The Film Society of Lincoln Center places Raquel Welch front and center for long-overdue tribute
Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St. at Amsterdam Ave.
February 10-14
212-875-5601
www.filmlinc.com
Chicago-born actress Raquel Welch was the embodiment of the Hollywood superstar, the supreme sex symbol of the late 1960s and 1970s. A tougher, more physical version of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot, Welch made a series of films in multiple genres, from the sci-fi cult classic Fantastic Voyage to the shoot-’em-up Western 100 Rifles, from the literary bomb Myra Breckinridge to the caveman stomp One Million Years B.C., from the period comedy Mother, Jugs, and Speed to the sports favorite Kansas City Bomber. Her costars included Burt Reynolds, Bill Cosby, Jim Brown, Christopher Lee, James Coburn, Oliver Reed, and Harvey Keitel — in addition to Dyan Cannon, Mae West, Barbara Stanwyck, and Farrah Fawcett — but when Welch was on-screen, her impressive assets took over. Welch made more than three dozen movies, ten of which will be shown at the Film Society of Lincoln Center for the long-deserved tribute “Cinematic Goddess,” including all of the above works in addition to Hannie Caulder, The Last of Sheila, The Three Musketeers, and The Wild Party, with Welch on hand for several Q&As before or after the screening, moderated by the likes of Simon Doonan and Dick Cavett.