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| Celebrate Brief Encounter's 70th Anniversary at special screenings and tea dances |
BRIEF ENCOUNTER celebrates its 70th Anniversary with special screenings followed by tea dances with a live band through the UK in November.
Don those dancing shoes for a Strictly Brief Encounter.
As the nation goes crazy for Strictly Come Dancing, the legendary weepie is getting in on the act with special dance-themed screenings throughout the UK.
Cinema goers across the UK are being invited to don their best vintage outfits and dancing shoes and relive the 1940s.
Immersive screenings are being mounted across the land of the timeless classic Brief Encounter, as the film celebrates its 70th anniversary this November.
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| Special Brief Encounter screening at Leeds Left Bank |
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| Special Brief Encounter screening at Leeds Left Bank |
As part of the BFI’s major UK-wide season BFI Love, in partnership with Plusnet, Big LOVE Tea Dance events are being organised by Live Cinema UK across the UK from Somerset to Scotland in community cinemas, theatres and train stations.
At the same time, the ITV Studios film has been rereleased in newly restored digital print and is out now in select cinemas.
The lead Big LOVE Tea Dance event took place as part of the Leeds International Film Festival on Saturday, November 7, in the grandeur of the Grade II listed church-turned-arts centre, Leeds Left Bank.
The dazzling event evoked the vintage afternoon tea dance of the 1940s, complete with dance lessons and live music before the whistle sounded for the arrival of David Lean’s Brief Encounter.
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| Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the classic weepie |
The tea dance screenings will continue through November, with the next event at Roses Theatre in Gloucestershire on Tuesday, November 17.
This will be followed by a night at The Continental in Preston on Tuesday, November 24 and then The Curzon Community Cinema in Clevedon on Saturday, November 28.
There will also be special screenings of the film in Network Rail HQ in Milton Keynes on Thursday November 12 and Moor St Station in Birmingham on December 4, 5 and 6.
However fancy your footwork, it is a gorgeous chance to quickstep back in time.
Just remember to bring your hankies...
The classic love film was first released in November 1945, directed by David Lean.
Laura Jesson (Celia Johnson) accidentally meets Dr Alex Harvey (Trevor Howard) at a railway station.
As their acquaintance grows, so does their attraction to each other, despite both being married.
On the brink of an affair and desperately in love, the two must make a choice that may part them forever.
On the brink of an affair and desperately in love, the two must make a choice that may part them forever.
The film also stars Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey.
The screenplay is by Noel Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play Still Life.
The memorable soundtrack prominently features the Piano Concerto No.2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, played by Eileen Joyce.
For more information about Brief Encounter screenings and other events, please go to: www.bfi.org.uk/love/bfi-love-brief-encounter
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| Joyce Carey with Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard |
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