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Barrett and her husband were in attendance in the back left of the theater. After the screening, guests walked several blocks in a roped off area to Dillons disco in Westwood. The top floor of Dillons was restricted to Streisand and her party. Tina Turner was turned away from gaining access, along with several other guests. Celebrity photographer Alan Light, then a teenager, took several photos of attendees in the lobby of the Westwood Village while standing on a table near the entrance. He and his mother were somehow able to gain access later in the evening to Streisand's upper level restricted area of Dillons.
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are among the guests. The theme was "A Night in White," with many of the guests garbed in white attire. Streisand, dressed in all black, entered the screening just before the lights went down protected by a "V" of guards who protected her path to her seat at the front of the theater. Gossip
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was also present at the event. Yellow roses were in place on all tables during the post-screening dinner. Opening night attendees were given a copy of the "Funny Lady" soundtrack, which was the debut release from Arista
Records. It was stamped with "For Promotion Only" in gold
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did not attend the event. When
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like cattle.'"; He was feted by several celebrities before his speech, including James
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presents its first program in Los
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following the screening, Hitchcock gives a speech in which he decries a line attributed to him that "actors are cattle." That evening, Hitchcock said, "What I probably said was, 'Actors should be
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premieres at midnight on March 19. This was the uncut version, and much of this edit was lost when David Lynch recut the film in response to feedback from this first version.
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A Tribute to Cuban Cinema is held, which generates controversy.
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makes an emotional appearance on Closing Night with his film
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attends his first-ever public screening of one of his films.
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The "Scared To Death" 50-hour Horror Film Marathon is held.
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is remembered with a Tribute, shortly after her death.
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136:opens Filmex '72 at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
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189:Filmex '74 is held March 28-April 9 at the
95:Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1095:Film Ex trailers official YouTube playlist
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154:The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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184:Motion Picture & Television Fund
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302:short story. Other movies include:
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347:The Thing from Another World
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946:The Los Angeles Times
920:The Los Angeles Times
883:American Cinematheque
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847:American Cinematheque
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353:The War of the Worlds
329:The Mysterious Island
305:2001: A Space Odyssey
64:The Last Picture Show
45:American Cinematheque
1140:Cinema of California
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407:Je t'aime, je t'aime
317:The Bed-Sitting Room
266:The Bob Newhart Show
199:The Three Musketeers
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503:Fox Village Theater
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478:Family Plot
464:Family Plot
279:Love Affair
274:Irene Dunne
244:Tom Bradley
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890:References
779:Cat People
593:Annie Hall
579:Eraserhead
537:Jule Styne
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235:Funny Lady
176:The Movies
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459:Universal
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