Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) July 12, 2011

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and American Cinematheque will screen the original widescreen color directors cut of Ken Russells The Boy Friend (1971), an all but lost treasure with few surviving prints, on Sunday, July 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Aero Theatre (1328 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica). The films Award winning Stage, Costume and Production Designer Tony Walton (All That Jazz, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Murder On The Orient Express, The Wiz, Pippin) will take part in a panel discussion moderated by ADG President Thomas A. Walsh following the screening. The third in this years series highlighting the work of renowned Production Designers and their creative colleagues, the discussion will focus on the art of adapting and designing musicals for the screen.

Set in the stylish 1920s of England,The Boy Friend is a Busby Berkeley type of stylish extravaganza, rich in its fantasy art deco and art nouveau costumes and settings. The film stars the famous sixties model Twiggy, singing and dancing in her film debut. Co-starring Broadway musical star Tommy Tune, and actor Christopher Gable in the story of a young stage actress who falls for a visiting film producer on her very first night as a stand-in for the leading lady. The films celebrated bad boy director Ken Russell, famous for going wild when unleashed, was named Best Director by the National Board of Review, and Twiggy won two Golden Globes