BIG SCREEN 2009

5 - 9 November

OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER, 6.00PM
FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 6.00PM
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 7.00PM
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER, 7.15PM
Civic Theatre

Charlie & Boots (M)
2009 101 mins

Charlie (Paul Hogan) is devastated and withdrawn after the death of his wife Grace. His older son, Boots (Shane Jacobson), wants to put their long standing differences aside and drags Charlie off for the trip of a lifetime from Victoria to Cape York.
Dir: Dean Murphy Writ: Stewart Faichney, Dean Murphy

FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 4.00PM
SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER, 3.00PM

Samson & Delilah (MA15+)
2009 101 mins

Samson and Delilah’s world is small - an isolated community in the central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes, they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone, they also discover that life isn’t always fair, but love never judges.
Dir/ Writ: Warwick Thornton

FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 10.00PM
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 9.00PM
MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER, 5.30PM

Lake Mungo (M)
2008 85 mins

Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, Ray Kemeny. Ray discovers that Alice led a secret, double life.
Dir/ Writ: Joel Anderson

FAMILY SCREENING

SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER, 2.30PM

Sons of Matthew (PG)
1949 107 mins

Irishman Matthew O’Riordan (John O’Malley) and his wife Jane (Thelma Scott) have carved a farm from fickle acres at Deep Creek, in northern New South Wales while raising their five sons and two daughters. When the family grows up the five brothers decide to move to southern Queensland to establish their own farms. A rivalry between the two older brothers, Barney (Ken Wayne) and Shane (Michael Pate) develops for the affections of a local woman, Cathy McAllister (Wendy Gibb). Dir: Charles Chauvel Writ: Bernard O’Reilly, Charles Chauvel, Elsa Chauvel, Maxwell Dunn

PLUS

Treasures from Gunnedah (U/C) 21 mins
A compilation of archival excerpts from Gunnedah.

SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER, 5.00PM

Wake in Fright (M)
1971 114 mins

The story of young school teacher John Grant, stranded in the outback. A brutal and confronting portrayal of Aussie mateship and the bush, Wake in Fright was lost to audiences for decades until a chance discovery of the film in America led to its digital restoration by the National Film and Sound Archive. Starring Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty and a young Jack Thompson.
Dir: Ted Kotcheff Writ: Kenneth Cook/Evan Jones

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