando Wells, said she was admitted to hospital on January 6, three days before her birthday, after suffering pain in her shoulder.

“She was obviously an incredibly brave woman, because she didn’t complain at all,” he said. He and sister Sasha are in “terrible shock”, but he said of his mother: “From Sasha and my point of view, she was absolutely the centre of our lives…she was a truly, truly wonderful mother.” In more recent years she was seen on television screens in BBC dramas Holby City and Casualty, as well as continuing her work on the stage.

York told Reuters in a 2001 interview that theater was her real love. “This is where I belong,” she said.

Source: BBC