FOCUS ON FILM: 2 versions of The Man Who Knew Too Much

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Doris Day and James Stewart in the 1956 version.
Doris Day and James Stewart star in the 1956 version.

The next program in the Mondavi Center’s Focus on Film is actually two films: The Man Who Knew Too Much and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Alfred Hitchcock directed both, a black-and-white British version in 1934 and a Hollywood remake in color in 1956. The story centers on a family on vacation in Morocco, where they accidentally get wind of an assassination plot — and the conspirators are determined to prevent them from interfering.

They are the last films in the fall-winter Focus on Film: Replay Theme, referring to films in which oft-used material is truly reinvented, not just recycled.

The screenings are scheduled for Jan. 25 in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre:

6 p.m. — The 1934 version, not rated, 75 minutes.

8 p.m. — The 1956 version, not rated, 120 minutes.

Admission to each is $10 for adults and $5 for students. (Note: Adults who buy a $10 ticket to the 6 p.m. screening will be entitled to buy a $5 ticket to the 8 p.m. screening).

The Mondavi Center also is selling $27 passes for any three films from among the five that remain: The Man Who Knew Too Much (two versions), and three films in the spring series (films inspired by seminal graphic novels):

American Splendor — March 8

Ghost World — April 5

Persepolis — April 19

All at 6 p.m. in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre

More information: mondaviarts.org (click on “By Genre” on the ‘09-’10 Events Calendar tab, then on “Film”).

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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu

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