Alfred Hitchcock, Chantal Akerman, Jiri Menzel Movies Set for Beijing Film Festival

Alfred Hitchcock, Chantal Akerman, Jiri Menzel Movies Set for Beijing Film Festival

Alfred Hitchcock, the late “Master of Suspense,” and Jiří Menzel, the late Czech director who won the foreign-language film Oscar for 1966’s Closely Watched Trains, will get some screen love during the 15th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival. The “Homage-Restoration” section of the fest will feature, among others, Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller North by Northwest, starring…

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#Lawrence Turman, Oscar-Nominated Producer of ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 96

#Lawrence Turman, Oscar-Nominated Producer of ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 96

Lawrence Turman, the principled Oscar-nominated producer of The Graduate who was behind other films including The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, American History X and the last movie Judy Garland ever made, has died. He was 96. Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced. A former agent, he…

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#Pat Hitchcock, actress daughter of Alfred, dead at 93

#Pat Hitchcock, actress daughter of Alfred, dead at 93

“#Pat Hitchcock, actress daughter of Alfred, dead at 93” Patricia “Pat” Hitchcock, a veteran character actress perhaps best-known for offering Janet Leigh’s wound-tight “Psycho” character a tranquilizer, has died. She was 93. Born on July 7, 1928 in the UK to famed film director Alfred Hitchcock and his infamously loyal wife, Alma Reville, the legendary duo’s…

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