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The Misfits (1961)

Sponsored by Susan Getze
16mm Screening
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    The Misfits will be presented on 16mm.

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    “Alongside the heartfelt performances, The Misfits is memorable for the way Metty’s black-and-white cinematography creates taut, fraught, resonant relationships between the characters (and between humans and horses) in the Nevada desert. But perhaps most rewarding of all is how the almost palpable atmosphere of pain, disappointment and ubiquitous mortality reinforces, complicates and enriches the script’s sometimes trite conception of damaged masculine souls (the ranchers and rodeo-riders played by Gable, Clift and Wallach) redeemed by their encounter with a woman (Monroe’s divorcee Roslyn).” – Geoff Andrew, Sight & Sound

    SYNOPSIS

    While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe) ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland (Clark Gable) and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli (Eli Wallach). The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido’s half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland (Montgomery Clift) arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses.

    Screening on an original Kodak 16mm release print, courtesy of Film Programming Manager Dan Santelli.

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    Sponsored by Susan Getze

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    • Genre Drama/ Romance
    • Director John Huston
    • Released 1961
    • Runtime 2h 5m
    • Rated Approved
    • Studio Park Circus
    • CountryUnited States

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    7.2/10 IMDB Rating
    94% Tomatometer
    78% Audience Score

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