ABOUT THE MOVIES AUNTY AND THE STAR PEOPLE NZ 1h22 Documentary Documentary exploring the double life of Jean Watson - an anonymous elderly writer living in a modest flat in Wellington New Zealand. But in southern India, she is revered as the famous ‘Jean Aunty’. 30 years ago she sold her Wellington house and used the proceeds to buy the land for a children’s home in Tamil Nadu in southern India. COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE PERFORMANCE Tickets from De-Lish Actor, story teller, artist and teacher Ralph Johnson will perform classical theatre, accompanied by performers under his direction, who attended the Commedia Dell’Arte mask making workshop the previous week at Tui Events Park. THE DEADLANDS (R16) 1h47 NZ Period Action-Adventure Maori history is brought alive in this period-set action-adventure based on the traditional fighting art of Mau rākau. After his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery, the chieftan's teenage son Hongi (James Rolleston, Boy) must avenge his father's death in order to bring honour to the souls of his loved ones. His only hope is to pass through the forbidden Dead Lands and forge an alliance with the mysterious "Warrior". HIP HOP-ERATION (PG) NZ 1h33 Feel-good Documentary Before Waiheke became a playground for the wealthy, it was known for its subversive, counter-cultural element. As it happens some of those subversives still live there, and they banded together in old age to overthrow conventional notions of dance and age by forming a 27 strong hip-hop troupe. THE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED (M) Sweden 1hr54 Adventure Drama Comedy There's more than a sprinkling of magic, and explosives(!), in this beautifully conceived and executed tale about Dynamite expert Allan Karlsson, a centenarian who likes blowing up things, and the unlikely events following his escape from the old folk's home on his 100th birthday. THE LUNCHBOX (PG) India 1h44 Drama Romance A little pinch of happiness can change your life. A neglected housewife connects romantically, and gastronomically, with a lonely widower through an exchange of intimate little confessions via lunchbox deliveries. A treat for the heartstrings and taste buds. THE MAZE RUNNER (M) USA 1h53 Fantasy Thriller In a dystopian future, a group of boys are delivered to The Glade a large, open expanse ringed by a looming stone maze - with no memory of who they are or how they got there. Their only chance for escape is through The Maze@.. MET OPERA: MACBETH 3h13 USA Recorded live performance Adrian Noble’s production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, performed as part of the Metropolitan Opera's 2013-2014 season captured live in HD on stage. Anna Netrebko moves into Verdi with her portrayal of Lady Macbeth, the mad and murderous mate of Željko Lucic’s doomed Macbeth. Fabio Luisi conducts. MY OLD LADY (M) 1h47 USA, France Comedy Drama Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover live-in tenants (Maggie Smith and Kristin Scott Thomas. NT Live Presents MEDEA 1h40 Euripides’ Powerful Tragedy Starring Helen McCrory as Medea, the vengeful wife and mother who exacts an appalling revenge after abandonment and exile– a stunning and moving new version of the classic drama. PRIDE (M) UK 2h Comedy Drama True Story Rousing, true story on the bitter 1984 Miners' strike in Margaret Thatcher's Britain, which fosters an unlikely union of solidarity between embattled mineworkers and the militant gay and lesbian community. Though the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support, the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners - setting off in a mini bus to the a village in deepest Wales, to make their donation in person. Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton. ROCK THE CASBAH (M) 1h39 Morocco Light Drama Bittersweet, Moroccan drama chronicling a middle class family who reunite to mourn the death of their father (screen legend Omar Sharif), set over the three day period called for by Muslim tradition. As the family gather, sparks fly and dramatic secrets are unearthed.
MOVIE PROGRAMME OCT-NOV 2014 Fri Sat
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Postman Pat (PG)(Final) Pride (M) ALLSHORTS Golden Bay’s Short Film Festival Tickets $15 Golden Bay Gallery NT Live Presents: Medea Admission $20/25 The Lunch Box (PG) Aunty and the Star People (PG) Pride (M) Commedia Dell”Arte Performance MATINEE: Hip Hop-eration (PG) The Lunchbox (PG)(Final) The Maze Runner (M) The Deadlands (R16) The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (M) Encore screening Pride (M) Rock the Casbah (M) The Deadlands (R16) Pride (M) MATINEE Aunty and the Star People (PG) Rock the Casbah (M) The Maze Runner (M) Pride (M) The Deadlands (R16) MET Opera: Macbeth admission $28/33 Season passes available at discount. Hip Hop-eration (PG) The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (M) Encore screening Pride (M) Rock the Casbah (M)(Final) My Old Lady (M) Hip Hop-eration (PG)(Final) The Maze Runner (M)(Final) Pride (M)(Final) Aunty and the Star People (PG)(Final) The Deadlands (R16)(Final)
Bookings: For bookings please call 525 8453. Tickets have to be uplifted 20 minutes in advance. Ticket Prices Adults (16 and over) Senior Citizens, Students (with ID) Children (4-15) 3D Glasses Hire
The Village Theatre, 32 Commercial Street, Takaka. ph: 525 8453 email:
[email protected] www.villagetheatre.org.nz
$14.00 $12.00 $8.00 $3.00
