The Fleapit Cinema Club

Fifth SeasonSeptember 2001 - March 2002

Breakfast at Tiffany’s 5/4/021949 - UK - 81 min. - B&W M 35 7:00 for 7:30Director: Blake EdwardsAudrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, BuddyEbsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey RooneyImpish hepburn gives the performance of a lifetime asthe carefree and charming holly Golightly, a grown-upgirl with the soul of a child, whose past is unraveled asher relationship with Paul (George Peppard also in hisbest role) develops. This unconventional romance hasbecome one of the most cherished in the cannon and is afitting climax to the season. As is our custom for the last film of the season supperwill be served in the interval – details will be sent tomembers later in the season.

The Seven Samurai 15/3/021954 - Japan - 204 min. - B&W M 35Director: Akira KurosawaTakashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio InabaWidely hailed as one of the finest films ever made,Kuraswa’s epic uses the simple plot (Samurai warriorscome to the aid of a peasant village besieged by bandits)that was copied in the Magnificent Seven. But thehollywood version, good though it is, doesn’t sustain thehighly charged clash of cultures that is at the heart of theJapanese original original. Through the septet of duty-bound heroes, each a beautifully drawn individual,Kurasawa explores his broader themes that culminate ina devastating and poignant final scene. Containing someof the best battle sequences ever filmed, Kuraswamaintains our rapt attention throughout.

Unforgiven 1/3/021992 - USA - 135 min. - Colour MDirector: Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman,Richard Harrishollywood’s revival of the western started withEastwood’s own Pale Rider in 1985, proved itself at thebox office in 1990 with the overlong Dancing withWolves and reached its apogee with this uncompromisingand darkly perceptive revisionist masterpiece asEastwood takes classic Western set pieces and plotlinesand turns them on their head. It deservedly got the nodfrom Uncle oscar, winning both Best Film and BestDirector. Eastwood’s finest, and most compelling, hour.

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

Passport to Pimlico 21st September’01

Prospero’s Books 5th october’01

Le notti di Cabiria 19th october’01

The Blair Witch Project 2nd november’01

Wo hu Zang Long 16th november’01

Der Blaue Engel 7th December’01

The Slipper and The Rose 26th December’01

Band à Part 4th January’02

Leon the Pig Farmer 18th January’02

Black & White night* 1st February’02

Best in Show 15th February’02

Unforgiven 1st March’02

The Seven Samurai 15th March’02

Breakfast at Tiffany’s 5th April’02

*See summary for details

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the personal judgement of parents and guardians to decide if a

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on any of the films being shown if required.

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Best in Show 15/2/022000 - USA - 90 min. – Colour M 35Director: Christopher GuestBob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest,John Michael HigginsFrom the people who brought you Spinal Tap, this witty,semi-improvised mock documentary about theprestigious Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show is on itsway to becoming a classic. Brilliantly observed, superblyplayed and laugh-out-loud funny, this is comic writingand character playing at its absolute best. Someonedescribed this film as ‘perfect’ and when you leave at theend sporting the biggest grin of your life, you’ll knowwhat she meant.

Black & White Night M 1/2/02An evening devoted to cinema’s first flowering,accompanied, naturally, by a live pianist. Shorts and asilent comedy complement our two classic mainfeatures...

Metropolis1927 - Germany - 115 min. - B&WDirector: Fritz LangAlfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge,Theodor Loos, Heinrich GeorgeSet in 2000, where a wealthy ruling class lives inskyscraper luxury above the proletariat enslaved instygian toil, the scale of Fritz Lang’s extraordinarydystopian nightmare is still awe-inspiring 70 years on. Acomplex living monument to German Expressionism, itsspectacular theatrical sets, special effects way ahead oftheir time and a compelling storyline of personal andsocial apocalypse make this a truly memorableexperience.

Nosferatu1922 - Germany - 63 min. - B&WDirector: W. MurnauMax Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav vonWangenheim, Greta SchroederForget Christopher Lee, thanks to Max Schreck’sunforgettable performance in the title role and thesustained, doom-laden atmosphere driven by excellentlocation filming and groundbreaking cinematictechniques, F.W. Murnau’s haunting retelling of theDracula story remains the best version yet despite 80years of remakes. So good, in fact, that Bram Stoker’sestate sued for breach of copyright.

Passport to Pimlico 21/09/011949 - UK - 81 min. - B&W MDirector: henry CorneliusStanley Holloway, Barbara Murray, Betty Warren,Raymond Huntley, Hermione Baddeley, MargaretRutherford, Sam KyddWe open with a joyous slice of Ealing whimsy as anancient parchment, proving that Pimlico belongs toBurgundy, is uncovered and the incomparable Stanleyholloway is made head of the new government. Thelocals take riotous advantage of their new foreign statusdefying a millennium of Anglo-French relations. Greatfun for Eurosceptics and Europhiles alike.

The Blair Witch Project 2/11/011999 - USA - 87 min. - Colour & B&W MDirector: Daniel Myrick and Eduardo SánchezHeather Donahue, Michael A. Williams, Joshua LeonardAs atmospheric, original, suspenseful surprising and,yes, frightening as Psycho. Following the golden rule ofhorror – show nothing, suggest everything – first-timeDirectors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez turned a$50,000 credit card debt into more than $100 million atthe box office as they asked a simple question: what didhappen to those three students who went into the woodsto research the ancient legend of the Blair Witch? Dareyou come and find out?

Le Notti di Cabiria 19/10/011957 - France / Italy - 111 min. - B&WDirector: Federico FelliniGiulietta Massina, François Perier, Mimmo Poli, MarioPassante, Amedeo Nazzari, Al Silvani, Polidor, MariaLuisa RolandoThe eponymous heroine, sympathetically played byFellini’s wife, is the proverbial empty-headed tart with aheart, vainly searching for true love among her clientsincluding a famous film star and a shy, duplicitousaccountant. Described by Fellini as the story of “awoman in love with love,” if the plot seems familiar, it isbecause the film was reincarnated, in a slightly softerform, on Broadway and celluloid as Sweet Charity,which we screened last season.

Der Blaue Engel 7/12/011930 - Germany - 103 min. - B&W MDirector: Josef Von SternbergEmil Jannings,Marlene Dietrich,Kurt Gerron, RoseValetti, Hans AlbersThis haunting tale of cruel, obsessive love may be bestknown for Dietrich crooning Falling in Love Again, hervoice like honey spread on sandpaper, but its telling ofthe remorseless descent of Professor Immanuel Rath(superbly played by Emil Jannings) makes it trulycompelling viewing. Uniquely shot in both German andEnglish versions, we are showing the sub-titled formerfor not only the were German actors understandably farhappier performing in their native tongue, that nativetongue adds so much to the bleak, inter-war Berlinlandscape that is at the heart of the film’s evocativepower.

Wo Hu Zang Long 16/11/01

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon M 352000 - USA - 120 min. - ColourDirector: Ang LeeChow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Zi Yi, ChangChengAt last – an action film that concentrates as much on plotand characterisation as the flashy stuff. Combining abeautifully played and genuinely poignant coming-of-age story with the most extraordinarily balletic martial-arts action scenes ever portrayed, Lee’s international hithas been described as Sense and Sensibility with fists. Aunique, haunting and sublimely entertaining film thatcrosses boundaries and blends genres like no other.

Prospero’s Books 5/10/011991 - France / UK - 129 min. - Colour Director: Peter GreenawayJohn Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel BlancJohn Gielgud, with that knowing twinkle never leavinghis eye, is perfect as Peter Greenaway’s eponymous heroin this lush, lurid, high-camp exploration ofShakespeare’s The Tempest. If da Vinci et al haddiscovered LSD, this is what the Renaissance wouldhave looked like. The imagery, though not necessarilyalways comprehensible, sustains such an extraordinarylevel of creative and technical inventiveness,hypnotically counterpointed by Michael nyman’s neo-classical score, that one can only join in. Greenaway athis truly scandalous best.

Welcome to Season Five featuring 14 films (themost so far) from six countries and eightdecades with no fewer than 114 nominations

for major awards between them. It includes the firstscreening in 35 years of the Jean Luc Goddard classicBand à Part. We also have our first double bill on Black& White night with live keyboard accompaniment totwo great silent movies. however, the biggest news of allis that to give even more people the opportunity to enjoythe Fleapit we are trialling a Matinee screening of someof our films where the hall could accommodate us.Doors open 2:pm for 2:30pm. Members can come toeither or both at no extra cost. Please check for matineescreenings after December 2001 as we will only becontinuing these if we get sufficient support. Plannedfilms with additional Matinee screenings are marked M.

The Slipper & The Rose 26/12/011976 - UK - 146 min. - Colour 35 S 3:30 for 4:00Director: Bryan ForbesRichard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Annette Crosbie,Edith Evans,Christopher GableMichael hordern, Margaret Lockwood,Kenneth MorePure Christmas escapism delivered with enough wit andcharm to keep the whole family (even teenage boys)happy. With Margaret Lockwood as the evil Stepmother,Edith Evans as the Dowager Queen and Michael hordenas the King, this musical retelling of Cinderella couldn’treally go wrong. Gemma Craven, too, is perfectly cast inthe title role.

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Band à Part 4/1/021964 - France – 100min. – B&W M 35Director: Jean Luc GoddardAnna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey

Unseen in the UK for 35 years (and only available nowthanks to the efforts of the BFI), Bande à Part isGoddard’s gritty interpretation of a hollywood crimethriller transposed to grey Parisian suburbs. As ever, hisforemost concern is the characters and, as ever inGoddard’s uneasy universe, they are troubled,dysfunctional and on the verge of crisis. The film iscentred on the personal and social isolation of threemisfits planning a robbery. Black humour is tinged witha growing sense of foreboding as their uneasy alliancecrumbles and the heist goes disastrously wrong…

Leon the Pig Farmer 18/1/021992 - UK - 98 min. - Colour MDirectors: Vadim Jean, Gary SinyorMark Frankel, Janet Suzman, Brian Glover, ConnieBoothThe film’s typically quirky Britcom plot - young LondonJew discovers that not only was he conceived throughartificial insemination but also that his biological fatheris a Yorkshire pig farmer – is unraveled with warmth,humour and surreally entertaining digressions thatinclude the breeding of a somewhat bizarre porker. Thelate Brian Glover is magnificent and demonstrates whyhe is so badly missed. An Ealing comedy for themodern age.