9 Films on Screen
Multi-hyphenate entertainer has had a career that has spanned more than sixty years. Five years after releasing her Grammy-winning debut album (at twenty years old), she added Academy Award-winning actress to her resume with her breakout film Funny Girl (1968). Within a decade of that performance, she was producing films, and not long after directed her first feature film, Yentl (1983). From musicals to comedies to dramas, Streisand has done it all through the course of her career. In this series, we chart her cinematic success from the beginning and over the course of thirty years. From someone who once said, “I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress,” you’ll get a lot of both, with some extra directorial credits thrown in.
Dates and Titles:
January 3: Funny Girl (William Wyler, US 1968, 151 min., DCP)
January 10: Funny Lady (Herbert Ross, US 1975, 136 min., DCP)
January 17: Hello, Dolly! (Gene Kelly, US 1969, 146 min., DCP)
January 24: What’s Up, Doc? (Peter Bodganovich, US 1972, 94 min., 35mm)
January 31: For Pete’s Sake (Peter Yates, US 1974, 90 min., 35mm)
February 7: Yentl (Barbra Streisand, US 1983, 133 min., DCP)
February 14: The Way We Were (Sydney Pollack, US 1973, 118 min., DCP)
February 21: The Prince of Tides (Barbra Streisand, US 1991, 132 min., DCP)
February 28: The Mirror Has Two Faces (Barbra Streisand, US 1996, 126 min., 35mm)
This series is community sponsored by The Louis S. Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester.
Events in this Series
The Mirror Has Two Faces (35mm)
Babs! Trying her hand at romantic comedy, director Barbra Streisand casts actress Barbra Streisand as Rose Morgan, a middle-aged literature professor who still believes in love.
The Prince of Tides (DCP)
Babs! Eight years after her triumph with Yentl, Barbra Streisand returns to the director’s chair for this adaptation of Pat Conroy’s bestselling novel about a troubled man and his therapist.
The Way We Were (DCP)
Babs! | Sundance Sunset: Remembering Robert Redford Already a massively successful recording artist, Barbra Streisand made her leap to the big screen in the late 1960s, setting off a string of performances that brought her accolades nearly matching those she received as a singer.
Yentl (DCP)
Babs! More than any film, Yentl is perhaps closest to Barbra Streisand’s heart. She purchased the rights to the story ten years before she was able to convince Hollywood to make it.
For Pete's Sake (35mm)
Babs! Henrietta and Pete Robbins (Barbra Streisand and Michael Sarrazin) are finding it hard to get by just on his cabdriver earnings. When Pete’s brother and sister-in-law come by for dinner, they remind the couple that their early marriage prevented Pete from completing his college degree, Henry decides to help him take advantage of a tip on pork belly futures from Pete’s dispatcher.