Looking Behind The Cinema Scenes In St. Petersburg

The world premiere of the major exhibition CUT! Costume and Cinema will be featured at the Florida International Museum (FIM) at St. Petersburg College from Feb. 13 through May 16. The FIM is the first venue for the exhibit, which is presented by the FIM, the Exhibit Development Group (EDG) and Cosprop from London, England. 

"We are very thrilled to host the first ever venue for this wonderful exhibit," says Kathy Oathout, director of operations, The Palladium, Florida International Museum and SPC Downtown Arts. "This collection has never been seen outside of London, and we are excited to offer it for our patrons."

Oathout says that this will be the first time this particular collection will be shown in the United States.

The exhibit shows how costumes in motion pictures help to establish authenticity and time periods. Forty-three period costumes from motion pictures, spanning five centures of history, drama and comedy, will be on display.

Attendees will be able to closely view costumes worn by famous actors, including: Johnny Depp, as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet and Uma Thurman as Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent in Ever After, and Heath Ledger as Giacomo Casanova in Casanova, along with many others.

Museum hours are Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm and Sun, noon-5pm . For more information, visit: www.SPCollege.edu/FIMuseum.

Writer: Nancy Vaughn
Source: Kathy Oathout, Florida International Museum