Festen (1998)

Every family has a secret.

Thursday, June 5th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The Youngest Son is trying to live up to The Father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a lawyer. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without arguments. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself.



Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Written by Thomas Vinterberg
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark / Sweden
Language: Danish / German / English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Ulrich Thomsen	...	Christian Klingenfeldt
	Henning Moritzen	...	Faderen / Father Helge Klingenfeldt-Hansen
	Thomas Bo Larsen	...	Michael
	Paprika Steen	...	Helene
	Birthe Neumann	...	Moderen / Mother
	Trine Dyrholm	...	Pia
	Helle Dolleris	...	Mette
	Therese Glahn	...	Michelle
	Klaus Bondam	...	Toastmasteren / Master of Ceremony Helmut
	Bjarne Henriksen	...	Kokken / Cook
	Gbatokai Dakinah	...	Gbatokai
	Lasse Lunderskov	...	Onklen / Uncle
	Lars Brygmann	...	Receptionisten / Receptionist
	Lene Laub Oksen	...	Søsteren / Sister
	Linda Laursen	...	Birthe

Movie Trailer (no subtitles, sorry !)


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/

Fargo (1996)

A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.

Thursday, May 29th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.



Directed by Joel Coen
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

Frances McDormand ... Marge Gunderson
William H. Macy ... Jerry Lundegaard
Steve Buscemi ... Carl Showalter
Peter Stormare ... Gaear Grimsrud
Kristin Rudrüd ... Jean Lundegaard
Harve Presnell ... Wade Gustafson
Tony Denman ... Scotty Lundegaard
Gary Houston ... Irate Customer
Sally Wingert ... Irate Customer's Wife
Kurt Schweickhardt ... Car Salesman
Larissa Kokernot ... Hooker #1
Melissa Peterman ... Hooker #2
Steve Reevis ... Shep Proudfoot (as Steven Reevis)
Warren Keith ... Reilly Diefenbach (voice)
Steve Edelman ... Morning Show Host
Sharon Anderson ... Morning Show Hostess

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/

Blow Out (1981)

Murder has a sound all of its own!

Thursday, May 15th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Jack is a sound-man who works on "Grade-B" horror movies. Late one evening, he is "sampling" sounds for use on his movies, when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he doesn't know who he can trust.




Directed by Brian De Palma
Written by Brian De Palma
Genre: Thriller

Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

John Travolta ... Jack Terry
Nancy Allen ... Sally
John Lithgow ... Burke
Dennis Franz ... Manny Karp
Peter Boyden ... Sam
Curt May ... Donahue
John Aquino ... Det. Mackey
John McMartin ... Lawrence Henry
Deborah Everton ... Hooker
J. Patrick McNamara ... Detective at hospital
Missy Cleveland ... Coed lover (as Amanda Cleveland)
Roger Wilson ... Coed lover
Lori-Nan Engler ... Sue
Cindy Manion ... Dancing coed
Missy O'Shea ... Dancing coed

Movie Trailer


More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082085/

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