The Asheville Film Society will screen Friday the Thirteenth on Tuesday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.
Friday the Thirteenth
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This is probably not the Friday the Thirteenth you’re thinking of. Victor Saville's 1933 drama offers an ensemble cast in a polished Brit melodrama with a clever premise, in which 12 people cross paths on a doomed bus. The events that lead to their fate unravel in flashbacks following the accident. Director Seville exhibits his usual unobtrusive craftsmanship, and frequent collaborator Jessie Matthews delivers a charming performance opposite husband Sonnie Hale. Comparisons with the plot device can be drawn to everything from Pulp Fiction to Crash (the one that won an Oscar, not the Cronenberg one, which I actually liked) but Friday the Thirteenth did it first, and in some cases better. The Asheville Film Society will screen Friday the Thirteenth on Tuesday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Grail Moviehouse, hosted by Xpress movie critic Scott Douglas.
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Director: | Victor Saville |
| Starring: | Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Ralph Richardson, Eliot Makeham, Donald Caltrop, Max Miller |
| Rated: | NR |
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