A few years ago I had the chance to introduce Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 masterpiece "North by Northwest" at the Grandin Theatre in Roanoke, Va.
I had an earlier opportunity to see this film on the big screen at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville a few years befoe that, but I had passed it up to see an experimental film by James Benning. I enjoyed Benning's film, but having seen Eva Marie Saint at the Omni Hotel/Charlottesville just hours after the "North by Northwest" screening, I began to question my choice.
Now everyone in Greensboro, NC, and surrounding areas can take in the classic_ unless they have to work that night, like me!
The film will be shown on Tues., Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m., with a $5 admission fee.
The Grandin Theatre will be screening their own historic film this weekend as a live orchestra accompanies a screening of the 1926 Buster Keaton classic "The General" on Sunday for an admission fee of $10.
"North by Northwest" ranks as the 23rd highest rated film in the Internet Movie Database. It has an 8.9 (out of 10) rating.
The plot has a middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive named Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) at the center of its plot. Thronhill is mistaken for a government agent by a gang of spies. He gets involved in a series of misadventures and is pursued across the country by both spies and the government.
The aforementioned Saint co-stars in the film along with James Mason and a very young Martin Landau.
According to the IMDB, MGM wanted to cast Cyd Charisse for the part of Eve Kendall, but Hitch insisted on Saint. He never looked back.
Useful links:
http://www.carolinatheatre.com
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