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Feature Film Lending Policy
The Information Resource Center (IRC) would like to inform its patrons that the following policy applies to feature film lending. How may these films be borrowed? Two films may be borrowed for 7 days at a time with an extension of 3 days (non-renewable). In the event of a loss or damage, the borrower will be charged a replacement cost of 20 Tunisian Dinars. IRC Services will be suspended until replacement cost is paid. Due to copyright restrictions, films cannot be copied, nor can fees be charged to attend the viewing. Audience size should be limited to approximately 35 people. Who is eligible to borrow films? Films can be borrowed by: -- Secondary school teachers -- University professors -- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such as associations, youth clubs and cultural institutions. Where can these films be viewed? Films are made available on loan for educational purposes. Viewing can take place in an educational environment such as secondary schools, university campuses, cultural institutions, youth clubs. Films cannot be viewed in a commercial venue such as a movie theater. The IRC would like to remind patrons that group viewing at the Center can be arranged on request. For further information please contact: Khaled Ben Bouzid, IRC Director at 71107 324 and benbouzidk@state.gov _____ 34 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) Directed by: Michael Curtis. Starring: Tony Randall. Running time: 108 mins. Color It’s late summer of 1851 and by the banks of the Mississippi River, a small but plucky boy, Huck Finn (Eddie Hodges), is consumed with a hankerin’ to wander. Mark Twain’s tale, published in 1884, maintains its "timeless appeal" (Variety) in this 1960 version by writer James Lee, the first in color. From chicken thief, to cabin boy, to riverboat pilot, to circus performer, Huck steers his course by means of artful impersonation and "stretchers" (lies) as he pursues the freedom he craves. Dodging the law with him is runaway slave and faithful friend Jim, played by world light-heavyweight champ Archie Moore. When they meet their match in the king of con men (Tony Randall) it’s a fight to the finish as they get into one scrape after another. 34 - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) Directed by: Richard Thorpe. Starring: Mickey Rooney. Running time: 89 mins. B & W Mark Twaine’s immortal classic of Huckle-Berry Finn and his adventures in the pre-Civil War Mississippi Valley features Mickey Rooney in one of his early non-musical roles. Giving a simple, down- to-earth performance that perfectly echoes the spirit of the book, the young star is remarkable as the impish, pipesmoking Huck-an outcast who is poor in school but rich in the lore of the river. Eager to flee his drunken father and his confining life with Widow Douglass and Miss Watson, Huck sets off on a raft down the Mississippi, with a runaway slave, in tow. 89 - All the President’s Men (1976) Starring: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Running time: 130 mins. Color, It’s the night of June 17, 1972. In the Watergate office building lights go on, guns are raised, and well dressed soft spoken burglars rise from behind a desk, hands in the air, incredible, but it happened and set in motion a bombshell series of events and disclosures that toppled a U.S. President from office. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, two reporters working for the Washington Post who picked up the Watergate story from the beginning. They stayed with it, through doubts, denials and discouragements. Gradually, they saw where the trial led. Then they got scared. All the President’s Men is a dramatic, tense and historically accurate film of the early days of the Watergate investigation. It is also significant in its realistic look at a working newspaper. The reporters and editors in this film are professionals, get the story and get it right. Woodward and Bernstein got the story. The rest is history. 90 – Amadeus (1984) Produced by: Peter Shaffer’s. Running time: 153 mins, A course, hawdy drunkard. A screeching rancous child. And the composer of the greatest music ever written. Adored by the gods. Haunted by ghosts. Destroyed by the jealousy of the man who worshipped envied and hated him. 92 - An American in Paris (1951) Produced by: Arthur Freed. Starring: Gene Kelly. Running time: 109 mins. Color, The film is a charming love story, Jerry, and ex-G.I. (Kelly), has stayed in Paris to paint. He falls in love with a woman who is due to wed another; ultimately, the painter and his French beauty are happily united. The most memorable sequence is the film’s ballet, set to the George Gershwin score that gives the movie its title. The dance reflects the painter’s life in Paris. Each segment of the ballet uses stunning costumes and settings to evoke the style of a different great painter. With the beautiful Leslie Caron. An American in Paris is a triumph for Gene Kelly. And a triumph for Gershwin. 8 - Amistad (1997) Directed by: Steven Spielberg. Produced by: Rick Carter. Starring: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins. Running time: 155 mins. Color, Steven Spielberg's debut film for Dream Works Pictures, "AMISTAD" stars a distinguished cast led by Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou and Matthew McConaughey. Earning acclaim for its filmmaking and power, AMISTAD was honored with four Academy Award nominations including Best Supporting Actor (Hopkins), Best Music, Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography. Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. An enthralling battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. But for the men and women on trial, it is simply a fight for the basic right of all mankind…freedom. 94 - Annie Hall (1977) Starring: Woody Allen. Running time: 90 mins. Color, Woody Allen autobiographical nervous romance won four Oscars including Best Picture Focusing on the on-off relationship between Jewish nightclub comedian. Alvy Singer, and budding songstress, Annie Hall, Woody Allen’s best film is an intelligent, adult comedy which incisively comments on contemporary social movies 95 - The Apartment (1960) Starring: Jack Lemmon. Running time: 119 mins. Color. A lonely, ambitious clerk in a New York insurance company rents out his dilapidated apartment to philandering executives and their girlfriends. It exchanges for the key to this convenient love –nest, he hopes to take steps up the promotional ladder. Everything goes according to plan and until he falls in love with the elevator girl and discovers she’s the mistress of his boss. A mordant satire on business ethics and human frailty. The Apartment won five Academy Awards including Best Picture 148 - The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) Starring : Cicely Tyson. Running time: 106 mins. Color, The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is among the most honored films of all time. It won an unprecedented nine Emmy Awards, including statuettes for Best Direction. This sweeping American saga, adapted from the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, covers over a century in the life of Jane Pittman, a black Louisiana woman. It follows her life from her childhood as a slave in the pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses the birth of the civil rights movement at the age of 110. Richard A Dysart and Katherine Helmond also star in this eloquent and powerful drama. 11 – Booker Directed by: Stan Lathan . Produced by: Avon Kirkland. Starring: LeVar Burton and Shelley Du Vall. Running time: 60 mins. Color Set in the 1860's South, Booker is the impassioned story of the boy who struggled through slavery to found the Tuskegee Institute. Through the eyes of nine-year-old Booker T. Washington, viewers witness the end of the Civil War, the cruelties that endured after slavery was abolished, and the hard work that led Booker to education and true freedom. 96 - Born Yesterday (1950) Produced by: S. Sylvan Simon. Starring: Judy Holliday and William Holden. Running time: 103 mins. Judy Holliday won the Best Actress Oscar for her brilliant and funny role as Billie Dawn, the "dumb blonde" girlfriend of Brock (Broderick Crawford), a corrupt millionaire junk dealer. Brook, a man with social ambitions and a willingness to do anything to fulfil them, is embarrassed by Billie’s crass behavior and lack of social sophistication. So he arranges for her to take a crash course in "Culture" from a handsome, young journalist (William Holden). Billie blossoms under his kind tutelage and becomes increasingly aware of her role as pawn in Brock’s crooked business deals. Brock is surprised and outraged when Billie suddenly refuses to cooperate any longer. This is classic comedy with unforgettable performances. 97 - Breaking Away (1979) Produced by: Peter Yates. Starring: Dennis Christopher and Dennis Quaid. Running time: 100 mins. Color, The Academy award winning story about the growing pains of four local boys living in a college town. At the center of the group is Dave (Dennis Christopher), a top-notch bicyclist who dreams of being a racing champion. When he learns that the best bicyclists are Italian, he decides to be Italian too. He sings arias from Verdi, and re-names his cat Fellini. Although his parents have little patience with his Italian infatuation, they’re behind him all the way when he and his buddies take on the college boys in the "Little 500". The annual 50 mile bike race Brilliantly directed by Peter Yates. This hilarious yet touching, pain and awkwardness of growing up in America’s heartland. With Steve Tesich’s clever screenplay and exceptional performances by Dennis Quaid. Jackie Earl Harley and Daniel Stern, Breaking Away is an exhilarating evening of entertainment. 98 – Casablanca (1942) Directed by: Michael Curtis. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid. Running time: 102 B&W. Rick’s Café in Casablancsa is a center for war refugees awaiting visas for America. Ricks abandons his cynicism to help an old love escape the Nazis with her underground leader husband. 88 - A Chorus Line (1985) Starring: Michael Douglass. Running time: 112 mins. Color In a Broadway theatre a host of dancers wait and hope for a chance to perform in A Chorus Line. Only eight will succeed. Michael Douglas stars as Zach, the man who must make the final choice and decide their fate. A Chorus Line, Broadway’s longest running and most successful stage show is now one singular screen sensation. The stage show opened at New York’s Public Theatre in May 1975 and swiftly moved to the Schubert Theatre on Broadway and has remained there, playing to packed houses, ever since. A Chorus Line has won a Pulitzer Prize and nine Tony’s (the Theatrical equivalent of the Oscars) 99 - Citizen Kane (1991) Directed and Produced by: Orson Wells. Starring: Orson Wells and Joseph cotton. Running time: 119 mins. 1941- Many critics acclaim Citizen Kane as the greatest picture of all time. Orson Welles was just 25 when he starred directed and produced the Academy Award Winner. The story parallels the career and death of Willian Randolf Hearst, the Newspaper Tycoon. All is told in Flashback and collected by a newsreel reporter from interviews with his closest colleagues and friends. 100 – Cocoon (1985) Produced by: Richard d. Zanuck. Starring: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley. Running time: 112 mins. Color On discovering a neglected swimming pool filled with giant barnacle covered eggs, three aged men go swimming and uncover a modern day fountain of youth. They are rejuvenated; their ailments are cured and they are filled with energy…much to the surprise of their wives! But on revisiting the pool they are surprised by the owners of the youth-giving eggs, a group of brightly glowing aliens who gradually reveal the secret of everlasting life… 101 - The Color Purple (1985) Starring: Danny Glover. Running time: 150 mins. Color Set in America’s deep south during the early part of this century, the Color Purple follows the fortunes of a black girl called Celie. Subjected to mental and physical cruelty almost beyond endurance, Celie is "given" to a widower whom she calls ‘Mister". Barely more than a girl herself, she is forced to look after Mister’s four children and respond to his brutal advances. Based on the Pulitzer prize winning novel by Alice Walker and receiving 11 Oscar nominations, The Color Purple is unlike any other film you will ever see – it runs the gaunt of human emotions from the depths of despair to miraculous courage, through love and hate and sorrow. 102 - Coming Home (1978) Directed by: Hal Ashby. Starring: Jane Fonda and Bruce Dean. Running time: 148 mins. Coming home is that rare thing, a moving war drama in which not a single shot is fired. The only battle scenes are those that are waged in the minds of its leading characters. Its setting is Los Angeles in 1968. Sally Hyde (Jane Fonda) is an officer’s wife who volunteers for work in an army veterans hospital while her husband (Bruce Dern) is fighting in Vietnam. At the hospital Sally is appalled at what she sees – young men crippled and maimed for life because of a tragic and senseless war. One of her first encounters is with crippled Luke Martin (Jon Voight), an embittered Vietnam vet, the violence of whose frustration moves Sally to realise the tragic plight of such men. In time Sally and Luke fall in love, as a result of which Luke regains his will to live and, once again, finds a purpose and value to his life.
103 - The Cotton Club (1984) Starring: Richard Gere. Running time: 123 mins. Color The most talked about movie of the 80’s – Francis Coppola’s multi-million dollar spectacle is set at the end of America’s roaring Twenties. Richard Gere plays Dixie Dwyer, a struggling cornet player whose fortunes change dramatically when he saves the life of gangster Dutch Schultz, Bob Hoskins plays Owney Madden, owner of the legendary Cotton Club, Gregory Hines is Sandman Williams, a dancer who dreams of becoming a star, Diane Lane is Vera Cicero, Dutch Schultz’s girlfriend, whose forbidden passion for Dixie may put an end to her ambition – and her life. The Cotton Club is a sound, a feel, a time, a place where the only tickets to the top are money and murder. 104 – Crossroads (1986) Produced by: Walter Hill. Starring: Ralph Macchio and Joe Seneca. Running time: 98 mins. Color Gifted young guitarist Eugene Martone (Karate Kid’ Ralph Macchio) is searching for a vintage blues song to propel him to stardom. Aging blues man Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) promises to help if Eugene returns with him to his old home in Mississippi. Eugene will give anything to play the blues. Willie already did. Putting their souls on the line and their hearts in their journey, they travel to the legendary ‘Crossroads’ where, long ago, Willie bargained his soul with the Devil in return for fame. And, en route, Eugene learns a painful lesson: if you really want to play the blues, first you have to live them. 13 - The Crucible (1996) Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. Running time: 123 mins. Color The setting is 17th century Salem, Massachusetts. A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. But instead of love, Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder) wishes for the death of her former lover's (Daniel Day-Lewis) wife. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax! 14 - Death of a Salesman (1985) Produced by: Robert F. Colesberry. Starring: Dustin Hoffman - John Malkovich . Running time: 82 mins. Color Willie Loman (Dustin Hoffman), a traveling salesman has spent his life chasing the American dream. Yet nothing has turned out the way he thought it would, and he sees his visions of success slipping away. Now he must face the facts: he is past his prime and feels he has wasted the best years of his life and neglected his family. Death of a Salesman follows Willie Loman as he struggles with the conflict of family values and society’s expectations of success. 105 - East of Eden (1955) Starring: James Dean. Running time: 110 mins. Color James Dean, Hollywood’s first real teenager – is Cal, rebel son of 1917 farmer Adam Trask in Salinas Valley, California. Cal’s twin, Aron, is their father’s pride. Adam has no time for Cal. He’s a bad’ un. like his dead mother. Cal refuses to believe his mother is dead. Rejected at home, he hunts her down and finds her running a cat-house in Monterey. He then forces Aron to face up to the family’s shabby history. James Dean was nominated for an Oscar for his anguished performance of the unwanted, unloved Cal. Double Oscar-winner Ella Kazan, who also made stars of Brando and Beatty, directs the devastating film of part of John Steinbeck’s monumental novel. Raymond Massey is Cal’s righteous father. Jo Van Fleet won an Oscar as his mother Julie Harris is the brother’s girl. She, alone, understand’s Cal’s heartache but remains wary of his explosive nature. 24 - A Farewell to Arms (1932) Starring: Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper. Running time: 78 mins. Color A superb, romantic screen adaptation of Hemmingway's tragic novel about the ill-fated W.W.I romance between an American soldier and a British nurse in war torn Italy. Hayes is magnificent as the English nurse. 23 - For Whom the Bell Tolls (DVD) (1993) Produced by: Sam Wood. Starring: Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman Running time: 166 mins. Color The story follows expatriate American demolition expert Robert Jordan (Cooper) who aides anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. Assisting him is a band of warriors including the strong-willed Pilar (Katina Paxinou in an Oscar-winning performance), the dangerously undependable Pablo (Akim Tamiroff) and the lovely, innocent Maria (Bergman). As danger mounts, Robert and Maria develop a closeness that blossoms into one of the screen’s greatest love stories. 106 - 42 ND Street (1933) Starring: Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels. Running time: 89 mins Berkeley burst onto the scene in spectacular fashion in March 1933 with 42nd street. Warner Baxter plays Julian Marsh, " The greatest musical comedy director in America", who labours long and hard to put on his final show. Bebe Daniels is a "casting couch" star who is sidelined with a sprained ankle shortly before opening night. Baxter puts a fresh-faced, toe-tapping Ruby Keeler in the starring role, and not surprisingly, she becomes an overnight sensation. Al Dubin’s and Hary Warren’s songs are sprightly and imaginative, "You’re getting to be a Habit with Me" and "Shuffle off to Buffalo" are prime examples of the thinly-velled suggestiveness characteristic of the era. 149 - From Here to Eternity (1953) Starring: Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift. Running time: 114 mins. Winner of 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, "From Here to Eternity" is a searing indictment of military life, where one walks the line or pays the price. In a peacetime army camp in Hawaii, commander’s wife, Deborah Kerr, and career soldier, Burt Lancaster risk everything in a love affair that could destroy them. Persecuted by his peers, hard-headed Montgomery Clift wants to settle down with prostitute Donna Reed, but she yearns for something better. Clift’s only friend, Frank Sinatra, stands up to sadistic stockade guard, Ernest Borgnine, and pays the ultimate price. This turbulent storm of human emotions culminates in an explosive climax on December 7, 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Featuring some of the finest performances of these actors’ careers, From Here to Eternity is a riveting drama, considered one of Hollywood’s greatest cinematic achievements. 107 – Gandhi (1983) Starring: Ben Kingsley. Running time: 180 mins. Color It took one remarkable man to defeat an empire and free a nation of 350 million people. His goal was freedom. His strategy was peace his weapon was his humanity. It tells the story of Gandhi, one of the towering figures of the twentieth century. He began his career as a lawyer and after years of struggle for his ideals, became a modern day Messiah, through passive resistance he won freedom for India and the end of British rule. His name is synonymous with away of life that has altered the course of history and continues to inspire millions to this day. 108 – Gigi (1958) Starring: Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier. Running time: 119 mins. Color Any film that wins ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, has to have something very special. "Gigi" has the captivating Leslie Caron, the irrepressible Maurice Chevalier and a magnificent musical score. Based on Colette’s story of a tomboy who blossoms into a sophisticated yound lady in turn-of the century Paris, "Gigi" remains as fresh and sparking as the day it became Champion Prizewiner of 1958 32 - The Glass Menagerie (1987) Produced by: Burtt Harris. Starring: Joanne Woodward and John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton. Running time: 134 mins. 1987. Color The touching drama about people who live on the fine line between fantasy and reality tells the story of Amanda (Joanne Woodward), a strong-willed woman who attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter Laura (Karen Allen). 109 - Gone With the Wind (1939) Starring: Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Running time: 220 mins. Color Set in the turbulent period of the American Civil War, here’s a film that became legend almost as soon as it was released, won ten Academy Awards, and has continued to capture the imagination of millions for four decades. Based on Margaret Mitchel’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, Gone With the Wind is cinema’s greatest epic of passion and advanture—still unsurpassed for sheer sweeping spectacle, timeless appeal and unforgettable performances. 33- The Grapes of Wrath (1990) Starring: Henry Fonda. Produced by: John Steinbeck, Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell Running time: 128 mins. The years have not lessened the impact of Oscar-winning director John Ford’s 1940 screen version of John Steinbeck’s powerful novel. From its early scenes of Dust Bowl desolation to Ma Joad’s triumphant closing words, this saga of the Joad family and its struggles to reestablish roots in California during the Depression remains a movie masterpiece. In a performance that would resonate throughout the rest of his career, Henry Fonda plays Tom Joad, a common man who confronts the forces of nature and hate with uncommon valor. "I’ll be every where," Joad says in the famous soliloquy that spells out his commitment to social justice. Decades later, that "everywhere" included some lofty heights an American Film, "The Grapes of Wrath" was among the Top 10. 35 - The Great Gatsby (1974) Produced by: David Merrick. Starring: Robert Redford and Mia Farrow Running time: 146 mins. Color The ‘20s never roared louder than in this sumptuously romantic retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic. Robert Redford stars as Jay Gatsby, who had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow), then lost her to a rich boy. But now Gatsby is mysteriously wealthy… and ready to risk everything to woo Daisy back. 110 - Guys and Dolls (1955) Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra. Running time: 150 mins. Color Meet a lovable bunch of underworld sinners right out of Damon Runyonland. As the gentleman gambler Sky Masterson, Marlon Brando gives an impressive debut as a song and dance man. Jean Simmons is utterly charming as the beautiful Save a Soul missionary who thinks Sky’s the limit and saves him – for herself. Frank Sinatra croons in his inimitable manner as Nathan Detroit, the floating crap-game operator who’s been engaged to one doll for fourteen years – the ever-patient Adelaide. Played by Vivian Blaine from the original Broadway cast, Adelaide’s the hilarious Hot Box chanteuse who’d rather wear a wedding ring than a mink. The dandy songs and high stepping dances include "Luck Be A Lady Tonight" "Guys and Dolls", and "If I Were a Bell" Stubby Kaye as Nicely Nicely Johnson makes "Sit Down, You’re Rocking The Boat" one of the most memorable numbers in musical comedy history. 111 - Hanna and Her Sisters (1986) Starring: Woody Allen and Michael Caine. Running time: 103 mins. Color Once again Woody Allen has managed to combine deep poignancy with hilarious comedy. Nominated for seven Academy Awards and lauded by critics world-wide, Hannah and Her Sister presents Woody Allen’s look at three women and the relationship they have with one another. Exploring also the men in their lives, Mr. Allen interweaves the predicaments of nearly a dozen characters touching upon such universal subjects as life, death, love lust, religion and adultery. This insightful and witty film won an Oscar for its screenplay and is studded with wonderful performance, including two Academy Award winners. 112 - Hello Dolly (1969) Starring: Barbara Streisand and Walter Mathau. Running time: 140 mins. Color Lavish musical comedy about an effusive young widow who has become a matchmaker and taken on the assignment of finding a match for a successful Hay and Feed Merchant in Yonkers, New York. Dolly manoeuvres every situation to her advantage amidst a raucous set of misadventures which end in a glorious romantic finale. 113 - High Noon (1952) Produced by : Stanley Kramer. Starring: Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Running time: 91 mins. A retired marshal’s wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help the marshal, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again. This alienates his new bride, a Quaker, who is opposed to any kind of violence. The Marshal meets the killer and his three accomplices at High Noon in one of the most suspenseful and thrilling gun-fights ever filmed. This classic western scooped four Academy Awards including Best Actor for Gary Cooper, and the an Oscar for the unforgettable theme music. 37 - Intruder in the Dust (1949) Produced and Directed by: Clarence Brown. Starring: David Brian, Claude Jarman, Juano Hernandez - Porter Hall. Running time: 87 mins. Based on the novel by William Faulkner, "Intruder in the Dust" is one of the most outstanding films about racial tension. The film tells the story of a black man in a small Southern town who is accused of murdering a white man known to be his adversary. A proud, solitary widower, he makes no attempt to defend himself and avoid being lynched until a young white boy - whose own run-in with the black man led him to overcome his own prejudice years earlier persuades his lawyer uncle to help find the real killer. With the help of a feisty older woman and the boy's young black friend, they set out to unearth the truth and bring justice to their town. 114 - It Happened One Night (1934) Starring: Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Running time: 105 mins. B & W Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert team up for laughs as mismatched lovers in the 1934 screwball comedy classic. Spoiled Ellie Andrews (Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father (Walter Connolly), who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work Peter Warner (Gable). When their bus breaks down, the bickering couple set off on a madcap hitchhiking expedition. Peter hopes to parlay the inside story of their misadventures into a job. But complications fly when the runaway heiress and brash reporter fall in love. Winner of 5 Academy Awards. 115 - The Jesse Owens Story (Part one) 116 - The Jesse Owens Story (Part Two) Produced by: Harold Gast. Starring: Dorian Harewood. Running time: 174 mins. Color A triumphant saga of strength, will and love. Dorian Harewood leads an all-star cast in the dramatization of legendary track star Jesse Owens – the man who won four gold medals over Hitler’s superman and captured America’s heart. Spanning over forty years, this powerful docudrama traces Jesse’s life – from his days as a sharecropper’s son, through his incredible record-breaking college years, his marriage to his high school sweetheart, his monumental victories in the 1936 Olympics, and his thirty year struggle to survive in a prejudiced country that he loved so deeply. Jesse’s story: a story of the love of one woman, an on-going struggle for dignity, and devotion to humanity. 117 - Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) Starring: Dustin Hoffman. Running time: 102 mins. Color Kramer Vs. Kramer is the box-office smash that garnered 5 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman and Best Supporting Actress for Meryl Streep. It’s a story of contemporary relationships, values and choices. Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer (Hoffman) is told by his wife, Joanna (Streep) that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being "somebody’s daughter or somebody’s wife", she’s going off to find herself – leaving Ted to care for their six-year old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to really know his son as few fathers do: cooking his meals, taking him to the park, understanding every need and fear. For the first time in his life he feels like a fulfilled parent. But then Joanna returns. And she wants her son back. 38 - The Last of The Mohicans (1992) Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis. Running time: 114 mins. Color An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold against the panorama of a frontier wilderness ravaged by war. Academy Award winner Daniel Day Lewis (Best Actor in 1989 for My Left Foot) stars as Hawkeye, rugged frontiersman and adopted son of the Mohicans and Madeleine Stowe is Cora Munro, aristocratic daughter of a proud British Colonel. Their love tested by fate, blazes amidst a brutal conflict between the British, the French and Native American allies that engulfs the majestic mountains and cathedral - like forests of Colonial America. 118 - Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Starring: Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn. Running time: 193 mins. Color One of the all time great films, this David Lean classic was hailed as the first relevant epic, a vivid account of the career of British officer T.E. Lawrence who throughout his two years in Arabia during the first world war succeeded in uniting the arab tribes against Turks and became a legend in his own time. The spectacular scenes are staged with vigour and imagination, the camerawork has never been bettered and the cast ranks with the finest ever assembled for a movie. 12- The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy
Big Business Produced by: M-G-M, 1929. Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson Running time: 21 mins. Call of the Cuckoo Produced by: M-G-M, 1927. Starring: Max Davidson, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, James Finlayson. Running time: 18 mins. Do Detectives Think? Produced by: Pathe' Exchange, 1927. Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Noah Young. Running time: 24 mins.
The Finishing Touch Produced by: M-G-M, 1928. Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy. Running time: 21 mins. Hustling for Health Produced by: Pathe' Exchange, 1918. Starring: Stan Laurel, Bud Jamison, Frank Terry. Running time: 15 mins. On the Front Page Produced by: Pathe' Exchange, 1926. Starring: Stan Laurel, Lillian Roth, Bull Montana. Running Time: 23 mins. 40 - Malcolm X (2 cassettes) (1992) Produced by: Marvin Worth. Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Denzel Washington. Running time: 201 mins. Color Filmmaker Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington (a New York Film Critics Award winner and Academy Award nominee as Best Actor) join other top talents to bring to the screen the life and times of Malcolm X. " Here's a man who rose up from the dregs of society, spent time in jail, re-educated himself and, through spiritual enlightenment, rose to the top," says Lee. "This is an incredible story and I know it will inspire people." 91 - A Man for all Seasons (1966) Directed by: Zimman. Starring: Wendy Hiller and Leo McKern. Running time: 120 mins. Color Catherine Henry VIII’s wife, has been unable to produce an heir to the throne. Henry (Robert Shaw), having fallen in love with Anne Boleyne, asks the Pope to grant him a divorce. The King is backed by everyone except the highly regarded Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield). When Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles), Chancellor of England, names More as his successor, it becomes increasingly important for Henry to get More’s support. But More cannot be swayed. Henry demands the clergy to renounce the Pope and to name him the head of the church of England. Cromwell (Leo McKern), leader of the divorce campaign, frames More, forcing him to resign as Chancellor. Eventually, More is brought to trial, found guilty of treason, and beheaded. 119 – Mannequin (1987) Starring: Andrew McCarthy and Kim Catral. Running time: 86 mins. Color Jonathan Switcher has a secret. He’s fallen in love with a piece of wood! Not just any old piece of wood but a department-store mannequin. An embarrassing problem you might think but Jonathan’s mannequin has unnerving habit of coming of life when no one else is looking.. 120 – Mask (1985) Starring: Cher and Sam Elliot. Running time: 115 mins. Color Mask is a moving story about a teenage boy suffering from a rare congenital disease who has defied medical science by living. The boy is Rocky Dennis, a kind boy who wins the heart of everyone with whom he comes in contact including a beautiful blind girl. A boy who is not only determined to live a normal life but with the encouragement from his pill popping decadent mother and a gang of Hell’s Angels, determined to be better than anyone else. Eric Stoltz gives an endearing sensitive performance as Rocky, as does singer-turned-actress Cher as his mother. A performance that won her the Best Actress 121 - Mississippi Burning (1988) Starring: Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. Running time: 412 mins. Color Three Civil Rights activits lie dead buried in a Mississippi swamp, men murdered in Cold Blood by the Ku Klux Klan. Soon their deaths will become more relevant than their lives. Two FBI agents are on the killers trail. A trail which threatens to tear a community of hatred and oppression to pieces and blow America apart. Gene Hackman is superb as renegade FBI agent Anderson, whose deadliest weapon is every dirty trick in the book, and Willem Dafoe plays Ward, his buttoned-down boss, who’s learning fast that sometimes violence is the only way…. 122 - The Music Man (1988) Directed by: Mortonda Costa. Starring: Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. Color Let 76 trombones lead the big parade from the Great White Way into your home. It’s The Music Man, the screen version of one of Broadway’s all-time blockbusters, a skyburst of Americana as irresistible as 4th of July fireworks. Robert Preston recreates his Tony Award-winning Broadway triumph as Professor Harold Hill, a gilt-edged con artist who has more schemes than a hound dog has fleas. He hoodwinks the credulous townfolk of River City, Iowa, into organizing instruments, then tries to skip town before his chicanery is unmasked by the suspicious—and lovely—town librarian. Joining Preston is a ruzzle-duzzle all-star supporting cast, including Academy Award winner Shirley Jones and seven year-old Ron Howard (One TVs Opie and now one of Hollywood’s hottest directors). And Meredith Wilson’s vibrant score, with hits lie "Ya Got Trouble", "Till There Was You," "Marian the Librarian" and the unstoppable, unstoppable " Seventy-Six Trombones," keeps the merriment marching at a brisk 44, all orchestrated to Academy Award-winning effect by Ray Heindorf. 123 - Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) Starring: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris. Running time: 177 mins. Color There’s plenty of swashbuckling action in "Mutiny On the Bounty" a classic film that combines rare beauty with raw adventure. Starring two-time Academy Award winner Marlon Brando, this lavish epic is an engrossing story of the men who were a part of history. This enactment of the most famous mutiny in history—that aboard the H.M.S. Bounty in the South Pacific in 1789—and the energy that passionate performances impart to it render this film to be perhaps the greatest sailing adventure of all time. Brando and Trevor Howard have signed aboard the Bounty as conscientious Fletcher Christian and the tyrannical skipper Captain Bligh. Christian is first and foremost a naval man who tries to maintain discipline and control. Bligh is a fascinating character who takes rapturous delight in watching men in pain. A sadist in the first degree, he turns his crew violently against him. Above all, Mutiny On The Bounty is a story of love and hate, of man’s unselfishness and his greed. Most of all it is the story of real people, brought to life with such authenticity that viewers of all ages will feel that they were there. 124 - My Fair Lady (1964) Starrring: Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. Running time: 170 mins. Color "My Fair Lady" is one of the greatest screen musicals of all time. The reason it remains a classic is simple. It is just about perfect in every department. Acting, Writing, Directing, Costumes, Music—after all, it did win 8 Oscars! The fairest most elegant of musicals, "My Fair Lady" is sparkling entertainment that has endured for over twenty years. 49 -Native Son (1986) Produced by: Diane Silver. Starring: Carroll Baker, Akosua Busia, Matt Dillon and John Karlen Running time: 111 mins. Color "Native Son" brings to the screen Richard Wright's classic American thriller. Set in 1940 Chicago, "Native Son" tells the explosive story of a young poverty-stricken black man who obtains a job as a chauffeur to a wealthy white family. However, tragedy ensues when he accidentally kills his employer's daughter. Vainly trying to cover his act, the eventual discovery of his crime unleashes a savage manhunt fueled by racial hatred and the fury of a white society. 93 - A Night at the Opera (1934) Starring: Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx. Running time: 96 mins What are the hijinks of Groucho, Chico and Harpo doing in the world of high society? Ever since "A Night at the Opera" first appeard in 1936, the laughs have never stopped from this madness from director Sam Wood and screenwriters George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. Groucho’s hilarious business schemes bring Milan’s finest opera stars to New York, with some unexpected stowaways on board—Harpo and Chico. The three of them create a near riot on the ship, a scandal in New York and an evening of insanity in New York and an evening of insanity in the concert hall that the opera world will never forget. 42 - Of Mice and Men (1992) Produced by: John Malkovich. Starring: Russ Smith and Gary Sinise Running time: 110 mins. Color John Steinbeck's timeless classic comes magnificently to life in this beautiful and stirring film starring Oscar nominee John Malkovich (1984 Best Supporting Actor for Places in the Heart) and Gary Sinise. Best friends Lennie (Malkovich) and George (Sinise) find themselves unemployed in depression-era Califomia, unable to maintain a stable working pattern for long because of Lennie's infantile mental capacity. They soon get hired at the Tyler Ranch, working under the strict supervision of Curley (Casey Siemaszko), the boss's mean-spirited son. But after settling in and making friends, their world is ripped apart by tragedy when Curley's beautiful but unhappy wife (Sherilyn Fenn) becomes the innocent victim of Lennie's compassion. 125 – Oklahoma (1955) Directed by: Fred Zinneman. Starring: Gordon Macrae and Gloria Grahame. Running time: 143 mins. Color Rodgers and Hammerstein’s immortal American musical Oklahoma! With several of the most enduring songs ever heard. "People will say we’ve in love", "Oh what a beautif Morning," "The Surrey with the fringe on top," and "Oklahoma" still ring out with fresh charon and vigour. Oklahoma! is first rate entertainment that can be enjoyed by the entire family. 126 - On the Waterfront (1954) Starring: Marlon Brando. Running time: 103 mins. Color Marlon Brando is the misfit longshore man who challenges the night and power of the tough New York City dockers’ union. Rod Steiger is his elder brother, from between loyalty to union and love of family. Lee J. Cobb is the powerful union boss, while Eve Marie Saint is the girl with whom Brando falls in love. Winner of 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Support Address. 127 - Ordinary People (1990) Directed by: Robert Redford. Starring: Donald. Sutherland and Marry Tayler Moore. 119 mins. Color An extraordinary motion picture. Ordinary People is an intense examination of a family being from apart by tension and tragedy. Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore star as the upper-middle class couple whose "ordinary" existence is irrevocably shattered by the death of their oldest son in a boating accident. Timothy Hutton is the younger son, struggling against suicide and guilt left by the drowning. Judd Hirsch is the empathetic psychiatrist who provides his lifeline to survival. Mary Tyler Moore gives a riveting portrayal of the inexplicably aloof mother. Robert Redford’s achievement as director, after more than twenty years as a superstar in front of the camera, earned him an Oscar. 150 - Out of Africa (1985) Starring: Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Running time: 154 mins. Color Despite her disastrous marriage and the failure of her coffee plantation, her passion for Africa never died. For not only had she fallen in love with the country, she was also madly in love with the maverick adventurer Denys Finch Hatton. Out of Africa is a beautiful and moving account of her memories, a love letter written to the people and places she loved. Filmed entirely on location in Kenya, "Out of Africa" won 7 Academy Awards including best film.
128 - Ragtime (Part I) (1981) 129 - Ragtime (Part II) Directed by: Miles Forman. Starring: James Cagney and Brad Dourif. Running time: 155 mins This vivid, high energy human tableau interweaves the lives and passions of a middle class, small town family against the scandals and events of a transitional America in 1906. Director Mics Forman and Producer Dino De Laurentlis have assembled an all-star cast—including legendary James Cagney—that brings the best selling El Doctorow novel to life in unforgettable fashion, with memorable music by composer/conductor Randy Newman. Ragtime is both a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of that important time in the country’s history. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards. 130 - Rain Man (1988) Directed by: Barry Levinson. Starring: Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Running time: 128 mins. Color Oscar nominated Dustin Hoffman, Hollywood heart-throb Tom Cruise and Barry Levinson, director of Good Morning Vietnam, bring a funny and moving tale of brotherly love to the screen. Heartless Charlie Babbitt expects a vast inheritance after his estranged father dies. But Raymond, his institutionalised older brother, someone he’s been totally unaware of, is willed the entire fortune instead. Raymond is an ‘autistic savant’ with severely limited mental abilities in some areas but with genius gifts in others. And when Charlie kidnaps Raymond, the crazy cross-country drive back to Los Angeles teaches them both a few lessons in life. For as they overcome their mutual distrust of each other, a deep bond is forged as they painfully share past memories, present problems and a possible shining future together. 59 – A Raisin in the Sun (2 copies) (1961) Produced by : Philip Rose. Starring: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil and Ruby Dee Running time: 128 mins. Color A $10, 000 insurance check can allow the Youngers to finally escape their frustrating life in a crowded Chicago apartment. But, escape means different things to each family member. Walter Lee (Sidney Poitier) wants to invest in a liquor store, Lena (Claudia McNeil), Walter Lee’s widowed mother, wants to by a house, and Lena’s daughter in college (Ruby Dee) could use the money to complete medical school. When Walter Lee’s agonizing conflicts threaten to tear the family apart, Lena relents. She makes a small down payment on a house and gives Walter Lee the rest if he’ll save some for his sister’s education. But he risks it all on the liquor store and is ruined. Walter Lee is then faced with selling the family’s new house to a home-owner’s association that pays well to keep blacks out. 58 - The Red Badge of Courage (1951) Directed by: John Huston. Produced by: Gotitried Reinhardt Starring: Audie Murphy and Bill Mauldin. Running time: 70 mins. "The Red Badge of Courage" is the story of Henry Fleming and his initiation into manhood as a Union Army recruit during the Civil War. With a sensitive performance by Audie Murphy (the most decorated GI of World War II and star of his own biography, To Hell and Back), the film reveals the horrible - though sometimes ennobling - realities of war. We share the experiences of the untested soldier through his own eyes: the tedious long marches, the heart-gripping fear of combat, the grief over fallen comrades, the shame of cowardice, and, hardest of all, the battle he must fight within himself. At the same time, we see him mature rapidly from a timid boy to a self-assured man, from a coward to a hero. 133 - The Searchers (1956) Starring: John Wayne. Running time: 114 mins. Color John Ford’s The Searchers has been hailed as one of the greatest Westerns of all time. And John Wayne’s moving enigmatic performance as Ethan Edwards ensured its classic reputation. Wayne joins forces with half-breed Jeffrey Hunter in the search for his young niece, abducted by Comanches after the Civil War. Against the stunning Monument Valley scenery, Wayne gradually excises his Indian hatred while still remaining true to his personal beliefs during the long, hard five years it takes to track his sole family survivor.
134 - Separate Tables (1958) Starring: Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Running time: 112 mins. Color Julie Christie and Alan Bates star in this brilliant adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s masterpiece. Oscar-winner John Schlesinger directs these two one-act dramas. In "Table by the Window", Julie Christie plays Anne, an ageing fashion model, whose arrival at a hotel in Bournemouth is actually a contrived reunion with her ex-husband John, (Bates) a politician ruined by scandal. John has begun an affair with the hotel manager, Miss Cooper. Anne’s appearance rekindles their passionate love and they must choose between the emptiness of their lives apart and a love that threatens to destroy them. Table Number Seven features Christie as Sybil, the mousy daughter of a tyrannical mother, who harbours a secret love for the pompous Major Pollock (Bates). When a local newspaper exposes the ‘major’ as a fraud and a sex offender Sybil is forced to take a stand for the first time in her life. 135 - Show Boat (1936) Directed by: George Sidney. Starring: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner and Howard Keel. Running time: 108 mins. Color In 1951, MGM re-created the River Mississippi in Hollywood with concrete banks and electrically controlled waves. The reason? "Showboat" was about to set sail down "Ol’ Men River’. Capturing all the glitter, glamour and excitement of Hollywood "Showboat" is alive with some of the greatest songs ever written for a musical – "Make Believe", "You Are Love", "Can’t Help Loving, " "Dat Man" and of course, "Ole’ Man River". 136 - The Sound of Music (1965) Directed by: Robert Wise. Starring: Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Running time: 172 mins. Color Julie Andrews in her most famous role as a novice nun who becomes governess to the seven children of the widowed Baron von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) and turns them into a family singing group, finally escaping with them from Nazi-dominated Austria. Magnificent scenery and enchanting Rodgers and Hammerstein score and near perfect performances combine to make a charming musical that remains ageless entertainment for all the family. Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture of the year top songs include ‘Do, Re Mi," "My favourite Things" "The Lonely Goat Herd" and "Sixteen Going On Seventeen". 137 - South Pacific (1958) Starring: Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor. Running time: 170 mins. Color On a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses, natives and coconut palms, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical classic of love and war unfolds. Filmed on location in Hawaii using innovative color camerawork, South Pacific stars Rossano Brazzi as the polished French plantation owner with a checkered past. Mitzi Gaynor portrays the bubbling simple hearted Navy nurse who cannot wash him out of her hair – or heart. John Kerr and France Nuyen are deeply moving as interracial lovers, while Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary and Ray Walslon as an irrepressible GI add wild moments of hilarious humor. Glowing with scenic splendor and bursting with grand romantic story and song, this magnificent musical is some enchanted picture. 138 - Star Wars (1977) Directed by: George Lucas. Starring: Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford. Running time: 121 mins Color A long time ago in a galaxy fall far away. One of the biggest box office hits in the history of motion picture. "Star Wars" is a spectacular film representing the ultimate in cinematic entertainment. Writer/director George Lucas, passion for space fantasy adventure and romance is captured on screen with awesome special effects and extraordinary space creatures. Princess Leila is captured by the evil imperial forces in their efforts to take over the galactic empire. 139 - The Sting (1973) Starring: Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Running time:125 mins. Color Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. "The Sting" is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time. Set in the 1930s, this deftly made comedy suspense deals with an ambitious small-time crook (Robert Redford) and a veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seek revenge on the vicious crime Lord (Robert Shaw) who murdered one of their brotherhood. How this group of charlatans put " the sting" on their enemy makes for the greatest caper in movies history, complete with an amazing surprise finish. 61 - A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Produced by: Charles K. Feldman. Starring: Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. Running time: 125 mins. An honored film. A milestone in movie acting. A landmark in the fight against censorship. Winner of four Academy Awards, an unprecedented three of them in the acting categories. A Streetcar Named Desire is all of these. And now it’s even more. "A Streetcar Named Desire": The Original Director’s Version is the Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams film moviegoers would have seen had not Legion of Decency censorship occurred at the last minute. It features three minutes of previously excised footage underscoring, among other things, the sexual tension between Blanche Dubois (Vivien Leigh) and Stanley Kowalski (Marlon Brando), and Stella Kowalski’s (Kim Hunten) passion for husband Stanley. "In 1951, you had to guess at a lot of things that are now made clear." 140 - Terms of Endearment (1983) Directed by: James L. Brooks. Starring: Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Running time:126 mins. Color "Terms of Endearment" dazzled critics and audiences alike with its believable insightful story of two captivating people, mother and daughter, unforgettably played by Shirley Maclaine and Debra Winger. From grand slapstick to deepest sentiment, director James L. Brooks masterfully paints scenes from their evolving 30-year relationship. Jack Nicholson turns in a great comic performance as MacLaine’s neighbour, a boozy, womanizing former astronaut. 141 - Till the Clouds Roll by (1996) Directed by: Richard Whorf. Starring: Robert Walker and Judy Garland Running time: 137 mins Featuring nearly two dozen classic songs, with almost as many stars, "Till the Clouds Roll By" is a glorious film based on the life of Jerome Kern, the man who launched Show Boat and put a silver lining in every cloud. Woven through the story of the composer’s extraordinary career are an unforgettable series of musical numbers. "Why Was I Born" and "Can’t Help Loving That Man" are sung superbly by Lena Horne. In the role of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies dance star Maryln Miller, Judy Garland performs such wonderful favorites as "Sunny" and "Who." Cyd Charisse and Gower Champion step out to "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Dinah Shore does a lovely rendition of "The Last Time I Saw Paris" Kathryn Grayson and Tony Martin make beautiful harmony in the immortal "Make Believe" and Frank Sinatra provides his unique interpretation of "Ol Man River". 142 – Tootsie (1982) Starring: Dustin Hoffman. Running time: 112 mins. Color Dustin Hoffman stars as Michael Dorsay, a dedicated actor who is respected by all his colleagues but doesn’t get work because he has a reputation for being difficult. One day he hits on an idea. If he can’t get work as a man, why not as a woman? Passing himself off as Dorothy Michaels, he successfully auditions for a part on a TV Soap Opera. When the show becomes a nationwide hit, events quickly get out of control. First, his fame spreads across America and he becomes a household word. Then, he falls in love with a young actress on the show and there is nothing he can do about it. 143 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Produced by: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Running time: 141 mins. 2001: The more you watch it, the more you see in it. Light years ahead of its time, 2001 is a spectacular movie that grows ever more wondrous as time passes. Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece has an awesome scope—it reaches the outer limits of interplanetary space and penetrates man’s inner destiny.. A unique poetic piece of science-fiction, said the New Yorker, "hypnotically entertaining; technically and imaginatively it is staggering." Newsweek said. "Kubrick’s special effects border on the miraculous—a quantum leap in quality over any sci-fi film ever made." 62 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Producted by: Jeff Nelson. Starring: Bruce Dern, Edward Woodward and Samuel L. Jackson. Running time: 108 mins. Color Harriet Beecher Stowe's timeless classic of slavery and survival in the Old South comes alive in this moving tribute to the strength of the human spirit. First-rate performances by Samuel L. Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Bruce Dern, and Avery Brooks highlight this stirring portrait of human bondage. Eliza (Rashad) and George (Jackson) run a gauntlet of slave hunters in a desperate flight for freedom, while a noble slave named Tom (Brooks) falls under the whip of the vicious Simon Legree (Woodward). From the auction blocks of New Orleans to the Emancipation trail into Canada, a richly detailed panorama of courage, dignity and redemption unfolds in a film you'll never forget 145 - The Year of Living Dangerously (198#) Directed by: Peter Weir. Starring: Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver Running time: 114 mins Award winning Australian director Peter Weir recreates the Indonesia of 1965 for his critically acclaimed movie, "the Year Of Living Dangerously." The film stars Mel Gibson who shot to fame as "Mad Max", alongside Sigourney Weaver, unforgettable as the terrorised heroine in "The Alien", Gibson plays an ambitious Australian journalist intent on making a name for himself in his new assignment in one of the world’s most volatile trouble spots. Ms. Weaver plays the British Embassy attaché privy to sensitive information but due for imminent transfer. Set against a violent back-drop in Sukarno’s Indonesia, "The Year of Living Dangerously" is a gripping mix of revolutionary war, explosive action and personal conflict. |
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