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Seniors' Film Festival 2012

The Bandwagon

ACMI's week-long celebration of Hollywood's Studio Era features celebrated films by directors Stanley Donen, Alfred Hitchcock and Vincente Minnelli, as well as a spotlight on the inimitable Cary Grant.

This year's program also features a very special screening of Raul Ruiz's epic Mysteries of Lisbon.

Curated by Roberta Ciabarra


Sunday 7 October - Friday 12 October 2012 
Seniors $5 (carers admitted free of charge)
All other tickets $11

Singin' In The Rain Arguably the best, and certainly one of the best loved, of MGM's classic Hollywood musicals.

The Bandwagon Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse co-star in the sophisticated Hollywood musical directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Meet Me In St. Louis Vincente Minnelli directs Judy Garland in the much-loved holiday musical.

The Bad and the Beautiful Kirk Douglas, Gloria Grahame and Lana Turner star in the Oscar-acclaimed Hollywood melodrama directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Charade Stanley Donen directs uber-suave Cary Grant and a post-Breakfast at Tiffany's Audrey Hepburn in their first on-screen pairing.

North by Northwest Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock teams Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in this celebrated romantic thriller.

Dial M for Murder Starring the sublime Grace Kelly in her first on-screen collaboration with Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

Mysteries of Lisbon The crowning cinematic achievement of Franco-Chilean fabulist, Raul Ruiz (Klimt, Time Regained).