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The Fleapit Cinema Club
Second SeasonSeptember 1998 - April 1999
Gone with the Wind 2/4/99
US, 1939 Dir. Victor Flemming 7:00 for 7:30
Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Vivien Leigh
The film that became a myth and one for which new
adjectives, like epic and sweeping, had to be found. All
rather meaningless, though, until you see it on the big
screen.
To celebrate the close of our second season a buffet
supper will be served during the interval. Please note
as the film runs for 231 minutes the doors will open at
7:00pm and the film will start at 7:30pm prompt.
L’Année Dernière à Marienbad 19/3/99
France/Italy, 1961 Dir. Alain Resnais Cinemascope
Delphine Seyring, Francois Bertin
new wave French cinema at its most enigmatic. This
absorbing, surreal study of time, remembrance and love
wears its ‘masterpiece’ mantle with exemplary style.
The Fleapit Cinema ClubWesterham Hall
Quebec Avenue, Westerham, Kent.
Doors and bar open 7:30PM Main Feature starts 8:00PM unless otherwise indicated.
The SeASon AT A GLAnCe
Ryan’s Daughter 25th September’98
School for Scoundrels 9th october’98
Cinema Paradiso 23rd october’98
Smilla’s Sense of Snow 20th november’98
Ridicule 4th December’98
The Muppet Christmas Carol 26th December’98
Babette’s Feast 8th January’99
Richard III 29th January’99
Jour de Fête 12th February’99
The Yellow Rolls Royce 26th February’99
Last Year in Marienbad 19th March’99
Gone With The Wind 2nd April’99
Tickets for Members’ Guests are £2.50
payable on the door.
Seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
As a Film Club, we are not bound by the classification system
of the British Board of Film Censors. We believe it is down to
the personal judgement of parents and guardians to decide if a
film is suitable and will gladly provide additional information
on any of the films being shown if required.
For further information please contact:
Mark de Angeli on 01732-863967
Richard III 29/1/99
US, 1996 Dir. Richard Loncraine Cinemascope
Ian McKellen, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne
This energetic version of Shakespeare’s most robust play
successfully transports the court of the regicidal and
sociopathic anti-hero to a 1930s fascist Britain.
McKellen leads a splendid mid-Atlantic cast.
The Yellow Rolls Royce 26/2/99
UK, 1965 Dir. Anthony Asquith Cinemascope
Ingrid Bergman, Alain Delon, Rex Harrison, Shirley
MacLaine, Omar Sharif
The stories of three owners of the eponymous automobile
make this one of the most successful, and certainly the
most charming, of all episodic films.
Jour de Fête 12/2/99
France, 1949 Dir. Jacques Tati
Tati’s feature-length directorial debut follows a French
village on holiday and sets the fluid, virtually plotless
comic style that has made him one of the best-loved of all
filmmakers. Wonderful.
School for Scoundrels 9/10/98
UK, 1960 Dir. Robert hamer
Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Hattie
Jacques, John le Mesurier, Gerald Campion, Alastair
Sim, Irene Handl
one look at the cast list and the knowledge that the film
is based on Stephen Potter’s ‘oneupmanship’ books tells
you all you need to know about this wonderfully funny
and well cast British comedy that demonstrates real wit
as it takes a modern audience down memory lane.
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso 23/10/98
France/Italy, 1988 Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Agnese Nano, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin
This enchanting and nostalgic look at the effect cinema
had on a young boy growing up in post-war Italy is told
with great charm and sincerity in bitter-sweet flashback.
This semi-autobiographical tale has a significantly
greater impact than its small-world plot might suggest.
Could be on its way to classic status.
Smilla’s Sense of Snow 20/11/98
Germany/Denmark/Sweden, 1997 Dir. Billie August
Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Vanessa
Redgrave
This film pulls off a rare trick for contemporary thrillers
- it is both taut and exciting and, thanks to the passages
set among the Inuit in Greenland, lyrical.
Ryan’s Daughter 25/9/98
UK, 1970 Dir. David Lean Cinemascope
Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, John Mills
Perhaps best remembered now for John Mills’ oscar-
winning bravura performance as village idiot Michael,
Lean’s customarily epic approach makes full use of his
$12 million budget to stretch Robert Bolt’s minimalist
and intimate screenplay of love, infidelity and intrigue in
1916 Ireland as far as it could conceivably go.
Ridicule 4/12/98
France, 1996 Dir. Patrice Laconte
Charles Berling, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godreche
In the 18th century French court of Louis XVI, the
possession of a rapier wit could take one up the social
ladder faster and further than money, land or even
birthright and conversely to be ridiculed could lead to
ostracisation and suicide. Against this background, we
watch the rise of Baron Gregoire Ponceludon de
Malavoy, an impoverished rural ingenue newly arrived
at court to beg the King to lend him the money necessary
to drain the deadly stagnant pools on his estate. A very
Continental love triangle and the gloriously sumptuous
setting add to the drama and atmosphere. The film
admirably demonstrates that the British do not have a
monopoly on stylish costume dramas.
Muppet Christmas Carol 26/12/98US, 1992 Dir. Brian henson 3:30 for 4:00
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Michael Caine
This delightful family film follows the spirit, if not the
letter, of Dickens’ sentimental tale with surprising
faithfulness. If ever a frog was to play Bob Cratchitt, then
it just had to be Kermit. Michael Caine makes an
excellent Scrooge and remains unfazed by his puppet co-
stars. Some good jokes for the grown-ups too in this, the
third time the Muppets ventured onto celluloid.
elcome to the second season of the FleapitCinema Club with an extended run of 12 films.The cost of Membership and Guest tickets,
though, stays the same.
one of the most striking features of the first season wasthat attendance from one film to the next was pretty wellequal regardless of whether it was a well-loved Britishcomedy, a hollywood great, something more esotericfrom the Continent or an early classic. Thus, this secondseason offers similar variety.
The Fleapit will also continue to be as much aboutmeeting and making friends as it is about enjoying greatfilms. Talking of which, every performance will onceagain commence with a classic Tom & Jerry cartoon!
Membership is open to all and we look forward towelcoming you.
Babettes Gaestebud 8/1/99
Denmark/France, 1987 Dir. Gabriel Axel
Bibi Andersson, Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer
exiled following the 1871 Paris uprisings, Chef de
Cuisine Babette comes to live in a rough Danish coastal
town where she is taken in by two devout spinster sisters.
Then she decides to blow all her lottery winnings on a
massive feast for the entire village...So runs the central
plot but it is the twists and turns that make this oscar
winner (Best Foreign Picture) a must-see. Look out for
cameo performances by Bergman regulars Bibi
Andersson and Jarl Kulle.
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