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ISSUE 55ISSUE 55 AFI SILVER THEATRE AND CULTURAL CENTER JANUARY 26–APRIL 12, 2012 Gene Kelly Centennial Screen Valentines: Great Movie Romances Nicholas Ray Charles Dickens in the Cinema Soviet Shakespeare Things to Come: The City Imagined on Film AFI.com/Silver Contents Gene Kelly Centennial Retrospective Gene Kelly Centennial Retrospective ..........2 February 4–April 5 The Films of Whit Stillman ......................4 Electric, athletic and always has ensured the lasting appeal of their work (also on The Films of Nicholas Ray .......................5 inventive, Gene Kelly defined display in the choreography for LIVING IN A BIG WAY, Charles Dickens in the Cinema .................8 the Golden Age of the movie COVER GIRL, ANCHORS AWEIGH, and TAKE ME Screen Valentines ..................................9 musical, not only as the genre’s OUT TO THE BALL GAME). In later years, Kelly played biggest star after WWII, an ambassadorial role for the movie musical through Special Engagements ..............10,11,16 but as an innovative dance his involvement with and appearances in the MGM Things to Come: choreographer and director anthologies THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT and THAT’S The City Imagined on Film ....................12 (with underrated acting skills, DANCING, and his all-around tireless approach to Soviet Shakespeare ............................13 to boot). His collaborations show business. Among his many accolades, Kelly was AFI & Montgomery College/Talk Cinema/ with choreographer/director awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1952 (“In appreciation Environmental Film Festival ..................14 Stanley Donen — including ON of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, THE TOWN, SINGIN’ IN THE and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art Calendar ............................................15 RAIN, and IT’S ALWAYS FAIR of choreography on film”), and received the AFI Life WEATHER — revolutionized Achievement Award in 1985. Celebrate the screen LOOK FOR THE dance on screen and the look icon’s centenary year with this retrospective of his most of movie musicals. Kelly and beloved films. To find out how to become a Member Donen’s work relocated prewar films’ penchant for escapism of AFI, see page 14 or visit AFI Member passes will be accepted at all films AFI.com/Silver/JoinNow. and fantasy to the real world, reflecting real-world concerns, in the Gene Kelly series and better integrating the dance and musical numbers into the TICKETS characters’ story, even their psychology. This modern approach • $11.50 General Admission • $9 Seniors (65 and over), Schedule students with valid ID, “He wanted to create numbers in which the dancer and military personnel COVER GIRL did with his body what the actor did with words. • $8.50 AFI Members Sat, Feb 4, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Feb 5, 6:30; Tue, Feb 7, 9:20 He strove to devise a cinematic language of dance • $7 Children (12 and under) ANCHORS AWEIGH which replaced dialogue and told the audience • $8.50 Matinee tickets, Sun, Feb 5, 3:45; Mon, Feb 6, 6:00 what the character felt, thought, was.” weekdays before 6:00 p.m. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN — Kelly biographer Jeanine Basinger (holidays excluded) Fri, Feb 10, 5:10; Sat, Feb 11, 7:20; Sun, Feb 12, 5:00; Tue, Feb 14, 7:15; Thu, Feb 16, 7:15 COVER GIRL AFI PREVIEW is published by the THE PIRATE Red-headed knockout Rita Hayworth becomes an overnight American Film Institute. Fri, Feb 17, 5:10; Sat, Feb 18, 1:05; Sun, Feb 19, 11:00 a.m.; sensation when she’s spotted by Vanity magazine honcho Otto All screenings take place at the AFI Silver Theatre Mon, Feb 20, 11:00 a.m. Kruger and selected for supermodel stardom. Her boyfriend and Cultural Center: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME Gene Kelly argues that dancing’s where it’s at, and urges her 8633 Colesville Road Sat, Feb 25, 12:00; Mon, Feb 27, 5:00; Wed, Feb 29, 5:00 to stay with their act. But Hayworth’s newfound fame brings Silver Spring, MD 20910 her offers to make the leap to Broadway — solo. Highlights ON THE TOWN For address changes and subscription include Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin’s lyrical “Long Ago and services, contact: Sun, Feb 26, 12:45; Mon, Feb 27, 7:00; Tue, Feb 28, 4:45; Far Away” (#92 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs) and Kelly’s Thu, Mar 1, 5:00 inventive dancing with himself on “Alter-Ego Dance.” DIR Charles American Film Institute SUMMER STOCK Vidor; SCR Virginia Van Upp, from the story by Erwin S. Gelsey; PROD Arthur Schwartz. US, 1944, 2021 N. Western Ave. color, 107 min. NOT RATED Los Angeles, CA 90027 Sat, Mar 3, 11:00 a.m.; Mon, Mar 5, 7:30; Tue, Mar 6, 5:05 Attn: Membership AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Sat, Mar 3, 4:30; Sun, Mar 4, 6:30; Tue, Mar 6, 7:20 On the cover: Gene Kelly, IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER Courtesy of Everett Collection Sat, Mar 10, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Mar 11, 3:00; Tue, Mar 13, 5:10; Editor: Julie Hill Thu, Mar 15, 5:10 Production Manager: Rebecca Lentz-Fernandes BRIGADOON Sat, Mar 10, 3:00; Sun, Mar 11, 11:00 a.m.; Mon, Mar 12, 5:10; Courtesy of Sony Pictures Repertory Production Coordinator: Anjuli Singh Wed, Mar 14, 5:10 Design: Amanda Stefano, Washington Post Media LES GIRLS Information is correct at press time. Mon, Mar 19, 7:10; Tue, Mar 20, 7:10 Films and schedule subject to change. HELLO, DOLLY! Check AFI.com/Silver for updates. Sat, Mar 24, 12:30 XANADU AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is funded Fri, Mar 30, 10:30; Sun, Apr 1, 3:00 by an operating grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Sun, Apr 1, 5:00; Tue, Apr 3, 4:30; Thu, Apr 5, 4:30, 7:00 COVER GIRL 2 Daily Listings: 301.495.6700 ANCHORS AWEIGH THE PIRATE SUMMER STOCK Sailors Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra’s plans for shore leave Island lass Judy Garland, unhappy with her corpulent, Connecticut farm gal Judy Garland has her homestead in Hollywood are sidetracked when they get stuck with bullying fiancé Walter Slezak, believes that traveling player hijacked by a traveling theater troupe, who agree to work young runaway Dean Stockwell, who’s nuts about joining the Gene Kelly may in fact be her idol, legendary daredevil as farmhands in exchange for use of the barn as a theater Navy. But after returning him home to his widowed aunt, the pirate Mack the Black. This over-the-top spoof of Douglas for their summer production. Impresario Gene Kelly even beautiful Kathryn Grayson, Sinatra’s singing “I Fall in Love Fairbanks-brand swashbuckling features Cole Porter tunes, manages to get Garland into the act, the result being the Too Easily” and even ladies’ man Kelly starts thinking about including the spirited “Be A Clown,” with Kelly cavorting show-stopping finale “Get Happy,” which would become settling down. Kelly’s first film as sole choreographer features over, under and through the set, and clowning around with one of Garland’s signature tunes (written by Harold Arlen his celebrated duet with Jerry Mouse, an early triumph in the famous dancing duo, the Nicholas Brothers. DIR Vincente and Ted Koehler, and #61 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 coordinating live action with animation and a hallmark of Minnelli; SCR Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, from the play by S. N. Behrman; PROD Arthur Songs). With Marjorie Main, Eddie Bracken and Phil Silvers. Kelly’s ambitious inventiveness. DIR George Sidney; SCR Isobel Lennart; Freed. US, 1948, color, 102 min. NOT RATED DIR Charles Walters; SCR George Wells, Sy Gomberg; PROD Joe Pasternak. US, 1950, color, PROD Joe Pasternak. US, 1945, color, 143 min. NOT RATED 108 min. NOT RATED #1 on AFI’s 100 Years of Musicals #9 on AFI’s 100 Years of Musicals #5 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies #32 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN #68 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies When silent stars Gene Kelly and Jean Hagen’s first sound AN AMERICAN IN PARIS picture looks like a bomb, movie magic saves the day, as Courtesy of Everett Collection Starving artist Gene Kelly shares a Parisian garret with Kelly and company rush to recut the movie as a musical, unemployed pianist Oscar Levant, and when heiress/ with Debbie Reynolds’ lilt dubbed over Hagen’s screech. patroness Nina Foch takes an interest in Kelly and his Vaudevillian Donald O’Connor’s bravura performance canvasses, it could be their ticket to the big time. But Kelly of “Make ‘Em Laugh” is eclipsed only by Kelly’s splashy has fallen hard for shopgirl Leslie Caron. This multiple song and dance performance of the title track — “the most Oscar-winner — six in all, including Best Picture — features celebrated single sequence in the history of the genre” — a beautiful George Gershwin score, including “I Got John Wakeman. DIR Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen; SCR Adolph Green, Rhythm,” “Our Love Is Here to Stay” and an extended ballet Betty Comden; PROD Arthur Freed. US, 1952, color, 103 min. NOT RATED finale inspired by Impressionist painting: “18 minutes of screen magic, unsurpassed in the boldness of its design “Singin’ in the Rain” - #3 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs and the dazzle of its execution” — Clive Hirschhorn, “The “Make ‘Em Laugh” - #49 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs Hollywood Musical.” DIR Vincente Minnelli; SCR Alan Jay Lerner; PROD Arthur “Good Morning” - #72 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs Freed.
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  • Steven Price

    Steven Price

    STEVEN PRICE COMPOSER CREDITS AWARDS & NOMINATIONS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION 2013 GRAVITY Best Original Score BAFTA AWARD 2013 GRAVITY Original Music GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD GRAVITY NOMINATION 2013 Best Original Score CRITICS CHOICE AWARD 2013 GRAVITY Best Score FEATURE FILMS FURY Bill Block, John Lesher, Ethan Smith, prods. Columbia Pictures David Ayer, dir. BLACK SEA Kevin Macdonald, Charles Steel, prods. Focus Features Kevin Macdonald, dir. THE WORLD’S END Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, prods. Working Title Edgar Wright, dir. GRAVITY David Heyman, Geyer Kosinski, prods. Warner Bros Alfonso Cuaron, dir. MARLEY Charles Steel, prod. Cowboy Films Kevin Macdonald, dir. ATTACK THE BLOCK Nira Park, James Wilson, prods. Big Talk Joe Cornish, dir. SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD Eric Glitter, Nira Park, Marc Platt, Universal Edgar Wright, prods. *Additional Music Edgar Wright, dir. THE BOAT THAT ROCKED Hilary Bevan Jones, Tim Bevan, Working Title Eric Fellner, prods. *Additional Music Richard Curtis, dir. MR. BEANS HOLIDAY Peter Bennett-Jones, Tim Bevan, Working Title Eric Fellner, prods. *Additional Music Steve Bendelack, dir. The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. (818) 260-8500 1 STEVEN PRICE SEED OF CHUCKY David Kirschner, Corey Sienega, prods. Rogue Features Don Mancini, dir. *Additional Music AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Bill Badalato, Hal Lieberman, prods. Walden Media / Disney Frank Coraci, dir. *Additional Music GLADIATRESS Graham Broadbent, Bruce Davey, Icon Entertainment Damian Jones, prods. *Additional Music Brian Grant, dir. LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY Trevor Albert, Don Murphy, prods. GENTLEMEN Stephen Norrington, dir. Fox Pictures *Additional Music ASHES AND SAND Andrew Holmes, prod. Open Road Productions Bob Blagden, dir. *Additional Music TELEVISION BELIEVE J.J.