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July/August 2008 |
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July/August Film Screenings
@ THE LIBRARY
Selected TUESDAY AFTERNOONS at 2:00 p.m.
in the Community Room of the Main Library
(The Great Neck Library uses video/DVD format for all its screenings)
GREAT NECK LIBRARY Program Admission Policies
Films:
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Lectures, music recitals:
Some library programs are bound to result in capacity audiences, and in some cases, people being turned away due to lack of seating space. In such instances, priority seating will be given to Great Neck School District residents. When the doors open for such a program, you will be asked to show a valid ID to gain entrance (a library card or driver's license will do).
Non-residents will be asked to form a separate line in the lobby. Five minutes before the program begins, any vacant seats will be made available by a library staff member to non-residents. Seating capacity is limited by fire regulation, and we may not admit more people than this regulation allows. No one may stand in, or block any aisles.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Programs requiring registration/tickets:
Great Neck School District residents receive preference in program registration. One week following the date that registration begins for residents, out of district Nassau County residents may register if space permits. For programs that require tickets, a date and time for distribution of tickets is announced for residents.
If tickets remain, out of district Nassau County residents may obtain tickets beginning one week following the date of distribution to residents.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
July 1
When Texan cowboy Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an
unstoppable chain reaction of violence. On his trail are a weary sheriff and a psychopathic killer who likes to use a cattle gun on his victims in this contemporary western.
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson
Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2007, 122 minutes, rated R
The Coens at the peak of their powers. - Rolling Stone
BELLA
July 29
Jose is a chef at his brother’s Mexican restaurant in New York. Tammy is a waitress there who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. When Tammy gets fired for being late, Jose inexplicably leaves with her sacrificing his job. The two spend an incredible day discussing their future and with Jose’s loving parents who show Tammy the healing power of family.
Cast: Tammy Blanchard, Ali Landry, Eduardo Verastegui
Directed by Alejandro Monteverde
2006, 91 minutes, rated PG-13 (interspersed with a few English subtitles for Spanish dialogue).
A tearjerker that earns its sobs with heartful emotions. –San Francisco Chronicle
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
August 5
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own finds fortune as an oil tycoon when he hears that a town out West is full of oil. As the well raises their fortunes, it brings conflict and hardships that money can’t touch.
Cast: Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, Daniel Day Lewis, Paul F. Tompkins, Kevin J. O’Connor
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
2007, 158 minutes, rated R.
An enthralling and powerfully eccentric American epic. - The New Yorker
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
August 12
In this sumptuous and sensual tale, the two beautiful Boleyn sisters, Anne and Mary, driven by their family’s blind ambition, compete for the love of the powerful King Henry VIII. Both women will share his bed but only one will ascend to the throne in a brief reign that ends with the most storied swing of the executioner’s sword in history.
Cast: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Kristin Scott Thomas
Directed by Justin Chadwick
2008, 115 minutes, Rated PG-13
An enjoyable movie with an entertaining angle on a hard-to-resist period of history. –San Francisco Chronicle
ENCHANTED
August 26
Reality and fantasy collide when a fairytale princess from another world is sent to New York City by an evil queen. Now she must find her way through the city and back to her own world, where her true love awaits.
Cast: Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey
Directed by Kevin Lima
2007, 107 minutes, rated PG
The very definition of charming. - USA Today
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