This year’s CARY GRANT COMES HOME FOR THE WEEKEND festival runs from 23-25 November and has a Hitchcock and Cary Grant theme. The weekend is jam-packed with screenings of all four Hitchcock collaborations, as well comedy classics His Girl Friday and Talk of The Town, illustrated talks and events in significant places in Cary Grant’s life. Find out why Cary Grant was “the only actor Hitchcock ever loved” and how their enduring partnership resulted in some of the best cinema of all time. Learn about young Archibald Leach’s journey from Horfield to the meteoric heights of Hollywood fame and how he retained a bond to the city of his birth even after he became Cary Grant. Highlights include our opening night reception and screening of the award-winning documentary Becoming Cary Grant at the mental hospital where young Archie’s mother was committed; North by Northwest in the Planetarium opposite the Cary Grant statue and our closing night gala screening of To Catch A Thief.
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| BECOMING CARY GRANT AT UWE GLENSIDE CAMPUS EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSION,DIRECTOR Q&A |
HIS GIRL FRIDAY AT THE CUBE INTRO BY PAMELA HUTCHINSON |
TO CATCH A THIEF AT TRINITY CENTRE GALA WITH LIVE MUSIC & BUBBLY |
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
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| Friday 23 November | 1900-2130 Becoming Cary Grant (2017) Dir: Mark Kidel; 80 mins Venue: UWE Glenside Campus,BS16 1XL Tickets: £13/£11 conc (+ £1.50 transaction fee) BOOK NOW |
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| Saturday 24 November | 1000-1100 Hitchcock and Cary Grant: “The only actor I ever loved” – illustrated talks Venue: Watershed, BS1 5TX Tickets: £8/£5 conc BOOK NOW £2 off DOUBLE BILL with Suspicion |
1130-1300 Suspicion (1941) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock; 99mins, PG Venue: Watershed, BS1 5TX Tickets: £8/£5 conc BOOK NOW £2 OFF DOUBLE BILL with Hitchcock and Cary Grant |
1400-1600 Looking For Archie – walking tour Starts: Watershed, BS1 5TX; ends at the nearby Après Bar, Millennium Square, BS1 5DB Tickets: £15/£10 (+ £1.50 transaction fee) (includes Prosecco) BOOK NOW |
1630-1800 Cary Grant in Bristol – afternoon tea and talks Venue: Avon Gorge Hotel, BS8 4LD Tickets: £25 (+ £1.50 transaction fee) BOOK NOW |
1930-2200 North by Northwest (1959) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock; 136 mins, PG Venue: Planetarium, Millennium Square, BS1 5DB Tickets: £18/£13 conc (+ £1.50 transaction fee) BOOK NOW |
| Sunday 25 November | 1000-1200 Notorious (1946) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock; 101 mins, U Venue: Everyman, BS8 2NH Tickets: £13/£11 conc (+ £1.50 transaction fee) BOOK NOW |
1230-1415 His Girl Friday (1940) Dir: Howard Hawks; 92 mins, U Venue: The Cube, BS2 8JD Tickets:£8/£5 conc (+ £1.50 transaction fee) £1 life-time membership of The Cube Cinema payable on the door BOOK NOW £2 off DOUBLE BILL with Talk of The Town |
1445-1700 Talk of The Town (1942) Dir: George Stevens; 118 mins, U Venue: The Cube, BS2 8JD Tickets:£8/£5 conc (+ £1.50 transaction fee) £1 life-time membership of The Cube Cinema payable on the door BOOK NOW £2 off DOUBLE BILL with His Girl Friday |
1900-2300 Gala Screening: To Catch A Thief (1955) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock; 106 mins, PG Venue: Trinity Centre, BS2 0NW Tickets: £20/£15 conc/£10 for under 24s (+ £1.50 transaction fee) BOOK NOW |
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Celebrating Bristol’s recent designation as a UNESCO City of Film, in recognition of the city’s vibrant screen heritage, of which Cary Grant is one of our brightest stars.