The Big Sleep classic film

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The 1946 film noir mystery, “The Big Sleep,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, screens at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport on Tuesday, September 13, at 1:00 and 6:00 pm. Bogey plays hardboiled L.A. private eye, Philip Marlowe, who follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues and the spoiled rich. Directed by Howard Hawks; screenplay by William Faulkner and Raymond Chandler. Reviewer Tim Robey of the Daily Telegraph (UK) says “The Big Sleep is the best scripted, best directed, best acted and least comprehensible film noir ever made.” While the plot is a bundle of confusion, the film lives on as a classic with palpable onscreen chemistry between Bogey and Bacall, sinister views of 1940s Los Angeles, and an intelligent, witty script. The movie is sponsored by John H. Tomkins Tax Consultants. Not rated, with run time of 1 hour 54 minutes. Entry to the film is by donation. The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport, 707-263-0577, soperreesetheatre.com.