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"A home turf celebration of the beloved Hollywood-via-Horfield icon: Bristol’s 10th Cary Come Home festival focuses on Grant’s groundbreaking stunt work and physical comedy skills, with screenings of big hitters like North By Northwest, My Favourite Wife and To Catch A Thief (alongside live circus cabaret). "
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A event on Friday 29th November. The event starts at 18:30.
Cary Comes Home Festival 2024
Bristol Megascreen, in Bristol Aquarium, Anchor Rd, Bristol, UK, BS1 5TT
Friday 29 November – Sunday 1 December 2024
Join us in Cary Grant’s home city for a three-day celebration of how the Hollywood star’s early training as an acrobat lent physical prowess to many of his films and made a lasting impact on action cinema.
Our 6th festival runs from 29 November to 1 December at city centre venues close to the Cary Grant statue in Millennium Square.
The line-up will include screenings, talks, walks, Q&As, insights into stunt work, circus elements and, for the first time since the festival began in 2014, a partnership with the magical Bristol Spiegeltent that will result in a gala finale featuring a special screening of TO CATCH A THIEF with a live cabaret show.
All in all, there is no better way to explore Grant’s legacy as a cinematic trailblazer and the original inspiration behind the quintessential action hero, James Bond.
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” (Cary Grant).
Experience Grant's versatility, from the slapstick brilliance of BRINGING UP BABY to the high-stakes suspense of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE
BRISTOL MEGASCREEN SCREENINGS
FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER
18.30pm Opening Night Reception, with live music
19.45pm North by Northwest
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER
10.00 I’m No Angel
12:00 Panel Discussion: Cary in Motion
14:00 Panel Discussion: Animal Magic
16:00 Monkey Business
19:00 Bringing Up Baby – with live music
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER
10:00 Holiday
13:00 The Awful Truth
15:00 My Favorite Wife
CHRISTMAS SPIEGELTENT
19:00 Closing Night Gala: To Catch A Thief – with live circus performance at Bristol Spiegeltent*
All films are U or PG
Megascreen tickets available here!
Limited number of Early Bird Festival passes £55 –SOLD OUT!!
Standard Festival passes – (Fri/Sat/Sun) – £60
Saturday Day Pass – £30
Sunday Day Pass – £24*
Individual Tickets will go on sale in November from £8.50/£5.00 Concessions
*Tickets for the gala screening of To Catch A Thief, with live circus performance, are sold separately via the Bristol Spiegeltent website: https://christmasspiegeltent.co.uk/product/gala-screening-of-to-catch-a-thief-with-live-circus-performance-dec-1st/
This year is our 10th anniversary! Cary Comes Home (est. 2014) is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant’s Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work and recreate the golden age of cinema-going, directed by Professor Charlotte Crofts (Professor of Cinema Arts, UWE Bristol).
Learn more at www.carycomeshome.co.uk
All films are U or PG
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)
Bristol Megascreen, in Bristol Aquarium, Anchor Rd, Bristol, UK, BS1 5TT
Friday 29 November – Sunday 1 December 2024
Join us in Cary Grant’s home city for a three-day celebration of how the Hollywood star’s early training as an acrobat lent physical prowess to many of his films and made a lasting impact on action cinema.
Our 6th festival runs from 29 November to 1 December at city centre venues close to the Cary Grant statue in Millennium Square.
The line-up will include screenings, talks, walks, Q&As, insights into stunt work, circus elements and, for the first time since the festival began in 2014, a partnership with the magical Bristol Spiegeltent that will result in a gala finale featuring a special screening of TO CATCH A THIEF with a live cabaret show.
All in all, there is no better way to explore Grant’s legacy as a cinematic trailblazer and the original inspiration behind the quintessential action hero, James Bond.
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” (Cary Grant).
Experience Grant's versatility, from the slapstick brilliance of BRINGING UP BABY to the high-stakes suspense of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
AT-A-GLANCE SCHEDULE
BRISTOL MEGASCREEN SCREENINGS
FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER
18.30pm Opening Night Reception, with live music
19.45pm North by Northwest
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER
10.00 I’m No Angel
12:00 Panel Discussion: Cary in Motion
14:00 Panel Discussion: Animal Magic
16:00 Monkey Business
19:00 Bringing Up Baby – with live music
SUNDAY 1 DECEMBER
10:00 Holiday
13:00 The Awful Truth
15:00 My Favorite Wife
CHRISTMAS SPIEGELTENT
19:00 Closing Night Gala: To Catch A Thief – with live circus performance at Bristol Spiegeltent*
All films are U or PG
Megascreen tickets available here!
Limited number of Early Bird Festival passes £55 –SOLD OUT!!
Standard Festival passes – (Fri/Sat/Sun) – £60
Saturday Day Pass – £30
Sunday Day Pass – £24*
Individual Tickets will go on sale in November from £8.50/£5.00 Concessions
*Tickets for the gala screening of To Catch A Thief, with live circus performance, are sold separately via the Bristol Spiegeltent website: https://christmasspiegeltent.co.uk/product/gala-screening-of-to-catch-a-thief-with-live-circus-performance-dec-1st/
This year is our 10th anniversary! Cary Comes Home (est. 2014) is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant’s Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work and recreate the golden age of cinema-going, directed by Professor Charlotte Crofts (Professor of Cinema Arts, UWE Bristol).
Learn more at www.carycomeshome.co.uk
All films are U or PG
Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)
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