Martin Scorsese's restored version of The Red Shoes screened at Cannes

May 16th, 2009 - Times Online

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A classic British film was given a second world premiere last night thanks to a restoration project led by Martin Scorsese.

The Goodfellas director is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation (WCF) which collects and restores rare and fragile films from around the world to preserve them for posterity.

The Red Shoes, a double Oscar-winning film from 1948 about a dancer, directed by Michael Powell, was digitally remastered by the WCF and shown at the Cannes Film Festival last night.

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