JULY 2003 NOW PLAYING IN AUSTRALIA
JULY 2003 NOW PLAYING IN AUSTRALIA
Festivals (events, special screens) Previews (advance screenings) Re-Releases (re-issues)
3 JULY - 9 JULY
Festivals
The Gleaners And I: Two Years Later 5 & 6 July
Jaffas Down The Aisle Film Festival July 2 - 6. Myers Place, Melbourne. Gremlins, Top Gun, Footloose, Tank Girl, Dead Poets Society. Hosted by comedians. Lots of short films. Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (G): Selected, Melb. Dist: H. Lal & Associates Pty Ltd. 1 screen. 197 mins. C: Chinatown Cinema. India. Romance. Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Reema Lagoo, Johnny Lever. D: Sooraj R Barjaliya. Like his earlier films, Sooraj R. Barjatya's latest film the story follows the same beaten path, of two guys falling in love with the same girl. But Sooraj's handling of this oft-repeated subject is what makes all the difference. A shy and reticent NRI tycoon, Prem Kumar (Abhishek Bachchan) is due to fly to India to finalise a deal and meet his prospective bride, Sanjana (Kareena
Kapoor), a pouting, shouting, doubting Jane. Following last minute hiccups in plans, Prem's childhood pal, current employee and namesake, the gregarious Prem Kishen (Hrithik Roshan)makes the trip instead. Sanjana is drawn towards the him in due course. When the original Prem, a poetry-loving young man of few words, arrives on the scene with his doting mom (Reema Lagoo) and eccentric secretary (Johnny Lever),the plot thickens and has been handled well with finesse. It's Kareena with the looks of a princess, who infuses Sanjana with a bit of mischief, dollops of sensuality and a lot of sensitivity. She is definitely a cut above the two Prems. Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon is a Sooraj. R. Barjatya's show all the way. FROM 3 JULY
Melbourne Underground Film Festival 4th Annual MUFF: 3rd - 13th July 2003. Political theme. Deadline: 18th April 03. Location: George Cinemas, Loop, Bug House Omniplex, Onesixone. Films:- Scarlet Diva, Ivan's XTC, The Magician, Duck! The Carbine High School Massacre, I Am Curious Yellow, Disinformation, Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping, Dark Secrets, Gartel: the Art of Fetish, David Irving, CKY, Jonas Mekas retrospective, Lovesick, Trail Of Passion, Razor Eaters, Sexy MUFF 2.
My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Wildness AFI State Cinema, North Hobart
Previews
Re-Releases
Boogie Nights (R) Roadshow. D: Paul Thomas Anderson. USA.
Cabaret (M) 124 mins. USA.
Charlie's Angels
City Of Sadness + The Boys From Feng Khei
God Of Gamblers II (M) Yu Enterprises. 103 mins. Hong Kong. First released February 1991.
Lawrence Of Arabia (PG) "Fox Columbia Tri Star Films Pty Ltd". 215 mins. D: David Lean. Australia/ UK. First released May 1989. Released in 35MM and 70MM.
Singin' In The Rain
Yellow Submarine
10 JULY -16 JULY
Festivals
All That Heaven Allows (TBA) Melb
Bhoot (Ghost) World Cinemas, Fairfield, Sydney
California Spirit
Carlos Castlemada: Enigma Of A Sorcerer (MUFF)
Chatle Chatle
Dance Girl Dance
Drums Among The Mohawk Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabin Melb
Ivans XTC (MUFF)
Lovesick (MUFF)
Fake The George, St Kilda, Melb
Film Fragments
Imitation Of Life (Cinemedia)
Island Of The Sharks
Siddhartha
Son Of The Sheik
Previews
Bad Eggs 16th July Melb
Personal Velocity
Terminator 3: The Rise Of The Machines (M) 16th July: United, Warriewood, Syd
Re-Releases
Bugs 3D
The Cup (G) from 12th July, ACMI. Dendy Distribution. Bhutan/ Australia. 94 mins. D: Khyentse Norbu
Dial M For Murder
Killbillies MUFF
The Last Detail
The Last Waltz Deckchair Cinema, Darwin
Long Weekend State Library Theatrette, South Brisbane
The Matrix Reading Harbour Town, Gold Coast.
Metropolis 1927
One, Two, Three 16th July Bundaberg
Punishment Park (MUFF)
Ripley's Game Village Eastlands, Hobart
Saathiya Deckchair Cinema, Darwin
Satin Rogue Trak, Toorak Gardens, Adelaide.
Sex With Strangers Lumiere, Melb
Shackleton's Artic Adventure
Sour Grapes Film Festival 14th-19th July, Sydney's Fox Studios.
Space Station 3D
Spider
Swing
Talk To Her
Treasure Planet 15th & 16th July. Deckchair Cinema Darwin.
17 JULY - 23 JULY
Festivals
An Actors Revenge Mercury, Adelaide
Bhoot (TBA) Taj Entertainment.
Chalte Chalte (TBA) Taj Entertainment.
Gimmie Shelter
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later
Into The Deep
Kadosh Israel Film Festival
Main Prem Diwain Haan (TBA) Taj Entertainment.
Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival
Qayamat (TBA) Taj Entertainment.
Previews
Bad Eggs
Confidence
Danny Deckchair
The In-Laws
The Inside Story (M) Silvereye Films. 83 mins. D: Robert Sutherland. Rated September 2001. Opens July 31, 2003.
A Mighty Wind (PG) Previews
Re-Releases
Adaptation Darwin
Alexandra's Project
All or Nothing
Amelie
Anger Management
Antwone Fisher
Baran
Dalkeith
The Emperors Club
The Flower Of My Secret (M) UIP. Spain. D: P. Almodovar. Rated November 1995.
The Four Feathers
Galapagos 3D
The Gleaners and I
The Good Girl
Help! I'm A Fish
Horseplay
The Hours
Igby Goes Down
Kilimanjaro
Metropolis (PG, 1927) Melbourne Westgarth, from July 17. Opens in Brisbane Schonell August 2- 27. Opens In Canberra in July at Electric Shadows. Opened in Sydney at the Astor March 31, 2002.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rodger Dodger
Shanghai Knights
Space Station 3D
Spider
A Star Is Born
Swing (PG) Potential. 91 mins. D: Tony Gatlif. France.
Teddy Bears Picnic
Thrill Ride: The Science Of Fear
Very Annie Mary
Waking Life
What A Girl Wants
The Wizard Of Oz (G) 90 mins. Columbia.
Women In Love (M) Warner. 126 mins. D: K Russell.
24 JULY - 30 JULY
Festivals
Cala, My Dog!
Desperate Man Blues
Elanna Ellanna
For The Term Of His Natural Life Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabin Melb.
Hindi Film Schonell, St Lucia Brisbane. Presented by Vaishnavi Entertainment.
Mondo Bizarro
Qayamat BCC Garden City Megaplex Upper Mt Gravatt Brisbane
The Shoot Out
The Son Of The Sheik
Utamaro & His Five Women Mercury Adelaide
Brisbane Film Festival 12th Brisbane Film Festival (BIFF) 29th July - 10th August 2003 19 -21 September 2003. Location: The Greater Union Hoyts Regent Showcase Queens St Mall/ State Library of Queensland South Bank. World cinema, Asia Pacific program, documentaries, Short films, Australian Children's film festival, Fast film competition. 'R' X Mas, Betty Blowtorch And Her Amazing True Life Adventures, Body Snatchers, Bookstore, Breath Control: The History Of The Human Beat-Box, Brook By Brook, Cabin Fever, Coffee Tea Or Me, Divine Intervention, Early Summer, Faith Of The Volcano, The Flavour If Green Tea Over Rice, Foreigners Out! Schlingensiefs Container, Gettin' Square, Hejar, Hop, I'm Taraneth 15, Is The Crown At War With Us?, Japanese Story, King Of New York, Late Spring, Laurel Canyon, Letter In The Wind, Mademe Sata, Matha's New Coat, Molly And Mobrack, Morvern Caller,
Piece Of Land, Princples of Lust, Pure, Race To Space, Rana's Wedding: Jerusulum Another Day, Roy Hollsdotter Live, Seraphim The Lighthouse Keepers Son, Sex Is Comedy, The Shadow Of Mary Poppins, Small Voices, Smokers Only, Somewhere Over The Dreamland, Spanish Apartment, Springtime In A Small Town, Stoked: The Rise And Fall Of Gator, Theif Of Bagdad, This is My Land, Together, Traces Of A Dragon: Jackie Chan And His Lost Family, Undead, Weather Undergound, Wildness, Wizards Of Oz- Animated Shorts Collection, Women's Prison.
Experimental Shorts Program ACMI Cinemas, Melb.
Gems From The Archives Emerald Twin Cinema
Lanceston Film Society Screening 30 July
Melbourne International Film Festival 52nd MFF: 23rd July- 10th August 03. Come Drink With Me, La Vie Nouvelle, World citizen, Beyond Bollywood, Mooks break beat, Red Star: new Russian cinema, Emergence, Regional focus, Sideshow 03: new media, Short films, Fu Fighters: Armed And Dangerous, Brain Monkey Sushi, Australian animation, Abbas Kiarostami: Iranian master, Documentaries, Fissions, World citizen. ABC Africa, Abouna, Adolescent, Afgan Alphabet, American Splendor, Animation Shorts Program 1, Animation Shorts Program 2, Aram, Ardor, Ayurveda: Art Of Being, Balnearious, Bed, Blissfully Yours, Blue Car, Brain Monkey Shorts, Breath Control: The History Of The Human Beat-Box, Broken Wings, Bus 174, Captive Waiting, Capturing The Friedmans, Charlie: The Life And Art Of Charles Chaplin, Christmas, City Of God, Close-Up, Clutch, Come Drink With Me, A Constructive
Madness, Contraptions, Couch Therapy, Crimson Gold, Cukoo, De Guerre Lasses, Delirious: The Short Films Of Guy Madden, Dolls, Dolphin Glide, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence 2, Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary, Eaglehawk, Equestrian, Excursion, Fear X, Fire Pussy, Honorable Wally Norman, For Openers: The Art of Film Titles, Family Tree, Fiction Shorts 2, Fly, Freak, From The Other Side, From Mesmer With Love Or Tea For Two, Game Of Their Lives, Homework, House Of 1000 Corpses, How I Walked On The Moon, In America, In The Beginning Was The Eye, Interstella 5555, Seventy Two Faced Liar, Sex Is Comedy, Shadowkill, The Short Films of Abbas Kiarostami, Short Story, Slaves Of The Lord, Springtime In A Small Town, Stevie, (s)truth: Metric Time, Taste Of Cherry, Terminal Bar, Turangawaewae, Warp: Film For Music, Yael- San
Pesach Fever Israeli Film Festival 30 July Mercury, Adelaide.
Red Carpet Night Valhalla Glebe Sydney
Previews
Cabin Fever
Extreme Ops
Identity
Mr And Mrs Iyer 26th/ 27th
Wilbur
Re-Releases
The Age Of Innocence (G) "Hoyts Fox Columbia". 138 mins. D: Martin Scorsese. AFI State Cinema, North Hobart.
All About My Mother
Along Came A Spider
Amazon
Antartica
Baraka (PG) Dendy. 96 mins. D: R. Fricke. USA. Rated April 1994.
Barber Shop (M) Fox
Beware Of Greeks Baring Arms
Bowling For Columbine (M) Originally opened Dec 26 02 (16 screens- Capitals). Hopscotch. Documentary. 120 mins. D: Michael Moore (The Big One).
Blue Planet
Chaos (MA) Potential. 109 mins. Drama. France. Originally opened in Syd/ Melb on April 10, 2003 (3 screens).
Dalkeith (M) Originally opened Jan 31, 02, Melbourne (Mt Waverly). Leigh Sheehan Productions. Drama. Australia.
Donnie Darko
Gimmie Shelter (M) 92 mins. Australia/ UK.
Greenfingers (M) Polyphony. UK. 91 mins. D: Joel Hershman.
The Human Body
James And The Giant Peach (G) Sun Theatre, Yarraville Melb.
The Matrix (M) Roadshow.
Sex With Strangers (R) Level Four Films. Playing at the Lumiere, Melb. Originally released Nov 28 02 (Syd).
Some Like It Hot Sun Theatre Yarra Melb
Sunday Too Far Away Emerald Twin Cinema
T-Rex Back To The Cretaceous (G) Cinema Plus Limited. 45 mins. Playing at IMAX cinemas. D: B. Leonard.
31 JULY - 6 AUG
Festivals
21st Atom Award Screenings
BrekFest Film And Music Festival
Dead Man Walking Aug 4 only, Astor
SALA: Mixed Messages 3 and 6 Aug. An exhibition of South Australian screen-based artists and performance artists.
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Case For The Coroner Popcorn Taxi
Chori Chori (G): Selected, Melb. Dist: Sangam. 1 screen. 138 mins. D: Milan Luthria. India. C: Chinatown Cinema. Ranbir, an architect from Shimla, and Khushi, a hostess, meet by chance in an opulent banquet hall. However, they do not fall for each other at first sight. Their relationship develops gradually in a series of meetings. FROM 1 AUG
Crystal Voyager 3 Aug only, Yepoon Film Theatres. This is the portrait of surfer, boat builder, photographer and philosopher George Greenough. This version, re-edited for general release, leaves the legendary climax of 23 psychedelic minutes intact. The breaktaking finale was actually a short film, "Echos", made from footage shot by Greenough inside the waves, with a Pink Floyd soundtrack.
El Bien Esquivo (The Elusive Good) 1st Aug only. Screensound Australia, Acton (Canberra). A story of self-determination and ambition set in 17th Century Peru, an important era for national-identity, in which a Spanish-Indian soldier returns to Peru from Europe in 1618 in pursuit of a document to prove he is not illegitimate.
Grand Hotel Aug 2/3. Sun Theatre, Yarraville (Melb). Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where, in the words of Dr. Otternschlag, "People come, people go. Nothing ever happens."
Humgama (M): Selected, Syd. Dist: Sangam Investments Pty Ltd. 1 screen. 157 mins. C: World Cinemas, Fairfield. D: Priyadarsham. India. Anjali lands in Mumbai city in search of a job and is met with an interesting proposal. FROM 1 AUG
La Chanson-Chanson 6 August only, ACMI Cinemas (Melb). Unknown Belgian singer (and yokel) Walter is selected to appear in La Chanson-Chanson, a famous show on French Television. The problem is: how to get to Paris? When his cousin Jacques, a taciturn farmboy, offers to be his driver, things can only go wrong. Screened at Rotterdam, nominated for Best Short Film, European Film Awards.
The Life And Times Of Allen Ginsberg Friday 1st Aug only, State Library Of NSW. Explores the life work of iconic Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg. Along with experiencing the poet's readings, including his masterpiece 'Howl', the film examines his work as musician and political activist through archival footage and interviews with other influential Beat Generation artists.
My Darling Clementine Cinematheque (Melb) release. When his brother is killed and his cattle stolen, Wyatt Earp awaits revenge from his new position as town marshal of Tombstone
Noi The Albino 2nd Aug Capital Theatre Melb. Residing with his grandmother in a remote town in Iceland's north, 17 year-old Noi, is busy sleeping his way through school. Eventually expelled-after letting a tape recorder attend his classes instead of himself - he's forced to work as a grave-digger.
Unfair Competition
Previews
American Pie: The Wedding 1st August only, various QLD locations. The third film in the "American Pie" series deals with the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister.
Desperate Man Blues
Japanese Story 1st August only, Yeppoon Film Theatres. Sandy is an Australian geologist who finds herself stranded in the W.A. desert with an enigmatic Japanese businessman. "Japanese Story" is a moving, romantic drama about an encounter between these two people that becomes a journey of change and discovery for them both
Lilya 4-ever 2nd/ 3rd August only, Syd. A coming-of-age film about the disparity between the 'new' and 'old' Europe that follows the downward spiral of teenage prostitute Lilya. Trapped in an economy of sex and a victim of her sexuality, the story follows the abuse of Lilya at the hands of those who care for her.
The Night We Called It A Day 6th August, Classic.
The Rage In Placid Lake 3rd August, Yeppoon. An exuberant, sharply satirical comedy about two parentally neglected teenagers who find the courage to believe in themselves.
Visitors 2nd August Georgina Perry is on a solo round-the-world voyage when she becomes becalmed in a fog somewhere mid-Indian ocean. Five months at sea start to get the better of her, and Georgia makes the mistake of letting just one 'visitor' aboard.
Re-Releases
Au Revoir Les Enfants 4 Aug - 6 Aug, Perth
The Big Country 6 August Bainfields Cinema, Cowes (Country VIC).
Blood: The Last Vampire
Charlies Angels
Greenfingers
Hamlet (1986)
Haunted Castle
Hot Shots
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Mostly Martha
Satin Rouge (TBA) Hobart, from August 1.
The Sentimental Bloke Based on C.J. Dennis's poem, and set in Sydney's Woolloomoolloo district. 'The Bloke', barrowman, is saved from his "larrikin" ways by the love of a good woman.
Singalong Mary Poppins
Swing
Tuck Everlasting
Y Tu Mama Tambien
