WORKSHOP FILM GROUP
Screens Classic Movies at Workshop Arts Centre 33 Laurel Street Willoughby NSW 2068.
First and third Fridays at 8.00pm Yearly membership $50 single, $75 double.
Enquiries: Joanne 02 94363103, Jenny 02 94890105
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Feb 7, 2014Opening Night Pizza Party and Film Seven Little Australians plus special shortAustralia 1939 62 min b/wDVD Dir: Arthur G Collins Cast: Charles McCallum, Pat McDonald, Sandra Jacques
Family drama
Seven children struggle to win the affections of their strict father Captain Wolcott. The love of the close knit family helps them overcome tragedy.From the best-selling novel by Ethel Turner.The film will tug at the heart strings.
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Feb 21The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Australia1994103 Min Col Blu-rayDir:Stephan Elliott Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Sarah Chadwick.
Comedy
Two drag queens and a transsexual get a cabaret gig in the middle of the desert at Alice Springs. Academy Award - best costume design. Was a smash hit internationally in the Nineties.
Mar 7The Third Man
UK 1949104 Min b/w16MM Dir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Orson Wells, Trevor Howard, Wilfred Hyde-White.
Classic thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, post-war Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime.Academy Award - best cinematography.Best British film BAFTA awards.
Mar 21 Walkabout
Australia 1971 100 Min DVD Col Dir: Nicolas Roeg Cast: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpili, John Meillon,Peter Carver, John Illingsworth.
Drama
Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They are rescued by an Aborigine on "walkabout": a ritualistic separation from his tribe.
4 April The Shop Around The Corner
USA 194099 Min b/w DVD Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullivan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
MGM Romantic comedy drama
Two employees Alfred and Klaraof a leather goods and novelty shop can barely stand one another, without realizing that they're falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal. Alfred who is going to propose to his pen pal gets dismissed and goes to meet her at a bar.
11 April Three Comrades
USA 193897 Min b/w 16MM Dir: Frank Borzage Cast: Margaret Sullivan, Robert Taylor, Robert Young.
Romantic drama
A love story, written by F Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) centredaround the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis. Music by Frank Waxman.
2 MayThe Square
Australia2008 101Min Col DVD Dir: Nash Edgerton Cast: David Roberts, Clairevan der Boom, Anthony Hayes, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Bell.
Crime Thriller
Escaping a loveless marriage Ray becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful Carla. Ray’s moral limits are tested when Carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband’s latest crime. This is their chance take the money and run - If only it was that simple.
16 MayTo Be Or Not To Be
USA 194299 Min b/w 16MM Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack.
War comedy
Set in Nazi occupied Warsaw. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy. Nominated for an Academy Award - best musical scoring.
6 June Portrait Of Jennie
USA 194882 Min b/w16MM Director William Dieterle,Cast: Jennifer Jones, JosephCotten, Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne, Albert Sharpe.
Drama
Eben is a struggling artist in depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. One day, after he finally finds someone to buy a painting from him, a young girl Jennie appears and strikes up an unusual friendship with Eben. He falls in love with her. Academy Award - best special effects.
20 June L’Atalante
France(English sub titles) 193489 min b/wDVD Dir: Jean Vigo Cast: Jean Taris, Jean Daste, Michel Simon.
Drama
Juliette marries a river barge captain and comes to live on board.She soon gets bored and slips away to see the Paris nightlife. The captain angrily sets off without her which dramatically impacts on both their lives. Breathtaking film from one of the great early directors.Voted by The British Film Institute in 2012 as the 12th best film of all time.
All Films are screened courtesy of The National Film Sound Archives, Canberra.
WORKSHOP FILM GROUP
Screens Classic Movies at Workshop Arts Centre 33 Laurel Street Willoughby NSW 2068.
First and third Fridays at 8.00pm Yearly membership $50 single, $75 double.
Enquiries: Joanne 02 94363103, Jenny 02 94890105