STANLEY KUBRICK'S THE KILLING

APRIL 29

Stanley Kubrick- Master Of The Magic Medium

Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, Elisha Cook Jr., and Marie Windsor, The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’s Kubrick to the core.

Considered celebrated director Stanley Kubrick's best early feature, see this classic crime caper in newly restored big-screen glory. Included on Roger Ebert's Great Movies List and Quentin Tarantino's inspiration for Reservoir Dogs, The Killing enjoys Cult Status as one of the sneaky great Hollywood Film Noir- and audience members may enjoy a pinot noir tasting pre-film!

Career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) recruits a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey), a crooked police officer (Ted de Corsia), a bartender (Joe Sawyer) and a betting teller named George (Elisha Cook Jr.), among others, for one last job before he goes straight and marries his fiancee, Fay (Coleen Gray). But when George tells his restless wife, Sherry (Marie Windsor), about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.