AUFS Programme
Term 3, 2009
Unless otherwise specified, all weekly films are screened in the Union Cinema, Level 5 of the Union Building (see the map). Film starts playing at at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings during term; admission is FREE for members; membership is available for $10 at the door.
From time to time we have door prize draws after the film - to be eligible for such draws you must arrive prior to the film start. There are usually people on the door from 6:45pm.
Adelaide University Film Society membership is $10 and all films are FREE for members, for the entire year! Non-Adelaide Uni students are required to join the Adelaide Uni Clubs' Association for insurance purposes ($5).
Programme
Week 1 (30/07):
Wall-E
Week 2 (06/08):
American Psycho
Week 3 (13/08):
Night of the Hunter
Week 4 (20/08):
The Merry Widow
Week 5 (27/08):
Starship Troopers
Week 6 (03/09):
The Man Who Would Be King
Week 7 (10/09):
Singin' in the Rain
Week 8 (17/09):
Blade Runner
To see past films shown, check out the programme archive.
WEEK 1, Thursday 30th July
Wall-E (2008)
Animation | Adventure | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi
Directed by Andrew Stanton.
Starring: Ben BUrtt, Elissa Knight.
In the distant future, a small waste collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. (USA, 98 mins)
WEEK 2, Thursday 6th August
American Psycho (2000)
Horror | Thriller
Directed by Mary Harron.
Starring: Christian Bale.
Patrick Bateman, a young, well to do man working on wall street at his father's company kills for no reason at all. As his life progresses his hatred for the world becomes more and more intense. Based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. (USA, 101 mins)
WEEK 3, Thursday 13th August
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
Directed by Charles Laughton.
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters.
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. (USA, 92 mins)
WEEK 4, Thursday 20th August
The Merry Widow (1934)
Musical | Comedy | Romance
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Starring: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald.
The small kingdom of Marshovia has a little problem. The main tax-payer, the wealthy widow Sonia (who pays 52% of the taxes) has left for Paris so Count Danilo is sent to Paris, to stop her from getting married by a stranger, so that the danger of removing the money is banned. But this is not that easy as the ambassador in Paris has planned. (USA, 99 mins)
WEEK 5, Thursday 27th August
Starship Troopers (1997)
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards.
In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity. (USA, 129 mins)
WEEK 6, Thursday 3rd September
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Action | Adventure
Directed by John Huston.
Starring: Sean Connery, Michael Caine.
Two British soldiers in India decide to resign from the Army and set themselves up as deities in Kafiristan -- a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander. (UK/USA, 129 mins)
WEEK 7, Thursday 10th September
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
Directed by Stanley Donen.
Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds.
In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they still decide to dub over her voice. Kathy Selden is brought in, an aspiring actress, and while she is working on the movie, Don falls in love with her. Will Kathy continue to "aspire", or will she get the break she deserves? (USA, 103 mins)
WEEK 8, Thursday 17th September
Blade Runner (1982)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Directed by Ridley Scott.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young.
In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human clones used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed lifespans. In Los Angeles, 2019, Deckard is a Blade Runner, a cop who specialises in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter the force when six replicants escape from an offworld colony to Earth. (USA, 117 mins)
