The Fleapit Cinema Club

Second SeasonSeptember 1998 - April 1999

Gone with the Wind 2/4/99

US, 1939 Dir. Victor Flemming 7:00 for 7:30

Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Vivien Leigh

The film that became a myth and one for which new

adjectives, like epic and sweeping, had to be found. All

rather meaningless, though, until you see it on the big

screen.

To celebrate the close of our second season a buffet

supper will be served during the interval. Please note

as the film runs for 231 minutes the doors will open at

7:00pm and the film will start at 7:30pm prompt.

L’Année Dernière à Marienbad 19/3/99

France/Italy, 1961 Dir. Alain Resnais Cinemascope

Delphine Seyring, Francois Bertin

new wave French cinema at its most enigmatic. This

absorbing, surreal study of time, remembrance and love

wears its ‘masterpiece’ mantle with exemplary style.

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

Ryan’s Daughter 25th September’98

School for Scoundrels 9th october’98

Cinema Paradiso 23rd october’98

Smilla’s Sense of Snow 20th november’98

Ridicule 4th December’98

The Muppet Christmas Carol 26th December’98

Babette’s Feast 8th January’99

Richard III 29th January’99

Jour de Fête 12th February’99

The Yellow Rolls Royce 26th February’99

Last Year in Marienbad 19th March’99

Gone With The Wind 2nd April’99

Tickets for Members’ Guests are £2.50

payable on the door.

Seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

As a Film Club, we are not bound by the classification system

of the British Board of Film Censors. We believe it is down to

the personal judgement of parents and guardians to decide if a

film is suitable and will gladly provide additional information

on any of the films being shown if required.

For further information please contact:

Mark de Angeli on 01732-863967

Richard III 29/1/99

US, 1996 Dir. Richard Loncraine Cinemascope

Ian McKellen, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne

This energetic version of Shakespeare’s most robust play

successfully transports the court of the regicidal and

sociopathic anti-hero to a 1930s fascist Britain.

McKellen leads a splendid mid-Atlantic cast.

The Yellow Rolls Royce 26/2/99

UK, 1965 Dir. Anthony Asquith Cinemascope

Ingrid Bergman, Alain Delon, Rex Harrison, Shirley

MacLaine, Omar Sharif

The stories of three owners of the eponymous automobile

make this one of the most successful, and certainly the

most charming, of all episodic films.

Jour de Fête 12/2/99

France, 1949 Dir. Jacques Tati

Tati’s feature-length directorial debut follows a French

village on holiday and sets the fluid, virtually plotless

comic style that has made him one of the best-loved of all

filmmakers. Wonderful.

School for Scoundrels 9/10/98

UK, 1960 Dir. Robert hamer

Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Hattie

Jacques, John le Mesurier, Gerald Campion, Alastair

Sim, Irene Handl

one look at the cast list and the knowledge that the film

is based on Stephen Potter’s ‘oneupmanship’ books tells

you all you need to know about this wonderfully funny

and well cast British comedy that demonstrates real wit

as it takes a modern audience down memory lane.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso 23/10/98

France/Italy, 1988 Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore

Agnese Nano, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin

This enchanting and nostalgic look at the effect cinema

had on a young boy growing up in post-war Italy is told

with great charm and sincerity in bitter-sweet flashback.

This semi-autobiographical tale has a significantly

greater impact than its small-world plot might suggest.

Could be on its way to classic status.

Smilla’s Sense of Snow 20/11/98

Germany/Denmark/Sweden, 1997 Dir. Billie August

Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Vanessa

Redgrave

This film pulls off a rare trick for contemporary thrillers

- it is both taut and exciting and, thanks to the passages

set among the Inuit in Greenland, lyrical.

Ryan’s Daughter 25/9/98

UK, 1970 Dir. David Lean Cinemascope

Trevor Howard, Sarah Miles, John Mills

Perhaps best remembered now for John Mills’ oscar-

winning bravura performance as village idiot Michael,

Lean’s customarily epic approach makes full use of his

$12 million budget to stretch Robert Bolt’s minimalist

and intimate screenplay of love, infidelity and intrigue in

1916 Ireland as far as it could conceivably go.

Ridicule 4/12/98

France, 1996 Dir. Patrice Laconte

Charles Berling, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godreche

In the 18th century French court of Louis XVI, the

possession of a rapier wit could take one up the social

ladder faster and further than money, land or even

birthright and conversely to be ridiculed could lead to

ostracisation and suicide. Against this background, we

watch the rise of Baron Gregoire Ponceludon de

Malavoy, an impoverished rural ingenue newly arrived

at court to beg the King to lend him the money necessary

to drain the deadly stagnant pools on his estate. A very

Continental love triangle and the gloriously sumptuous

setting add to the drama and atmosphere. The film

admirably demonstrates that the British do not have a

monopoly on stylish costume dramas.

Muppet Christmas Carol 26/12/98US, 1992 Dir. Brian henson 3:30 for 4:00

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Michael Caine

This delightful family film follows the spirit, if not the

letter, of Dickens’ sentimental tale with surprising

faithfulness. If ever a frog was to play Bob Cratchitt, then

it just had to be Kermit. Michael Caine makes an

excellent Scrooge and remains unfazed by his puppet co-

stars. Some good jokes for the grown-ups too in this, the

third time the Muppets ventured onto celluloid.

elcome to the second season of the FleapitCinema Club with an extended run of 12 films.The cost of Membership and Guest tickets,

though, stays the same.

one of the most striking features of the first season wasthat attendance from one film to the next was pretty wellequal regardless of whether it was a well-loved Britishcomedy, a hollywood great, something more esotericfrom the Continent or an early classic. Thus, this secondseason offers similar variety.

The Fleapit will also continue to be as much aboutmeeting and making friends as it is about enjoying greatfilms. Talking of which, every performance will onceagain commence with a classic Tom & Jerry cartoon!

Membership is open to all and we look forward towelcoming you.

Babettes Gaestebud 8/1/99

Denmark/France, 1987 Dir. Gabriel Axel

Bibi Andersson, Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer

exiled following the 1871 Paris uprisings, Chef de

Cuisine Babette comes to live in a rough Danish coastal

town where she is taken in by two devout spinster sisters.

Then she decides to blow all her lottery winnings on a

massive feast for the entire village...So runs the central

plot but it is the twists and turns that make this oscar

winner (Best Foreign Picture) a must-see. Look out for

cameo performances by Bergman regulars Bibi

Andersson and Jarl Kulle.

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Membership entitles entrance to all films at noextra cost. Family membership covers adultsand/or children living at the same address.

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