Anne Bancroft Retrospective at Lincoln Center

Cole Smithey

The
Bronx-born star of "The Graduate" shines in our 11-film series! Featuring
special appearances in person by Patty Duke, Mike Nichols, Neil Simon,
and Marsha Norman.

Only a
handful of actresses can lay claim to as an immense, eclectic, and
triumphant body of work as Anne Bancroft can. Tackling almost every
genre, the Bronx-born leading lady brought an always-compelling inner
life, a vivacious humor, and a distinctive sense of strength, not to
mention exceptional beauty. Acclaimed for her roles in Arthur Penn's The
Miracle Worker and Mike Nichols's The Graduate, she worked closely with
a host of other great filmmakers and actors.

84 Charing Cross
Road

David Jones, 1986, USA; 100m

In this memoir-based epistolary
delight, a New York scriptwriter (Bancroft) corresponds with a British
bookseller (Anthony Hopkins) over several years about books, food, the
Dodgers, and more.

Mon Mar 8: 3:15

The Elephant Man

David
Lynch, 1980, USA; 124m

Set in 19th-century London, this story of a
misunderstood deformed man (Oscar-nominated John Hurt) was a
compassionate triumph (kickstarted by Bancroft, who passed the script to
the producer, husband Mel Brooks).

Thu Mar 11: 8:45

Fatso

Anne
Bancroft, 1980, USA; 93m

The late Dom DeLuise stars in Bancroft's
funny, poignant look at a man with an uncontrollable appetite. Bancroft,
who directed and also stars, drew on memories of her Italian-American
upbringing.

Tue Mar 9: 4:00

Thu Mar 11: 2:00

Garbo Talks

Sidney
Lumet, 1984, USA; 103m

16mm print

A hilariously dynamic Bancroft
plays only-in-New-York character Estelle Rolfe-mother, activist, Garbo
idolizer-whose son (Ron Silver) moves mountains to fulfill her dying
wish to meet the reclusive star.

Mon Mar 8: 1:00

The
Graduate

Mike Nichols, 1967, USA; 105m

The iconic classic about
Benjamin's very special suburban homecoming features Bancroft's
indelible Mrs. Robinson-a woman whose sadness, despite the comically
awkward situations, runs deep. With special appearance by
Mike Nichols!

Tue Mar 9: 8:30

The Last
Frontier
Anthony Mann, USA, 1956; 98m
One of Mann's most sheerly
beautiful Westerns stars Victor Mature, James Whitmore, and Pat Hogan as
Indian scouts at a fort, where Mature falls for the colonel's wife
(Anne Bancroft).
Thu Mar 11: 4:00

The Miracle Worker

Arthur
Penn, 1962, USA; 106m

In career-making Oscar-winning roles, Patty
Duke and Bancroft shine as Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan,
reprising roles from Penn's Broadway production. With special
appearance by Patty Duke!
Mon Mar 8: 8:15

'night,
Mother
Tom Moore, 1986, USA; 96m
A mother (Bancroft) and daughter
(Sissy Spacek) undertake a conversation like no other when the young
woman announces her plans to die the next morning. Playwright
and screenwriter Marsh Norman in person!
Tue Mar 9:
6:00

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Melvin Frank, 1975, USA;
98m

Manhattan marrieds Mel and Edna Edison (Jack Lemmon and Bancroft)
have had it up to here-and there goes Mel's job. An uproarious
adapation of Neil Simon's award-winning play. With special
appearance by Neil Simon!
Thu Mar 11: 6:15

The
Pumpkin Eater

Jack Clayton, 1964, UK; 118m

This magnificent
British classic of hushed resignation and anguish stars Bancroft as a
woman with six children and an unfaithful screenwriter husband (Peter
Finch). Adapted by Harold Pinter; music by Georges Delerue.

Tue Mar
9: 1:30

Wed Mar 10: 3:20

The Turning Point

Herbert Ross,
1977, USA; 119m

Letting loose, Bancroft garnered her fourth Oscar
nomination as aging star ballerina Emma Jacklin, opposite Shirley
MacLaine as her ex-dancer friend whose daughter's ambitions open up old
rivalries.

Wed Mar 10: 1:00

Screenings will be
held at The Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater,
located at 165 West 65th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway.

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Film Society receives generous, year-round support from 42BELOW,
American Airlines, GRAFF, Stella Artois, Illy Caffè, The New York State
Council on the Arts, and The National Endowment for the Arts.

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leadership of Mara Manus, Executive Director, and Richard Peña, Program
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