Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo, restored and presented in 70mm, will be shown at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland on July 17, 18, and 19. I’ll be there, because this film has a special place in my heart. In 1959 we lived in the small English village of Odiham in Hampshire. 3000 people, 7 pubs, one picture palace—The Regal. I was 13 years old, and for the first time I was allowed to go to the movies on a winter’s night by myself. (My mother was a little over-protective, hence my later flirtation with stunts.) To get to the Regal on the outskirts of town, I had to walk through the cemetery of the Norman-era church. Dark shadows. Wisps of fog. Knowing I was going to see a film crafted by a director dubbed the Master of Suspense made the graveyard all the spookier. Vertigo was on its re-release, making its way through the...
- 7/15/2015
- by Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Trailers from Hell
Larry Lamb has signed up to present a new Channel 5 documentary series about Rome.
Rome: The World's First Superpower will see the EastEnders actor explore Rome's rise from a city to an empire.
The self-proclaimed Roman history enthusiast will look into Rome's major figures including Romulus and Julius Caesar, and will discover how the small city was able to conquer the world for nearly 100 years.
Lamb will travel across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in the four-part series, visiting major sites and finding artefacts and documents from Roman life.
The presenter said: "From exploring Roman sewers and slums to epic battlefields, from the ancient walls of Rome inside a busy train station to diving among the still-intact ruins of villas in the playground of the rich - this series is showing me Rome in a way I only ever dreamed of."
Executive producer John Farren said: "It's the...
Rome: The World's First Superpower will see the EastEnders actor explore Rome's rise from a city to an empire.
The self-proclaimed Roman history enthusiast will look into Rome's major figures including Romulus and Julius Caesar, and will discover how the small city was able to conquer the world for nearly 100 years.
Lamb will travel across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in the four-part series, visiting major sites and finding artefacts and documents from Roman life.
The presenter said: "From exploring Roman sewers and slums to epic battlefields, from the ancient walls of Rome inside a busy train station to diving among the still-intact ruins of villas in the playground of the rich - this series is showing me Rome in a way I only ever dreamed of."
Executive producer John Farren said: "It's the...
- 5/8/2014
- Digital Spy
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