Sun August 31, 2014
The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy; U.K., 1973)
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at PFA Theater
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Restored “Final Cut”!
“The Citizen Kane of horror movies”—Cinefantastique Magazine
Before Burning Man, there was The Wicker Man, that burning sensation. A Christian believer, Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward), travels to the rustic island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl the islanders deny exists. The sarge is alarmed to find the inhabitants possessed of a paganism that has the cultists raising the maypole and fornicating in the fields. Playwright Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy) penned this heathen husk of folk horror specifically for Christopher Lee, who plays the priestly Lord Summerisle. This flammable flick finds its fright in the slow revelation that you are either kin or kindling.
• Written by Anthony Shaffer. Photographed by Harry Waxman. With Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland. (94 mins, DCP, Color, From Rialto Pictures)
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“The Citizen Kane of horror movies”—Cinefantastique Magazine
Before Burning Man, there was The Wicker Man, that burning sensation. A Christian believer, Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward), travels to the rustic island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl the islanders deny exists. The sarge is alarmed to find the inhabitants possessed of a paganism that has the cultists raising the maypole and fornicating in the fields. Playwright Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy) penned this heathen husk of folk horror specifically for Christopher Lee, who plays the priestly Lord Summerisle. This flammable flick finds its fright in the slow revelation that you are either kin or kindling.
• Written by Anthony Shaffer. Photographed by Harry Waxman. With Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland. (94 mins, DCP, Color, From Rialto Pictures)
Restored “Final Cut”!
“The Citizen Kane of horror movies”—Cinefantastique Magazine
Before Burning Man, there was The Wicker Man, that burning sensation. A Christian believer, Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward), travels to the rustic island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl the islanders deny exists. The sarge is alarmed to find the inhabitants possessed of a paganism that has the cultists raising the maypole and fornicating in the fields. Playwright Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy) penned this heathen husk of folk horror specifically for Christopher Lee, who plays the priestly Lord Summerisle. This flammable flick finds its fright in the slow revelation that you are either kin or kindling.
• Written by Anthony Shaffer. Photographed by Harry Waxman. With Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland. (94 mins, DCP, Color, From Rialto Pictures)
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“The Citizen Kane of horror movies”—Cinefantastique Magazine
Before Burning Man, there was The Wicker Man, that burning sensation. A Christian believer, Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward), travels to the rustic island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl the islanders deny exists. The sarge is alarmed to find the inhabitants possessed of a paganism that has the cultists raising the maypole and fornicating in the fields. Playwright Anthony Shaffer (Sleuth, Frenzy) penned this heathen husk of folk horror specifically for Christopher Lee, who plays the priestly Lord Summerisle. This flammable flick finds its fright in the slow revelation that you are either kin or kindling.
• Written by Anthony Shaffer. Photographed by Harry Waxman. With Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland. (94 mins, DCP, Color, From Rialto Pictures)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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