LSC Events for Wednesday, February 04 through Tuesday, February 10

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Thursday, February 05 Advances in Improbable Research

Marc Abrahams, author of The Best of the Annals of Improbable Research and other contributors to AIR present this lecture which features a slide show, video highlights of the 1997 Ig Nobel Awards, and a performance of the opera, "Lament del Cockroach", with Nobel prize winners and assorted co-conspirators. Special guest appearances by Scientist, Super Model, and MIT graduate Symmetra. This lecture is free and open to the public. Also sponsored by the MIT Press.

Times:
7:30pm in 10-250

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Friday, February 06 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

This is the story of a battle of wills between a Japanese POW camp commander and a British Colonel over the construction of a rail bridge, the parallel efforts by an escaped prisoner to destroy it, and the attempts of the Allied prisoners of the camp to maintain high morale and organize resistance within the prison. The film won 7 Academy Awards and stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Peter O'Toole, and Jack Hawkins.

155 min, rated PG
Times:
6:30pm in 10-250

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Friday, February 06 and Sunday, February 08

The Full Monty (1997) movie picture

A group of laid-off Yorkshire mill workers come up with a unique way to earn some money in this amusing British comedy. When exuberant Gaz (Robert Carlyle) notices women lining up to see the Chippendale dancers, he persuades his friends to launch their own striptease act, but these guys are hardly cover boy material: They're overweight, middle-aged, shy, and depressed. Nevertheless, they turn out to be an unexpected success.

90 min, rated R
Times:
7 & 10pm on 2/6 in 26-100
7:00pm on 2/8 in 26-100

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Saturday, February 07 and Sunday, February 08

Starship Troopers (1997) movie picture

In this satiric action movie adapted from Robert A. Heinlein's novel, a group of young school chums (Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, and Neil Patrick Harris) decide to do their patriotic duty, join the federal service, and fight a race of giant alien bugs that are trying to destroy the Earth. Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop and Total Recall, wittily conjoins adrenaline- pumped Us vs. Them camaraderie and heroicism with black humor and lustful entaglements.

129 min, rated R, with Dolby Spectral Recording sound
Times:
7 & 10pm on 2/7 in 26-100
10:00pm on 2/8 in 26-100

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