Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Tribeca >> 2009 >> Restored and Rediscovered

This year's Restored/Rediscovered section explores and celebrates screened or newly-restored versions of films that shaped the first century of cinema.

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Inherit The Wind and Variety

Inherit The Wind (Country: US; Year: 1960; Director: Stanley Kramer; Writer: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee, Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith; Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan, Claude Akins, Elliott Reid, Paul Hartman, Philip Coolidge)

Fictionalised version of the infamous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial to the big screen. Revisited to mark Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday as well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of On The Origin of Species.

Making The Boys In The Band (Country: US; Director: William Friedkin, Crayton Robey ; Writer: Matt Crowley)

In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, there will be a free screening of the 1970 film, followed by this work-in-progress version of the documentary.

Variety (Country: UK, West Germany, US; Year: 1983; Director: Bette Gordon; Writer: Kathy Acker, Bette Gordon, Peter Koper; Stars: Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard Davidson, Luis Guzmán, Nan Goldin, Lee R. Tucker, Peter Rizzo, Mark Boone Junior, April Andrew, Suzanne Fletcher)

Newly restored, pioneering indie narrative about voyeurism from a female perspective.