December 4, 2008

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/

December 1, 2008

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/

November 12, 2008

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/

November 5, 2008

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/

October 29, 2008

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/

October 16, 2008

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/

October 10, 2008

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/

September 18, 2008

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/

September 11, 2008

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



August 28, 2008

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/

August 14, 2008

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