05 November 2008
Welcome to Big Screen 2008
COUNTDOWN TO
BROKEN HILL
Thursday, 13 November 2008 |
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10:00AM - School Screening
Elephant Tales (G) 101min A moving and magical tale of two elephant brothers in search of their mother, and the flamingo, chimp and giraffe that they encounter as they roam the African plains.  FREE Silver City Cinema |
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12:30PM - School Screening
Dr Plonk (G) 85min It is the great year 1907 and Dr Plonk, famous scientist and inventor calculates that the world will end in 101 years unless immediate action is taken.  FREE Silver City Cinema |
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8:30PM
Death Defying Acts (PG) 100min On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic who aims to con the famous magician out of $10,000. FREE Menindee Centre School Hall |
Friday, 14 November 2008 |
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10:00AM - School Screening
Razzle Dazzle (PG) 95min Featuring an all-star cast, this film takes you behind the glitter and glamour, lifting the curtain into the world of competitive dance. A world of parental politics, petty rivalry and creative controversy where, sometimes, winning is everything! FREE Silver City Cinema |
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7:00PM - OPENING NIGHT
Not Quite Hollywood (MA) 100min Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of "OZPLOITATION" films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the floor, full bore action! $8/$6 Silver City Cinema |
Saturday, 15 November 2008 |
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2:00PM
Unfinished Sky (M) 91min A lyrical and sensual story set in a country town with a sinister secret. $8/$6 Silver City Cinema |
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Broken Hill Shorts 40min A special free screening of four short films created in Broken Hill including the World premiere of The Line of Lode and the Death of Charlie Day and three winning films from the Reel Deal Film Festival - Road Runner, Observation and End of the Line. Free! Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery |
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8:00PM
Dirty Deeds (MA) 110min It is 1969 and business is booming for a Sydney crime boss (Bryan Brown). But things get a bit complicated - personally and professionally - in his world when Chicago Mafia come to town and try to muscle their way in. $15 including sausage sizzle and return bus from Broken Hill. Film only: $2 Silverton Pub |
PLUS |
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8:00PM
Broken Hill Shorts 40min A special free screening of four short films created in Broken Hill including the World premiere of The Line of Lode and the Death of Charlie Day and three winning films from the Reel Deal Film Festival - Road Runner, Observation and End of the Line. Silverton Pub |
Sunday, 16 November 2008 |
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10:00AM
Storm Boy (G) 87min The power of friendship and devotion is at the heart of this classic Australian film. Kids (16 & under) $6, Adults Free! Silver City Cinema |
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2:00PM
Children of the Silk Road (M) 125min Inspired by true events, The Children of the Silk Road tells how a young Englishman, George Hogg came to lead sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand miles across snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. $8/$6 Silver City Cinema |
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8:00PM
Black Screen (M) 90min Award winning short films by Indigenous filmmakers from around Australia. FREE Wilcannia Community Hall |
