2009+Movie+Blurbs

The Power of One-Period 2 + 4

John G. Avildsen, director of Rocky and The Karate Kid, adapts Bryce Courtenay's compassionate novel about the coming of age of a white anti-apartheid activist during the years of World War II in South Africa. Avildsen cumbersomely grafts Courtenay's tale of fighting apartheid onto a Hollywood-style fight-for-the-championship bout. Seven-year-old P.K. (Guy Witcher) is a white South African raised on his family's farm by his Zulu nanny. By the time he's 18 years old, P.K. (now played by Stephen Dorff) is becoming the Great White Hope for the black Africans, boxing his way into their hearts and minds. He joins up with an old boxing foe (Alois Moyo), who is now a township activist, and takes up the apartheid struggle. But things get confusing when P.K. falls in love with the daughter (Fay Masterson) of an apartheid leader. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide



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DF-Plex will be showing: Good Bye Lenin (2003) (German) Directed by Wolfgang Becker --Tuesday, April 7th-- Location: Room GH 001 Showtimes: Periods 3, 4 and 2 Early



Plot: East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot... (source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/plotsummary)

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McGeehan-plex will be showing: "PERSEPOLIS" (2007) Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Statrapi Periods 1,3

1970s Iran. In this animated film that initially drew complaints from the Iranian government, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs.



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**The Kite Runner**

//South of the Border Films// proudly presents: The Kite Runner (2003) (USA) Directed by Marc Forster --Tuesday, April 7th-- Location: Room GH02 Showtimes: Periods 2 Early and 3

Some movies change the way you see the world, others change the way you see yourself; this film will change //who// you are. War dehumanizes and justifies the greatest evils know to man. //The Kite Runner// will open your eyes and hearts to a level of humanity you may not have known before.

//The Kite Runner// by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the [|Wazir Akbar Khan] district of [|Kabul], who betrayed his best friend Hassan, the son of his father's [|Hazara] servant but lives in regret. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the [|Soviet invasion], the mass exodus of [|refugees] to [|Pakistan] and the [|United States] , and the rise of the [|Taliban] regime.

If you love movies, it's impossible not to appreciate //Cinema Paradiso//. A famous film director returns home to a Sicilian village for the first time after almost 30 years. He reminisces about his childhood at the Cinema Paradiso where Alfredo, the projectionist, first brought about his love of films. He is also reminded of his lost teenage love, Elena, who he had to leave before he left for Rome. (Source: IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095765/)
 * ~  || === Cinema Paradiso directed by Giuseppe Tornatore === ||
 * ~  || === Won Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1990 === ||
 * ~  || === will be showing on Tuesday April 7th === ||
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 * ~  || === All cinephiles are welcome! === ||
 * ~  || === All cinephiles are welcome! === ||



The Namesake (2007), GH 103 Periods 1, 3, 4

Spanning two generations, two clashing cultures, and two very different ways of life that crash into each other only to become lovingly intertwined, THE NAMESAKE is utimately about that imminently relevant question: What does it mean to be an American family?

In her most personal film to date, acclaimed director Mira Nair brings to the screen a poignant and transporting version of Jhumpa Lahiri's best-selling novel. Jumping between the equally colorful and vibrant cities of Calcutta and New York, THE NAMESAKE is about a very different kind of contemporary American family: the Gangulis, who came to the U.S. from India in order to experience a world of limitless opportunities-- only to be confronted with the perils and confusion of trying to build a meaningful life in a baffling new society.

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Witness Alive- the thrilling true-life adventure of challenge and survival. In this action-packed hit, a team of tough rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the desolate, snow-covered Andes Mountains. Stranded there, they must overcome incredible odds to stay alive. See for yourself the unforgettable story of ordinary young men who find courage in the face of disaster and test the very limits of human endurance. It's an astonishing, death-defying triumph that will both entertain you and inspire you. Playing periods 2L & 3 GH 106 Sra. Leigh