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| Categories | Film |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Triannual |
| Founder | Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Company | Solo Publishing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Christchurch, Dorset |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1751-4606 |
Cinema Retro is anEnglish magazine devoted to "celebrating films of the 1960s & 1970s".[1] Founded in 2005 by Lee Pfeiffer and Dave Worrall, it is subtitled "the Essential Guide to Cult and Classic Movies". The 64-page full-colour magazine is published three times a year with a wide range of rare or previously unseen press photographs.
As well as regular columns from the founders,Cinema Retro features guest columnists including:
Cinema Retro cover stories have included exclusive interviews withWilliam Shatner,Jack Cardiff,Elke Sommer,Ray Harryhausen,Richard Johnson,Luciana Paluzzi,Norman Jewison,John Phillip Law,Michael York andHugh Hefner. It also features "lost" interviews withSteve McQueen andLee Marvin, a day withRoger Moore, and an interview with composerLalo Schifrin. Cover stories include the 1966 filmBatman,Our Man Flint,100 RiflesWitchfinder General, the 1967 version of theJames Bond filmCasino Royale,Deadlier Than the Male,Dirty Harry,Get Carter,The Vampire Lovers,Bullitt,The Getaway,Girl on a Motorcycle,Prime Cut andThe Man from U.N.C.L.E..
In 2005,Cinema Retro, "celebrating films of the 1960s & 1980s"MI6, BondStars.com organised the screening of theBond filmThunderball, for the film's 40th anniversary. The event was hosted by Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer (journalists andCinema Retro publishers), Gareth Owen (author), and the founders ofMI6.
Celebrity guest to the event included:Christopher Frayling,Ken Adam,Molly Peters,George Leech,Martine Beswick,Earl Cameron, andNorman Wanstall.
At this event,Cinema Retro publishers honoredDon Black with an award foroutstanding service to the motion picture industry.
In 2008,Cinema Retro presentedGuy Hamilton with the magazine's second lifetime achievement award at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios in England.
In the fall of 2008, Sir Roger Moore was presented with the magazine's second lifetime achievement award at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios in England. Later that year, Sir Roger Moore was also presented with the magazine's lifetime achievement award. As with Guy Hamilton, the presentation took place at Pinewood Studios.
In 2010, Cinema Retro, in partnership with T.W.I.N.E Tours, hosted a Movie Magic Tour of British film locations. Sites visited on the 8 day trek included Stoke Park, where the famous golf game inGoldfinger was shot, Portmeirion in Wales, site of the filming of the legendary TV seriesThe Prisoner starringPatrick McGoohan, theStan Laurel Museum in the comic's hometown of Ulverston, a visit to the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford where the magazine sponsored a one-time showing of the MGM classicHow the West Was Won in its original 3-panel Cinerama format, and Ettington Park, where directorRobert Wise shot the exterior scenes for the classic 1963 version ofThe Haunting. It was here that the male lead in that film, Richard Johnson, joined the tour members as a special surprise guest and hosted a screening of the movie on the premises.