Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Glasgow >> 2012 >> Out Of The Past

Some of the best films of yesteryear in a special selection including new and restored prints. A great chance to see old favourites on the big screen, with some very special guests in attendance.

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Death Watch and The Loves Of Pharaoh

Death Watch (La Mort En Direct) (Country: France, Germany, Uk; Year: 1980; Director: Bertrand Tavernier; Writer: David Rayfiel, based on the book by David Compton.; Stars: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard, Max von Sydow)

A man with a camera implanted in his brain is commissioned to film a documentary about a terminally ill woman's last days.

Full Review See: Harvey Keitel on Sorrentino, Campion and Scorsese
, Interview with Bertrand Tavernier about The Princess Of Montpensier

Laura (Country: US; Year: 1944; Director: Otto Preminger; Writer: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Ring Lardner Jr, based on the novel by Vera Caspary; Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Cy Kendall, Grant Mitchell, Dorothy Adams, James Flavin)

A detective investigating a murder finds out what "client attachment" means in this stylish 1940s thriller.

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The Loves Of Pharaoh (Country: Germany; Year: 1922; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Stars: Emil Jannings, Dagny Servaes, Harry Liedtke)

A dramatic tale of life and love in Ancient Egypt.

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A Night To Remember (Country: UK; Year: 1958; Director: Roy Ward Baker; Writer: Walter Lord, Eric Ambler; Stars: Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, John Cairney, Laurence Naismith, Kenneth Griffith, George Rose, David McCallum, Andrew Keir)

The story of the sinking of the Titanic.

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