The Party (1968)

If you've ever been to a wilder party... you're under arrest.

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

An Indian actor screws up royally during the filming of a costume epic. When the 'Fire this guy' list gets confused with the studio head's guest list for a party, he appears there and everyone assumes he must belong. A great many sight gags and misunderstanding gags are played out at the party where the rest of the film takes place.





Directed by Blake Edwards
Written by Blake Edwards
Genre: Comedy

Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

Peter Sellers ... Hrundi V. Bakshi Claudine Longet ... Michele Monet Natalia Borisova ... Ballerina Jean Carson ... Nanny Marge Champion ... Rosalind Dunphy Al Checco ... Bernard Stein Corinne Cole ... Janice Kane Dick Crockett ... Wells Frances Davis ... Maid Danielle De Metz ... Stella D'Angelo (as Danielle de Metz) Herbert Ellis ... Director (as Herb Ellis) Paul Ferrara ... Ronnie Smith Steve Franken ... Levinson Kathe Green ... Molly Clutterbuck

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063415/

Brazil (1985)

It's only a state of mind.

Thursday, July 24th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger.


Directed by Terry Gilliam
Written by Terry Gilliam & Tom Stoppard
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy

Country: UK
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Jonathan Pryce	...	Sam Lowry
	Robert De Niro	...	Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle
	Katherine Helmond	...	Mrs. Ida Lowry
	Ian Holm	...	Mr. M. Kurtzmann
	Bob Hoskins	...	Spoor
	Michael Palin	...	Jack Lint
	Ian Richardson	...	Mr. Warrenn
	Peter Vaughan	...	Mr. Helpmann
	Kim Greist	...	Jill Layton
	Jim Broadbent	...	Dr. Jaffe
	Barbara Hicks	...	Mrs. Alma Terrain
	Charles McKeown	...	Harvey Lime
	Derrick O'Connor	...	Dowser
	Kathryn Pogson	...	Shirley
	Bryan Pringle	...	Spiro

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

1984 (1984)

Big Brother is watching...

Thursday, July 17th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

After The Atomic War the world is divided into three states. London is the capital of Oceania, ruled by a party who has total control over all its citizens. Winston Smith is one of the bureaucrats, rewriting history in one of the departments. One day he commits the crime of falling in love with Julia. They try to escape Big Brother's listening and viewing devices, but, of course, nobody can really escape...




Directed by Michael Radford
Written by George Orwell (novel) & Michael Radford
Genre: Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi

Country: UK
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	John Hurt	...	Winston Smith
	Richard Burton	...	O'Brien
	Suzanna Hamilton	...	Julia
	Cyril Cusack	...	Charrington
	Gregor Fisher	...	Parsons
	James Walker	...	Syme
	Andrew Wilde	...	Tillotson
	David Trevena	...	Tillotson's Friend
	David Cann	...	Martin
	Anthony Benson	...	Jones
	Peter Frye	...	Rutherford

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/

Network (1976)

Television will never be the same!

Thursday, July 10th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is an ageing TV anchorman for UBS who is fired, effective in two weeks, after his ratings have been steadily deteriorating. He reacts to this by sensationally announcing on live television his intention to commit suicide on air. In doing so, Beale becomes a major TV icon and one of the most valuable assets to the Communications Corporation of America (CCA), the company that is gradually taking control of UBS. As a result he is given his own show as 'the mad prophet of the air-waves'. He appears live on television every week-day evening to tell the real truth to the people of America. The programme is a huge success but Beale uses his power to make startling revelations about CCA, leaving the company executives with a serious problem.


Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
Genre: Drama

Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Faye Dunaway	...	Diana Christensen
	William Holden	...	Max Schumacher
	Peter Finch	...	Howard Beale
	Robert Duvall	...	Frank Hackett
	Wesley Addy	...	Nelson Chaney
	Ned Beatty	...	Arthur Jensen
	Arthur Burghardt	...	Great Ahmed Kahn
	Bill Burrows	...	TV Director
	John Carpenter	...	George Bosch
	Jordan Charney	...	Harry Hunter
	Kathy Cronkite	...	Mary Ann Gifford
	Ed Crowley	...	Joe Donnelly
	Jerome Dempsey	...	Walter C. Amundsen
	Conchata Ferrell	...	Barbara Schlesinger
	Gene Gross	...	Milton K. Steinman

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/