The American Cinematheque Presents
Walter Hill In Person Tribute
April 6 – 9, 2017
Walter Hill: On Assignment starring Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver
AT THE AERO THEATRE
1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Featuring the L.A. Premiere of Hill’s latest film THE ASSIGNMENT
Director Walter Hill gives the revenge film a modern neo-noir twist with this electrifying thriller. Hitman Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez) is given a lethal assignment, but after being double-crossed, discovers he’s no longer the man he was. Having been surgically altered, Frank now has the body of a woman. Seeking vengeance, he heads for a showdown with his assailant (Sigourney Weaver), a brilliant surgeon with a chilling agenda of her own.
Walter Hill began his long career first as an assistant director on classic films like Bullitt and Take The Money and Run before becoming a screenwriter for Sam Peckinpah (The Getaway), John Huston (The Mackintosh Man) and many others. With his 1975 directorial debut, HARD TIMES, Hill announced himself as a stylist interested in defining character through action, and in action as presented via a clean, expressive visual design.
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