History Film Screenings

Today’s Feature

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1980 | PG | 103 minutes (1h 43min)

A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to travel back in time and meet the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.

@NormanStewart will do the screening

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Somewhere in Time has concluded, next week it’s Birdy.

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Had to leave. My wife keeps badgering me. :slight_smile:

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Today’s Feature

UPLOAD ON OCT 9

1984 | R | 120 minutes

After two friends return home from the Vietnam War, one becomes mentally unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.

Like last week, @NormanStewart will start the movie.

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45 minutes to go…

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Birdy has concluded, next week it’s Michael Collins.

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UPLOAD ON OCT 16

1996 | R | 132 min (2h 12min)

Historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.

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Wait! I thought we were going to watch a movie about the 3rd Apollo 11 astronaut. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
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30 minutes to go!

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Michael Collins has concluded, next week it’s The Passion of Joan of Arc.

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1928 | PG | 81 minutes (1h 21min)

In 1431, Jeanne d’Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.

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The Passion of Joan of Arc has concluded, next week it’s 24 Hour Party People.

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UPLOAD ON OCT 30

2002 | R | 117 minutes (1h 57min)

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester’s punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the Factory Records label and the Haçienda Club.

This screening will commence at 7:30pm GMT

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30 minutes to go!

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24 Hour Party People has concluded, next week it’s The Aviator.

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UPLOAD ON NOV 6

2004 | PG-13 | 170 minutes (2h 50min)

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes’ career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

Given the length, the screening will commence at 7:40 pm GMT

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Wait, I didn’t know we where going to start early & I’ve got work today. :cry:

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