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  1. Classic Film Series continues with 'Elmer Gantry'

    20 hrs ago | York Weekly

    Ogunquit Performing Arts' Classic Film Series will close out 2009 with "Elmer Gantry," starring Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons in a ot-to-be-forgotten performance, at the Great Hall of the Dunaway Center, 23 School St.

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    Related Topix: Elmer Gantry, Drama Movies, Ogunquit, ME, Jean Simmons

  2. Work set to start on cracked cliffRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | New Civil Engineer Plus

    ... Experts were called in to assess the Pennan rock face, which featured in the 1983 film Local Hero with Burt Lancaster, after a 25-metre crack appeared. Contractors will begin pinning mesh across the area using around 100 special 10 metre long soil ...

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    Related Topix: Landslide, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Local Hero, Weather

  3. Killer Paul Brown's human rights row over budgieRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 26 | Daily Express

    ... into his cell after watching the classic jailhouse movie The Birdman of Alcatraz. Starring Hollywood icon Burt Lancaster, the 1962 movie tells the story of real-life double murderer Robert Stroud who befriends an injured sparrow after finding it in ...

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  4. Pennan cliff repairs set to beginRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 26 | BBC

    ... Pennan - and the village's red phone box - became famous after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Local Hero

  5. Birdman of Swaleside: Prisoner claims breach of human rights after...Read the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 26 | Daily Mail

    ... bring a budgie into his cell after watching classic prison drama Birdman of Alcatraz. Starring Hollywood icon Burt Lancaster, the 1962 movie tells the story of real-life double murderer Robert Stroud who befriends an injured sparrow after finding it ...

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    Related Topix: Prison, Drama Movies, Birdman of Alcatraz, Biography Movies, Pets, Birds

  6. Date set for Pennan cliff repairsRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 25 | BBC

    ... Aberdeenshire village's red phone box - became recognised after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster.

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  7. New plan for Pennan cliff repairsRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | BBC

    ... Aberdeenshire village's red phone box - became recognised after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster.

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  8. James Wood on Paul AusterRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 22 | New Yorker

    ... set up a literary magazine. "I see something in you, Walker, something I like," he says, sounding oddly like Burt Lancaster in "Local Hero," "and for some inexplicable reason I find

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  9. Cliff repair work being delayedRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | BBC News

    ... Aberdeenshire village's red phone box - became recognised after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster.

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  10. Cliff repair work being delayedRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | BBC

    ... Aberdeenshire village's red phone box - became recognised after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster.

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  11. Excellent visual effects dominate poor writing in '2012'Read the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

    ... "2012" as an homage to the star-packed cinematic disasters of the 1970s. Just recall: * "Airport," 1970, with Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy and Helen Hayes. * "The Poseidon Adventure." 1972, with Gene Hackman, Ernest ...

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    Related Topix: 2012, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Short, Independence Day, Thriller, Science Fiction Movies, Shelley Winters, Airport, Dean Martin

  12. 'Local Hero' villagers to remainRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Nov 19 | BBC

    ... Aberdeenshire village's red phone box - became recognised after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster.

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Local Hero

  13. Burt Lancaster movie village in landslide fear as deluge splits cliff

    Thursday Nov 19 | Mirror.co.uk

    ... village." Pennan, which is surrounded by cliffs, became a hotspot for tourists after it featured in the 1983 Burt Lancaster film Local Hero. They flock from all over the world to walk down the single street and use the iconic red phonebox, both made ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Local Hero, Landslide, Weather

  14. Removal of section of cliff-faceRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 19 | Press and Journal News

    ... fame to the tiny north-east village of Pennan. Residents could be forgiven now for wondering if the 1983 Burt Lancaster movie was, in fact, the onset of a curse. Just two years after mudslides caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Local Hero

  15. Landslide villagers set to leaveRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | BBC

    ... - and the village's red phone box - became recognised after Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero, starring Burt Lancaster. In 2005, the Bafta-winning film topped a film critics' poll for the best use of locations in Britain. The film saw the ...

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    Related Topix: Landslide, Weather, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Local Hero

  16. Local Hero village Pennan sealed as landslides threatenRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 18 | Times Online

    ... world arrived after its portrayal in Local Hero as the fictional fishing village of Ferness. The film stars Burt Lancaster as a Texan oil executive whose plans to build an oil refinery off the coast put the future of the village at risk. The ...

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Local Hero, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Grampian County, Scotland, United Kingdom, Landslide, Weather

  17. 11/18: "Gross Indecency"Read the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Nov 18 | NBC Los Angeles

    ... think "Airplane!" did it best), so iconic. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences is screening the Burt Lancaster flick -- it won a slew of Oscars, including Best Picture -- with a surprise in store: Ernest Borgnine in person. That man is ...

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    Related Topix: Julian Sands, From Here to Eternity, War Movies, Drama Movies, Events

  18. 'Avedon: Fashion Photographs' on display at the DIA through Jan. 17Read the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Nov 15 | AmericaJR

    ... in Paris," Barr said. "He walked into the Cirque d'Hiver, which is a circus all year round. Apparently, Burt Lancaster was making the film 'Trapeze' there and the elephants were out. He immediately thought he could create 'A dream image' in this ...

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    Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Cellphones, Photography, Arts

  19. Gay EternityRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 13 | The Galloping Beaver

    Daughter of author James Jones discloses details of cuts insisted upon by the novel's original publisher * Alison Flood * guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 November 2009 It is one of the most celebrated images in cinema, an icon of heterosexual romance: Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr kissing as the waves crash over them in the 1953 film From Here to ...

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    Related Topix: From Here to Eternity, War Movies, Drama Movies, Gay/Lesbian, Deborah Kerr, Human Sexuality

  20. James Jones's daughter says original publisher of novel insisted on cutsRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 13 | Guardian Unlimited

    Daughter of author James Jones discloses details of cuts insisted upon by the novel's original publisher Hidden story ... From Here To Eternity in its 1953 Hollywood incarnation starring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.

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    Related Topix: From Here to Eternity, War Movies, Drama Movies, Deborah Kerr, Gay/Lesbian, Human Sexuality