It's a wonderful life (1946)

They're making memories tonight!

Wednesday, December 10th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George, with the promise of earning his wings. He shows George what things would have been like if he had never been born. In a nightmarish vision in which the Potter-controlled town is sunk in sex and sin, those George loves are either dead, ruined, or miserable. He realizes that he has touched many people in a positive way and that his life has truly been a wonderful one.

Directed by Frank Capra
Written by Philip Van Doren Stern & Frances Goodrich
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast
James Stewart ... George Bailey
Donna Reed ... Mary Hatch Bailey
Lionel Barrymore ... Henry F. Potter
Thomas Mitchell ... Uncle Billy Bailey
Henry Travers ... Clarence
Beulah Bondi ... Ma Bailey
Frak Faylen ... Ernie Bishop
Ward Bond ... Officer Bert
Gloria Grahame ... Violet Bick
H.B. Warner ... Mr. Emil Gower
Frank Albertson ... Sam Wainwright
Todd Karns ... Harry Bailey
Samuel S. Hinds ... Peter Bailey
Mary Treen ... Cousin Tilly
Virginia Patton ... Ruth Dakin Bailey


Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

The hot-line suspense comedy

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely and utterly mad, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He suspects that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people. The U.S. president meets with his advisors, where the Soviet ambassador tells him that if the U.S.S.R. is hit by nuclear weapons, it will trigger a "Doomsday Machine" which will destroy all plant and animal life on Earth. Peter Sellers portrays the three men who might avert this tragedy: British Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, the only person with access to the demented Gen. Ripper; U.S. President Merkin Muffley, whose best attempts to divert disaster depend on placating a drunken Soviet Premier and the former Nazi genius Dr. Strangelove, who concludes that "such a device would not be a practical deterrent for reasons which at this moment must be all too obvious". Will the bombers be stopped in time, or will General Jack Ripper succeed in destroying the world ?

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Peter George (novel) & Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast
Peter Sellers ... Group Captain Lionel Mandrake / President Merkin Muffley / Dr. Strangelove
George C. Scott ... Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson
Sterling Hayden ... Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper
Keenan Wynn ... Col. 'Bat' Guano
Slim Pickens ... Maj. T.J. 'King' Kong
Peter Bull ... Russian Ambassador Alexi de Sadesky
James Earl Jones ... Lt. Lothar Zogg
Tracy Reed ... Miss Scott
Jack Creley ... Mr. Staines
Frank Berry ... Lt. H.R. Dietrich
Robert O'Neil ... Adm. Randolph
Glenn Beck ... Lt. W.D. Kivel (as Glen Beck)
Roy Stephens ... Frank
Shane Rimmer ... Capt. G.A. 'Ace' Owens
Hal Galili ... Burpelson AFB Defense Team member

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

They Shoot Horses, Don't They ? (1969)

People are the ultimate spectacle

Wednesday, November 19th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Gloria (Jane Fonda) is a young woman of the Depression. She has aged beyond her years and feels her life is hopeless, having been cheated and betrayed many times in her past. Fantasizing about movies, she sees herself as an actress and decides to head for Hollywood, having got the idea from a movie magazine while recuperating in the hospital from a suicide attempt which resulted from another unhappy love affair. Robert (Michael Sarrazin), a desperate Hollywood citizen unsuccessfully trying to become a director, never doubting that he'll eventually make it. Robert and Gloria meet and decide to enter a dance marathon, one of the crazes of the thirties. The grueling dancing takes its toll on Gloria's already weakened spirit, and she tells Robert that she'd be better off dead, that her life is hopeless - all the while acting cruel and bitter, alienating those around her, trying to convince him to shoot her and put her out of her misery. After all, they shoot horses, don't they?

Directed by Sydney Pollack
Written by Horace McCoy (novel) & James Poe (screenplay) Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Jane Fonda	...	Gloria Beatty
	Michael Sarrazin	...	Robert Syverton
	Susannah York	...	Alice LeBlanc
	Gig Young	...	Rocky
	Red Buttons	...	Harry 'Sailor' Kline
	Bonnie Bedelia	...	Ruby
	Michael Conrad	...	Rollo
	Bruce Dern	...	James
	Al Lewis	...	Turkey
	Robert Fields	...	Joel Girard
	Severn Darden	...	Cecil
	Allyn Ann McLerie	...	Shirley 'Shirl' Clayton
	Madge Kennedy	...	Mrs. Laydon
	Jacquelyn Hyde	...	Jackie
	Felice Orlandi	...	Mario

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065088/

The Apartment (1960)

Movie-wise, there has never been anything like "The Apartment" - laugh-wise, love-wise, or otherwise-wise!

Wednesday, November 12th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

C.C. Baxter, insurance clerk and only a face in a crowd of 30,000 employees, has a little problem: He can't use his own apartment. Since he once lent out his key to one of his superiors and his mistress, this custom has spread ever since. Now, different superiors from different departments take his place for their tête-à-têtes. Being promised not to be forgotten when it comes to shifts in personnel, C.C. Baxter swallows his anger - until he finds out that the mistress of Mr. Sheldrake, the company's boss, and his recent flame, Fran Kubelik, are the same person. And they are using his apartment! Although Baxter has not been forgotten personnel-wise, the attempted suicide of Fran in his very own bed makes him think

Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Jack Lemmon	...	Calvin Clifford 'C.C.' Baxter
	Shirley MacLaine	...	Fran Kubelik
	Fred MacMurray	...	Jeff D. Sheldrake
	Ray Walston	...	Joe Dobisch
	Jack Kruschen	...	Dr. Dreyfuss
	David Lewis	...	Al Kirkeby
	Hope Holiday	...	Mrs. Margie MacDougall
	Joan Shawlee	...	Sylvia
	Naomi Stevens	...	Mrs. Mildred Dreyfuss
	Johnny Seven	...	Karl Matuschka
	Joyce Jameson	...	The Blonde
	Willard Waterman	...	Mr. Vanderhoff
	David White	...	Mr. Eichelberger
	Edie Adams	...	Miss Mary Olsen - Sheldrake's Secretary

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)

A Lovers Story.

Wednesday, November 5th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever.





Directed by Philip Kaufman
Written by Milan Kundera (novel)
Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Daniel Day-Lewis	...	Tomas
	Juliette Binoche	...	Tereza
	Lena Olin	...	Sabina
	Derek de Lint	...	Franz
	Erland Josephson	...	The Ambassador
	Pavel Landovský	...	Pavel
	Donald Moffat	...	Chief Surgeon
	Daniel Olbrychski	...	Interior Ministry Official
	Stellan Skarsgård	...	The Engineer
	Tomasz Borkowy	...	Jiri (as Tomek Bork)
	Bruce Myers	...	Czech Editor
	Pavel Slaby	...	Pavel's Nephew
	Pascale Kalensky	...	Nurse Katja
	Jacques Ciron	...	Swiss Restaurant Manager
	Anne Lonnberg	...	Swiss Photographer

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096332/

Child's Play (1988) & Halloween (1978)

You'll wish it was only make-believe.

Wednesday, October 29th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

When Charles Lee Ray needs to get quick escape from cop, Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good guy doll Chucky. Little does he know a little boy by the name of Andy Barclay will be the new owner of him soon-to-come. Charles confides in Andy while he commits numerous murders. Once the adults catch up to Andy's story as truth, it's too late.






Directed by Tom Holland
Written by Don Mancini
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

Catherine Hicks ... Karen Barclay
Chris Sarandon ... Mike Norris
Alex Vincent ... Andy Barclay
Brad Dourif ... Charles Lee Ray
Dinah Manoff ... Maggie Peterson
Tommy Swerdlow ... Jack Santos
Jack Colvin ... Dr. Ardmore
Neil Giuntoli ... Eddie Caputo
Juan Ramírez ... Peddler
Alan Wilder ... Mr. Criswell
Richard Baird ... News Reporter at Toy Store
Raymond Oliver ... Dr. Death
Aaron Osborne ... Orderly
Tyler Hard ... Mona
Ted Liss ... George

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/

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The Night HE Came Home!

Wednesday, October 29th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

On a cold Halloween night in Haddonfield, Illinois in 1963, six year old Michael Myers brutally murdered his teenage sister after she had sex with her boyfriend. Michael is then locked inside Smith's Grove Warren County Sanitarium where he is placed under the care of Dr. Sam Loomis who is the only one who sees the pure evil within the soul of Michael. In October 1978, Michael escapes from the sanitarium. After witnessing the escape, Dr. Loomis heads back to Haddonfield where he knows Michael will kill again on Halloween night. Michael begins stalking three teenagers, Laurie Strode and her friends Annie and Lynda. With the help of the town sheriff, Loomis hunts for Michael and hopes to put an end to his grisly murder spree.


Directed by John Carpenter
Written by John Carpenter
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Donald Pleasence	...	Dr. Sam Loomis
	Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Laurie Strode
	Nancy Kyes	...	Annie Brackett (as Nancy Loomis)
	P.J. Soles	...	Lynda van der Klok
	Charles Cyphers	...	Sheriff Leigh Brackett
	Kyle Richards	...	Lindsey Wallace
	Brian Andrews	...	Tommy Doyle
	John Michael Graham	...	Bob Simms
	Nancy Stephens	...	Marion Chambers
	Arthur Malet	...	Graveyard Keeper
	Mickey Yablans	...	Richie
	Brent Le Page	...	Lonnie Elamb
	Adam Hollander	...	Keith
	Robert Phalen	...	Dr. Terence Wynn
	Tony Moran	...	Michael Myers (age 23)

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/

Paris, Texas (1984)

It brings magic back to the cinema...

Thursday, October 23th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his wife and son four years before. As his memory returns, he makes contact with various people from his past.







Directed by Wim Wenders
Written by Sam Shepard & L.M. Kit Carson
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany / France / UK
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton ... Travis Henderson Sam Berry ... Gas Station Attendant Bernhard Wicki ... Doctor Ulmer Dean Stockwell ... Walt Henderson Aurore Clément ... Anne Henderson (as Aurore Clement) Claresie Mobley ... Car Rental Clerk Hunter Carson ... Hunter Henderson Viva ... Woman on TV (as Viva Auder) Socorro Valdez ... Carmelita Edward Fayton ... Hunter's Friend Justin Hogg ... Hunter - Age 3 Nastassja Kinski ... Jane Henderson Tom Farrell ... Screaming Man John Lurie ... Slater Jeni Vici ... Stretch

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087884/

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Meet Holly Golightly, the craziest heroine who ever crept between the pages of a best-selling novel!

Thursday, October 16th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Struggling writer Paul Varjak moves into a New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty, quirky neighbor Holly Golightly. Holly's lifestyle confuses and fascinates Paul; in public she flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air, but when they're alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.





Directed by Blake Edwards
Written by Truman Capote (novel)
George Axelrod (sreenplay)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

Audrey Hepburn	...	Holly Golightly
George Peppard	...	Paul 'Fred' Varjak
Patricia Neal	...	2-E (Mrs. Failenson)
Buddy Ebsen	...	Doc Golightly
Martin Balsam	...	O. J. Berman
José Luis de Villalonga	...	José da Silva Pereira (as VilAllongA)
John McGiver	...	Tiffany's salesman
Alan Reed	...	Sally Tomato
Dorothy Whitney	...	Mag Wildwood
Beverly Powers	...	Nightclub Stripper (as Miss Beverly Hills)
Stanley Adams	...	Rusty Trawler
Claude Stroud	...	Sid Arbuck
Elvia Allman	...	Librarian
Orangey	...	Cat
Mickey Rooney	...	Mr. Yunioshi

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054698/

Babel (2006)

If You Want to be Understood...Listen

Thursday, October 9th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

4 interlocking stories all connected by a single gun all converge at the end and reveal a complex and tragic story of the lives of humanity around the world and how we truly aren't all that different. In Morocco, a troubled married couple are on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away from his herd. A girl in Japan dealing with rejection, the death of her mother, the emotional distance of her father, her own self-consciousness, and a disability among many other issues, deals with modern life in the enormous metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. Then, on the opposite side of the world the married couple's Mexican nanny takes the couple's 2 children with her to her son's wedding in Mexico, only to come into trouble on the return trip. Combined, it provides a powerful story and an equally powerful looking glass into the lives of seemingly random people around the world and it shows just how connected we really are.


Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Genre: Drama
Country: USA / France / Mexico

Language: English / French / Spanish / Japanese / Arabic
Subtitles: English

Cast

Brad Pitt ... Richard Jones
Cate Blanchett ... Susan Jones
Mohamed Akhzam ... Anwar
Peter Wight ... Tom
Harriet Walter ... Lilly
Trevor Martin ... Douglas
Matyelok Gibbs ... Elyse
Georges Bousquet ... Robert
Claudine Acs ... Jane
André Oumansky ... Walter
Michael Maloney ... James
Dermot Crowley ... Barth
Wendy Nottingham ... Tourist #1
Henry Maratray ... Tourist #2
Linda Broughton ... Tourist #3

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/

Dogma (1999)

Get 'touched' by an angel.

Thursday, September 18th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon by the Voice of God to stop two exiled angels from entering a New Jersey church and thus negating all existence. She is aided by the little know thirteenth apostle named Rufus, a literal muse turned stripper and two bad-mouthed, mall-crawling, joint-smoking prophets: Jay and Silent Bob. An ex-muse turned demon named Azrael tries to keep the group from accomplishing their goal so he can have his revenge against God.


Directed by Kevin Smith
Written by Kevin Smith
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA

Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Bartleby
Matt Damon	...	Loki
Linda Fiorentino	...	Bethany Sloane
Jason Mewes	...	Jay
Chris Rock	...	Rufus
Alan Rickman	...	Metatron
Jason Lee	...	Azrael
alma Hayek	...	Serendipity
Kevin Smith	...	Silent Bob
Janeane Garofalo	...	Liz
George Carlin	...	Cardinal Ignatius Glick
Alanis Morissette	...	God
Brian O'Halloran	...	Grant Hicks (as Brian Christopher O'Halloran)
Bud Cort	...	John Doe Jersey
Dan Etheridge	...	St. Stephen's Priest

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/

Life of Brian (1979)

A motion picture destined to offend nearly two thirds of the civilized world. And severely annoy the other third.

Thursday, September 11th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Brian is born in a stable on Christmas, right next to You Know Who. The wise men appear and begin to distribute gifts. The star moves further, so they take it all back and move on. This is how Brian's life goes. The Jews are looking for a release from the Romans, Spiritual and political decay, keep looking for signs and a group decides Brian is the Messiah. He cannot convince them he is not. He joins the Peoples' Front of Judea, one of several dozen separatist groups who actually do nothing, but really hate the Romans. While not about Jesus, it is about those who hadn't time, or interest to listen to his message. Many Political and Social comments


Directed by Terry Jones
Written by Graham Chapman & John Cleese
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK

Language: English / Latin
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Graham Chapman	...	Wise Man #2 / Brian Cohen / Biggus Dickus
	John Cleese	...	Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
	Terry Gilliam	...	Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood & Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / Crucifee
	Eric Idle	...	Mr. Cheeky / Stan (Loretta) / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
	Terry Jones	...	Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant
	Michael Palin	...	Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
	Terence Bayler	...	Gregory
	Carol Cleveland	...	Mrs. Gregory
	Kenneth Colley	...	Jesus
	Neil Innes	...	A weedy Samaritan
	Charles McKeown	...	False Prophet / Blind Man / Giggling Guard / Stig
	John Young	...	Matthias, Son of Deuteronomy of Gath
	Gwen Taylor	...	Mrs. Big Nose
	Sue Jones-Davies	...	Judith

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/

Pulp Fiction (1994)

You won't know the facts until you've seen the fiction.

Thursday, August 21st 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield are two hitmen on the hunt for a briefcase whose contents were stolen from their boss, Marsellus Wallace. They run into a few unexpected detours along the road. Marsellus is out of town, and he's gotten Vincent to take care of his wife, Mia. That is, take her out for a night on the town. Things go smoothly until one of them makes a huge error. Butch Coolidge is a boxer who's been approached by Marsellus and been told to throw his latest fight. When Butch ends up killing the other boxer, he must escape Marsellus. Pumpkin and Honey Bunny (not their real names) are two lovebirds/thieves who have decided to rob the restaurant they're currently eating at. But the restaurant doesn't turn out to be as easy as the other places they've robbed.


Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
Genre: Crime / Drama

Country: USA

Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

John Travolta ... Vincent Vega
Samuel L. Jackson ... Jules Winnfield
Tim Roth ... Pumpkin - Ringo
Amanda Plummer ... Honey Bunny - Yolanda
Eric Stoltz ... Lance
Bruce Willis ... Butch Coolidge
Ving Rhames ... Marsellus Wallace
Phil LaMarr ... Marvin
Maria de Medeiros ... Fabienne
Rosanna Arquette ... Jody
Peter Greene ... Zed
Uma Thurman ... Mia Wallace
Duane Whitaker ... Maynard
Paul Calderon ... Paul
Frank Whaley ... Brett


Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/