| Ernest Borgnine In Person
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This is an Aero Theatre Exclusive!
From his big break in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY in 1953 to recent work
on THE SIMPSONS and 2007’s A GRANDPA FOR CHRISTMAS (for which the then 90-year-old
actor was nominated for a Golden Globe), Ernest Borgnine has created an indelible
gallery of American heroes and villains. At home in everything from Westerns and war
movies to comedies and musicals, this diverse craftsman is one of Hollywood’s
greatest treasures.
Join us at the American Cinematheque’s
Aero Theatre for an in-person tribute featuring some of Borgnine’s best films, from
his unforgettable collaborations with Robert Aldrich and Delmer Daves to his Oscar-winning
performance in MARTY.
Friday, August 8 – 7:30 PM
Ernest Borgnine In-Person! Double Feature:
MARTY, 1955, MGM Repertory, 91 min. Director
Delbert Mann and writer Paddy Chayefsky expanded their earlier,
award-winning NBC TV drama into this equally acclaimed feature film. Ernest Borgnine
delivers an Oscar-winning performance (in the role originally played by Rod Steiger), as a
blue-collar Bronx butcher who finds love late in life with schoolteacher Betsy Blair.
Winner of Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. More on this film.
THE CATERED AFFAIR, 1956,
Warner Bros., 92 min. Ernest Borgnine is a middle-aged New York cabbie scraping for
years to save for his own cab. When his daughter (Debbie Reynolds) announces that
she is going to marry in a simple ceremony, domineering wife Bette Davis insists on
a planning a wedding well beyond the working-class family's means, to impress their
friends and family and to make up for what she never had. Director Richard Brooks
and screenwriter Gore Vidal bring Paddy Chayefsky's story to the screen with sensitivity
and intelligence. Introduction to the film by actor Ernest
Borgnine will precede the screening. View Trailer
Saturday, August 9 – 7:30 PM
Robert Aldrich & Ernest Borgnine Double
Feature:
THE DIRTY DOZEN, 1967, Warner Bros.,
149 min. Dir. Robert Aldrich. Lee Marvin whips a group of unruly criminals
(including John Cassavetes and Charles Bronson) into shape for a WWII
suicide mission, and the result is an action epic that deals with issues of race, class,
and war in a massively entertaining context. Ernest Borgnine is an ornery general
making Marvin’s life hell. View
Trailer.
EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE,
1973, 20th Century Fox, 118 min. Dir. Robert Aldrich. Ernest Borgnine
reunites with his DIRTY DOZEN co-star Lee Marvin and director Aldrich for this
Depression-era drama. Borgnine is a sadistic railroad conductor determined to keep hobos
off of his train; Marvin is an outcast who strives to become a legend by battling and
besting Borgnine. More
on this film.
Sunday, August 10 – 7:30 PM
Ernest Borgnine Double Feature:
THE VIKINGS, 1958, MGM Repertory, 116
min. Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis play warring adventurers locked in a
battle for land and the heart (or, more accurately, body) of the gorgeous Janet Leigh
in this rousing epic. With an exuberant performance by Ernest Borgnine as the head
Viking and stylish direction by the ever reliable Richard Fleischer, this is a
fast, funny spectacle not to be missed on the big screen. View Trailer.
THE BADLANDERS, 1958, Warner Bros.,
85 min. Dir. Delmer Daves. Ernest Borgnine gives one of the most intense
performances of his career as John McBain, a hardened criminal who collaborates with
fellow ex-con Alan Ladd on a daring gold robbery. This western remake of THE
ASPHALT JUNGLE is a riveting heist film and a visually sumptuous period piece. View
Trailer. |
