North by Northwest

1930-2240 North by Northwest

(Dir.: Alfred Hitchcock, 1959, USA, 136 mins, PG)

Doors 7.30, film intro starts 8pm 

With a video intro by Col Needham (IMDb) & talk on Bernard Herrmann’s music by Matthew Sweet

Watch the Hitchcock classic, North by Northwest, in the suitably starry setting of Bristol’s Planetarium. With a video welcome from Col Needham (founder and CEO of IMDb.com), who even after watching more than 10,000 films still rates North by Northwest as one of his all-time top 10 favourites and names Grant as his favourite film actor + an introduction from Matthew Sweet (presenter of BBC Radio’s Sound of Cinema) to the atmosphere-enhancing score by Bernard Herrmann, composer of the music for seven Hitchcock films. Doors open at 7pm for star dome viewings accompanied by Hermann’s soundtrack.

Tickets: £18/£13 conc (+ £1.50 transaction fee)