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Chapel
Distribution
Film Catalogue
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This
catalogue contains some of the best and most memorable films from
the studios of MGM (1930s to 2000) and Warner Brothers (1927 to
1948), United Artists and other companies. Browse
through the catalogue BELOW For
bookings, please contact Mark Spratt: |
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12
Angry Men
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(G) (Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1957. 96m) 16mm Print Only (with Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman, Ed Begley) One dissenting juror on a murder trial manages to convince the others that the case is not as clear as it seemed in court. |
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1900
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(R) (Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1977. 243m) Sweeping chronicle of 20th Century Italy focussing on two contrasting families. A powerful film full of potent and beautiful images. With Burt Lancaster and Donald Sutherland. Dubbed print. |
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2010
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(PG)(Dir. Peter Hyams, USA, 1984, 114m) Cinemascope (with Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren) 70MM PRINT & 35mm prints. Sequel to 2001 written by director Hyams from the follow-up novel by Arthur C. Clarke (who has a cameo on Washington park bench). 2010 does continue the story, and it offers sound, pragmatic explanations for many of the strange and visionary things in 2001 that had us arguing about the content. Scheider is the perfect Everyman who journeys into space on a joint American-Soviet mission to solve the mystery of what went wrong on the original Discovery flight. More concrete and therefore less mystical than 2001, but still an entertaining journey, with state-of-the-art visual effects by Richard Edlund. |
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42nd
Street
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(G)(Dir. Lloyd Bacon, USA, 1933, 89m) Standard. New 35mm Print (with Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter) Sensational Busby Berkeley "backstage musical" with all the usual cliches and stunning routines. A chorus girl makes good when the leading lady cannot go on, and she becomes the star. Won Best Picture Oscar. 16mm print also available |
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(M) (Dir.W.D. Richter, USA, 1984. 116mins) Dolby stereo, Panavision (with Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd) Comedy/Sci-fi/Adventure. Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician BB and the Hong Kong Cavaliers take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension. |
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The
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
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(M) (Dir. Stephan Elliot, Australia, 1994. 102m) Dolby SR, Panavision (with Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving) Three Sydney transvestite showgirls are invited to play for 4 weeks at a hotel resort in Alice Springs. The girls set off through the dusty outback in their bus 'Priscilla' with a gaudy assortment of frocks, stilletos and feather boas. |
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The
Adventures of Robin Hood
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(G)(Dir. Michael Curtiz, USA, 1938, 102m) Standard. New 35mm print - Colour (with Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Claude Rains) Errol Flynn's greatest role ensured a successful career as a swasbuckling hero. He wins the heart of the beautiful Maid Marion (DeHavilland) and overcomes the nasty prince (Rains) and evil Basil Rathbone. Erich Korngold's memorable score won an Oscar, as did editing and art direction. Wonderfully fulfilling and exciting escapism. |
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The African Queen NEW! |
(G) (Dir. John Huston, 1951. 105m) Technicolor (with Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Robert Morley) Superb combination of gin-swilling Bogart and spinster Hepburn travelling downriver in Africa during WWI, combating the elements, the Germans and each other. Script by James Agee and Huston from C.S. Forester's novel. Filmed on location in the Belgian Congo by Jack Cardiff. Bogart won the Best Actor Oscar. |
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The
Alamo
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(G)(Dir. John Wayne, 1960.161m) Panavision Technicolor (with John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon) The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to save the new Republic of Texas |
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All
Dogs Go To Heaven 2
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(G)(Dir.Paul Sebella,1996. 84m) Dolby digital sound. (with voices of Charlie Sheen and Dom Deluise) Animated sequel far superior to its original as far as plot and music go. A canine angel comes back to earth to retrieve Gabriel's horn, then falls in love and fights off a devilish cat. |
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An
American in Paris
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(G) (Dir.Vincente Minnelli, 1951. 107m) New 35mm Print. Ballet sequence in stereo sound. (with Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron) One of the greatest musicals of all time blending art, music and dance in a seamless fantasy. Kelly at his best. Produced by Arthur Freed for MGM. |
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Angels
With Dirty Faces
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(PG)(Dir.
Michael Curtiz, USA, 1938, 97m) Standard. 35mm (with James
Cagney, Pat O'Brien) Classic tale of two childhood friends; one (Cagney) becomes a cocky gangster, the idol of the local kids, the other (O'Brien) a priest. With Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids, and Ann Sheridan. |
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Anna
Karenina
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(PG)(Dir.
Clarence Brown, USA, 1935, 95m) Standard. 35mm print (with
Greta Garbo, Fredric March) Based on Leo Tolstoy's tragic love story, this is one of Garbo's finest achievements. She plays a woman torn between her husband and lover. With Basil Rathbone and Maureen O'Sullivan. |
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Annie
Hall
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(M)(Dir. Woody Allen, USA, 1977.90m) (with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton) Quintessential Allen film capped off his career up to this point with all his well known themes of love, relationships, fame, New York vs Los Angeles, built around his persona as a neurotic, cynical Jewish intellectual. With Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Colleen Dewhurst and Christopher Walken. |
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The
Apartment
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(PG)(Dir. Billy Wilder, 1960. 125m) New 35mm Print. Panavision (with Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine) Charming comedy drama has Lemmon as corporate clerk who lends out his apartment for his colleagues' extra-marital affairs. The scheme backfires when he falls for his boss's latest girlfriend.Winner Best Picture, Director and Screenplay Oscars. |
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Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 NEW! |
(M)(Dir. Sam Raimi, USA, 1993. 81m) (With Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Richard Grove, Bridget Fonda) Third in the EVIL DEAD series sees a man, Ash, thrown into a time-travelling vortex, finding himself dumped in the 13th century where Arthurian knights take him up. The only way to return to the present is to retrieve the Ancient Book of the Dead. In so doing he accidentally unleashes a hoard of skeletons led by his evil double. Using his uncanny awareness of 20th century technology, Ash must save the day |
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Arsenic
and Old Lace
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(PG)(Dir. Frank Capra, USA, 1944.118m) Standard. 35mm print (with Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane) Capra's brilliant comedy farce. Jean Adair and Josephine Hull play two sweet old ladies who poison lonely men as an act of charity. Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre are macabre characters who have been doing their own evil deeds. Grant shines in one of his best roles as the frenzied nephew trying to maintain a sense of order. |
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The
Asphalt Jungle
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(PG)(Dir. John Huston, 1950. 112m) New 35mm Print (with Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe) A jewellery heist and all its repurcussions generate suspense in Huston's noir masterpiece. From WR Burnett's novel, with music by Miklos Rozsa and stunning B&W cinematography by Harold Rosson. |
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At
First Sight
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(M)(Dir. Irwin Winkler, 1998. 128m) (with Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino) A career driven woman falls in love with a self-reliant blind man in this overtly soapy romantic drama. |
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At
The Circus
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(G)(Dir.
Buzzell Edward, USA, 1939, 87m) Standard. 35mm Print (with
Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont) What about a Marxathon to brighten your day? Sounds like a great idea to me. Step right up ladies and germs, see the brothers do their tricks in (what better place?) the circus. |
| (M)(Dir. Ian Softley, UK, 1994. 100m) (with Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart) In 1960, the soon-to-be Beatles moved to Hamburg, Germany in search of success. This is the story of Stuart Sutcliffe (Dorff), the man who left the band for art, love and a life in Germany. | |
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The
Bad and the Beautiful
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(PG)(Dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1952. 118m) 16mm Print Only (with Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan) Insightful and witty assault on Hollywood, second only to Wilder's 'Sunset Boulevard'. Turner turns in a sterling performance. Winner of five Oscars. |
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Badlands
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(M)(Dir. Terrence Malick, 1973. 95m) New 35mm Print (with Sissy Spacek, Martin Sheen) Malick's intelligent and artistic debut film set in the 1950s has a careless killer hooking up with 15 year old girl and going about killing without conscience in the stark landscape of South Dakota. Inspired by true events and imitated by many. |
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Bananas
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(PG)(Dir. Woody Allen, 1971. 82m) (with Woody Allen, Louise Lasser) Hilarious assortment of gags and bizarre ideas built around an unlikely premise of Woody becoming involved in a revolution as he unwittingly becomes the leader of a South American banana republic. |
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The
Band Wagon
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(G)(Dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1953. 109m) New 35mm Print (with Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse) Has-been movie star turns dud Broadway show into smash hit. Full of in-jokes, delightful dance sequences and musical numbers. A treat! |
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Barfly
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(M)(Dir. Barbet Schroeder, 1987. 95m) (with Faye Dunaway, Mickey Rourke) Based on the autobiographical writings of Charles Bukowski, a skid-row comedy/love story of a boozy writer and his alcoholic soulmate. |
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Beetlejuice
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(M) (Dir. Tim Burton, 1988. 92m) (with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder) A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house. |
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Ben-Hur
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(PG)(William
Wyler, USA, 1959, 212m) 70mm & 35mm Prints (with
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins) Set in the time of the Roman
occupation of Judea, this is the story of two friends Judah Ben-Hur,
a Jew, and Messala, a Roman, who become enemies. This complex story
of love, hatred and retribution is interwoven with the major events
in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Gargantuan 1959 MGM epic with
powerful set pieces, including the hair raising chariot race. 70MM
PRINT WITH 6 TRACK MAGNETIC SOUND |
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Benny
& Joon
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(M)(Dir. Jeremiah Chechik, 1993. 98m) (with Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore) Endearing romantic comedy in which a mechanic matches his mentally ill sister with a sweet misfit who thinks he is the reincarnation of Buster Keaton! |
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The
Big Country
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(PG)(Dir. William Wyler, 1958. 166m)(with Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston) Two ranchers fight over water in this epic scale Western. Burl Ives won an Oscar for his role as the domineering patriarch. |
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The
Big Parade Of Comedy
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(G)(Dir. Robert Youngson, USA, 1964. 100m) 35MM PRINT Entertaining sampler of dozens of funny sequences from classic MGM comedies. Some real gems among a thoroughly entertaining program. Features scenes from the great master's films including Laurel & Hardy, The Marx Bros, Buster Keaton, Greta Garbo, Keystone Cops, Clark Gable and many others. |
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The
Big Red One
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(M)(Dir. Samuel Fuller, 1980. 158m) NEW PRINT(with Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine) Sam Fuller's semi-autobiographical chronicle follows a sergeant and his 1st infantry division squad from landing in North Africa, to D-Day, to an extermination camp in Czechoslovakia. A critical and box-office success upon its release, this reconstructed version with over 40 minutes of extra footage (including 15 completely new sequences) makes this intimate personal epic a triumph of Fuller's mature years. |
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The
Big Sleep (Director's Cut)
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(PG)(Dir. Howard Hawks, 1946. 116m) New 35mm Print (with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall) Raymond Chandler's first novel with Philip Marlow provides the substance to this classic yarn of snappy dialogue and mysterious plot. Feature includes 18 mins of previously unseen footage plus "making of" documentary (37m). Original studio release version also available. |
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The
Big Store
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(G)(Dir.
Charles Reisner, USA,1941. 83m) Standard 35mm Print (with
Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont) Detective Groucho investigates crooked shenanigans in a department store with help (?) from Chico and Harpo |
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Billion
Dollar Brain
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(PG) (Dir. Ken Russell, 1967. 111m) Technicolor (with Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Francoise Dorleac) Third in the series of Harry Palmer films based on Len Deighton's novels. A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom? |
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Bio-dome
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(PG)(Dir. Jason Bloom, 1996. 95m) (with Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin) Two outcasts are entombed for a year inside an experimental sphere and drive the scientists running the experiment crazy. |
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The
Birdcage
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(M)(Dir. Mike Nichols, 1996. 118m) (with Robin Williams, Gene Hackman) US remake of "La Cage aux Folles" is a hilarious mix of witty farce and wild gags. |
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Blossoms
in the Dust
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(PG)(Dir. Mervyn Le Roy, USA, 1941. 99m) Standard. 35mm Technicolor Print plus good 16mm Technicolor print (with Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon) GREER GARSON plays a strong-willed woman who loses her child and husband, but goes on with her life and founds an orphanage. Written by Anita Loos. |
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Blow-Up
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(M)(Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, Britain, 1966. 111m) (with Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings) Antonioni's pop-culture parable centred on a photographer's lifestyle. David Hemmings, sporting some wonderful sixties fashions, is the toy boy who has it all, until one day he takes a picture that has more to it than meets the eye. |
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Blue
Velvet
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(R)(Dir. David Lynch, 1986. 119m) New 35mm Print (with Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper) A mystery thriller investigating a bizarre world lurking beneath the 'normal' society of a picture perfect American small town. A cult classic. |
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The
Bobo
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(PG)(Dir. Robert Parrish, 1967. 105m) Technicolor (with Peter Sellers, Britt Ekland) Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. |
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Bonjour
Timothy
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(PG)(Dir.Wayne Tourell, 1995. 98m) (with Stephen Papps, David O'Gorman) Coming of age story from New Zealand. |
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The Boss |
(M)(Dir. Byron Haskin, 1956. 89m) (with John Payne) Gangster film about the rise and fall of a big city boss. Was written by blacklisted Dalton Trumbo with Ben Perry's name appearing on the credits as a front. |
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The
Bounty
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(PG)(Dir. Roger Donaldson, 1984. 130m)(with Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson) Well made and spectacularly produced adventure drama about history's most famous mutiny. Capt. Bligh is portrayed as stubborn and ignorant rather than mad. |
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The
Boyfriend
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(G)(Dir. Ken Russell, 1971. 135m) (with Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Tommy Tune) An experience backstage girl is called upon to save the show when the lead actress breaks her leg in Russell's glorious hommage to Hollywood musicals. |
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Brainstorm
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(PG)(Dir. Douglas Trumbull, 1983. 106m) Cinemascope (with Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood) Research scientists perfect a sensory experience device - in the form of a headset- with explosive potential. 2001's Trumbull uses state of the art visual effects shot in 70mm Super Panavision for a 35mm print. 16mm print also available |
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Breakdance
(aka Breakin')
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(PG)(Dir. Joe Silberg, 1983. 90m) An urban fairytale set to 80's music and dance culture. Features and unknown Claude Van Damme in a street dance sequence. |
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Breakheart
Pass
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(PG)(Dir. Tom Gries, 1975. 95m) (with Charles Bronson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland) Exciting action adventure set mainly on a train. Based on Alistair MacLean novel. |
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Bridge
at Remagen
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(M)(Dir. John Guillermin, 1969. 115m) (with George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara) Well made and acted action adventure about a group of allies who defend a vital bridge toward the end of WW2. |
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A
Bridge Too Far
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(PG)(Dir. Richard Attenborough, 1977. 175m)Panavision (with Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine) Based on the Cornelius Ryan book about the disastrous 1944 Allied airdrop behind German lines in Holland. |
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Bright
Lights, Big City
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(R)(Dir. James Bridges, 1988. 107m) (with Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland) Based on Jay McInerney's novel. A young country boy's life comes apart in New York City as he gets involved in a trap of drugs and nightlife. |
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By
the Light of the Silvery Moon
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(G) (Dir. David Butler, 1953. 101m) Technicolor (with Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames) Musical/Comedy. The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield's boyfriend, William Sherman, returns from the Army after W.W.I |
| (M)(Dir. Bob Fosse, 1972. 130m) (with Liza Minnelli, Michael York) Set in Berlin between the wars, features Minnelli in her most famous role as Sally Bowles. | |
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Caddyshack
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(M)(Dir. Harold Ramis, 1979, 96m) New 35mm Print (with Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield) Comedy of hijinks on the links with misfits and buffoons mixing it up with golf, sex and wild slapstick. 16mm print also available |
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Calamity
Jane
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(G)(Dir. David Butler, 1953, 101m) New 35mm Print (with Doris Day, Howard Keel) Classic musical/western is great fun with Sammy Faine/Paul Francis Webster score incl Oscar-winning "Secret Love". |
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Camille
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(PG)(Dir. George Cukor, USA, 1936. 108m) Standard. 35mm Print (with Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore) Greta Garbo plays a heroine who must sacrifice her own happiness to prove her love. |
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Career
Girls
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(M) (Dir. Mike Leigh, Britain, 1997. 89m) (with Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman) Leigh's preoccupation with class is prevalent in what is essentially a simple tale of a friendship between two women. |
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Carlton-Browne
Of the F.O. (aka Man in a Cocked Hat)
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(G) (Dir. Jeffrey Dell, 1959. 88m) 16mm Print Only (with Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Ian Bannen) Madcap farce about a small forgotten British Island that becomes strategically important again. |
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Carrie
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(R) (Dir. Brian de Palma, 1976. 98m) New 35mm Print (with Sissy Spacek, Wiliam Katt, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta) A high school girl possesses telekinetic powers that she unleashes against those who have tormented her in this Stephen King thriller. |
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Carrie
2, The Rage
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(MA) (Dir. Katt Shea, 1999. 104m) (with Emily Bergl, Jason London) Years after Carrie, another teenage outsider in the same town uses her telekinetic powers to seek revenge. |
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CARTOONS
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(G) 35mm. Many great MGM cartoons including Tom & Jerry, Tex Avery and others. Please ask for a listing of titles. |
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Casablanca
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(PG)(Dir.Michael Curtiz,1943. 102m) Standard. New 35mm Print (with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains) Considered as one of the best Hollywood films of all time, this perennial classic is set in war-torn Casablanca. Bogart is the nightclub owner, Rick. Winner of three Oscars. |
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Chaplin
Shorts
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THE ADVENTURER (1917, 20m), THE TRAMP (1917, 20m), THE IMMIGRANT (1917, 20m), THE CURE (1917, 20m) and TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914, 40m-abridged version). All 35mm prints. (also see Chaplin features Modern Times and The Great Dictator) |
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Charade
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(PG)(Dir. Stanley Donen, 1963. 114m)New 35mm Print (with Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn) Grant helps Hepburn recover her recently deceased husband's hidden loot, whilst fleeing a gang of crooks in this delightful comedy/thriller. Music by Henry Mancini. With Walter Matthau, James Coburn. |
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Child's
Play
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(M)(Dir. Tom Holland, 1988. 87m) (with Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Brad Dourif) Thriller in which a young child knows that his doll is really a monster possessed with the spirit of a dead murderer. A suspenseful hit sleeper which spurned three sequels. |
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Christine
Jorgensen Story
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(M)(Dir. Irving Rapper, 1970, 89m) (with John Hansen, Joan Tompkins) Biographical depiction of the 1950's sex-change which caused a huge sensation at the time. |
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Clambake NEW! |
(G) (Dir. Arthur H. Nadel, 1967. 97m) (with Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby, Gary Merrill) A millionaire's son (Elvis) trades places with a waterskiing instructor in an effort to make it on his own. Set in Miami. |
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Clash
of the Titans
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(PG)(Dir. Desmond Davis, 1981. 118m) (with Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Maggie Smith) Fantasy adventure based on Greek mythology. Incredible special effects by the master of stop-motion, Ray Harryhausen. |
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The
Commitments
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(M) Dir. Alan Parker, 1991. 118m) (with Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball) A working class Dublin lad tries to bring soul music to Ireland. Based on Roddy Doyle's novel. |
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The
Cotton Club
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(M)(Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1984. 123m) (with Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane) Stylish hommage to the glamorous era of gangsters with great Duke Ellington score. |
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Cuba
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(M)(Dir. Richard Lester, 1979. 121m) (with Sean Connery, Brooke Adams) Exotic adventure romance set in the '50s in which a mercenary renews his affair with a factory manager. |
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Curse
of the Pink Panther
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(PG)(Dir. Blake Edwards, 1983. 109m) Cinemascope (with David Niven, Robert Wagner, Joanna Lumley) Attempt to keep the Pink Panther series alive after the death of Sellers. Full of sight gags and cameo appearances. |
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Custer
of the West
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(G)(Dir. Robert Siodmak, 1968. 150m) Technicolor (with Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Jeffrey Hunter) Western. Story of US Army commander George Armstrong Custer, flamboyant hero of the Civil War who later fought and was exterminated with his entire command by warring Sioux and Cheyenne tribes at the battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. |
| (G)(Dir. Ray Enright, 1934.90m) Standard. B&W. 35mm Print (with Joan Blondell, Dick Powell) Tuneful Busby Berkeley musical centres around familiar "backstage" plot features amazingly staged hit-songs including "I Only Have Eyes For You". Sensational production numbers. With Ruby Keeler (350 of her), Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks. Hugely entertaining. | |
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The
Dawn Patrol
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(G)(Dir. Edmund Goulding. 1938. 103m) 16mm Print only(with Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven) Remake of Howard Hawks' 1930 film depicts a beleaguered aerial squadron in France in WWI. |
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A
Day At The Races
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(G)(Dir. Sam Wood, 1937. 105m) Standard. B&W. 35mm Print.The Marx Brothers help a girl who owns a sanatorium and a racehorse in typically wild romp. Horses for courses. If you love these zany vaudevillians then you should see this with others who do too. |
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Days
of Heaven
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(PG)(Dir. Terrence Malick, 1978. 95m) New 35mm Print (with Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard) Set in the early 1900's among the midwestern wheat harvest of the USA, this finely realised mood piece about an unstable love triangle is beautifully shot with glowing colours of sweat and toil, love and sexual tension. |
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Dead
Man Walking
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(MA)(Dir, Tim Robbins, 1995. 122m) (with Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn) A nun who answers a plea for help from a murderer on death row steadfastly abides by her responsibilities regardless of his fascist attitudes and the anger of the victims' families. |
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The
Decameron
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(R)(Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1970. 108m) New 35mm Print (with Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli) Film of Boccaccio's tales of love and lechery from the Middle Ages. Dubbed version. |
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Desperate
Hours
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(M)(Dir. Michael Cimino, 1990. 105m) (with Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch) Thriller about a family that is terrorised by escaped convicts. |
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Devil
Girl From Mars
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(PG)(Dir. David MacDonald, 1954. 77m) 16mm Print Only (with Hazel Court, Adrienne Corri) An evil female Martian travels to earth in search of human specimens to be used to repopulate the desolate red planet. |
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Dial
M for Murder
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(PG)(Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954. 105m) 3D & Widescreen versions (with Grace Kelly, Ray Milland) Ingenious and suspenseful thriller sees suave husband hiring a man to kill his rich, unfaithful wife. But things don't go to plan. (3D glasses and screen available) |
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Diamonds
are Forever
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(M)(Dir. Guy Hamilton, 1971. 120m) (with Sean Connery, Jill St John, Charles Grey) Agent 007 fights band of international diamond smugglers in this highly entertaining adventure set in Las Vegas. |
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Diary
of a Madman
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(M) (Dir. Reginald Le Borg, 1963. 96m) Technicolor (with Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack, Chris Warfield) A sculptor possessed by an evil spirit, hires a model to pose for him and later learns that she has been brutally murdered. |
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Different
for Girls
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(MA)(Dir. Richard Spence, 1997. 75m) (with Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh) Gender-bender romance looks into the adjustments that an extroverted hetrosexual male and an attractive introverted transsexual woman must make in order to have a relationship. |
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Diner
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(PG)(Dir.
Barry Levinson, 1982. 110m)(with Steve Guttenberg, Daniel
Stern, Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke) Barry Levinson's first feature looks at a group of friends who hang out at a Baltimore Diner in the 1950's. A very watchable and entertaining human drama. |
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Doctor
Zhivago
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(PG)(Dir.
David Lean,1965. 185m) Panavision. New 35mm print with remixed
sound presented in DTS digital. (with Geraldine Chaplin, Julie
Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guiness, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger)
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Dog
Soldiers (aka Who'll Stop the Rain)
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(M)(Dir. Karel Reisz, 1978. 126m) (with Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty) Based on book of same name, gruelling story of a heroin smuggling trail from Vietnam to California. |
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Dogs
of War
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(M)(Dir John Irvin, 1980. 118m) (with Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely) Intense film about a soldier-of fortune who finds himself at odds with an unhinged dictator in an African hell-hole. |
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Double
Trouble
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(PG)(Dir. Norman Taurog, 1967. 90m) Cinemascope. 35mm Print (with Elvis Presley) Teenage heiress falls for pop singer when he's performing in England. |
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Dracula Has Risen From The Grave NEW! |
(M) (Dir. Freddie Francis, 1968. 92m) (with Christopher Lee, Veronica Carlson) Dracula runs afoul of a small town monsignor when he pursues the churchman's beautiful blonde niece. |
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Drugstore Cowboy NEW! |
(M) (Dir. Gus Van Sant, 1989. 100m). 35mm Print (with Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Remar) Penniless junkie Bob leads his wife Dianne and their friends, Rick and Nadine, on a series of robberies, targeting pharmacies for drugs and money. After a near-death experience, Bob realises that he has to kick his addiction and wean his wife off the drugs if they are to have a chance of survival in a harsh world. |
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Dr
Jekyll And Mr Hyde
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(PG)(Dir. Rouben Mamoulian, 1931. 82m) Standard. 35mm Print (with Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins) Original version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale. Featuring a brilliant characterisation by March, for which he won an Oscar. |
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Dr
No
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(PG)(Dir. Terence Young, 1962. 111m) Technicolor (with Sean Connery, Ursula Andress) This, the first Bond movie, sees agent 007 investigating strange occurences in Jamaica and overcoming the evil Dr No, who of course has a serious plot to rule the world. |
| (G)(Dir. Denis Sanders, 1970. 97m) Panavision. New 35mm Print. Creative, totally engrossing documentary of 'The King' preparing himself for his quintessential appearance in Las Vegas. Even non-Elvis fans will find this film a winner for its portrayal of a unique phenomenon in the history of music. This recently re-edited version has completely remastered sound, presented in Dolby Digital and about 40% new material, much of it never-before seen. | |
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Enter
the Dragon - Special Edition
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(MA)(Dir. Robert Couse, 1973. 110m) Panavision. New 35mm Print (with Bruce Lee, John Saxon) Martial arts extravaganza. Bruce Lee at his best. This is the special 30th Anniversary edition with new footage and presented with digital sound. |
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Everything
You Always Wanted To Know About Sex
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(M)(Dir. Woody Allen, 1972. 87m) 35mm Print (with Woody Allen, Burt Reynolds, John Carradine, Lynn Redgrave) A multi-episode comedy loosely based on Dr. Reuben's book of the same title. |
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Evil
Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark)
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(M)(Dir. Fred Schepisi, 1988. 121m) Panavision (with Meryl Streep, Sam Neill) Based on the book by John Bryson and the documentation of arguably the most controversial legal case in Australia. Story of the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain and the subsequent trials of her parents at the hands of the media, the public and the courts. |
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Exodus
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(PG)(Dir. Otto Preminger, 1960. 213m) Cinemascope. (with Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint) Adaptation of Leon Uris' history of the Palestinian war for liberation and the creation of the state of Israel. Ernest Gold won an Oscar for music score. |
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Eye
of the Needle
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(M)(Dir. Richard Marquand, 1981. 112m) (with Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan) WWII spy thriller, based on Ken Follett's best-seller, about German agent who gets stranded on an island off Britain and meets a lonely woman. |
| (M)(Dir. Alan Parker, 1980. 134m) (with Irene Cara, Lee Curreri) Drama/Musical set at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts where students get specialised training. Cast is superb and music is amazing! | |
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A
Family Thing
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(M)(Dir. Richard Pearce, 1996. 109m) (with Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones) A tractor salesman discovers that his real mother was black and he travels to Chicago to meet his half-brother, a policeman. Issues of race and family conflict are handled well by the great cast. Co-scripted by Billy Bob Thornton. |
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Fargo
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(MA)(Dir. Joel Coen, 1996. 98m) (with Frances McDormand, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi) Brilliant black comedy from the Coen Brothers based on the true story of a desperate car salesman who hired some hoods to kidnap his wife. McDormand won Best Actress Oscar for her role as the pregnant police officer. |
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Fellini
Satyricon
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(M)(Dir. Federico Fellini, 1970, 129m) Cinemascope (with Martin Potter, Hiram Keller) Visually stunning spectacle of ancient Rome is a unique panorama of colourful and bizarre characters. Uses Petronius and other classsic sources as the basis for a movie that is one long orgy of eating, drinking, cruelty and copulation. |
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Fellini's
Roma
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(M)(Dir. Federico Fellini, 1972. 128m) (with Peter Gonzalez, Britta Barnes) A view of Rome past and in the 70's, complete with a wonderful fantasy sequence. Italian with English subtitles (Dubbed print also available) |
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Ferry
Cross the Mersey
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(G)(Dir. Jeremy Summers, 1965. 88m) B&W (with Gerry and the Pacemakers) Pop music flick similar in fashion to 'Hard Day's Night". A romp through the Liverpool Beat scene. A number of guest appearances by some of the big name "Merseybeat" stars of the era. |
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Fiddler
on the Roof
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(G)(Dir. Norman Jewison, 1971. 181m) Cinemascope (with Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey) Based on Joseph Stein's hit play about a humble man who is trying to preserve the Jewish heritage, as well as marry off all his daughters. Oscars went to cinematographer Oswald Morris and to John Williams for his musical score. |
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Finders
Keepers
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(G)(Dir. Sydney Hayers, 1966. 94m) Technicolor (with Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Robert Morley) Musical comedy in which a pop group discover an atomic bomb that has been lost by the American military on the beach while on holiday in Spain. |
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The
First Power
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(M) (Dir. Robert Resnikoff, 1990. 98m) (with Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracey Griffith) After being sent to gas chamber for committing several demonic murders, a killer's spirit is released and given power by the Devil. |
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A
Fish Called Wanda
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(M)(Dir. John Cleese, Charles Crichton, 1988. 108m) (with John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline) Extremely funny and complex farce about a barrister who becomes romantically involved with a con-artist who has a boyfriend who is planning a bank robbery. Script by Cleese. Kline won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. |
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A
Fistful of Dollars
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(MA)(Dir. Sergio Leone, 1964. 101m) Panavision. New Restored Print (with Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch) A gunfighter becomes involved in a feud between two families in this remake of Kurosawa's classic "Yojimbo". The first of the spaghetti western trilogy that made Leone, Eastwood and composer Morricone famous. |
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A
Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck You Sucker)
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(M)(Dir. Sergio Leone, 1972. 157m) Reconstructed Longer Version. Cinemascope (with Rod Steiger, James Coburn) This "Spaghetti Western" directed by the master of the genre is the story of the Mexican revolution and a peassant thief who teams up with an explosives expert. Astonishing action sequences coupled with Leone's dry wit and Morricone's offbeat score. (138 minute version also available) |
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Fled
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(MA)(Dir. Kevin Hooks, 1996. 97m) (with Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin) Buddy-action-chase film about two escapees from a Georgian prison. Low art, high fun with violence, explosions, humour and tough talk. |
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Flesh
+ Blood
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(R)(Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1985. 126m) (with Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson) Set in the 16th Century, a fair maiden who is engaged to the Prince finds herself in the clutches of an outlaw and his band of warriors. Verhoeven's first English language production. |
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Flesh
Gordon
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(R)(Dir. Howard Benveniste & Michael Ziehn, 1974. 70m) (with Jason Williams, Suzanne Fiels) Exploitative adults-only spoof of the Flash Gordon serial of the '30s follows the adventures of Flesh and the escape to planet Porno. |
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Footlight
Parade
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(G)(Dir. Lloyd Bacon, 1933. 103m) 16mm Print Only (with James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler) Includes Busby Berkeley routines "Honeymoon Hotel", "By A Waterfall" and "Shanghai Lil". |
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For
a Few Dollars More
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(M)(Dir. Sergio Leone, 1966. 130m) Panavision (with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef) Two bounty hunters make unlikely bed-fellows as they track down the same outlaw. Restored 35mm print with Dolby Digital sound, the second and much improved of Leone's now-classic series. |
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For
Me and My Gal
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(G)(Dir. Busby Berkeley, 1942. 104m) 16mm Print Only (with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy) Set during WWI for WWII auds. Sentimental with great musical episodes and songs including "When You Wore a Tulip". |
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For
Those Who Think Young
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(PG)(Dir. Leslie Martinson, 1964. 96m) (with James Darren Pamela Tiffin, Ellen Burstyn) College high life and low-jinks in this student comedy which features a large range of cameo performances including Nancy Sinatra and George Raft. |
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Forbidden
Planet
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(PG)(Dir.Fred
M Wilcox, 1956. 98m) Cinemascope (with Leslie Nielsen, Walter
Pidgeon) TRL / ART Intelligent sci-fi thriller bases its plot premise on Shakespeare's "The Tempest" Walter Pidgeon and daughter Anne Francis have built an empire on a distant planet with Robby the Robot to lend a hand. Leslie Nielsen and fellow travellers pay them a visit. 16mm print also available |
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The
Fountainhead
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(PG)(Dir. King Vidor, 1949. 114m) B&W.New 35mm Print (with Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal) Based on the novel by Ayn Rand. When an architectural genius has his design for a public-housing project altered, he dynamites the building, is put on trial and tries to justify his action with an attack on collectivism and the parasites of the left. Beautiful cinematography by Robert Burks who later worked on Hitchcock's 'Rear Window', 'Vertigo', 'The Birds' and others. |
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed NEW! |
(M) (Dir. Terence Fisher, 1970. 101mins) (with Peter Cushing) In what is arguably one of the best Hammer films, Baron Frankenstein forces a young couple to help him with brain transplant experiments. |
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Frankie
and Johnny
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(G)(Dir. Frederick De Cordova, 1966. 87m) Technicolor (with Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas) Fairly typical Elvis fare set on a riverboat with pretty starlets and tuneful songs. |