Updated - SFiFF 54's "An Evening with Terence Stamp"

One of my favorite actors, Terence Stamp, will be honored by the San Francisco Film Society this Friday, April 29th, at 7:30m at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco with "An Evening with Terence Stamp." He'll be receiving the Society's Peter J. Owens Award. The Award is given to actors whose work exemplifies "brilliance, independence and integrity." He'll be honored with an onstage interview about his extensive acting career, and a selection of clips from his films will be followed by a rare screening of one of his signature works: Federico Fellini's phantasmagoric masterpiece "Toby Dammit" (Fellini's Poe adaptation in 1968's "Spirits of the Dead" anthology film - the others were directed by Louis Malle and Roger Vadim...)

Mr. Stamp occupies one of my earliest movie memories. As a young man spending a few years on the isle of Puerto Rico, I endured many an hour of watching classic films dubbed into Spanish. They used to play the same film five times a week, every weekday evening at 8pm. This is how I first saw "King Kong" and "Psycho." William Wyler's "The Collector" was another film I distinctly remember watching over and over. I couldn't understand a single word of dialog, but there was something disturbing and oddly compelling about Mr. Stamp's character that imprinted itself in my young movie-memory mind.

I hope to be attending this event and have the opportunity to hear Mr. Stamp discuss his career.

Information on the event can be found here---> http://fest11.sffs.org/awards/terence_stamp.php

And here's the film's original trailer...

*** UPDATE

This was my favorite evening at the Festival (so far.) Mr. Stamp is one helluva conversationalist and kept the audience entranced by his wit and rapid recollection of events in his life, both personal and professional. I had the opportunity to ask him about his choice of roles and whether there was a role he regretted not taking or a role that he regretted taking. He couldn't relate any specific films he regretted doing, but did mention there were directors with which he wished he hadn't worked, but declined to name names. He did say he though he might have taken the role of King Arthur in "Camelot," as director Josh Logan had gotten down on his knees to beg him to do. He shyed away from it as he thought he couldn't sing, and didn't want to be dubbed. He ended the recollection with a hearty "I COULD HAVE DONE A DAMN BETTER JOB THAN RICHARD HARRIS DID."

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