Ace in the Hole & Wakefield Express
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Director: Billy Wilder, Lindsay Anderson.
Starring: Kirk Douglas.
USA, 1951.
144 mins. English
ACE IN THE HOLE (111 mins):
Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.
WAKEFIELD EXPRESS (33 mins):
Heavily influenced by the work of Humphrey Jennings, Wakefield Express is a documentary featurette that follows the journey of a small West Yorkshire newspaper in its centenary year - from a reporter interviewing an elderly woman through to the paper going to press.
Charles Tatum, a down-on-his-luck reporter, takes a job with a small New Mexico newspaper. The job is pretty boring until he finds a man trapped in an old Indian dwelling. He jumps at the chance to make a name for himself by taking over and prolonging the rescue effort, and feeding stories to major newspapers. He creates a national media sensation and milks it for all it is worth - until things go terribly wrong.
WAKEFIELD EXPRESS (33 mins):
Heavily influenced by the work of Humphrey Jennings, Wakefield Express is a documentary featurette that follows the journey of a small West Yorkshire newspaper in its centenary year - from a reporter interviewing an elderly woman through to the paper going to press.
Screenings
Arts Picturehouse
Thursday 22 September, 10:15AM
Arts Picturehouse
Thursday 15 September, 4:45PM
Cineworld
Friday 23 September, 4:00PM
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Ace in the Hole & Wakefield Express by Take One
18 Sep 2011
Some journalists will do anything for a story. Whilst the plot of Ace in the...
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