FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Silva September 26, 2016 845.473.5288, x101
BARDAVON KICKS OFF 2016/17 FRIDAY FILM SERIES
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960)
AS A PART OF POUGHKEEPSIE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT’S BIG READ !
Admission is FREE with your Library card!
(Poughkeepsie, NY ) The Bardavon 1869 Opera House will open its 20th season of classic films on the big screen with a screening of The Magnificent Seven on Friday, October 14 at 7:30 pm, at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. The screening supports the Poughkeepsie Public Library District’s NEA BIG READ which this year is Luis Alberto Urrea’s Into the Beautiful North.
7 pm, Live music with Banda Vientos de Mexico Based in the Mid-Hudson Valley, this band has a Traditional Mexican sound with upbeat rhythms and bright brass. They play banda music which originated in the Sinaloa region which is the setting for this year’s Big Read book, Into the Beautiful North.
In the novel, nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven , Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magníficos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over.
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American western directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, and Horst Buchholz. The picture is an Old West- style remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 Japanese-language film Seven Samurai . Brynner, McQueen, Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, and Brad Dexter portray the title characters, a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits and their leader (Wallach). The film’s musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
The Bardavon’s Friday Film Series is made possible by: Marshall & Sterling Insurance and The Poughkeepsie Journal .
All seats for The Magnificent Seven are just $6 (or FREE with a library card) and are general admission. Tickets are available at Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market Street,
Poughkeepsie, 845.473.2072, or through Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000 or www.ticketmaster.com .
The Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. (the Bardavon) is a New York State nonprofit corporation that owns and operates two historic theaters – the 944-seat namesake theater in Poughkeepsie and 1515-seat Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston – and the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. It presents top-notch music, dance, theater, and classic films for diverse audiences in both its venues; stages free annual outdoor events in local communities; and partners with regional schools to offer unique arts- based learning experiences. The Bardavon also continues to restore and preserve its historic theaters for today’s audiences and future generations to enjoy. Visit www.bardavon.org .