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OFF THE MAP
SHOW DATE: 3/20
SPEAKER(S): Gavin Witt
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Campbell Scott
2003, U.S., 108 min.
Across the ancient high desert landscape of northern
New Mexico, an extraordinary family embarks on a
lyrical journey of self-discovery that reveals
unexpected moments of grace and the unpredictable but
enduring nature of love. In Campbell Scott's OFF THE
MAP, the poetry of a time and a place marked by
simplicity comes into full bloom.
OFF THE MAP, directed by Campbell Scott from a play by
Joan Ackermann, who adapted the material for the
screen, stars Joan Allen, a three-time Oscar® nominee,
Valentina de Angelis, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Jim
True-Frost and Amy Brenneman.
Official Site and trailer:
http://www.offthemapmovie.com/
THIS WEEK’S GUEST SPEAKER: Gavin Witt, Center Stage
dramaturg.
DOWNFALL
SHOW DATE: 3/13
SPEAKER(S): tba
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
2004, Germany, 150 min.
BERLIN, APRIL 20, 1945: Hitler has retreated to a
bunker system under the German Chancellery. Traudl
Junge is asleep in her room, deep beneath the ground.
She is awakened by tremors from artillery fire. The
enemy is getting closer. Charting the last 10 days of
Hitler's life, from his 56th birthday on April 20th,
1945 to his suicide on April 30th, the film uses
multiple characters to show the chaos of a country
coming apart at the seams, from Hitler's henchman
under the streets of Berlin, to the soldiers and
civilians fighting and dying as the Soviet Army
ravaged the city above.
When writer-producer Bernd Eichinger read the galleys
of historian Joachim Fest’s book “Der Untergang” (“The
Downfall: Inside Hitler’s Bunker, The Last Days of the
Third Reich”), he knew he had found the dramatic key
to a film he had wanted to make for decades, but never
thought possible due to its scope. Fest’s book focuses
on the final days of the Reich, and Eichinger saw that
the horrifying epic of Hitler and his people during
his twelve years in power was reflected in those last
twelve days in the bunker. “The final days tell us a
lot about how the mass fanaticism functioned in the
regime's earlier years and how it continued to reign
until the bitter end.”, says Eichinger.
Official Site and trailer:
HTTP://www.downfallthefilm.com
ThE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL
SHOW DATE: 3/6
SPEAKER(S): Wild Bird Rescue
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Judy Irving
2003, US, 83 min.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is the true story
of a Bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable
relationship with a flock of wild green-and-red
parrots. Mark Bittner, a homeless street musician in
San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he searches
for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots
will bring him everything he needs. The film
celebrates urban wildness, Bohemian and avian, and
links the parrots' antics to human behavior.
Official Site and trailer:
http://www.wildparrotsfilm.com/trailer.html
THIS WEEK’S GUEST SPEAKER is from Wild Bird Rescue,
an all-volunteer network of licensed wildlife
rehabilitators, veterinarians, transporters and other
interested individuals dedicated to the rescue,
rehabilitation and return to the wild of sick,
orphaned and injured birds and small mammals in and
around central Maryland
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