Typecast Releasing is pleased to announce a North American retrospective tour of works by world-renowned Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 82. The jewel of this commemorative series is a restored 35mm film print of Chahine’s 1958 classic, Cairo Station, which is celebrating its 50^th anniversary this year. A steamy film noir masterpiece of repressed sexuality, madness and violence set in the city’s central train depot, Cairo Station earned Chahine international recognition and acclaim when it screened at the Berlin Film Festival.

Other 35mm film prints available for the series include The Land, Chahine’s sprawling epic from 1969 which was hailed by critics as the “best Egyptian film of all time” and The Sparrow, which was considered one of Chahine’s most complex and controversial films when it was released in 1972. A pristine new 35mm print of the insightful and lovingly-crafted short documentary, Cairo As Seen By Chahine, is also available for the series. Several of the director’s more popular films will be available in non-35mm formats, such as Alexandria, Why and An Egyptian Story.

A prolific, creative and hard-working director, Youssef Chahine will be remembered not only for his imaginative, music-filled works that entertain audiences even as they examine the social and political issues of Egypt, but also for his role in bringing Egyptian cinema to the attention of appreciative movie-goers all around the world.

The Youssef Chahine Retrospective Tour:

* Cleveland, OH . Cairo Station at the Cleveland Cinematheque . Oct. 4, 2008

* New York, NY . Cairo Station at the Museum of Modern Art . Nov. 12 & 15, 2008

* Dearborn, MI . Cairo Station at the Arab American National Museum . Nov. 16, 2008

* Chicago, IL . Chahine Retrospective [6 films] at the Gene Siskel Film Center . Jan. 2-Feb. 9, 2009

* Boston, MA . Chahine Retrospective [8 films] at the Harvard Film Archive . Jan. 16-19, 2009

* Durham, NC . Cairo Station & The Sparrow at the Duke U. Screen Society . Feb. 2 & 9, 2009

* Berkeley, CA . Cairo Station & Cairo As Seen By Chahine at the Pacific Film Archive . Feb. 8, 2009

* Rochester, NY . Chahine Retrospective [6 films] at the George Eastman House . April 1-29, 2009

* New York, NY . Chahine Retrospective [8 films] at BAM . May 29-June 9, 2009