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OLIVER TWIST
SHOW DATE: 9/25
SPEAKER(S): Ellen Handler Spitz
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Roman Polanski. Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens.
2005, USA, PG-13. Runtime 130 min.
Based on the Charles Dickens novel, Oliver Twist tells the tale of an orphan boy who runs away from a workhouse to the less than wholesome streets of London. Oliver is taken in by a gang of pickpockets and thieves who are trained to steal for their master Fagin. This portrait of a simple child caught up in the whirl of Industrial Revolution England resonates as much now, in the modern world, as it did the day it was written. Oliver Twist has been the subject of at least twenty film adaptations including a musical. It behooves us to take a look and see what Roman Polanski has to show us on the matter.
Official Site:
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/olivertwist/
Here's the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380599/trailers
THE THING ABOUT MY FOLKS
SHOW DATE: 9/18
SPEAKER(S): Violet Glaze
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by Raymond De Felitta. Screenplay by Paul Reiser. Starring Peter Falk,
Paul Reiser, Olympia Dukakis, Elizabeth Perkins. 2005, USA, PG-13. 96 minutes.
The Thing About My Folks teams two singular talents – legendary actor Peter Falk
and writer actor Paul Reiser – for a hilariously truthful look at family and
marriage. The film follows a father and son who set out on an impromptu road
trip in the wake of mom’s unexpected defection.
Official Site: http://www.myfolksmovie.com
Our guest speaker this week is Violet Glaze, film critic and contributing writer
for the Baltimore City Paper. Her work has appeared in Link, Radar Review, and
(soon) Opium Magazine. She is also a two-time Emmy award winning producer at
Maryland Public Television, and teaches Film History at Carver Center for Arts
and Technology.
PROOF
SHOW DATE: 9/11/05
SPEAKER(S): TBA
Here's some information about the film:
Directed by John Madden.
Screenplay by David Auburn, adapted from his Pulitzer Prize winning play.
2005, USA, PG-13.
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently
deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity.
Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students who wants to search
through his papers and her estranged sister who shows up to help settle his
affairs.
Official Site:
http://www.miramax.com/uf_index.html
Here’s the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377107/trailers
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