Welles Festival At American Film Institute

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AFI Silver Theater, Silver Spring, MD

Click on the "Now Playing" menu and scroll down to The Films of Orson Welles.

THE THIRD MAN
In rubble-strewn post-World War II Vienna, Joseph Cotten's pulp-Western writer Holly Martins arrives to meet up with old friend Harry Lime, only to find he's been killed in an accident.
Running Time: 104 mins
Coming Soon: 6/23/2004


THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Footloose Irish sailor Orson Welles gets mixed up in murder with crooked and disabled lawyer Everett Sloane and his sultry wife Rita Hayworth (then Mrs Welles).
Running Time: 86 mins
Coming Soon: 7/2/2004


OTHELLO
As Othello lies dead, a horrified Iago is hoisted above the crowd in an iron cage-and then the play begins.
Running Time: 91 mins
Coming Soon: 7/1/2004


THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
Joseph Cotten pursues lost love Dolores Costello, despite her whippersnapper son Tim Holt, amidst lavish balls in elegant mansions and sleigh rides through Currier & Ives landscapes at the turn of the century.
Running Time: 88 mins
Coming Soon: 7/9/2004


TOUCH OF EVIL
Police corruption and murder on the Mexican border, starting with a brilliant opening crane shot that follows the actors for blocks, continuing with a dark-wigged Marlene Dietrich's greeting to Welles' memorably bloated police chief: "You a mess, honey.
Running Time: 112 mins
Coming Soon: 7/3/2004


MACBETH
In the gloomy, claustrophobic atmosphere of a studio-shot primitive world, a feudal lord decides to go for the kingship, with horrifically fated results.
Running Time: 107 mins
Coming Soon: 7/4/2004


THE IMMORTAL STORY
To make the perennial tall tale of the title come true, aging Macao merchant Welles hires a handsome sailor to sleep with his (also hired) wife Jeanne Moreau.
Running Time: 58 mins
Coming Soon: 7/5/2004


THE STRANGER
War Crimes Commissioner Edward G.
Running Time: 95 mins
Coming Soon: 6/29/2004


F FOR FAKE
A skilled magician in real life, Welles the filmmaker keeps the rabbits coming in this trickster tale.
Running Time: 85 mins
Coming Soon: 7/6/2004


MR. ARKADIN
CITIZEN KANE in reverse, as drifter Robert Arden is recruited by mysterious zillionaire Orson Welles to research his past.
Running Time: 99 mins
Coming Soon: 7/12/2004


THE TRIAL
Anthony Perkins as Joseph K enters a nondescript door and an immense crowd rises to its feet.
Running Time: 96 mins
Coming Soon: 7/8/2004


CITIZEN KANE
From its Gothic opening at looming Xanadu to its legendary final line, this is the most electrifying directorial debut in screen history, named by AFI as the greatest movie of the 20th Century (number 1 on AFI's 100 Years.
Running Time: 119 mins
Coming Soon: 7/9/2004


JOURNEY INTO FEAR
In between looking for an overcoat and complaining about being unable to phone his wife, Joseph Cotten's armaments expert is saved from murder by his disappearance during a magic act.
Running Time: 71 mins
Coming Soon: 7/10/2004