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First premiere of the movie “Arshyn Mal Alan” takes place in Hollywood
One of the matchless pearls of Azerbaijan’s movie art, shot in 1945, the movie “Arshyn Mal Alan” was shown in Hollywood by Azerbaijan’s Consulate General in Los Angeles, September 19.
This entered the history as the first premiere of the movie “Arshyn Mal Alan” in Hollywood.
The movie was presented at “Ricardo Montalban” Movie Theatre, which entered the history as the first automated movie theatre - one of the oldest movie theatres of Hollywood. The colour version of the movie, which was restored in 2013 at the initiative and with support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, was shown at the presentation.
The show was dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Azerbaijan’s eminent composer Uzeir Hajibeyli, 100th anniversary of Rashid Behbudov, and the 70th anniversary of the movie “Arshyn Mal Alan”.
Before showing the movie, Azerbaijan’s Consul General in Los Angeles Nasimi Aghayev, welcoming the guests, talked about the movie “Arshyn Mal Alan”. The consul general, mentioning that, in 2001, national leader of the Azerbaijani people Heydar Aliyev recommended to restore this movie, invited the spectators to watch the video-recording of that speech.
Then Rashida Rashid, the daughter of Rashid Behbudov, shared her memories about the movie that she had heard from her father with the spectators.
After that, Igor Lopatonok, the head of a Hollywood company which had performed the restoration and colouring of the movie, Price Pethel, who had performed the restoration of 21 James Bond, an Oscar winner of 2002 for visual effects, as well as Jane Hicks, a movie-designer of well-known movie companies such as Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Studios, delivered a speech.
Then demonstration of the movie took place. The show was attended by about 650 people, including movie-lovers of Los Angeles, journalists, consuls-general and employees of consulates of various countries in Los Angeles, representatives of public and political organizations, and other persons.
