Special Event: North by Northwest + Introduction from Cary Comes Home Festival Director Charlotte Crofts

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North by Northwest is widely regarded as one of the finest movies in the career of its legendary director, Alfred Hitchcock. A classic chase movie, the film stars Cary Grant as a suave executive who is mistaken for a spy and tirelessly pursued by enemy agents. All of Hitchcock's cinematic trademarks are present, and set to a blistering score by Bernard Herrmann, while the story's bold mix of slick comedy and nightmarish thriller works perfectly.

There will be an introduction before this screening from Professor Charlotte Crofts, the Festival Director Of Cary Comes Home. Cary Comes Home is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant's Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work, and recreate the golden age of cinema-going. CARY COMES HOME FESTIVAL A biennial festival celebrating Cary Grant, based in his hometown, Bristol 

Crofts is a Professor of Cinema Arts at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). She is passionate about both cinema-going and Bristol as a city of film and has made various projects celebrating local cinema culture.