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The Defiant Ones

Saturday, April 9, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
still from The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones (1958)

still from The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones (1958)

(Stanley Kramer, US 1958, 96 min., 35mm)

Tony Curtis is stunning in his Oscar-nominated role as racist convict Joker Jackson, forced to face his prejudices when he manages to escape from a chain gang still bound to black fellow convict Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier). Pursued by a humane sheriff and a bigoted posse, Joker and Noah’s race for freedom leads to several tension-filled action sequences balanced with more poignant scenes of the developing bond between the two initially antagonistic convicts. 

 

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$7 members
$10 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Patrons must show proof of COVID vaccination (regardless of age), photo ID and wear masks. 

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

Conscientious Director: Stanley Kramer

Producer/director Stanley Kramer made his name as a director of “message films,” works that examined and challenged notions of society and the problems it faced. From the beginning of his career, Kramer worked outside of the studio system, forming his own production company. This allowed him to work cheaply by renting space instead of owning it, and without studio control. As a producer, he tackled prejudice (Cyrano de Bergerac), social responsibility (High Noon), disaffected youth (The Wild One), and authoritarianism (The Caine Mutiny). Moving into the director’s chair allowed him to have a more direct hand on the narrative as he examined racism (The Defiant Ones and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner), evolution vs. creationism (Inherit the Wind), and the threat of nuclear war (On the Beach). 

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