membership2012

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Please enrol me/us for the 2012 Season.

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We wish to keep in touch with Members during the course of the Season. Your E-Mail address will greatly help us keep costs down. We will not share the information given above with anyone else.

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MACHARS MOVIESc/o Portyerrock Mill

Isle of Whithorn,NEWTON STEWART DG8 8JQ

Saturday, April 7th - 6.30pmThe acclaimed Easter blockbuster movie, now fully restored, winner of 11 Academy Awards. The tale of Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), who lives in Judea with his family during the time that Jesus Christ was becoming known for his radical teachings. The highlight of the film’s 212 minutes is its legendary chariot race, and Ben-Hur’s Oscar haul included Best Picture, Best Director for William Wyler, Best Actor for Heston, and Best Supporting Actor for Welsh actor Hugh Griffith as an Arab sheik. And there is an Intermission! (Cert PG)

Saturday, April 21st - 7.30pm

Saturday, May 19th - 7.30pm

Saturday, June 2nd - 7.30pm

Saturday August 4th - 7pm

Ken Russell was one of cinema’s most challenging and creative directors. His early music films on Elgar and Delius won world-wide acclaim. Piotr Tchaikovsky gets the Ken Russell treatment in a bizarre yet compelling story of his life and music. In the director’s own words: “It’s the story of the marriage between a homosexual and a nymphomaniac.” Starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson. André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s music. (Cert 18 - 118mins)

Saturday, Jan 21st - 7.30pm Peter Sellers is at his most controlled in this seldom seen biting, somewhat sad farce, adapted from the Kingsley Amis novel That Uncertain Feeling. A superb performance as an anxiously lecherous Welsh librarian, married with kids, living in a gloomy apartment with peeling wallpaper and the plumbing up the spout. Enter Mai Zetterling, the delicious, bored wife of a local dignitary... It’s well-observed, dry, and somehow it scored an ‘X’ certificate when released in 1961! (Cert PG -100 mins)

Saturday, May 5th - 7.30pmAn upfront account of growing cynicism and adrenaline addiction for young soldiers at war. A Danish platoon is stationed at Camp Armadillo, right on the Helmand frontline, fighting tough battles against the Taliban. The film is a tension-packed journey into the soldier’s minds and a unique real-life account that was both controversial and remarkable for its verité, documentary style. (Cert 15 - 105mins)

Saturday June 16th - 7.30pmAn exquisitely photographed story of a group of early-20th-century itinerant workers who find themselves entangled in a deadly love triangle. Notorious for its on-set difficulties and extended postproduction, the film is a beautifully composed work of art. Terrence Malick’s direction, Nestor Almendros’s Oscar-winning cinematography and Ennio Morricone’s score all create a real classic.

More screenings on the back page...

Twenty-one feature films for 2012 !

Saturday, Feb 4th - 7.30pmThe Glenn Miller Story traces his rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. During World War II, he leads the ‘swingiest’ military band ever heard with classics such as Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Little Brown Jug. Louis Armstrong & Gene Krupa also star. (Cert U - 107 mins)

A visually stunning epic, recounting the true story of a man of the sword (Robert De Niro) and a man of the cloth (Jeremy Irons) -- both Jesuit missionaries who defy the colonial forces of Spain and Portugal to save an Indian tribe from slavery in mid-18th-century South America. Ennio Morricone’s haunting musical score weaves a stunning combination of church choirs and native Indian panpipes. (Cert PG - 120 mins)

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Screen legend John Wayne pays tribute to oil field legend “Red” Adair, as Wayne plays a colourful Texan who tames out-of-control infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes Chance “carries the torch” for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle. Directed by action veteran Andrew McLaglen, this film features spectacular special effects and exciting locations in Texas and Wyoming. As the Duke said, “I’ve made a lot of action movies, but never one as exciting as Hell Fighters.” (Cert PG -115mins)

Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin come together for this Western spoof that became the biggest box-office hit of 1965 and earned Marvin an Oscar for his twin performances. The film also features a cameo by inimitable crooner Nat King Cole, who sings the title song The Legend of Cat Ballou. (Cert PG - 92 mins)

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 QUESTIONSSaturday, September 1st - 7.30pm

Our first movie quiz was very popular - so we’re back with another great fun night with film, packed with questions, clues, prizes. Get together with your friends and join us for a world tour of a lifetime - no passport or nasty injections needed!

Saturday, August 18th - 7.30pmThe inspiring and heartbreaking story of English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. From the height of her romantic adventures as a student at Oxford in the 1950s, to life with her partner in old age, struggling with decline, as her brilliant mind is ravaged by the effects of Alzheimer’s. Judi Dench gives an outstanding performance, the film is uniquely sensitive and finely acted. (Cert 15 - 87mins)

From the director of Whisky Galore, here’s another delightful Ealing Studios classic. A wealthy American businessman and a wily old Clyde puffer skipper attempt to outwit each other, and show a Glasgow and shipping of days gone by. (Cert U - 88mins)

Saturday, October 6h - 7.30pmThe real-life story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. They were promised oranges and sunshine, they got hard labour and life in institutions. Almost singlehandedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. (Cert 15 - 101mins)

George Khan, a proud Pakistani chip shop owner has to cope with a young family that has its own ideas about growing up. Two hilarious and moral tales spanning five years that show the sometimes seismic collisions of two cultures in one family...

Joyful, warm and caring, Maire adopts a young orphan named Tomas and whisks him off to a new home on a remote island off the coast of Ireland. She shares with him the joys of her island and introduces him to the folklore, including the secret of the seals, and teaches him that everything you need is inside of you - if you really look. Her husband Alec is unsympathetic to Tomas, and when tragedy strikes, the boy is faced with his greatest challenge yet... (Cert PG - 97mins)

Saturday, Feb 18th - 7.30pm

Saturday, Mar 3rd - 7.30pm Rebellious Billy Casper finds that training a kestrel takes his mind off his troubled home life and the bullies at school. Brought to the big screen by Palme d’Or-winning director Ken Loach, best known for his early kitchen sink dramas and set in the Northern English town of Barnsley, Kes is a gritty slice of working-class life in the ‘60s. (Cert PG -106mins)

Saturday, Mar 17th

Advance Bookingadvised

Western Night & Barbecue! Advance Bookingadvised

East is East at 5pm Curry Night at 7pm West is West at 8pm

A great theme night with a difference - enjoy either or both � lms with a sumptuous curry in between!

(Both films are Cert 15)

(Cert PG - 89 mins)

Saturday, September 15th - 7.30pm

The award-winning partnership of Machars Movies, St Ninian’s Hall and Isle Futures extend a warm welcome to everyone for our 2012 Season of great films from all round the world. This will be our fourth year, and thanks to the fantastic support shown by our Members as well as an appreciative number of visitors at our screenings, we are ready to embark on another very varied and exciting programme. Twenty top-ranking films have been selected for the core programme screening on selected Saturdays. Our very popular themed nights, with food and the option to dress ‘for the occasion’ continue, and we will also be taking part in several film and arts festivals with extra features and events.Machars Movies is run as a self-funding venture - membership fees cover only the cost of our operations and the hire of the Cinema, so your support by joining is vital in enabling us to plan ahead. Being a Member of Machars Movies means that you will also have priority booking for our Themed Nights, and be the first to receive information about additional films that will be shown during the year. We look forward to welcoming you!

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Our ObjectivesTo advance the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of film as an art form, and as a medium for education and information. We will also promote artistic and technical creativity in audio-visual techniques within our communities.

MACHARS MOVIES - THE TEAM2012 Committee

Douglas Ballantyne Kenny Barr Byron Chamberlain Kirsty Currie Ian Duncanson

Jeanette Duncanson Ian Fraser Hugh Jaques Michael Marshall Steve Robinson Linda Vickers

If you would like to book in advance please call

Machars Movies Secretary 01988 500911

or EMail: macharsmovies@btinternet.com

The story of a group of Czech pilots who came to Britain to fly with the Royal Air Force in the last war. A beautiful film filled with believable, complex relationships, well-drawn characters, and plenty of finely choreographed air-battle scenes between the young, headstrong Czechs and the perfectly organized Nazis. The film is based on real events; when the pilots returned home, they were treated as the enemy, not as heroes, and were subjected to jail and torture in their own land. (Cert 12 - 108mins)

Saturday, November 3rd - 7.30pm

southerly cinema!Saturday, November 17th - 8pm

The boozing, smoking, cussing captain of a tramp steamer, Charlie Allnut, saves prim and proper Rose Sayer after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa. Many quarrels later, the two set sail to sabotage a German ship. C S Forester’s novel, Hepburn and Bogie (who won an Oscar) make this a thoroughly enjoyable blend of comedy and adventure. Beautifully restored in high definition. (Cert PG - 105mins )

[Screening will be preceeded by the AGM at 7pm]

Saturday, December 1st - 7.30pmThe third collaboration between writer/director/actor Emilio Estevez and his actor father Martin Sheen. The film is the tender, poignant story of Tom, an American who arrives in France to collect the remains of his recently deceased son. Grief stricken and in search of a way to understand his son better, Tom decides to follow in his footsteps and embarks on the spectacular and potentially hazardous walk through the Pyrenees that claimed the life of his boy... (Cert 12 - 128 mins)

Saturday, December 15th - 7.30pmIn Soviet-era Russia, Andrei Filipov, conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, is stripped of his position during a performance of a Tchaikovsky concerto for refusing to expel his Jewish musicians. 30 years later, working at the theatre as a janitor, he intercepts a fax inviting the orchestra to play in Paris. Filipov reunites the sacked musicians and leads them on a mission to finish the concert they began in the 1980s, and regain their identity, dignity and pride. (Cert 15 - 119 mins)

2012 Season

...more than just a fi lm club.

Machars Movies - bringing critically acclaimed award-winning fi lms and a highly social cinema experience to the communities of the Machars.

thank you for supporting

machars movies!

How many � lms will there be? Our 2012 Season will have a core of twenty screenings of award-winning features and shorts from all over the world, some recent, some classic. � e � lms have been chosen by our Committee, whittled down from a list of nearly 80 titles! Additional screenings will be arranged as part of local and national events, and all Members will be kept informed of dates.Can I � nd out more about the � lms that will be shown? Our website www.macharsmovies.co.uk will be listing all the � lm programmes, and in the majority of cases you will be able to preview theatrical trailers with a simple mouse click. What does it cost? Membership is open to anyone over the age of 16*, and costs £30. (£25 Concessions). � is will entitle you, or your representative, to attend all screenings in this year’s core programme at the privileged Members’ price of just £2.50 per show. A Member may also purchase in advance a Guest Ticket for £6 (Concession £4); and a Young Person’s* ticket (12 & under) for £2.50. Special prices apply on � emed Nights where meals form part of the event; tickets for the � lm only may also be available. Members can also take advantage of concessionary rates for other events such as local and national � lm and arts festivals in which Machars Movies will be taking part.(*BBFC Cert ‘U’ ‘PG’ & ‘12’ or Exempt � lms only).

Can I just turn up at the door and buy a ticket? Members and their Guests or Young Person’s ticket holders have priority. Seats are strictly limited in number, and any unbooked seats will be released 15 minutes before the screening. Booking in advance will guarantee a seat, subject to availability.

Our Double bill Eastern Theme Night in March ‘East is East’ & ‘West is West’ features Linda Bassett & Om Puri

A monastery perched in the mountains of North Africa in the 1990s. Eight French Christian monks live in harmony with their Muslim brothers. When a crew of foreign workers is massacred by an Islamic fundamentalist group, fear sweeps though the region. The army offers them protection, but the monks refuse. Should they leave? Despite the growing menace in their midst, they slowly realize that they have no choice but to stay... come what may. (Cert 15 - 122 mins)

Saturday, October 20th - 7.30pm