FESTIVAL OF DAVID LEAN CLASSICS: "BRIEF ENCOUNTER" / "GREAT EXPECTATIONS" / "HOBSON'S CHOICE"

David Lean is best known for blockbuster epics like Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, and Bridge on the River Kwai, but his earlier, simpler films are also classics of British cinema and among the most memorable films of all time. This series includes Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson in Noel Coward's Brief Encounter, which won the Palme d-Or at Cannes, was nominated for 3 Oscars, and voted by the British Film Institute as the 2nd greatest British film of all time. We’ll also view John Mills, Jean Simmons, and Alec Guinness in Lean's stunning adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, which was nominated for 5 Oscars and won two, and was voted by the BFI as the 5th greatest British film of all time. And finally, we will see John Mills and Charles Laughton in Hobson's Choice, which won the British Academy Award for Best Film of 1954. A lively discussion with actor-author-filmmaker Peter Josyph will follow each film.