The International Film Series at Heritage House will present The Four Feathers (1939; restored) on Thursday.
Review for The Four Feathers:
A young man is pressured into military service by his over-bearing career military father but resigns on the eve of a campaign to retake the Sudan. Branded a coward, he sets off to redeem himself and his name . . .
Critic Michael Sragow praises the The Four Feathers as "gritty magic," calling the film, "next to 1962's Lawrence of Arabia, the most harrowingly beautiful of all desert spectaculars."
Rated 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, the 1939 version directed by Zoltan Korda is considered the definitive version (sorry, Heath Ledger) of the classic A.E.W. Mason adventure novel.
Epically poetic in scope, the film features solid performances from all concerned, including Sir Ralph Richardson and Sir John Clements.
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the film is presented from a Criterion Collection 4K master.
There will be two screenings at 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday. The running time is 2:10. Admission is free.
Heritage House Arts & Civic Center is at 1428 Jenkins Road.