A big feature of the TCM Classic Film Festival is providing world premieres of major restorations of some of those classics.
This year’s 14th annual fest is no different as Turner Classic Movies has announced its opening night, April 13, will feature the premiere of a 4K restoration of Howard Hawk’s 1959 Western Rio Bravo, in partnership with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, as part of the yearlong celebration of Warner Bros’ 100th anniversary.
The movie, more celebrated now 63 years after its initial release than ever, starred John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Angie Dickinson, the latter the only surviving major star of the film.
She is scheduled to join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz for an onstage conversation before the screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre Imax.
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