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Get Low
7pm: Sept 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22
9pm: Sept 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19,
21
2009 • UNITED STATES
Dir: Aaron Schneider
100min • Rated PG 13
Very loosely-based on real events, Get Low tells the story of a backwoods hermit (played by Robert Duvall with grace and spirit) in depression era Tennessee who decides to hold his own funeral while he is still alive.
For nearly 40 years, Felix has guarded his privacy while living alone in the woods. Rumors about his past have circulated the district for decades. One fateful day, however, Felix rides into town, to “get low” – that is get down to business – regarding plans for a memorial service. But Felix wants to preside at his own funeral. It will be a party and will give folks an opportunity to tell stories and tales about him whether good or bad.
The story is about loneliness, guilt, redemption, forgiveness, love and mortality. There have been very few recent films that explore such difficult territory and do so with such humanity, decency and humor. Also sporting an excellent cast including Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek.
This film, calm but full of feeling, relays an intriguing story brought to life by some beautiful actors. (Michael Cole, Chicago Tribune)
It’s Duvall and Murray who make Get Low a small, wonderful thing. (Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail)
The Last Steamship
7pm: Sept 3
2010 • CANADA
Dir: Leanne Schinkel
90min • Suitable for all ages
The Last Steamship chronicles the events
surrounding the first and only nautical disaster
in prairie history: the wreck of the luxurious
SS City of Medicine Hat, a 130-foot steamship which met her
untimely end on June 8th, 1908 when she crashed into the newly constructed Traffic Bridge and sank to the bottom of the swiftly
fl owing South Saskatchewan river – right in downtown Saskatoon.
In 2006, divers from Saskatoon Fire and Protective Services
recovered a hundred-year-old anchor that was quickly confirmed
to be a relic from the ill-fated vessel. The discovery of the anchor
ignited the curiosity of shipwreck enthusiasts and historians alike,
and as a result, an intensive underwater excavation was planned in
the hopes of discovering more artifacts. Director Leanne Schinkel,
producer Nils Sorensen, and editor Corby Evenson were on hand
to capture this exciting adventure on film!
The premiere, presented by SaskEnergy, will be followed by a choreographed fireworks display at 9:30 PM by the Saskatoon Fireworks Festival at River Landing, on the Traffic Bridge – the very location where the SS City of Medicine Hat crashed and sank!
Billy Elliot - Flicks Family Matinee
1pm: Saturday, Sept 4
ONE SCREENING ONLY
2002 • UNITED KINGDOM
Dir: Stephen Daldry
110min • Rated R – With the exception of
some strong language and profanity (necessary
for the authenticity in these characters, the “R”
rating should not mislead you.)
Tickets: $5 adults / $3 children
Jamie Bell is flawless as the 11 year old Billy Elliott, a boy growing up in the 1980’s historic British miner’s strike era.
In an era when brawn and becoming a man was expected, Billy has the courage to stand up to his father and older brother (both miners) to pursue his dreams of becoming a dancer rather than a fighter.
Julie Walters is superb as the local ballet teacher who takes Billy under her wing.
MIDNIGHT MADNESS: THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE
Friday, Sept 10
Doors: 11:30pm
Showtime: Midnight
• Tickets: $10
2009 • NETHERLANDS
Dir: Tom Six
92min • Not Rated (would be Restricted) • Blu-ray
Bad Monster Films and Kinosmith proudly present the year’s most controversial movie The Human Centipede! In Germany,
two American women and a Japanese man fall victim to a
demented surgeon who plans to recreate a horrific operation
with humans. The demented surgeon plans to be the first
person to connect people via their gastric systems. By doing
so, he plans to bring to life his sick lifetime fantasy, the human
centipede.
This shocking film has taken the world by storm and claims to be 100% medically accurate!
“It delivers on more than it should. It’s visceral when it needs to
be, funny when you think it shouldn’t be, and has one thing most
modern horror flicks almost never have--a horrifying and truly
satisfying ending” – (Eric Melin, Scene-Stealers.com)
MIDNIGHT MADNESS: A NIGHTMARE ON
ELM STREET 3: DREAM
WARRIORS
Saturday, Sept 11
Doors: 11:30pm • Showtime:
Midnight • Tickets: $10
1987 • USA • Dir: Chuck Russell
96min • Rated R • 35mm
Bad Monster Films proudly brings you the Dream Stalker you’ve all been having nightmares about! He’s here to slash that crappy remake out of your thoughts and bring you real terror! A real deal 35mm screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The best sequel in the entire franchise!
The third Nightmare continues Freddy’s story with the sole survivor of the first movie, Nancy Thompson. Nancy has just accepted a position as a research scientist at a psychiatric institution near the fated house on Elm Street and is working with a group of children who all share nightmares of Freddy. She discovers that one of the children (Kristen) has a special gift that may help them destroy Freddy forever.
“One of the toughest horror movies of the ‘80’s. The most spectacular and disturbing special effects since ‘The Exorcist’!” – (Phil Nutman, Fangoria)