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Highly detailed review of the Blu-Ray / DVD of Beat Girl:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5
Review by Gary Tooze
Dances With Wolves has been released on vinyl. More info on the Music on Vinyl website.
We are delighted to announce that Beat Girl, which contains John Barry's first ever film-score, will receive its premiere DVD/blu-ray release on 25th April.
The extras will prove of interest to Barry fans because it includes a few minutes of additional/alternative footage, which might feature music never heard before.
Beat Girl (Wild for Kicks)
25 April, 2016
BFI, Dual Format Edition Blu-ray + DVD, BFI Video , 1960, 89 min, Region B
Special features
Product details
RRP: £19.99/ Cat. no. BFIB1240 / BFI Flipside No. 030 / Cert 15
UK / 1959 / black and white / English, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles / 87 mins / original aspect ratio 1.66:1 // BD50: 1080p, 24fps, PCM mono (48kHz/24-bit) / DVD9: PAL, 25fps, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (320kbps)
More information on the BFI website
Any residents of London should note that in conjunction with its release on DVD/blu-ray this month: A special screening of Beat Girl takes place at the Regent Street Cinema, London, W1 on Wednesday 20 April at 6.30pm followed by a Q&A with Gillian Hills, hosted by BFI National Archive Fiction Curator, Vic Pratt. Tickets are available now.
Shadowing John Barry by the Brian Bennett Orchestra, to be released by Dramatico on 8 April, features impressive new interpretations of some of the best-known film themes by the late and great British composer...
Australia: 'Peggy Sue Got Married' is being broadcast Wednesday 2nd March on SBS 2 at 10:10pm.
The Music of James Bond
The Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Sunday 14 February
at 7:30pm
Goldfinger, Thunderball, Diamonds are Forever, You Only live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, Golden Eye, Casino Royal, Live and Let Die, Skyfall and many, many more.
Ohio Theatre
39 E. State Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Sat., 01.16.16
08:00 PM
Contact
Phone Number CAPA Ticket Center 614.228.8600
This symphonic evening features the greatest songs from “spy movies” such as Mission Impossible, Get Smart, the Austin Powers films, and of course, the James Bond legacy. Enjoy live performances of “Goldfinger,” “Nobody Does it Better,” “Moonraker,” “For Your Eyes Only,” and many more performed by Sheena Easton and additional vocalists.
Wednesday 10th February, 8.00pm
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Stephen Bell conductor
Guest Vocalist TBC
presented by lyric fm’s Aedin Gormley
Programme Includes:
Out of Africa
The Living Daylights
Born Free
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: We Have All the Time in the World, Dances with Wolves, Diamonds Are Forever: Suite
Goldfinger: Suite
Zulu
Octopussy: All Time High
The Lion in Winter
Moonraker
You Only Live Twice
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra has a proud tradition of performing the music from the movies and tonight we celebrate the life and work of Britain’s greatest film composer, John Barry. Stephen Bell has selected some of Barry’s most admired and popular themes to showcase his extraordinary versatility; each an atmospheric masterpiece, capturing the essence of the films themselves.
Presented by RTÉ Concert Orchestra
The Music of James Bond
Royal Concert Hall
THEATRE SQUARE,
NOTTINGHAM, NG1 5ND,
UK
Saturday 28 May 2016
7:30PM
Five famous words that capture a world of pulse-pumping action, glamorous femmes fatales, villainous arch enemies and, of course, unforgettable music. With roaring brass, lush orchestrations and sensuous songs, these movies have produced hit after hit all over the world. The list of credits includes the thrumming James Bond theme itself, Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker, Thunderball, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Skyfall and many more.
The Hallé’s suave, sophisticated maestro, Stephen Bell, leads the world-renowned Hallé Orchestra and star vocalists Matt Ford and Alison Jiear in an evening packed with some of cinema’s most iconic themes.
From http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php
JANE SEYMOUR TO APPEAR AT "SOMEWHERE IN TIME" 35TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING, DECEMBER 15, L.A.
BY TODD GARBARINI
Jeannot Szwarc’s 1980 film Somewhere in Time, which stars Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Plummer, will be screened at the The Royale Laemmle Theater in Los Angeles. Based upon the novel by Richard Matheson (who also wrote the screenplay), the 103-minute film will be screened on Tuesday, December 15h, 2015 at 7:30 pm.
Read the entire news item here
Network are releasing The Amorous Prawn (1962) on DVD on February 8, 2016. This is one of John Barry's earliest film scores and a rare outing into the field of comedy, at a time when he was also working on some jazz music for The L-Shaped Room and creating The James Bond Theme!
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