HD Cinema 6/8 Premieres Movies

[Sean Mota]

HD Cinema Epics (108):
Man Friday *+ (1975, Action / Ad) ​

Sypnosis: Adrian Mitchell's screenplay is a take-off on the DeFoe classic, "Robinson Crusoe." this version finds Friday revolting against white supremacy with Crusoe losing the man-to-man conflict for human dignity.

Starring: Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier, Christopher Cabot
Directed by: Jack Gold

HD Cinema Gunslingers(109):
Yellowstone Kelly **+ (1959, Westerns) ​

Category: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Claude Akins, Ray Danton, Rhodes Reason, John Russell, Clint Walker, Edward Byrnes

Running Time: 1 hr 31 mins
Summary:
Based on a book by Clay Fisher, this 1959 western has a cast loaded with television stars of the era. Clint Walker of TV's Cheyenne appears as the title character, a trapper who befriends the American Indian tribes in his hunting territory in 1867. When the U.S. cavalry is attacked by Kelly's Sioux friends, Kelly is caught between his friendships and loyalty to his country. The troops are slaughtered by the Sioux. Kelly moves in to rescue Wahleeah (Andra Martin), an Apache Indian girl who is being held prisoner by the Sioux because she refuses to marry their chief. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

HD Cinema Classics (107):
The Miracle Worker ***+ (1962, Bio) ​

Sypnosisatty Duke and Anne Bancroft had been playing their respective roles as Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, on Broadway for some time before director Arthur Penn (The Left-Handed Gun) built a mesmerizingly beautiful film around their layers-deep performances. Duke is astonishing as the deaf, blind, mute Keller, who awakens to an awareness of language under Sullivan's determined guidance. Bancroft is fascinating and focused. Penn wisely kept his adaptation unencumbered by cinematic indulgence. The black-and-white film is sparse and charged with the immediacy of the drama. The script is by William Gibson, who also wrote the original play. --Tom Keogh --