Directed by Susanne Bier. Written By Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgard, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Christian Tafdrup.




2006 Denmark Rated R 115 minutes.


Synopsis

Jacob Petersen (Mads Mikkelsen) is from Denmark, but he's dedicated his life to saving orphans in India. One day, Jacob receives a bizarre request: Jorgen (Rolf Lassgård), a rich businessman, will donate several million dollars to Jacob's orphanage, but only if he will return to Denmark and take part in Jorgen's daughter's wedding.

Click here for official site and trailer!

http://aftertheweddingmovie.com/


Cinema Sundays leaves the world of Barry Goldwater and politics for the sunny Scandinavian skies of India! The Wedding Crashers meets Cries and Whispers in this fascinating much acclaimed drama which was nominated for Best Foreign Film in 2006. Much as we would love to serve danish this week...we are still serving bagels. I also want to report the sad passing of the Rye Bagel. Rye was well love by many but sadly, not many enough.

Our speaker for this week is Gavin Witt from Center Stage. Gavin has done great work for us in the past and I’m sure will have great insights on this weeks offering as well.

Directed by Julie Anderson. Starring Barry Goldwater, James Carville, Walter Cronkite, John Dean, John McCain, the Goldwater Family, and almost every other figure who was ever involved in American politics.




2007 USA Rated R for Republican. 90 minutes.


Synopsis

Barry M. Goldwater, rose from being a local businessman in Arizona (which was not yet a state when he was born) to become a hugely influential U.S. Senator whose 30-year career reached a crescendo with his ill-fated run for President in 1964.

The film follows that tumultuous year, as well as others in a career that encompassed numerous political and ideological triumphs. Though he never achieved the ultimate prize, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 vindicated the conservative agenda Goldwater had long championed.

Ironically, in later years, Goldwater's support of issues like abortion and gay rights were diametrically opposed to those of the "new conservative" leadership, underscoring both the distance the country has traveled in the last 40 years, as well as the dogged independence Goldwater embodied up to his death in 1998.

At the height of his power, Goldwater was the symbol of conservatism, denouncing Liberals and Communists while advocating limited government, free enterprise, separation of church and state, and a strong defense.

But because of his unequivocal opinions, Goldwater was vulnerable to attacks that labeled him pro-war and anti-Civil Rights. Those perceptions, coupled with JFK's death a year before the election, undermined Goldwater's presidential hopes, though he remained a strong and influential Senate voice for 23 more years.

In addition to detailing Goldwater's rise in politics, Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater includes a myri! ad of an ecdotes and insights about Goldwater's private and public life. Identified as much with his home state of Arizona as JFK was with Massachusetts, Goldwater was, according to George Will, "not just from Arizona .... he looked like Arizona."

In an era when JFK became the first Catholic ever to be elected President, Goldwater was in fact half Jewish. Remembers Robert MacNeil, "He often told the story about being born of a Jewish father and an Episcopalian mother. He would say things like, 'I went to a golf club where they wouldn't let Jews play, and I said, "I'm only half Jewish. Can I play nine holes?'"

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater includes interviews with Senators Edward Kennedy, Hillary Rodham Clinton (a onetime "Goldwater Girl") and John McCain (who succeeded Goldwater in Arizona); former TV anchorman Walter Cronkite; humorist Al Franken; TV correspondent Robert MacNeil; former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee; author George Will; 60 Minutes' Andy Rooney; CBS News' Bob Schieffer; White House reporter Helen Thomas; political consultant James Carville; former White House Counsel John Dean; Goldwater's brother, Bob; sons Barry, Jr. (a onetime House Representative from California) and Michael; daughters Joanne and Peggy; and others.

Click here for official site and trailer!

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/mrconservative/index.html


Ladies and gentlemen. I promised you a documentary and by gosh we have one. I was hoping to book The Romance of the 7 Tractor Drivers…a seven hour epic about life on the collective farm but sadly the 14mm print wasn’t available from Belarus films. Instead we have what should be a fascinating look at one of the most interesting and enduring figures of American political life.

Our speaker for this week is Barry Rascovar who writes for The Gazette, is featured on WYPR’s Inside Maryland Politics and is also a political commentator for WBAL TV. His own personal take on Barry Goldwater should prove most interesting.
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I wa nt to thank our speaker from last week Joseph Schaub for his work on Fracture, I know we all appreciated his insights.