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And we mean that as a compliment because we love screwball comedy.

We saw the digitally restored and remastered Danny Zialcita movie T-Bird At Ako last night at the UP Film Center, and it is an absolute scream. Nora Aunor was in attendance, along with Odette Khan who owned every scene she was in, and screenwriter Portia Ilagan, who recalled the spat she had with Zialcita over the movie’s “redeeming” ending.

Our review is coming up as soon as this migraine clears. Meanwhile, check out our previous posts on Zialcita movies:

Speaking of Karma, here’s Danny Zialcita, a review of Karma starring Vilma Santos, Ronaldo Valdez, Chanda Romero, Tommy Abuel
Try A Little Suicide, a review of Tinimbang Ang Langit starring Kuh Ledesma, Christopher de Leon, Rio Locsin

Thanks to Leo Katigbak, head of Special Projects at ABS-CBN, for the tickets to the premiere. Leo’s division has so far restored 84 Pinoy classics from the film archive, including Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon, Himala, and Oro, Plata, Mata. Coming up: another Nora Aunor-Vilma Santos starrer, Ishmael Bernal’s Ikaw Ay Akin. We saw it on Cinema One a few years ago and recall, apart from that enigmatic killer ending, a scene in which Christopher de Leon and Vilma Santos watch a movie at Alliance Francaise.

T-Bird At Ako will screen at chosen cinemas, watch your theatre listings.

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Read our column, Nora and Vilma get bi-curious, at InterAksyon.com.