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(G)
(Dir. W S Van Dyke, 1935. 106m) Standard. 35mm Print. B&W (with
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy) The first of the MacDonald/Eddy
musicals. A French princess escapes from her heritage and runs off
to America where she falls in love with an Indian scout. Victor
Herbert score. |
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Near
Dark
|
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(R)
(Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1987. 95m) (with Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright,
Bill Paxton) Vampire horror. A mid-western farmboy becomes one of
the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of
hillbilly vampries swho roam the highways in stolen cars. |
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A
Night At The Opera
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(G)
(Dir. Sam Wood, 1935. 98m) Standard. 35mm Print, B&W (with the
Marx Brothers) These veterans of vaudeville invade the world
of opera and it will never be the same.
|
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Ninotchka
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(PG)
(Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1939. 110m) Standard. B&W 35mm Print (with
Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas) Garbo laughs! - The marquees screamed.
Garbo's image is lightened up in this romantic comedy about an icy
Russian agent thawed by love and capitalism in decadent Paris. Script
by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. 16mm print also available |
|
No
Time for Comedy
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(G)
(Dir. William Keighley, 1940. 98m) 16mm Print Only (with
James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Charles Ruggles) Adaptation
of Berham play about an actress who tries to keep her playright
husband from taking himself too seriously. |
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Nothing
But Trouble
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(G)
(Dir. Sam Taylor, 1944. 80m) 16mm Print Only (with
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy) Working as chef and butler, the boys
wreck a fancy dinner party and, in the process, accidently foil
a plot, by enemy agents, to poison a young exiled king. |
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North
By Northwest
|
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(PG)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959. 136m) 35mm Print (with Cary Grant,
Eve Marie Saint, James Mason) Advertising executive is mistaken
for a spy and chased across the country.
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Northwest
Frontier
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(PG)
(Dir. J. Lee Thompson, 1959, British. 130m) Brand New 35mm
Print (with Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom) British soldiers
and a governess attempt to speed an Indian prince to safety aboard
a run-down train in this fast-paced drama set on the northern frontier
of India. |
|
Northwest
Passage
|
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(PG)
(Dir. King Vidor, 1940. 125m) Standard. Technicolor (with Spencer
Tracy, Robert Young) Evocative filming of Kenneth Robert's book
about Rogers' Rangers and their stoic leader, enduring hardships
and frustrations while opening up new territory in Colonial America.
The river-fording sequence is a knockout. |
|
Now
Voyager
|
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(PG)
Dir. Irving Rapper, 1942. 117m) New 35mm Print (with Bette Davis,
Claude Rains, Paul Henreid) Classic 1942 soapie about a wall-flower
who blossoms with the help of psychiatrist and falls in love for
the first time. |
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(PG)
(Dir. Lloyd Bacon, 1939. 85m) 35mm Print (with James Cagney,
Humphrey Bogart) Bogart is the villain and Cagney the hero avenging
his father's lynching in this solid star-powered western. A rarely
seen classic, well worth seeing. |
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The
Old Maid
|
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(PG)
(Dir. Edmund Goulding, 1939. 95m) Standard. 35mm Print (with
Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins) Classic soapie about spinster
who lets her snooty sister raise her illegitimate daughter, who
grows up ignoring her. |
| Oliver
Twist |
 |
(G)
(Dir. David Lean, 1948. 116m) 16mm print only (with Robert Newton,
Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh) Based on the Charles Dickens novel. An
orphan boy runs away from a workhouse only to fall into the clutches
of a gang of thieves.
|
| Once
Upon a Time in the West |
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(M)
(Dir. Sergio Leone, 1968. 165m. Brand new 35mm print) (with Charles
Bronson, Henry Fonda,Claudia Cardinale) A mysterious stranger with
a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a
beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad
in this long frontier epic. One of the greatest Westerns of all
time.
|
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Our
Relations
|
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(G)
(Dir. Harry Lachman, 1936. 94m) New 35mm Print (with Stan Laurel
and Oliver Hardy) Comedy of mistaken identity in which L & H's
twin brothers come to town. Preceded by short Laughing Gravy
(20mins) |
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(PG)
(Dir. Guy Green, 1965. 105m) B&W (with Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth
Hartman) Sensitive, well-handled drama of a blind white girl falling
in love with a black man. Oscar winning support from Shelley Winters
as the girl's mother. 16mm print also available |
|
Pennies
From Heaven
|
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(M)
(Dir. Herbert Ross, 1981. 107m) (with Steve Martin, Bernadette
Peters, Christopher Walken) A depression-era music salesman
leads a restless life while the music he is peddling is full of
hope. adapted from the original TV series by Dennis Potter. |
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The
Petrified Forest
|
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(PG)
(Dir. Archie Mayo, 1936. 83m) Standard. 35mm Print (with
Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart) Bogart and Howard
recreate their Broadway roles in this film about an escaped gangster
holding hostages at an isolated desert cafe. The gangster's desperation
is matched by Howard's; a disillusioned author seeking some sort
of escape. |
|
Petulia
|
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(M)
(Dir. Richard Lester, UK, 1968. 105m) Technicolor (with
Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Shirley Knight,
Joseph Cotten) Curious and largely forgotten film set in mid-60s
San Francisco about recently divorced doctor and his relationship
with unhappily married "kook". |
|
Phantom
Planet
|
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(PG)
(Dir. William Marshall, 1961. 82m) B&W (with Dean
Fredericks, Colleen Gray) An astronaut crash lands on an asteroid
and shrinks to the tiny size of the other inhabitants. |
| The
Philadelphia Experiment |
 |
(PG)
(Dir. Stewart Raffill 1984. 102m) (with Michael Paré, Nancy
Allen, Eric Christmas, Bobby Di Cicco) A sci-fi adventure based
on the real life conspiracy theory of the ‘Philadelphia Experiment’.
In 1943 a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia
Naval Shipyard and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984. |
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The
Philadelphia Story
|
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(PG)
(Dir. George Cukor, 1940. 112m) Standard (with Katharine
Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart)
A stuffy heiress, on the eve of her second marriage, shows a streak
of humanity and returns to husband number one. Absolutely delightful.
|
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The
Picture Of Dorian Gray
|
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(PG)
(Dir. Albert Lewin, 1945. 106m) Standard. B& W and Colour
(with George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed
and Peter Lawford) Based on Oscar Wilde's unforgettable eerie
story about the decadent life of Dorian Gray in Victorian London.
16mm print also available |
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Pillow
Talk
|
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(G)
(Dir. Michael Gordon, 1959. 105m) Panavision (with Doris
Day, Rock Hudson) Topsy turvy romance with mistaken identity,
sexual innuendo and sparkling comedy. |
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Pink
Floyd - The Wall
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(M)
(Dir. Alan Parker, 1982. 99m) 70mm and 35mm Prints (with
Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves) A burnt out rock star suffers
from mental breakdown in this confronting and spectacular production.
Striking animated sequences by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe.
16mm print also available |
|
Plan
9 From Outer Space
|
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(PG) (Dir.
Ed Wood, 1959. 65m) 35mm Print (with Tom Keene, Tor
Johnson, Vampira, Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon) A race of extraterrestrial
beings are seeking to stop humans from creating a doomsday weapon
that would destroy the universe.
|
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Point
Blank
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(M)
(Dir. John Boorman, 1967. 92m) Cinemascope. New 35mm Print
(with Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn) An ex-con
is shot and left for dead by his girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
He seeks revenge two years later. Suspenseful, stylish thriller,
with great performances and atmospheric direction by Boorman. A
genuine gem of 1960's film-making. |
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Poltergeist
|
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(PG)
(Dir, Tobe Hooper, 1982. 114m) 70mm and 35mm Prints (with
Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams) Produced and co-written by
Steven Spielberg. A young family find their home invaded by unfriendly
spirits, who "kidnap" their 5-year-old girl. Sensationally scary
ghost story with a refreshing sense of humor |
|
Poltergeist
2
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(PG)
(Dir. Brian Gibson, 1986. 91m) (with JoBeth Williams,
Craig T Nelson) The Freeling family is terrorised again by strange
creatures form the other world. |
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The
Postman Always Rings Twice
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(PG)(Dir.
Tay Garnett. 1946. 113m) Standard. B&W. New 35mm Print
(with Lana Turner, John Garfield)
Film-noir drama about a drifter who meets up with sensual young
woman and plans the murder of her husband who stands in the way
of their lustful desires. The pair must then face the dramatic consequences.
Based on the James M Cain novel. |
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Powaqqatsi
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(G)
(Dir. Godfrey Reggio, 1988. 99m) Documentary. Second in the
"qatsi" trilogy. Powaqqatsi is life in transformation.
A visual collage looking at the exploitation of Third World countries.
Beautifully photographed and crammed with stunning images. Musical
score by Philip Glass. |
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Pride
and Prejudice
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(PG)
(Dir. Robert Z Leonard, 1940. 118m) Standard. 35mm Print
(with Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier) Classic screen adaptation
of Jane Austen's 1813 novel about a provincial family's struggles
to marry off five daughters in 19th century England. With Edna May
Oliver, Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Sullivan. |
|
The
Public Enemy
|
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(PG)
(Dir. William Wellman, 1931. 81m) Standard. New 35mm Print
(with James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Mae Clark) Landmark
gangster film about the rise and fall of a gang leader during the
prohibition period. |
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(R)
(Dir. Franc Roddam, 1979. 115m) (with Phil Daniels, Mark
Wingett, Phil Davis, Sting) Teenage gang battles between the
Mods and Rockers at the English seaside. Music by The Who.
|
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Queen
Christina
|
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(PG)(Dir.
Rouben Mamoulian, 1933. 99m) Standard (with Greta Garbo,
John Gilbert) Greta Garbo's haunting performance as the 17th
Century Swedish Queen who relinquishes her throne for love. With
Lewis Stone. |
| Re-Animator
|
 |
(MA)
(Dir. Stuart Gordon, 1985. 86m)
With Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become
involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation
of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
|
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Red
Corner
|
|
(M) (Dir.
Jon Avnet, 1998. 122m) (with Richard Gere, Bai Ling)
An American attourney is falsely accused or murder in Beijing.
|
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Red
Dust
|
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(PG)
(Dir. Victor Fleming, 1932. 83m) Standard. 35mm Print (with
Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor) Two women lust after a
rubber plantation worker. Harlow adds comic touch to a memorable
film. Remade in 1953 as MOGAMBO, also starring Gable. |
| The
Red Shoes |
 |
(G)
(Dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948. 133m.)
Brand new 35mm print. (with Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius
Goring) This 1948 masterpiece tells the story of a young ballerina
who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer
in a new ballet called The Red Shoes. One of the most glorious Technicolor
films, featuring outstanding performances and breathtaking cinematography.
|
| Reefer
Madness |
 |
(M)
(aka Tell Your Children) (Dir. Louis J. Gasnier, 1936, 66m)
Classic anti-marijuana propaganda film that relates the story, as
told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting,
of the scourge of marijuana. The tale revolves around Mae and Jack,
accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice
the local high school kids to stop by Mae's apartment to smoke reefer.
The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably
shattered. One man becomes so addicted to the killer weed that the
guilt over framing a teen for murder causes a judge to order him
to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll closes
by advising us to not incur the same tragedy. |
|
Rembrandt
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(G)
(Dir. Alexander Korda, 1936, UK. 85m) 16mm Print Only
(with Charles Laughton) Follows the life of the great Dutch
master following the death of his beloved wife Saskia when his work
becomes darker, offending his patrons. |
|
Return
of the Pink Panther
|
|
(PG)
(Dir. Blake Edwards, 1975. 113m) Panavision (with Peter
Sellers, Christopher Plummer, Catherine Schell) Sellers returns
as Clouseau in this diamond heist farce. |
|
Richard
III
|
|
(Dir.
Laurence Oliver, 1956. 161 min)
(with Stewart Allen, Wally Bascoe, Laurence Olivier, Pamela Brown,
Claire Bloom) The third and final entry in Laurence Olivier's
Shakespeare triptych, Richard III is an audacious portrait of a
man determined to prove himself a villain. As the personification
of evil impudence, Olivier portrays the Duke of Gloucester with
such aplomb that he brings the audience onto his side. |
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Risky
Business
|
|
(M)
(Dir. Paul Brickman, 1983. 98m) (with Tom Cruise, Rebecca
de Mornay) See what happens when a teenaged boy full of hormones
is left home alone in the 1980s - dancing in his underwear, driving
Dad's Porsche, meeting women and making a load of cash. With a future
this bright, no wonder he needs those Ray Bans. |
| Roberta |
 |
(G)
(Dir. William A. Seiter, 1935. 106m)
With Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash
Indianans travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately.
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Robot
Monster
|
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(PG)
(Dir. Phil Tucker, 1953. 66m) 35 mm Print (with George
Nader, Claudia Barrett, Selena Royle, Gregory Moffett, John Mylong)
Ro-Man, the evil alien, has destroyed all but six people on
the planet Earth. He must destroy these survivors but complications
arise when he falls in love for the young woman in the group of
survivors. |
| Roman
de gare (Crossed Tracks) |
 |
(M)
(Dir. Claude Lelouch, 2007. 103m) (with Dominique Pinon,
Fanny Ardant) Best-selling author Judith Ralitzer is researching
unlikely places to find characters for her next novel. As luck would
have it, a serial killer with a penchant for magic tricks has just
escaped from a high-security prison, providing the perfect source
material for an intricately plotted, moody mystery. |
| Room
Service |
 |
(G)
(Dir. William A. Seiter , 1938. 16 mm print only.) (with The
Marx Brothers) The Marx Brothers try and put on a play before
their landlord finds out that they have run out of money. To confuse
the landlord they pretend that the play's author has contracted
some terrible disease and can't be moved. |
|
Rose
Marie
|
|
(G)(Dir.
Mervyn Leroy, 1954. 115m) Standard. 35mm Print (with Ann
Blyth, Howard Keel, Marjorie Main) An opera star searches for
her fugitive brother, and the mountie chasing him falls in love
with her. Features some great songs including comic highlight "I'm
The Mountie Who Never Got His Man" With Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr.
(Made previously in 1928 and 1936) |
|
Ryan's
Daughter
|
|
(PG)
(Dir. David Lean, UK, 1970. 206m) Panavision. New 35mm Print
(with Robert Mitchum, Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, John Mills)
In 1916 Ireland a village schoolmaster's wife falls for a British
officer. She becomes ostracised by the local community. Gargantuan
production by director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago)
with absolutely stunning Panavision photography of the Irish coastal
locations. Full length version with 30mins of unseen footage. |
|
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(PG)
(Dir. W S Van Dyke, 1936. 115m) Standard. 35mm Print (with
Clark Gable, Jeannette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy) Strong romantic
drama set around a lively saloon and society at the time of the
1906 San Francisco earthquake. |
|
Sex,
Lies and Videotape
|
|
(M)
(Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 1989. 100m) (with James Spader,
Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter)
Ann is married to John, who is having an affair with her sister
Cynthia. Ann's a quiet type and unwilling to let herself go. When
John's old friend, Graham, shows up, all their lives change. Graham
likes to videotape interviews with women. |
| Sex
Madness |
|
(M)
(Dir. Dwain Esper,1938. 57m) A progressive and positive propaganda
film of the first half of the last century, Sex Madness earnestly
chronicles the downfall of an innocent girl-next-door whose single
night of passionate pleasure has disastrous consequences for her
and her loved ones as she contracts the dreaded scourge: syphilis.
With a strong message that ignorance is the only thing to be ashamed
of and that youth must be educated in order to evolve into sexually
responsible adults. |
| Shall
We Dance |
 |
(G)
(Dir. Mark Sandrich, USA, 1937, 109m) 35mm print (with
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers) A budding romance between a ballet
master and a tapdancer becomes complicated when rumours surface
that they're already married. |
|
Shall
We Kiss?
(Un baiser s'il vous plait)
|
 |
(PG)
(Dir. Emmanuel Mouret, 2007. 96m) (with Virginie Ledoyen,
Emmanuel Mouret, Julie Gayet) When Gabriel and Emilie meet randomly
in the street, it's the start of a long story, a story used to explain
why Emilie must refuse an innocent kiss. She relates the tale of
two best friends, Nicolas and Judith - she happily married, he single
and starved for affection. |
|
The
Shop Around The Corner
|
|
(G)
(Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1940. 97m) Standard. New 35mm Print
(with James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan)
The ultimate in sheer charm. A graceful period comedy about co-workers
in a Budapest shop who don't realise that they are lonely hearts
penpals. Superbly scripted by Samson Raphaelson, from Nikolaus Laszlo's
play Parfumerie. One of the most beautifully acted and paced romantic
comedies. Bastardised in 1998 as "You've Got Mail". |
|
SHORTS
|
|
1.85.
Many great MGM shorts, including the "Pete Smith Specials" series.
Please ask for a complete listing (G) 35mm Prints |
|
Show
Boat
|
|
(G)
(Dir. George Sidney, 1951. 104m) Standard. Technicolor (with
Howard Keel, Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson) Colourful musical
about life on the Mississippi. Songs include 'Old Man River' and
'Make Believe'. |
|
Singin'
in the Rain
|
|
NOW
ALSO AVAILABLE ON 2K DIGITAL FORMAT!
(G) (Dir.
Stanley Donen, 1952. 102m) Standard. New 35mm Technicolor
print (with Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd
Charisse, Rita Moreno) With Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and
Debbie Reynolds
An all time favourite musical set during Hollywood's transition
from silent films to talkies. Gene Kelly performs one of the most
famous dance sequences ever filmed while dancing and singing in
the rain. 16mm print also available.
|
|
Sisters
|
|
(M)
(Dir. Brian De Palma, 1973, 93m) (with Margot Kidder, Jennifer
Salt)
Danielle Breton, a beautiful young model, meets an attractive young
advertising rep on a Manhattan game show and he escorts her to her
home to Staten Island. The next day, her neighbour Grace Collier,
a local reporter, witnesses a bloodbath of violence in Danielle's
apartment - and can't get anyone to believe her. With the help of
a private detective, Grace attempts to solve the mystery. |
|
Sons
of the Desert
|
|
(G)
(Dir. William A Seiter, 1933. 69m) New 35mm Print. B&W
(with Laurel and Hardy, Mae Busch) The boys sneak off to
a convention while their wives think they have drowned in a shipwreck. |
| The
Sound of Music |
 |
NOW
AVAILABLE ON 4K DIGITAL FORMAT! (2K COMPATIBLE). Available until
31 December 2012 only.
((G) (Dir.
Robert Wise, 1965. 174m) (with Julie Andrews, Christopher
Plummer) A celebrated family classic, featuring memorable
songs from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. A young woman
leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children
of a Naval officer widower. Winner of four Academy Awards.
|
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Soylent
Green
|
|
(PG)
(Dir. Richard Fleischer, 1973. 100m) Panavision. New 35mm
Print (with Charlton Heston. Edward G Robinson, Joseph Cotten)
The world of 2022 is presented as a steaming hell-hole, where normal
food is a precious rarity. Heston plays a cop who, while investigating
the murder of a wealthy businessman, uncovers a frightening government
secret. Robinson is excellent in his final role.
|
| Star
Pilot |
 |
(PG)
(Dir. Pietro Francisci 1965. 89m) (with Leonora Ruffo, Mario Novelli)
An Italian sci-fi that follows a prominent scientist and his companions
who face an intergalactic predicament when they are abducted by
aliens. They are forced to repair a space ship engine before being
taken back to the plant of Hydra. |
| Story
of Vernon and Irene Castle |
 |
(G)
(Dir.H.C. Potter, USA, 1939, 93m.) 35 mm print (with Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers) The film tells of novice dancer Irene Foote (Ginger
Rogers) who convinces vaudeville comic Vernon Castle (Fred Astaire)
to give up slapstick comedy in favor of sophisticated ballroom dancing. |
|
The
Student Prince
|
|
(PG)
(Dir. Richard Thorpe, 1954. 107m) Cinemascope (with Ann
Blyth, Edward Purdom) The heir to the German throne is sent
to Heidelberg to experience life and falls for a barmaid. Great
Sigmund Romberg score with the dubbed voice of Mario Lanza (he had
gotten too fat to appear on camera!) for lead player Edmund Purdom.
|
| The
Sundowners |
 |
(G)
(Dir. Fred Zinnemann, 1960. 133m)
With Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov
An episodic account of a family of roving sheepherders in Australia.
Paddy Carmody loves being "someone whose home is where the
sun goes down," but his wife and teenage son are tired of the
nomadic life and want to settle down.
|
| Swing
Time |
 |
(G)
(Dir. George Stevens, USA, 1936, 103m) 35 mm print (with
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers) When Garnett arrives late to his
wedding, his prospective father-in-law implements a punishment,
insisting that Garnett raise twenty five thousand dollars before
he can marry Margaret Watson (Betty Furness). |
| Sympathy
for the Devil |
 |
(MA)
(Dir. Jean Luc Godard, 1968. 193m) (with The Rolling Stones)
The film was a made at a time the Rolling Stones and director Jean-Luc
Godard (Breathless) stood at the forefront of the '60s counterculture.
Essentially two films in one, the first sees rock superstars The
Rolling Stones rehearse their revolutionary single Sympathy for
the Devil in a London studio for their forthcoming Beggars Banquet
album while the second takes the form of a series of abstract fictional
vignettes probing topics such as black power, pornography and celebrity
around the streets of swinging sixties London. |
|
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|
(PG)
(Dir. Jack Conway, 1935. 128m) Standard (with Ronald Coleman,
Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Basil Rathbone) Lavish 1935
production of the classic Dickins story about a carefree lawyer
who helps victims of the French Revolution. |
|
Tarzan's
New York Adventure
|
|
(G)
(Dir. Richard Thorpe, 1942. 71m) 16mm Print Only (with
Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan) Tarzan (Weissmuller,
arguably the best in the role) heads to New York in search of his
son with Jane in tow. |
|
Tex
Avery Cartoon Festival No 1
|
|
(G)
(Dir Tex Avery. 84m) 35mm Prints.
Fredrick Bean "Tex" Avery was interested in animation from an early
age. He started drawing comic strips in high school, and spent a
summer studying art at the Chicago Art Institute. In 1935, Tex went
to work at Warner Bros. where he created Porky Pig, Daffy Duck,
and created the personality of Bugs Bunny. He was with Warner from
1935 - 1941. During this time, he created animation that was a far
cry from all the Disney animitators out there. A disagreement with
Leon Schlesinger led Tex to quit Warner in early 1941. Later that
year, Tex was hired by MGM. With new creative freedom, Tex created
some of the best cartoons the world has ever seen. Tex did not concentrate
on creating lasting characters, but on slapstick gags and humorous
situations. Of all his characters, Droopy is the most popular. Tex
Avery left behind a legacy of timeless cartoons, 12 of which we
are showing: Happy-Go-Nutty, Jerky Turky, The Screwy Truant, Swing
Shift Cinderella, Lonesome Lenny, Northwest Hounded Police, Uncle
Tom's Cabana, King Size Canary, What Price Fleadom, Daredevil Droopy,
Symphony In Slang, Magical Maestro. |
|
Tex
Avery Cartoon Festival No 2
|
|
(G)
(Dir. Tex Avery, 1950s. 103m) 35mm Print. This collection
features the following 'toons: Peachy Cobbler, Senor Droopy, Screwball
Squirrel, Outfoxed, Dumb Hounded, Wild & Woofy, Farm of Tomorrow,
Hound Hunters, What's Buzzin' Buzzard, Cuckoo Clock, Dixieland Droopy,
First Bad Man, Rock a Bye Bear, Billy Boy. |
|
That's
Dancing
|
|
(G)
(Jack Haley Jr., 1985. 105m) Compilation of MGM's greatest
dancing sequences. Hosted by Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr, Mikail
Baryshnikov, Liza Minelli, Ray Bolger. 16mm print also available |
|
That's
Entertainment
|
|
(G)
(Jack Haley, 1974. 120m) Cinemascope. A wonderfully entertaining
smorgasboard of film clips, out-takes, alternative and deleted scenes,
unused songs, alternative costumes and sets and much more from Hollywood's
golden era of musicals. Presented by: Cyd Charisse, June Allyson,
Howard Keele, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Esther Williams and more.
|
|
That's
Entertainment 2
|
|
(G)
(Gene Kelly, 1976. 133m) More great scenes from the most famous
musicals of all time. Fascinating background material and interviews.
Cast features the like of Janette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, the Marx
Bros, Anne Miller, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and more. 16mm
print also available |
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They
Call Me Trinity
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(M)
(Dir. Enzo Barboni, 1971. 109m) Techniscope (with Terence
Hill, Bud Spencer, Farley Granger) Western comedy. Two brothers
protect a Mormon settlement against Mexicans. |
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The
Time Machine
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(PG)
(Dir. George Pal, 1960. 103m) Technicolor (with Rod Taylor,
Alan Young) From the book by H.G. Wells. With Dr Who-like special
effects (which won an Oscar) this colourful movie is a science fiction
classic. Rod Taylor in his prime, takes the helm as the science
inventor who is successful in inventing time travel and discovers
that the future can be fraught with danger.
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To
Have And Have Not
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(PG)
(Dir. Howard Hawks, 1944. 100m) Standard. B&W (with
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall) Hemingway's novel forms the
basis for this film. A tough skipper-for-hire reluctantly becomes
involved with French Resistance and less reluctantly woos even tougher
Bacall (in her film debut). Their legendary love scenes make the
movie. |
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To
Live and Die in L.A.
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(M)
(Dir. William Friedkin, 1985. 114m) (with Willem Dafoe,William
Petersen,John Turturro) A secret service agent nails the counterfeitor
who killed his partner in this gritty action thriller. |
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Tom
and Jerry Cartoon Festival
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(G)
MGM's most famous cartoon characters in a feature length collection
of some of their best antics. |
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Tom
Thumb
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(G)
(Dir. George Pal, 1958. 98m) (with Russ Tamblyn, Peter
Sellers, Alan Young) George Pal's version of TOM THUMB is a
superb adaptation of the timeless children's story about a boy who
is only a few inches tall. Russ Tamblyn, singing and dancing his
heart out, plays the title role, with Peter Sellers and Terry-Thomas
as the pair of lovable bungling villains. |
| Tomorrow's
Children |
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(M)
(Dir Crane Wilbur, 1934. 70m) The movie is an expose of eugenics,
concerning the attempted forced sterilization of a married couple
by the Welfare Bureua. "Tomorrow's Children" exposed the
fact that many people were sterilized against their will and even
without recourse to due process of law. The movie was banned in
the state of New York on the grounds that it was "immoral,"
that it would "tend to corrupt morals," and that it was
an incitement to crime. On a legal challenge, the ban was upheld
in the courts and on appeal as it was found to disseminate information
about birth control, which was illegal. |
| Top
Hat |
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(G)
(Dir.Mark Sandrich, USA, 1935, 101m.) 35 mm print (with Fred
Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton) Jerry Travers
is a dancer working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. When
showing Horace his latest dance steps one evening, Jerry wakes up
the resident in the hotel room below him. |
| The
Toxic Avenger |
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(R)
(Dir. Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman 1984. 87m) (with Mitch Cohen,
Mark Torgl, Andree Maranda) A ‘Troma’ comedy horror. Melvin,
a health club mop boy, inadvertently and naively trusts the hedonistic
and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending
up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating result releases his
alter ego, Toxic Avenger, and what ensues is deadly and comical.
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Travels
With My Aunt
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(PG)
(Dir. George Cukor, 1972. 109m) Panavision (with Maggie
Smith, Alec McCowen) Comedy adventure based on Graham Greene's
novel about a man who takes off on a travel odyssey of self discovery
with his outrageous aunt. An Oscar for costume designs by Anthony
Powell. |
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Treasure
Of The Sierra Madre
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(PG)
(Dir. John Huston, 1948. 124m) Standard. B&W (with
Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt) Engrossing tale of lust, greed and
madness when prospectors discover gold. Humphrey Bogart in his most
seriously vicious and nasty role and John's father Walter Huston
in an unforgettable turn as Bogart's wise old sidekick. Winner of
three Oscars - Director, Screenplay (both John Huston) and supporting
actor (Walter Huston). |
| Two-Lane
Blacktop |
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(M)
(Dir. Monte Hellman 1971. 102 min) (with James Taylor, Dennis Wilson,
Warren Oates, Laurie Bird) Follows The Driver and The Mechanic,
a couple of car crazy guys, driving a 1955 Chevy throughout South
Western US looking for other cars to race. Set against the barren
American landscape, this cult classic remains one of the greatest
road movies of all time.
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(PG)
(Dir. Winston Jones, 1956. 92m) Documentary account of
mysteries and unexplained sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects
made at the height of the Cold War.
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| Under
Milk Wood |
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(PG)
(Dir. Andrew Sinclair 1972. 87m)
35mm print has slight fade. (With Richard Burton, Elizabeth
Taylor, Peter O'Toole) A delightfully unusual story of a day in
the life of the inhabitants of a small, Welsh fishing village Llareggub.
A host of curious characters (including ghosts) take centre stage
through the 'eyes' of the blind Captain. A true classic of British
writing with a wonderfully mischievous tone. Based on a play by
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. |
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Up
the Sandbox
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(M)
(Dir. Irving Kershner, 1972. 97m) (with Barbra Streisand,
David Selby) A neglected young mother tries to survive in
New York City. Offbeat and using a mix of fantasy and naturalism,
film is held together by Streisand's excellent performance.
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Uprising
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(M)
(Dir. Jon Avnet, 2002. 163m) (with Hank Azaria, Jon
Voigt, David Schwimmer, Leelee Sobieski, Cary Elwes, Radha Mitchell)
Account how the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto rose against the Nazis
in 1943.
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(PG)
(Dir. Blake Edwards, 1982. 129m) Panavision (with Julie
Andrews, James Garner) Musical comedy set in the 1930s sees
a desperate singer deciding to masquerade as a man and becoming
the hottest thing in Paris cabaret. Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse
earned Oscars for their song score and adaptation respectively.
16mm print also available |
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Viva
Las Vegas
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(G)
(Dir. George Sidney, 1963. 85m) Panavision (with Elvis
Presley, Ann-Margret) An up and coming racing car driver falls
for a racy singer in rapidly developing Vegas. Great fun! |
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(MA)
(Dir. Nicole Holofcener, 1996. 86m) (with Amy Braverman,
Catherine Keener, Anne Heche) Life is getting tough for Amelia.
Her flatemate moved out, her cat has cancer and her best friend
is getting married. |
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Waterloo
Bridge
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(PG) (Dir.
Mervyn LeRoy, 1940. 103m, 16mm print only) (with Vivien
Leigh, Robert Taylor) A soldier and a ballet dancer fall in
love during the WW2 London air raids.
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| Watusi |
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(PG)
(Dir. Kurt Neumann, 1959. 85m, 16mm print only) (with George
Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar) Watusi continues the story
of King Solomon's Mines, which was based upon a novel by H. Rider
Haggard. |
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The
Well
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(M)
(Dir. Samantha Lang, 1997. 102m) (with Pamela Rabe, Miranda
Otto) Australian thrilller based on the novel by Elizabeth Jolley.
From the day middle-aged spinster, Hester brings much younger Katherine
home to her isolated farm house, her life changes dramatically. |
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Westworld
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(PG)
(Dir. Michael Crichton, 1973. 88m) Panavision. New 35mm Print
(with Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin)
Futuristic fantasy about an adult entertainment park where guests
can choose from different themes. Westworld is a western town serviced
by life-like robots, who end up going astray. Written by Crichton. |
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What
I Have Written
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(R)
(Dir. John Hughes, 1996. 102m) (with Angie Milliken)
An alienated couple take a holiday in Europe where the truth behind
their problems remains elusive. A complex study of love, deception
and fantasy. |
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When
Comedy was King
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(G)
(Dir. Robert Youngson, 1960. 84m) (with Buster Keaton,
Laurel and Hardy, Fatty Arbuckle) Compilation of silent move
comedy clips. Includes some of the best and funniest gags of all
time. |
| Whistling
in Dixie |
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(G)
(Dir. S. Sylvan Simon, 1942. 74m) (with Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford,
George Bancroft) When writer Martin Gordon is shot and killed
while roaming the grounds of a deserted Confederate fort in Dixon,
Georgia, his sweetheart, Hattie Lee, witnesses the crime and hurries
to summon help. |
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Whose
Life Is It Anyway?
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(PG)
(Dir. John Badham, 1981. 93m) Panavision (with Richard
Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti)
Black comedy about a man, paralysed in a car accident, fighting
for his right to die. Cassavetes plays the hospital chief. Great
performances all around. Based on Brian Clark's hit play. |
| Willow |
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(PG)
(Dir. Ron Howard, 1988. 126m)
(with Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis)
When young Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby, he is suddenly
thrust unto an adventure filled with magic and danger. According
to an ancient prophecy, the sacred child is destined to end the
reign of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Now, the only a single
swordsman at his side, Willow must overcome the forces of darkness
that threaten to destroy anyone who stands in the Queen's way!
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Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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(G)
(Dir. Mel Stuart, 1971. 98m) 35mm Stereo (with Gene Wilder,
Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum) Fabulous adaptation of Roald Dahl's
book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". |
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The
Wizard of Oz
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(G)
(Dir. Victor Fleming, 1939. 98m) New 35mm Print (with
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan) Delightful all-time favourite fantasy.
One of the world's most beloved and dazzling films. |
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Wrong
Way Butch
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(G)
(Dir. Pete Smith, 10m) A "Pete Smith Special" from
the 1940s. Many other titles available. |
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(M)
(Dir. Sydney Pollack, 1975. 112m) Panavision (with Robert
Mitchum, Brian Keith) An ex-serviceman does battle with the
big guys of the Japanese underworld when his best friend's daughter
is kidnapped. Script by Paul and Leonard Schrader. |
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The
Year Of Living Dangerously
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(M)
(Dir. Peter Weir, Australia, 1982. 105m) Cinemascope (with
Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt) An Australian journalist
in Jakarta becomes involved with an embassy secretary, and another
journalist/photographer. They become embroiled in political events
transpiring in Indonesia at the time leading up to Suharto's regime.
Linda Hunt won an Oscar for her astonishing portrayal. 16mm print
also available |
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Yentl
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(PG)
(Dir. Barbra Streisand, 1983. 134m) (with Barbra Streisand
Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving) Based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's
short story about a girl who diguises herself as a boy in order
to get an education. Streisand also co-wrote the screenplay and
produced. |
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Yes,
Giorgio
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(PG)
(Dir. Franklin Shafner, 1982. 110m) (with Luciano Pavarotti,
Eddie Albert, Kathryn Harrold) An opera superstar falls
for a throat specialist while on tour. Pavarotti sings. 16mm
print also available |
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(M)
(Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970. 112m) Brand New 35mm
Print (with Rod Taylor, Daria Halprin) Antonioni's statement
on youth radicalism and social unrest is set largely at the Zabriskie
Point of the title which is located in California's awesome Death
Valley. The script was co-written by Sam Shepherd. |
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