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/