Just an update on the Canadian films coming to the Bay Theatre during Pit Stops - every second Friday of the month starting Sept. 10th. A pass for all 12 shows is now on sale for $60 at the ticket outlets: Falconer's Books (Port Place), Nanaimo Arts Council (Rutherford Mall) and Discovery Computers (Woodgrove Centre). Single show tickets will be on sale at the box office of the theatre only on the nights of their screenings. As usual, passes will be seated first and single tickets will go on sale at 6:45. Short and first film starts at 7:00. There will be several opportunities for Q&As and there will be more information on this later. Watch for a large PULL OUT section in the Bulletin on Sept. 4th outlining the shows in more detail. Don't hesitate to call if you have any questions.
7:00 Decline of the American Empire - Feature - Director Denys Arcand.
1986 multi award winning witty comedy focusing on the marriages and affairs of four intellectual couples who plan to gather at a secluded house for dinner. Subtitled.
9:00 Barbarian Invasions - Feature - Director Denys Arcand
Seventeen years after the above film the same characters reunite when one becomes ill and they all come together to offer support, settle old accounts and take a facetious look at their own existence. Again multi awards and Oscar winner 2004 for Best Foreign Film. Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival. Substitled.
Evening sponsored by L'Association des Francophones.
7:00 The Falls - Documentary on wonders & horrors of Niagara Falls
9:00 Triplets of Belleville - Animated feature - Director Sylvain Chomet
Delightful gem - utterly compelling animated features tells the surreal, sublime story of a lonely orphan boy who lives with his grandmother. Oscar nomination and multi award winning.
Sponsored by RHW Evans Notary Corp.
7:00 Arctic Dreamer - Documentary on the Inuit people of Canada's north.
9:00 The Snow Walker - Feature - Director Charles Martin Smith
Sweeping wide-screen drama set in 1953 NWT, based on Farley
Mowat's short story Walk Well My Brother
- a Canadian film
classic.
Evening sponsored by Film Nanaimo
7:00 **Go Further - Documentary exploring the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change to our habitat.
9:00 Seven Times Lucky - Feature - Director Gary Yates
Hard-boiled Christmas film noir, this con- and double-con- caper drama spins a twisting yarn in which 3 generations of crooks vie for a coveted prize. Hilarious.
7:00 The Hockey Nomad - Documentary on hockey played around the world
9:00 **Luck - Feature - Director Peter Wellington
Set against one of Canada's most legendary sports moments, the famous Canada/Russia hockey series, this movie reveals the enormity of the risks we take in everyday life.
7:00 Believing - Documentary on a 900 km journey to understand faith.
8:30 The Gospel of John - Feature - Director Philip Saville. This movie is three hours long.
The story of Jesus' life according to His disciple John exactly recreated with a distinguished cast from Canada and the UK and narrated by Christopher Plummer.
Evening sponsored by Hardings Interiors
** Yet to be confirmed. There will be a Canadian short before the 7:00 features.
INFORMATION: 758-5107 (Arlene Blundell)
URL: This web page is:
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Last modified February 2, 2005