Learning Center

Film Club
Spring 2011Schedule

When: Tuesdays 8:00PM except where noted
Where: Learning Center Room 111
Treats provided.

January: A couple of Miyazaki Films (famed Japanese director of animated films).

Jan 18 Princess Mononoke 1997 A young warrior on a quest stumbles into a conflict between a local clan and the nearby forest life. Can he help avoid bloodshed on both sides? 134 minutes
Note: 7:30PM start time

Jan 25 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Two young girls move with their father to be closer to their mother who is in a hospital. They befriend the magical totoro, who live in the nearby forest. 86 minutes

February: Director Alfred Hitchcock

Feb 1 The Birds 1963. Tippi Hedren & Rod Taylor star in this spooky tale of nature gone wrong. A spoiled city-dwelling socialite gets caught up in seemingly random bird attacks while visiting a remote island. 119 min

Feb 8 Mr. & Mrs. Smith 1941: A bickering couple find out that due to a technicality they aren’t legally
married. Will they stay together or go their separate ways? This unusual Hitchcock comedy stars Carole
Lombard & Robert Montgomery. 95 minutes

Feb 15 To Catch a Thief 1955: Suave Cary Grant and the elegant future Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly cavort on the French Riviera. He is former jewel thief and she is a socialite (with a mother dripping jewels) on the search for a suitable husband. 106 minutes

Feb 22 Psycho 1960: The original We all recognize the music and have heard about the shower scene. Come see what all the fuss is about. It stars Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh. 109 minutes

March: Director Stanley Kubrick

Mar 8 Barry Lyndon 1975: The undoing of an Irish rogue…based on a novel by William Makepeace
Thackeray. It stars Ryan O’Neal as the handsome ne’er-do-well. 184 minutes
Note: 7:00PM start time.

Mar 15 A Clockwork Orange 1971: This controversial dystopian film is set in the near future & follows Alex, a young man interested in rape and a bit of ultra-violence. The movie is based on a novel by Anthony Burgess and stars Malcolm McDowell. 136 minutes
Note: 7:00 start time

Mar 22 Eyes Wide Shut 1999: Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, sex and obsession converge in Stanley Kubrick’s last film. 159 minutes
Note: 7:00 start time
Mar 29 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964: Peter Sellers & George C Scott in a comedy about nuclear war; all it takes is a lunatic. 95 minutes
April: Letters Home: movies shown to the troops during WWII as reviewed by Jim Fisk’s dad.
April 5 The Talk of the Town 1942: An escaped prisoner hides out with a beautiful woman who also happens to have a lawyer as a lodger. A comedy, thriller, romance with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur & Robert Coleman. 118 minutes
April 12 The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1944: A monk investigates the lives of the people on an ancient bridge that collapses. Why did God or Fate put them there? Stars Lynn Bari & Akim Tamiroff. 89 minutes
April 19 Slightly Dangerous 1943: 21, bored and on the way to New York City…what could possibly happen? ..a makeover, an accident, amnesia, fraud, romance…Lana Turner, Robert Young & Walter Brennan. 94 minutes
April 26 Ball of Fire 1941: Unworldly Professor Potts meets steamy night club singer Sugarpuss O’Shea while researching slang. Soon she is hiding out with the professor & his colleagues to escape her mobster boyfriend. Everybody has things to learn. This stars Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwick. 111 minutes

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