HOME remains committed to highlighting the contribution of women to film history.
This short season focuses on one of Hollywood’s greatest editors, Dede Allen.
As an editor, she worked on a range of landmark films directed by some of American cinema’s key filmmakers.
Renowned for her ability to combine sound and image to great effect, we bring together a number of the films Dede Allen played such a crucial part in making into classics.
Season curated by Andy Willis, Professor of Film Studies at University of Salford and Senior Visiting Curator: Film at HOME
In this season
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Cult/The Breakfast Club
Five students with seemingly nothing in common are faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library.
Previously in this season
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Dog Day Afternoon
One of Al Pacino's most iconic roles. When on a sweltering summer day Sonny and his companion Sal attempt to rob a Brooklyn bank nothing…
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Slaughterhouse Five
Adapted from Kurt Vonnegut’s novel of the same name, Slaughterhouse Five presents the life of Billy Pilgrim, a man ‘unstuck in time’, including, crucially, a…
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Bonnie and Clyde
This tale of legendary 1930s criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is seen today as one of the films that ushered in the New Hollywood.
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The Hustler + Intro
One of Dede Allen’s first credits as an editor in her own right, The Hustler is today regarded as a Hollywood classic of the early…