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Easygoing Clay Birdwell (Joaquin Phoenix) is about to face a darkly
comedic odyssey. It all starts when Clay's best friend Earl doesn't
take too kindly to the news that Clay has been sleeping with Earl's
"hot-to-trot" wife (Georgiana Cates). Things go from bad to worse, and
Clay soon has the unwanted attentions of both an FBI agent (Janeane
Garofalo) and an elusive serial killer.
With Hal Clement, author of Mission of Gravity, and Jeffrey A. Carver,
author of The Chaos Chronicles.
Sponsered by Film and Media Studies, Writing and Humanistic Studies, The
Markle Foundation, and LSC.
This event is free and open to the public.
In this adaptation of the film Wings of Desire, Los Angeles is watched
over by a closely-knit group of unseen, dark-robed angels. Maggie (Meg
Ryan), a heart surgeon in the city, loses her first patient and
becomes frustrated with herself. Seth (Nicholas Cage) is the angel
there to take that patient, and he instantly falls for Maggie. Seth is
forced to choose between his life as an angel and the strong pull of
earthly romance.
114 min, rated PG-13, with DTS digital sound
Times:
7 & 10 in 26-100 on 09/18
7:00 in 26-100 on 09/20
In this film based on the thinly-veiled allegorical bestseller by Joe
Klein (writing as 'Anonymous'), John Travolta plays Jack Stanton, a
Southern state governor running for President who also happens to be a
deviously talented manipulator. Seen through the eyes of his
political strategist, the film takes a tongue-in-cheek look at his
campaign, which is rocked along the way by a sex scandal as mud and
cover-ups fly. Also stars Emma Thompson.
140 min, rated R, with DTS digital sound
Times:
7 & 10:30 in 26-100 on 09/19
10:00 in 26-100 on 09/20
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