The 60th anniversary, 4K restoration of Orson Welles’ The Trial is now making the rounds at select theaters nationwide.
Following the restoration’s U.S. premiere at Film Forum in New York City in December, The Trial has had showings in January in Cleveland, Seattle, Dallas and several other U.S. cities, according to Rialto Pictures website. Additional dates are planned into the spring.
Those screening dates for The Trial include:
February 3 – 10 — Somerville, MA — SOMERVILLE THEATRE
February 5 – 6, 8 – 9 — Salt Lake City, UT — BROADWAY CENTRE CINEMAS
February 10 – 16 — Sag Harbor, NY — SAG HARBOR CINEMA
February 12 & 16 — Nashville, TN — THE BELCOURT
February 19 — Edmonton, AB — METRO CINEMA
February 22 & 26 — Amherst, MA — AMHERST CINEMA
March 10 — Santa Monica, CA — AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AERO
March 10 – 16 — Chicago, IL — MUSIC BOX THEATRE
March 12 & 14 — New York, NY — FILM FORUM
March 13, 17 – 18 — Los Angeles, CA — AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE LOS FELIZ
March 17 – 23 — Silver Spring, MD — AFI SILVER THEATRE
March 19 & 25 — New York, NY — MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
March 31 – April 6 — Pittsburgh, PA — ROW HOUSE CINEMA
April 21 – 23 — Minneapolis, MN — TRYLON CINEMA
April 21 – 27 — Hartford, CT — CINESTUDIO
June 3 – 4 — Detroit, MI — DETROIT FILM THEATRE
The Trial was restored by StudioCanal and la Cinémathèque française. The image and sound restorations were carried out in 4K at the L’image Retrouvée laboratory from the original 35mm negative. The project was supervised by StudioCanal’s Sophie Boyer, responsible for library restoration at StudioCanal, and Jean-Pierre Boiget, EVP distribution Services & IT at StudioCanal. The restoration had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2021.
Based on the Franz Kafka novel of the same name, it stars Anthony Perkins as Josef K., a bureaucrat who is accused of a never-specified crime. In addition to directing, Welles wrote the screenplay and co-starred in the movie.
Producer Alexander Salkind secured the backing of French, German and Italian investors.
Welles began the production in Yugoslavia with scenes also shot in Rome, Milan and, most notably, the Gare d’Orsay, an abandoned Parisian railway station.
Upon its release in December 1962, Welles boasted “The Trial is the best film I have ever made.”
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