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COMEDY CLASSIC WITH LIVE PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT:
HAROLD LLOYD IN SAFETY LAST |
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DATE: Thurs 19 March
TIME: 7:30pm
PRESENTED BY: ABCD Film Society
VENUE: St Nicolas Church, Market Place
TICKETS: £4.50 from Frugal Food, 17 West St Helen St or 01235 522163 |
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 Directors: Fred Newmayer & Sam Taylor, USA 1923, 73 minutes.
SAFETY LAST is simply one of the great silent comedies by one of the geniuses of the era, along with Chaplin and Keaton. (Cert U).
Also showing: Harold Lloyd in NEVER WEAKEN, 24 minutes, USA 1921 (Cert U). With piano accompaniment by Andrew Youdell.
Registered Charity No. 292723 |
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| IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE
(Cert 15) |
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DATE: Tue 24 March
TIME: 7:45pm
PRESENTED BY: ABCD Film Society in association with Amnesty International Abingdon Group
VENUE: St Nicolas Church, Market Place
TICKETS: £4.50 from Frugal Food,
17 West St Helen St or 01235 522163 |
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 Director: Marc Evans, UK/USA, 2007, 87 minutes. A hard-hitting
documentary, produced by Colin and Lydia Firth, about Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been under sentence of death in a Philadelphia prison for over 20 years, including interviews with Snoop Dogg, Alice Walker and Noam Chomsky.
The film is strongly supported by Amnesty International UK as part of its world-wide campaign against capital punishment. A collection for Amnesty will be held following the screening.
Registered Charity No. 292723 |
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CELEBRATING BRITTEN AND AUDEN
A POT POURRI OF FILMS, MUSIC AND POEMS |
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DATE: Sat 28 March
TIME: 7:30pm
PRESENTED BY: ABCD Film Society
VENUE: St Nicolas Church, Market Place
TICKETS: £10.50 (concessions £8.50) from Frugal Food, 17 West St Helen St or 01235 522163 |
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 The films: Night Mail (UK, 1936) (Cert E) and The Way To The Sea (UK, 1936) (Cert E), both with music by Britten and poetry by Auden. The music: Benjamin Britten: Cabaret Songs and On This Island (selection). Samuel Barber: The Monk And His Cat and The Praises Of God (songs by Irish monks translated W. H. Auden).
Sung by Ciara O'Connor, accompanied on piano by Wendy Hiscocks. Poetry: Judy Gray and Bill Branson read a selection of Auden's poems.
Registered Charity No. 292723 |
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DATE: Thurs 2 April
TIME: 7:45pm
PRESENTED BY: ABCD Film Society
VENUE: Abingdon & Witney College, Wootton Rd
TICKETS: £4.50 from Frugal Food, 17 West St Helen St or 01235 522163 |
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 Director: Wes Anderson, USA 2007, 101 minutes. Three American brothers journey across India by train, hoping to find their mother and to attain a higher mental state. Their absurdly comic journey takes them in many
unintended directions, their childhood characteristics still both uniting and dividing them by turns. Starring Jason Schwartzmann, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson, with Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston in cameo roles. (Cert 15)
Registered Charity No. 292723 |
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