Restored classics to premiere at Berlinale

We are delighted to announce that Park Circus will be representing a number of films in this year's Berlin Film Festival, including a stellar lineup of newly restored films in the Classics, Retrospective and Panorama strands.

Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios' third film in the long-running James Bond franchise, (1964), will be presented in Berlinale Classics in a stunning new 4K restoration.Sean Connery made his third appearance as cinema's most famous spy in Guy Hamilton's Oscar®-winning classic, starring alongside a cast of timeless characters, from Goldfinger to Oddjob and Pussy Galore. Filled with iconic scenes, gadgets and an acclaimed score, Goldfinger is set to make a spectacular return to the big screen in Berlin.

A new 4K restoration of Sony Pictures' In Cold Blood (1967) will receive its worldwide premiere in Berlinale Classics. Written and directed by Richard Brooks, with masterful black and white cinematography by Conrad Hall, In Cold Blood is a powerful adaptation of Truman Capote's best-selling novel about two psychotic ex-convicts who slaughter an entire family.

Based on a remarkable true crime story, Brooks' adaptation was shot in several locations where the real life drama took place, including the house where Perry Smith and Dick Hickock committed the murders and the courtroom where they were subsequently sentenced. In Cold Blood, now restored, is an engaging, accurate depiction of Capote's non-fiction work.

The Berlinale will also host a special Director's Cut screening of Miramax's cult hit 54 (Director's Cut)5454 (Director's Cut) (1999) starring Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers and Breckin Meyer.

Almost 17 years after Miramax released the original film, 54 (Director's Cut) has been re-edited to include 30 minutes of never before seen footage giving the film a new runtime of 106 minutes.

Set against the backdrop of Studio 54's party lifestyle that made the club infamous in the 70s, the Director's Cut explores in greater depth a love triangle between a bartender, a coat check girl and a busboy. Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamouring to get inside his club, Shane not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar – and a front-row seat at the most legendary party on the planet.

The Cohen Film Collection's sparkling new 2K restoration of (1937) will feature in the Berlinale's Technicolor tribute, celebrating a century of the legendary colour film process.

Selected as part of the festival's Retrospective programme, comprising 30 Technicolor titles, Wings of the Morning was the first British film shot in three-strip Technicolor and included a credit for Oscar®-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff.

Set amidst the world of horse racing, the film stars Henry Fonda and Annabella, telling the dramatic story of a marriage between an Irish nobleman and a Spanish gypsy. An epic production, stunningly shot in various locations in the UK and Ireland, this new restoration of Wings of the Morning makes its international premiere in Berlin. Cohen Film Collection restored the film in conjunction with the British Film Institute.