Summer film series in Getchell Library begins in June
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures invites the community to its Summer 2007 Film Series. The purpose is to present a variety of films which portray the society, the cultures and people of different countries. This series will focus on American Musicals and selected movies.
Where: All films will be shown at the Getchell Library Projection Room on the Reno campus
When: Mondays and Wednesday at Noon—2:30 p.m.
The films are free and include English subtitles when applicable. MPAA rating guidelines will be adhered to.
For additional information you may visit the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures website, email fll@unr.nevada.edu, or call (775) 784-6055.
June 11 Chicago (USA) Rated PG-13, 113 min
Directed by Rob Marshall
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Chicago is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago’s famed murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town’s slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
June 13 Il Postino (Italy) Rated PG, 108 min
Directed by Michael Radford
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Cheered by critics and audiences everywhere, Il Postino (The Postman)is the record-breaking, Academy Award-winning romantic comedy that delivers heartfelt laughs. Mario is a bumbling mailman who’s madly in love with the most beautiful woman in town. When a world famous poet – Pablo Naruda – unexpectedly moves into town, Mario is inspired. With Naruda’s help he finds the right words to win the woman’s heart.
June 18 Ladies in Lavender (England) Rated PG-13, 104 min
Directed by Charles Dance
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This heartwarming film stars Academy Award winners Judi Dench and Maggie Smith as two sisters whose quiet lives dramatically change when they discover Andrea (Daniel Brühl), a badly injured young foreigner washed ashore near their coastal home in pre-war England.
June 20 That’s Dance (USA) Rated G, 105 min
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How do you capture the joy and magic of dance in a single movie? You bring together over fifty of the most famous dancers from the worlds film, ballet, and Broadway, present them in a series of dazzling musical sequences and you call the glorious result That’s Dancing.
June 25 Singin’ In The Rain (USA) Rated G, 103 min
Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
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An exhilarating and sprightly comedy, Singin’ In The Rain is perhaps the most popular of all Hollywood musicals.
June 27 The Age of Innocence (USA) Rated PG, 138 min
Directed by Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, Michele Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
Student writer Guia Del Prado can be reached at gi261@hotmail.com.
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