Yanks (Schlesinger, 1979): Cinema Museum, 7.30pm
This rare screening of Yanks – presented from a 35mm print held in the Cinema Museum’s own collections – takes place as part of The Consummate Professional: John Schlesinger at 100, a UK-wide celebration of one of Britain’s greatest directors in his centenary year and feels This rare screening of Yanks – presented from a 35mm print held in the Cinema Museum’s own collections – takes place as part of The Consummate Professional: John Schlesinger at 100, a UK-wide celebration of one of Britain’s greatest directors in his centenary year. There will be a special introduction by Yanks aficionado Carole Sharp.Cinema Museum introduction:
During the Second World War, over a million American soldiers were
stationed in cities and towns the length and breadth of Britain. At the
end of the war, some 70,000 ‘GI brides’ would return to America with
them. Director John Schlesinger tells how the lives of three women (Vanessa
Redgrave, Lisa Eichhorn, Wendy Morgan) were indelibly changed by three
such ‘Yanks’ (Richard Gere, William Devane, Chick Vennera) who were all,
as the saying went, ‘overpaid, oversexed and over here’. Colin
Welland’s story, set in a typical Lancashire town in the years between
Pearl Harbour and D-Day, draws on a range of the real-life
Anglo-American romances that were all too familiar during the war, yet
have rarely been depicted in films before or since. A powerful ensemble
drama, it features outstanding performances from, amongst many others,
Rachel Roberts in a deservedly BAFTA-winning role.
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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