The Phoenix Cinema
The Cinemobile
Lord Bakers
John Benny Moriarty's
Dick Macks
michael’s choice
Barry Lyndon
sunday 21st march DE DOMHNAIGH 21ú MARTA
the phoenix cinema 6pm - admission €10
DIRECTOR/WRITER/PRODUCER - Stanley Kubrick
184mins/1975/uK/35mm
PRINT COURTESY OF WARNER BROS
michael O sullivan has been introducing film for over 20 years
now at the much loved Film Club on Tuesday nights in The Phoenix
Cinema. The festival is honoured to present Michael’s choice at this
year’s film festival.
Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick's epic costume drama based on William
Makepeace Thackeray's picaresque novel. It tells the story of a young
rogue who wanders through life getting lost in various adventures,
meeting his share of women and oddball characters. When Redmond Barry
(Ryan O'Neal) trying desperately to maintain an Irish brogue becomes
jealous of Captain Quin's advances on Barry's beloved cousin, he
challenges the man to a duel. Winning the duel, young Barry is forced
to leave his home and his mother, and off on his adventures he goes. He
meets thieves, lonely soldier brides, Prussian army leaders, and
British widows, inventing new stories about himself at every turn of
the road. This film is lush and magnificent, sparkling with colour,
every frame reminiscent of the finest European art. The blues of the
Prussian army uniforms and the reds of the British contrast sharply
with the majestic green land and mountains in nearly every background.
Kubrick often begins a shot close in, then zooms out to reveal the
beautiful natural landscape and ornate rooms surrounding the now
seemingly insignificant characters. With rousing performances from
O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Hardy Kruger, and Leonard Rossiter,
jaw-dropping camerawork, spectacular natural lighting, and a marvelous
classical-music soundtrack painstakingly put together by Kubrick, Barry
Lyndon is a dramatic romantic epic that may be Kubrick's most beautiful
film.
sunday 21st march DE DOMHNAIGH 21ú MARTA
the phoenix cinema 4.15pm - admission €10
DIRECTOR - Andrew Zuckerman
PRODUCER - Alex Vlack
65mins/USA/2009/Digibeta/Colour
PRINT COURTESY OF LN&W
Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can
pass to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, the Wisdom
project, produced with cooperation from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, seeks
to create a record of a multicultural group of people who have all made
their mark on the world. Presented against the same white space, all of
the subjects are removed from their context, which not only
democratizes them, but also allows for a clear dialogue to exist
between them. In an attempt to create a more profound, honest, and
truly revealing portrait of these luminaries, the project encompasses
their voices, their physical presence, and the written word. This
comprehensive portrayal of such a profound and global group is an index
of extraordinary perspectives. Wisdom is an ongoing project. Additions
to the list of contributors continues.
‘A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.’
Nelson Mandela
Clint Eastwood, Alan Arkin, Burt Bacharach, Billy Connolly, Judi Dench,
Garret FitzGerald, Jane Goodall, John Hume, Ted Kennedy, Kris
Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Nick Nolte, Michael Parkinson, Robert
Redford, Vanessa Redgrave
The exhibition ‘Wisdom’ will be on view at the GALLERY,
Siamsa Tíre, Tralee from 12th march - 17th april
+ short - bye bye now
DIRECTOR/PRODUCERS - Aideen O’Sullivan & Ross Whitaker
EDITOR - Andrew Hearne
15mins/2009/Ireland
An amusing, poignant documentary about the fate of the Irish phone box,
which has gone from the centre of society to the verge of extinction.
swansong
FLORIN FILM and ZANZIBAR FILMS in association with
BORDERLINE PRODUCTIONS
sunday 21st march DE DOMHNAIGH 21ú MARTA
the phoenix cinema 2.30pm - admission €10
The film will be introduced by its producer Edwina Forkin,
Zanzibar
DIRECTOR - Conor McDermottroe
PRODUCERS- Hermann Florin, Edwina Forkin
90mins/Ireland/2009/35mm
PRINT COURTESY OF ZANZIBAR FILMS
Having been born in secret in London because his mother Bridget is
unmarried, Austin “Occi” Byrne is brought back to Sligo, only for
Bridget to be roundly rejected by her parents Michael and Theresa.
After the Hickey brothers torment Occi by rolling him down a hill in an
oil drum, causing him severe head injures, it is clear that Occi isn’t
mentally “normal”. With the help of Father Queenan, Bridget and Occi
manage to survive, ending up in a council house. But a tendency to lose
his rag when provoked - culminating in a vicious attack on the woman at
the social security office who has denied them money - lands Occi in a
mental institution.
+ short sunshower
A SAMSON FILMS PRODUCTION
On her way home from a party, drunk and driving a stolen car, a girl
(17) hits an old man walking by the side of the road. When he won’t
wake up and the car won’t start, it seems all she can do is bury him...
A Festival Documentary In The Making ...
Maurice Galway, festival director, will discuss with Geoff how his
feature documentary on the Dingle Film Festival is going and what are
his future plans for the film on completion.
family feature gné clainne bugsy malone
sunday 21st march DE DOMHNAIGH 21ú MARTA
the phoenix cinema 12.30pm - admission €5
DIRECTOR - Alan Parker
PRODUCER - Alan Marshall
89mins/UK/1976/Colour/DVD
The festival is delighted to present this as a family screening for all
to come and enjoy with the kids. I remember seeing this film as a child
and being so excited because the whole cast were children, they seemed
to be living every child’s dream with guns that shot cream and custard
pies, cars powered by their feet. Written and directed by Alan Parker
who came to Dingle in 2007 to launch our first film festival.
New York 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and
Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded
‘splurge gun’. As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice
guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam’s speakeasy. His
designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah
(Jodie Foster) who wants Bugsy for herself.
sunday 21st march DE DOMHNAIGH 21ú MARTA
the phoenix cinema 11am
admission €10
“Supported by FÁS Screen Training Ireland”
The Dingle Film Festival is honoured to welcome one of the
greatest artist working in film today - Tom Johnson. Tom has earned an
Academy Award for ‘Titanic’ and another Oscar and BAFTA for ‘Terminator
2: Judgment Day’, Johnson has worked as a sound mixer and sound editor
for many top Hollywood blockbuster movies covering every genre of film
including action, romance, sci-fi, and animation. He has worked with
Tim Burton, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, George Lucas, James
Cameron, Thomas Anderson, Neil Jordan, John Boorman just to name a few.
Tom is an American living in Ireland, where he is based in Ardmore
Sound in Bray.
tom will be looking in detail at some films and their use of
sound, with the idea that we examine the power of sound in the film
making/ story telling process.
all are welcome to this talk.
