05 November 2008
Welcome to Big Screen 2008
COUNTDOWN TO
DARWIN
Friday, 15 August 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 BCC Darwin |
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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 BCC Darwin |
Saturday, 16 August 2008 |
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6.30PM for 7.30PM screening - OPENING NIGHT and NT PREMIERE
Son of a Lion (PG) 92min Eleven-year old Niaz lives in remote mountains of Pakistan. Niaz doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father, a weapons maker. He dreams of going to school just as his mother had wanted. But Niaz's father Sher Alam, a former Mujahideen fighter in the war against Russia wants his son to toughen up and live a strict Muslim life. The family debate soon widens to the local community with both irreverent and serious discussions. $20 Deckchair Cinema |
Sunday, 17 August 2008 |
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10:00AM - FAMILY 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. Kids $6 or Adults FREE! BCC Darwin |
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6.30PM for 7.30PM screening - DOUBLE FEATURE
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! $13 includes Alvin Purple plus Jerrrycan Deckchair Cinema |
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9:30PM
Alvin Purple (R) 95min Alvin (Graeme Blundell) is a little Aussie sexual battler, a champion witht the shelias and for many years an all-time champ at the local box office. He's an average bloke except that beautiful young women throw themselves at him. Seen today Alvin's not just a commercially savvy sex romp, but a frolicking satire of the voguish pretensions of '70s middle Australia. $13 includes Not Quite Hollywood plus Jerrycan Deckchair Cinema |
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9:30PM
Jerrycan 14min Nathan is a kid who risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision. Deckchair Cinema |
Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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6.30PM for 7.30PM screening
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. $13 Deckchair Cinema |
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6.30PM for 7.30PM screening
Jerrycan 14min Nathan is a kid who risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision. Deckchair Cinema |
