
Take-Up Productions (1947) *New 35mm print!* “Superior, I think, to The Third Man. What really grabbed me at sixteen was the heavy atmosphere that hangs over everybody in the town. I still consider it one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, and a film which made me want to pursue this career more than anything else. It’s still fabulous, probably James Mason’s best picture.” -Roman Polanski 7:30

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Dec 25 and 26 The Red Shoes
(1948) *Dazzling new 35mm restoration!* A Technicolor classic based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale of magic ballet slippers whose wearer cannot stop dancing, The Red Shoes tracks a ballerina's rise to the lead role in a ballet version of the well-known story. Powell noted of the film's ro...le in a post–World War II free world, "For 10 years we had all been told to go out and die for freedom and democracy; but now the war was over, The Red Shoes told us to go out and die for art." 7:00 9:35
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(1948) *Dazzling new 35mm restoration!* A Technicolor classic based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale of magic ballet slippers whose wearer cannot stop dancing, The Red Shoes tracks a ballerina's rise to the lead role in a ballet version of the well-known story. Powell noted of the film's ro...le in a post–World War II free world, "For 10 years we had all been told to go out and die for freedom and democracy; but now the war was over, The Red Shoes told us to go out and die for art." 7:00 9:35
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Dec 18 and 19 49th Parallel
(1941) A Nazi U-boat is sunk by the Canadian Air Force and all the crew are lost except six men who had been sent ashore before the attack. Starring Lawrence Olivier, Anton Walbrook, Leslie Howard. Winner of the 1943 Academy Award for best writing. 7:00 9:25

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Dec 11 and 12 Black Narcissus
(1947) A highly charged drama set in a convent high in the Himalayas where a group of nuns attempt to establish a school and a hospital. Despite young Deborah Kerr's best efforts to keep things under control, repression turns to obsession as the nuns become affected by the exotic atmosphere and the action becomes increasingly delirious. 7:00 9:00

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Dec 4 and 5 Stairway To Heaven
(1946) A visionary and witty fantasy that finds downed World War II pilot David Niven attempting to cheat death (in the form of Marius Goring's Heavenly Conductor 71) in order to pursue his relationship with an American radio operator (Kim Hunter). While he pursues his romantic destiny on earth, his fate is subject to a celestial tribunal in heaven. 7:00 9:05

Take-Up Productions December 25th and 26th at the Trylon. And maybe the 27th too.
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The colors in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s masterpiece “The Red Shoes” don’t just exist, they also express.

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BY ELIZABETH DEHN, TIM GIHRING, DARA MOSKOWITZ GRUMDAHL, BETH NERVIG, SARA GLASSMAN, MICHAEL TORTORELLO, AND MONICA WRIGHT

Take-Up Productions Elizabeth Ries of KSTP's Twin Cities Live program visits the Trylon.
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Take-Up Productions Euan Kerr visits the Trylon. Here's the link, at Minnesota Public Radio.
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When it comes to movies, some Minnesotans are thinking small. Tonight the Trylon Microcinema, a theater that only seats 50 people, opens in Minneapolis.

Take-Up Productions It's Erik again. He's everywhere. This time its vita.mn.
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On Friday, the 55-seat Trylon Microcinema will open in south Minneapolis with a three-week series of Buster Keaton's silent comedy films, complete with live musical accompaniment. We spoke with Take-Up ...

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Dreamland Faces perform 2 songs at KFAI studios in Minneapolis, MN. This audio performance was lost and didn't air on July edition of Movie Talk. Luckily, I had my video camera with.

Take-Up Productions Media "blitz" continues. Erik McClanahan at mnfilmtv.org.
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