SPELLBOUND FILM GALA
CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF HITCHCOCK:SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
AUGUST 13TH 2003

To celebrate the 104th birthday of revered director, Alfred Hitchcock, County Hall Gallery is holding a special screening of the
1945 classic Spellbound (starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck) followed by a discussion panel on the film.

Expert comment and analysis will be provided by Emma Cochrane (Contributing Editor, Empire), Charles Barr (Author of
Vertigo), and Simon Hunter (Director of modern thriller, Lighthouse).

County Hall Gallery is the permanent home of the monumental canvas Spellbound, a Dalί painting commissioned for the
dream sequences in the movie and a highlight of the Dalí Universe exhibition, Europe’s most important surrealist
collection.

Film Gala – Spellbound (1945, Alfred Hitchcock)
- August 13th 2003
- Doors open 7pm, Screening 8pm
- Tickets £16.95 at County Hall Gallery Box Office (Limited availability) or on www.ticketweb.co.uk

A SPECIAL SCREENING

Visitors will be given the opportunity to see the film in the special screening room at County Hall Gallery, accompanied by
a private viewing of the Dalί Universe exhibition and Spellbound canvas, as well as a complimentary bar and nibbles.
In addition, a special panel of experts have been brought together to discuss the film and its director. Charles Barr will
chair the event looking at how Spellbound fits into Hitchcock’s career, referring to his interests in psychology and art,
notably modern art. Emma Cochrane will be examining the history and myths surrounding the film itself - throwing in
some movie trivia about the making of the film.

ABOUT SPELLBOUND

This Oscar-nominated masterpiece was the first film to explore psychoanalysis in mainstream Hollywood cinema.
When the head of a mental asylum retires and is replaced with the renowned Dr Edwards (Gregory Peck), it soon
becomes apparent he is an imposter and amnesiac. Ingrid Bergman plays the psychiatrist who falls in love with Edwards
and who eventually risks everything to run away with him to help solve the dark mystery that surrounds the mysterious
doctor.

Hitchcock commissioned Dalí to design the magnificent Spellbound canvas for the dream sequence for the film, as well
as the sets featuring a bizarre set of tables and chairs with human legs.