11th April 2012

Hollywood Classics would like to highlight the recent successful UK theatrical run of Otto Preminger’s LAURA (1944) distributed by the British Film Institute. LAURA was released via digital cinema only and had an exclusive month long run at BFI Southbank (formerly National Film Theatre). With excellent reviews from the UK Media, the current box office stands at £42,500 and LAURA still has a number of bookings before the end of its theatrical run in June.

Excellent reviews from across the UK media, helped to create a very successful box office for the release and the film still has a healthy of run of bookings until the end of June. 

LAURA is one of the indisputable classics of film noir. It is a delicious murder mystery with a superb, lean script that contains a plot full of twist and turns, which will leave viewers breathless. Its central premise - a detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating - is brilliantly realised by Otto Preminger and features a career-best performance from Gene Tierney, and excellent performance from Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price. The stunning Oscar winning cinematography by Joseph LaShelle looks fantastic in this digitally re-mastered 2k encode. 

The restored version of LAURA is available for theatrical distribution, and single screening/digital cinema bookings via Hollywood Classics, please contact us for further information.