Rated: NR    Runtime: 93 mins.
After several years of being out of circulation, the Roxie celebrates the 60th anniversary of U.S. premiere of THE BICYCLE THIEF (Bicycle Thieves) by presenting this classic of Italian neo-realism on a NEW 35MM PRINT. "This story of a poor man's search for his stolen bicycle is deceptively simple. At first, there is ironic tenderness: humanity observed with compassion but without illusion. Then the search becomes an odyssey of poverty, encompassing much more than the realistic method leads you to expect. And the richnesses and the enigmas sneak up on you. What is the meaning of the seeress's words? This neo-realist classic, directed by Vittorio De Sica, and written by Cesare Zavattini, is on just about everybody's list of the greatest films. It isn't a movie that warms you, though; it doesn't have the flawed poetry that De Sica's Shoeshine and Miracle in Milan have. It's a more impersonal great film." - Pauline Kael: 5001 Movies. Academy Award Winner 1948 - Best Foreign Language Film. New 35mm Print. Directed By Vittorio De Sica. Story & screenplay by Cesare Zavattini. Based on the novel of the same name by Luigi Bartolini, Photography by Carlo Montuori. Music by Alessandro Cicognini. With Lamberto Maggiorana, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamarenda, Giulio Chiari, and Vittorio Antonucci as Thief. B&W, 1948, Running Time: 93 Mins.

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