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The Last Picture Show
Tue, Apr 26 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Casting Directors Branch.
Casting director Ross Brown and writer-director Peter Bogdanovich assembled an impeccable cast of veterans and young actors for this authentic and evocatively filmed adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s novel about life in a declining, small Texas town in 1951. Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman won Oscars for their mem- orable performances, and Jeff Bridges (also nominated), Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, and Randy Quaid made strong impressions early in their careers.
DIRECTOR: Peter Bogdanovich.
WRITTEN BY: Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich.
CAST: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson.
1971. 118 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm. New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Lady Sings the Blues
Tue, May 3 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Casting Directors Branch.
Music legend Diana Ross portrayed another music legend, Billie Holiday, in this biopic, which earned the star a Best Actress nomi- nation and worked as both lavish Hollywood entertainment and an unflinching study of addiction. Casting director Joe Scully supported Ross with a top-notch cast including the effortlessly charming Billy Dee Williams as the man in Holiday’s life, comedy great Richard Pryor as “Piano Man,” Isabel Sanford, and Scatman Crothers.
DIRECTOR: Sidney J. Furie.
WRITTEN BY: Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe. CAST: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan.
1972. 144 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. DCP.
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