Preservation

The 16th Film Noir Festival opened in Hollywood with a screening of the 1949 film Too Late for Tears, which was restored with the help of financial support from the HFPA. Eddie Muller, the FNF President, acknowledged the contribution of the HFPA in a brief talk before the screening at the historic Egyptian Theater.

Yoram Kahana (left) with Film Noir Foundation founder Eddie MullerBy Yoram Kahana The HFPA, which has been supporting film restoration for many years, last year gave a grant to a very specialized restoration-minded organization: the Film Noir Foundation, a San Francisco based non-profit dedicated to the research, restoration and showing of this most American of film genres. Film noir, in the words of one historian, is made of.

"COME BACK TO THE FIVE & DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN" RESTORED WITH HFPA FUNDING Cher always considered it her best work in film, still a trove full of her fondest memories as an actress. On March 3rd, 2011, 7:30 pm, at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Hammer Museum, UCLA Film & Television Archive will present the restored version of Robert Altman's 1982 classic "Come to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", his big screen adaptation of Ed Graczyk's play.

On March 3rd, 2011, 7:30 pm, at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Hammer Museum, UCLA Film & Television Archive will present the restored version of Robert Altman's 1982 classic "Come to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean", his big screen adaptation of Ed Graczyk's play. The film, beautifully polished and re-mastered thanks to the generous funding of Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, is part of the 2011 UCLA Festival of Preservation.