The Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010

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The Man Who Would be King

Sir Sean Connery in the Festival Theatre for a showing of The Man who would be King

Sir Sean Connery and Saeed Jaffrey in the Festival Theatre for a showing of The Man who would be King

Saeed Jaffrey in the Festival Theatre for a showing of The Man who would be King

Bank of Scotland Gala Screening. In celebration of Sir Sean Connery's 80th year, and his dedicated support of EIFF as Patron since 1992, he joins us for a special screening of one of his best-loved films in our spectacular new venue.  A late-career masterpiece from legendary director/adventurer Huston and adapted from a Rudyard Kipling story, it stars Sir Sean and Michael Caine as a pair of opportunistic Victorian chappies scheming to take over a remote middle-eastern kingdom, with Saeed Jaffrey and Christopher Plummer rounding out a star-studded cast. EIFF's long-serving patron has often named John Huston's rip-roaring adventure classic among his own personal favourites. We're therefore especially delighted to present this much-beloved film with the generous support of Park Circus. 35 years on, we've become accustomed to watching movies on our televisions, our laptops, even our mobiles. But of all the films selected for this year's programme,The Man Who Would Be King is the one which emphatically demands to be seen on the biggest of screens. It's surely what Huston would have wanted – this is the man who once said "Edinburgh is the only film festival that's worth a damn."

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