Recent Releases
The Hippodrome, Bo’ness
December 11 – February 2012
The Awakening The Deep Blue Sea Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Jack Goes Boating The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol The Well-Digger's Daughter The Iron Lady War Horse Mother and Child Man on a Ledge Shame J. Edgar W.E. and much more...
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Welcome
Film is one of the many ways we tell stories to ourselves about ourselves and one of film’s many pleasures is the way in which new stories can emerge as the world around them changes or the stories become newly relevant to our lives in different times and in ways perhaps not imagined by the people who made them. Who would have thought that, 65 years on, Frank Capra’s It’s A Wonderful Life would chime so profoundly with today’s headlines of global markets, bankers’ greed, and popular demonstrations. In its new incarnation the Hippodrome has established a tradition of showing this film every Christmas as folk look for stories that remind them of the true meaning of the season. And despite the gloomy headlines we’re doing our best to help you feel festive with a host of classics old and new: The latest Aardman animation Arthur Christmas, the delightful Nativity! (that never fails to make me cry), Disney’s A Christmas Carol and for Christmas Eve what could be better than a family outing to Cinderella the ballet, or a treat for the little ones with a cosy double-bill of The Snowman and Father Christmas. The catering team will be serving mince pies and hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows (for an extremely reasonable £2.75) and we’ve even arranged for Father Christmas himself to make an appearance. Talking of festivities, the Hippodrome has a very special birthday coming up. In March 2012 the Hippodrome will be 100 and we’ll be kicking off a year of centenary celebrations with a birthday bash and the second Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema – see page 15 for dates and details of how to register for more information. After the great success of our first festival we know you know it’s going to be good. If you can’t wait for your silent cinema fix we will be screening a new silent film that has got everyone talking... It’s my top pick this season and if The Artist doesn’t clean up at the Academy Awards I’ll eat my Charlie Chaplin bowler hat.
Something else special will be unveiled in 2012 too... we are very excited that, thanks to a grant from Regional Screen Scotland, the Hippodrome is now the proud home to a brand new system of satellite technology that will allow us to receive live transmissions of arts events from all over the world. We start with a season of three plays from the National Theatre (see pages 12-13). If you haven’t already experienced live theatre in the cinema it is perhaps hard to imagine. Essentially you have the feeling of occasion and buzz enjoyed at the theatre as the crowds arrive, the usher announces it is time to take your seat and the curtain draws back. When you laugh in your cinema seat, audiences around the world are laughing with you and you have the added bonus of behind the scenes insights and interviews. The Hippodrome is the perfect setting for these live screenings with its stately decor and intimate atmosphere, not to mention our café and bar where you can pre-order your interval refreshments! For special events this season, after her wonderful and popular introduction to Jane Eyre at FTH Cinema we have invited Dr Sarah Edwards back to give a talk before our screening of another Brontë classic: Wuthering Heights; whilst rounding off the programme is an exclusive screening of new, independent BAFTA nominated Scottish feature Electric Man which will be introduced by the director David Barras, joined by members of the cast and crew for a Q&A. There is not space here to expand on our wide selection of excellent bio-pics, ghost stories, actor/director dramas, thrillers, action features, animations and family films so I’ll leave it to you to browse with your programme in one hand and you diary in the other. I’ll just briefly mention our jeely jar special (2-for-1 with clean jam jar and matching lid) Bridge to Terabithia (an excellent film that didn’t make the box-office splash it so deserved) and our season’s Hippodrome Youth Ambassador selection: Amélie – a favourite of 20-year-old Melissa Russell and cinema-goers the world over. Alison Strauss Arts Development Officer (Film and Media)
Recent Releases
The Awakening
The Deep Blue Sea
Ghostbusters
Set in post-war England during the ‘20s, when many of the bereaved sought solace in spiritualism, this spooky ghost story follows Florence (Rebecca Hall), a hoax investigator committed to debunking the supernatural. When she is asked to investigate alleged sightings of a ghostly boy at a remote boarding school, secrets begin to unravel, and a series of spectral encounters force her to question all her rational beliefs. A superior chiller that relies on the accrued menace of the gloomy grounds and sinister echoing corridors, rather than flashy shocks.
In this film adaptation of the Terence Rattigan play, Oscar winner Weisz (‘The Constant Gardener’) plays Hester Collyer - one of the greatest women’s roles, made famous by the likes of Vivien Leigh - and turns in a profoundly intimate performance. Hester is the former wife of a judge and the nearly abandoned lover of an ex-WWII pilot. The story of her overpowering, desperate love is the close focus for master chronicler of post-war England, Davies, who sensitively expands the psychological life of the heroine with luminous, masterfully composed takes and brilliantly realised flashbacks.
Welcome re-issue from Glasgow based film distributors Park Circus of this peerless comedy about a motley crew of university parapsychologists who lose their research grant and decide to set up a low-rent business as Manhattan ghost catchers. Great comedy dialogue, great story, great family entertainment, this holiday film is just as good as you remember it to be, with hilarious set-pieces (Sigourney Weaver’s possessed seductress, the Godzilla-like Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man...) and best of all: the wonderfully deadpan Bill Murray.
Dir. Nick Murphy / UK / 2011 / 1h 47m With: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton
Fri 9 Dec - Thu 15 Dec Fri 9 20:00 Sat 10 19:30 Sun 11 19:30 Wed 14 20:00 Thu 15 19:30
Dir. Terence Davies / UK/US / 2011 / 1h 38m With: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale
Fri 16 Dec - Wed 21 Dec Fri 16 20:00 Sat 17 19:30 Sun 18 19:30 Wed 21 19:30
Dir. Ivan Reitman / US / 1984 / 1h 45m With: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis
Sat 17 Dec 14:30 Sun 18 Dec 14:30 3
Recent Releases
Sherlock Holmes: Jack Goes Boating A Game of Shadows (cert tbc) Indie actor Hoffman's directorial debut is a Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room...until now. In this much anticipated sequel to Guy Ritchie’s roller-coaster 2009 film, there is a new criminal mastermind at large Professor Moriarty: the intellectual equal of Holmes' but with a bottomless capacity for evil. When the Austrian prince is found dead, evidence seems to points to suicide, but Holmes deduces that the prince was the victim of a murder that is only one piece of a larger and more sinister puzzle, designed by Holmes’ fiendish nemesis. Dir. Guy Ritchie / US / 2011 / dur tbc With: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace 4
Fri 6 Jan - Wed 11 Jan Fri 6 20:00 Sat 7 14:30, 19:30 Sun 8 14:30, 19:30 Mon 9 11:00 (cuppa) Wed 11 19:30
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (cert tbc)
quirky romance in which a couple of misfits are set up on a blind-date and then stumble through layers of low self-esteem towards love, under the tutelage of their more assured married friends: Clyde and Lucy. Hoffman himself plays the monumentally awkward Jack, and Amy Ryan (‘Win Win’) is the woman he hopes to woo in this intimate and painfully honest ensemble piece, which transcends the apparently slight subject material thanks to the extraordinary performances of all four principals.
The first film in a three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster ‘The Millennium Trilogy’ previously adapted for the screen in Sweden. This new US version is directed by David Fincher (‘The Social Network’, ‘Fight Club’ ‘Se7en’) and stars a grizzled Daniel Craig and suitably inscrutable Rooney Mara in the lead roles. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker with a very stormy past...
Dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman / US / 2010 / 1h 31m With: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega
Dir. David Fincher / US / 2011 / dur tbc With: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Christopher Plummer, Goran Visnjic
Thu 12 Jan 19:30
Fri 13 Jan - Thu 19 Jan Fri 13 20:00 Sat 14 19:30 Sun 15 19:30 Mon 16 11:00 (cuppa) Wed 18 20:00 Thu 19 19:30
Recent Releases
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (cert tbc)
The Well-Diggers Daughter
The fourth film in the Mission: Impossible series delivers everything you would expect from this massively successful spy movie franchise... A terrorist bomb destroys the Kremlin whilst agent Ethan Hunt is on an undercover operation in Moscow. The Russian government deems the attack an undeclared act of war, prompting the US government to initiate "ghost protocol", disavowing the entire Impossible Mission Force. Hunt and his fourman team must operate outside the agency's command structure to uncover the truth about the bombing.
Daniel Auteuil first came to non-French speaking audiences notice as the unscrupulous nephew in the ‘Jean de Florette’ adaptations of the books by Marcel Pagnol. Here Auteuil returns to the writer’s work in a beautiful story about a father torn between his sense of honour and his deep love for his saintly daughter who gets ‘in trouble’ with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper. Auteuil’s magnificent directorial debut is totally in tune with the source material and the Provence landscape, sweeping the viewer along with a tale filled with tenderness and sorrow.
Dir. Brad Bird / US / 2011 / dur tbc / AD With: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton
Fri 20 Jan - Thu 26 Jan Fri 20 20:00 Sat 21 14:30, 19:30 Sun 22 19:30 Wed 25 20:00 Thu 26 19:30
Dir. Daniel Auteuil / France / 2011 / 1h 49m / French with English sub-titles With: Daniel Auteuil, Kad Merad, Sabine Azema
Sun 22 Jan 14:30 Mon 23 Jan 11:00 (cuppa)
The Iron Lady (cert tbc) ‘Mamma Mia’ director Phyllida Lloyd gives us a surprising and intimate portrait of Britain’s first and only UK female PM: Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep). One of the 20th century's most influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere, smashing through barriers of gender and class and making herself heard in a male dominated world. The original screenplay by rising star Abi Morgan (screenwriter ‘Shame’ pg 8, and TV’s ‘The Hour’) concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is an insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman. Dir. Phyllida Lloyd / UK / 2011 / dur tbc With: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Head, Olivia Colman
Fri 27 Jan - Thu 2 Feb Fri 27 20:00 Sat 28 14:30, 19:30 Sun 29 19:30 Wed 1 19:30 Thu 2 20:00
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Recent Releases
War Horse (cert tbc)
Mother and Child
Coriolanus
An epic film adaptation of the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, inspired by the horror and sadness of a little-explored detail of WWI. Set against a sweeping canvas of war-torn Europe, Spielberg’s film charts the remarkable friendship between a horse and the young man who tames and trains him. When the pair are separated, we follow their extraordinary journey through the nightmarish war, and the horse’s far-reaching encounters with British, German and French alike, before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No-Man's Land.
Emotionally authentic performances from all the leads distinguish this strong drama about three women variously affected by parenthood. Karen (Bening) is haunted by her decision to give up her child for adoption decades earlier when she was a young teenager, Lucy (Washington) is a childless married woman who longs to experience the joys of motherhood, and successful lawyer Elizabeth (Watts) who never knew her biological mother, feels bitter and harddone-by. A clear-eyed drama that avoids sentimentality in its examination of the maternal connection.
Award-winning star of ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘The English Patient’, Ralph Fiennes directs for the first time and reprises his stage performance as Shakespeare’s Coriolanus in this imaginative and audacious update situated in a contemporary war-zone and shot by British cinematographer Barry Ackroyd (‘The Hurt Locker’). Coriolanus is an arrogant soldier and hero to the people of Rome, whom he despises. When the fatally proud warrior is out-manoeuvred and banished by politicians in collusion with his own mother, he offers his services to sworn enemy Aufidius (played by Scottish actionhero star Gerard Butler).
Dir. Steven Spielberg / US/India / 2011 / dur tbc With: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Mullan
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Fri 3 Feb - Wed 8 Feb Fri 3 19:30 Sat 4 14:30, 19:30 Sun 5 14:30, 19:30 Mon 6 11:00 (cuppa) Wed 8 19:30
Dir. Rodrigo Garcia / US/Spain / 2009 / dur 2h 5m With: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Samuel L.Jackson
Fri 10 Feb - Wed 15 Feb Fri 10 20:00 Sat 11 14:30, 19:30 Sun 12 14:30 Mon 13 11:00 (cuppa) Wed 15 19:30
Dir. Ralph Fiennes / UK / 2011 / 2h 3m With: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, James Nesbitt, Jessica Chastain
Sun 12 Feb 19:30 Thu 16 19:30
Recent Releases
The Artist
Amélie
Man on a Ledge
With 5 star reviews from audiences and critics everywhere ‘The Artist’ is a spellbinding, joyous homage to the glory and romance of Hollywood’s silent era. George Valentin is a dashing silent movie superstar with a raft of swashbuckling roles under his belt. But the advent of the talkies destroys his career and he loses everything... except his memories of an obscure young woman who once held a torch for him and for whom stardom now seems to beckon. Delightful, inventive and funny – a reminder of the true potential of cinema for storytelling.
Irresistably entertaining, quirky and visually inventive, this charming romance is frequently hilarious and brimming with humanity. A contemporary classic programmed by 20-year-old Melissa Russell, 3rd year media student at Forth Valley College, born in the same year her film choice was made. Melissa says: “This is a beautiful story of a young woman who finds that her quest to help others has derailed her own chances of happiness and even love. Audrey Tautou’s performance as Amélie is what makes French cinema so enjoyable.”
A nail-biting thriller in which ex-cop, and now wrongly-accused fugitive, Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise Manhattan hotel, threatening to jump, while a personally requested NYPD negotiator (Elizabeth Banks) tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the dizzying ledge, the more convinced she becomes that things are not as straightforward as they might seem. Hollywood stalwart Ed Harris is the baddie in this pacy, suspenseful, high-concept drama with plenty of satisfying twists.
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius / France / 2011 / 1h 40m / b&w / no dialogue With: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman
Hippodrome Youth Ambassador Selection Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet / France/Germany / 2001 / 2h 2m / French with English sub-titles With: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
Dir. Asger Leth / US / 2012 / 1h 42m With: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell
Fri 17 Feb 19:30 Sat 18 Feb 19:30 Sun 19 19:30
Thu 23 Feb 19:30
Fri 24 Feb - Wed 29 Feb Fri 24 20:00 Sat 25 14:30 Sun 26 14:30 Mon 27 11:00 (cuppa) Wed 29 19:30
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Recent Releases 8
Shame
J.Edgar (cert tbc)
W.E. (cert tbc)
From the Oscar and BAFTA winning producers of ‘The King’s Speech’ and the BAFTA winning director of ‘Hunger’ comes this compelling examination of the nature of need, desire and one man’s sexual compulsion. Fassbender plays Brandon who lives a glossy, self-contained life arranged around a series of emotion-free pick-ups. The unannounced arrival of Brandon’s wayward sister (Mulligan - ‘An Education’) disrupts his controlled lifestyle and his world begins to spiral into chaos. The pairing of Mulligan and Fassbender is the electrifying centre of this unsettling, intense film - stylish and brilliant.
A bio-pic about the notorious crime-fighting pioneer, PR genius and manipulator, responsible for rolling out the shameful McCarthy era US witch-hunts. Clint Eastwood’s latest drama, clearly indebted to ‘Citizen Kane’, focuses on the compelling human story of the head of the FBI: an emotionally repressed man, struggling with his own homosexuality, whose relationship with Clyde Tolson would, if brought to light, have destroyed his image as upholder of moral rectitude. A committed performance from diCaprio manages to hold in fine balance our revulsion and fascination for this conflicted and vengeful historical figure.
An elegantly woven romantic drama linking a contemporary married woman’s yearning for true love, with the passionate affair between King Edward VIII and divorcée Wallis Simpson (as touched on in ‘The King’s Speech’). Madonna’s bold film is lavishly staged, and dominated by a number of majestic performances including an impressive D’Arcy as the conflicted heir to the throne, and rising star Riseborough (‘Made in Dagenham’) as the bewitching, ambitious yet compassionate Mrs Simpson. An entertaining tale tackling the ever-relevant themes of love, fame and disappointment.
Dir. Steve McQueen / UK / 2011 / 1h 41m With: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Hannah Ware
Dir. Clint Eastwood / US / 2011 / 2h 17m With: Leonardo diCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench
Dir. Madonna / UK / 2011 / 1h 55m With: Abbie Cornish, James D’Arcy, Andrea Riseborough
Sat 25 Feb 19:30 Sun 26 Feb 19:30
Sat 3 Mar 14:30 Mon 5 Mar 11:00 (cuppa)
Sat 3 Mar - Thu 8 Mar Sat 3 19:30 Sun 4 14:30 Wed 7 20:00 Thu 8 19:30
Hippodrome Recent Releases Holidays
Happy Feet Two
Puss in Boots
Red Dog
+ I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat
Long before he met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Boots became a hero when he set off on an adventure with the street-wise Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots. Fairy-tale and nursery rhyme characters are brilliantly transposed into a swashbuckling adventure with a clever script to appeal to young and old, and the impeccable comic timing of Banderas’ charming Spanish rogue.
Based on the book by Louis de Bernères and inspired by a true story ‘Red Dog’ is the wonderful and uplifting, all-ages tale of a dog, who united a disparate, warring local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master. Full of comedy, romance and heartwarming drama the film has won numerous awards, stormed the Australian box office and beguiled audiences the world over with its wit, storytelling and star turn from Koko the dog.
This new sequel sees Mumble grown up and proud to be ‘The Master of Tap’. But his tiny son Erik hates to dance and is beguiled instead by The Mighty Sven: a penguin that can fly! Mumble can’t compete with the charismatic Sven and things are about to get worse when a new threat to their Antarctic home is discovered… Featuring great songs from the likes of Pink and a host of new characters voiced by, among others, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Simpson’s star Hank Azaria. Dir. George Miller / US / 2011 / 1h 45m With: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink, Hank Azaria
Fri 23 Dec 14:30 Wed 28 Dec 11:00, 14:30 Thu 29 Dec 11:00, 14:30
Dir. Chris Miller / US / 2011 / 1h 30m / AD With : Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton
Dir. Kriv Stenders / Australia / 2011 / 1h 32m With: Rachael Taylor, Josh Lucas, Noah Taylor
Sat 18 Feb 14:30 Sun 19 Feb 14:30 Mon 20 Feb 11:00 (cuppa)
Fri 30 Dec - Thu 5 Jan Fri 30 11:00, 14:30 Wed 4 11:00, 14:30 Thu 5 11:00, 14:30 9
A Hippodrome RecentChristmas Releases
Arthur Christmas
Nativity!
A happy holiday treat for young and old, this is the brand new, joyous and very funny animation from Aardman. Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: an exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole, a company run by CEO Santa who is soon to pass the mantle on to his youngest son, Arthur. But the Mission Impossible style gift delivery system accidentally leaves a child present-less and so Arthur must embark on an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
In this British feel-good Christmas film, primary school teacher Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is given the biggest challenge of his life - staging the school's musical version of the Nativity. As competition with the posh local school heats up, Paul makes up a little white lie and claims that his ex-girlfriend, a “Hollywood Producer”, is coming to see his show to turn it into a film… the only problem is: they haven't spoken in years! To make matters worse Paul's newly appointed classroom assistant is SUPER keen and is making matters more complicated as Maddens finds himself in the midst of squabbling parents and over-excited children who must join forces in their bid for fame and fortune. A festive delight that effortlessly captures the spirit of the season.
Dir. Sarah Smith / UK / 2011 / 1h 37m With: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Sat 10 Dec 11:00 (jeely), 14:30 Sun 11 Dec 14:30
Dir. Debbie Isitt / UK / 2009 / 1h 45m With: Martin Freeman, Marc Wooton, Jason Watkins
Mon 12 Dec 11:00 (cuppa)
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Christmas Café Deal Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream and Marshmallows & Mince Pie or Cadbury's Magical Elf £2.75
A Hippodrome RecentChristmas Releases
It’s A Wonderful Life
The Snowman / Father Christmas
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a screen outing for this much-loved cine-fable. It is Christmas Eve and George Bailey (Stewart), dedicated, up-standing family-man, finds his beneficent company in danger of collapse, and contemplates suicide in the belief that it would be better for everyone if he was dead. But the prayers of his loved ones summon a novice guardian-angel named Clarence, keen to earn his wings by helping George. And so it passes that Clarence sets about showing George what things would have been like had he never been born… Sixty-five years after the film’s original release the system of ethics demonstrated by Jimmy Stewart’s banker - compassion, selflessness and dignity – seem more relevant than ever.
Book your tickets for this delightful double bill of two animations faithfully recreating the classic children’s Christmas tales by author Raymond Briggs'.
Dir. Frank Capra / US / 1946 / 2h 10m With: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers
Mon 19 Dec 11:00 (cuppa) Thu 22 Dec 19:30
‘The Snowman’ tells the magical story of a young boy’s snowman that comes to life and whisks him away to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus. Followed by ‘Father Christmas’, a prequel of sorts, in which the gruff hero (voiced by a memorable Mel Smith) decides he must book himself a well-earned holiday to rest after another exhausting ‘bloomin’ Christmas’, even stopping off for a spot of camping in the Highlands where he is plagued by midges and halffrozen after a dip in Loch Ness. Look out for a visit from our very own Hippodrome Santa at both screenings - the perfect Christmas outing for little ones. Dir. Dianne Jackson & Jimmy T. Murakami / UK / 1982 / 26m Dir. Dave Unwin / UK / 1991 / 25m
Fri 23 Dec 11:00 Sat 24 11:00 (jeely) Christmas Cuppa Choose your usual tea/coffee & cake or the Christmas Café Deal with your inclusive ticket price £5.55
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Recent Releases NT Live
NT Live The Hippodrome is proud to unveil the new installation of satellite technology that allows us to screen live transmissions of the highest quality arts events from all over the world. We launch this new facility with a season of three plays from the UK’s National Theatre, bringing productions that were previously only accessible to audiences in London, directly to your independent cinema. Actors, directors, lighting designers and camera operators rehearse to devise the optimum way to prioritise the cinema audience viewing experience bringing a sense of intimacy and occasion, along with privileged behindthe-scenes insights. Order your interval drinks and ice-creams, pick up your programme notes and take your seat at Scotland’s first cinema… All three performances in this National Theatre Live season are recommended 12A.
Travelling Light by Nicholas Wright 1900, a remote village in Eastern Europe, young Motl Mendl is entranced by the flickering silent images on his father’s cinematograph. Bankrolled by Jacob, the ebullient local timber merchant, and inspired by Anna, the girl sent to help him make moving pictures of their village, he stumbles on a revolutionary way of story-telling. Forty years on, Motl – now a famed American film director – looks back on his early life and confronts the cost of fulfilling his dreams. Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher plays Jacob. 3h (estimate) including host introduction and one 20m intermission
Thu 9 Feb 19:00 £12 (£10 concession) 12
NT Live
Comedy of Errors
She Stoops to Conquer
by William Shakespeare
by Oliver Goldsmith
Two sets of twins, separated at birth, collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. Antipholus and his servant Dromio arrive in a foreign land in search of their brothers. To these outsiders, the buzzing metropolis appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound. Consistently recognised by strangers, the visitors' sense of turmoil escalates. Meanwhile, Aegeon, father to the Antipholus twins, has been captured searching for his sons and, as an illegal immigrant, is sentenced to death at sunset. Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy will be staged in a contemporary world into which walk three prohibited foreigners who see everything for the first time. Lenny Henry plays Antipholus.
Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old friend’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective sonin-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he is a charmer with those of lower status. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.
3h 15m (estimate) including host introduction and one 20m intermission
Thu 1 Mar 19:00 £12 (£10 concession)
One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s 'She Stoops to Conquer' offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family. 3h (estimate) including host introduction and one 20m intermission
Thu 29 Mar 19:00 £12 (£10 concession) 13
Encore Recent Screenings Releases
Cinderella (suitable for all) A Christmas Eve treat of moonlit magic… Recorded live, this spellbinding production from the Birmingham Royal Ballet with Prokofiev’s sumptuous score, is choreographed by the company’s award-winning artistic director David Bintley, and features a dazzling array of sets and costumes designed by John Macfarlane. Neglected and mistreated by her stepmother and sisters, Cinderella’s life is one of drudgery and hardship until the evening of a wonderful ball at the palace when her Fairy Godmother casts a spell that will change her life forever. Transformed into a beautiful princess, Cinderella dances the night away in the arms of a handsome prince, before the clock chimes midnight and brings a sudden end to the party. Choreography: David Bintley / 2010 / 1h 49m With: Elisha Willis, Gaylene Cummerfield, Carol-Anne Millar, Ian Mackay
Sat 24 Dec 14:30 £8 (£6 concession)
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Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall - the 25th Anniversary Celebration Performance Twenty-five years after the first staging of Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom’, the show has achieved global success, millions of viewers, a film adaptation and a musical sequel. This stunning encore screening of a live recording brings ‘Phantom’ to a bigger stage and celebrates its role as one of the biggest shows in theatre history with performances and appearances by members of the original cast and its most notable Phantoms including John Owen Jones and Colm Wilkinson. Succumb to the story of a deformed musical genius who is shunned by society and lives in the catacombs of the Paris opera house where he seeks violent revenge. Dir. Nick Morris & Laurence Connor / UK / 2011 / 2h 40m With: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Hadley Fraser
Wed 22 Feb 19:30
Recent Special Releases Events
Wuthering Heights
Electric Man (recommended 12+)
A courageous, poetic, even perverse adaptation of Emily Brontë’s much-loved novel. Young Heathcliff is taken in to the Earnshaw family home, but when the master dies the boy is kept on as a servant and relegated to the stables. But the intense bond he develops with Cathy Earnshaw grows stronger and the pair become inseparable soul mates. Saturday afternoon’s screening will be introduced by Dr Sarah Edwards (regular commentator for the BBC, Channel 4 and FilmFour) who will discuss the source novel’s themes in the context of the many film and TV adaptations.
An exclusive screening of the new Scottish feature, described by critic Allan Hunter as “‘The ‘Maltese Falcon’ meets ‘The IT Crowd’”. When the ultra rare ‘Electric Man’ Issue 1 turns up in Jazz and Wolf’s run down comic shop their prayers seem answered. But others want possession of the prized publication… Enter crazed American collector Edison Bolt, psychotic Scotsman Jimmy (Marillion’s Fish) and the mysterious and beautiful Lauren McCall. This BAFTA nominated comedy thriller will be introduced at both screenings by director David Barras, joined by members of the cast and crew.
Dir. Andrea Arnold / UK / 2011 / 2h 9m With: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer
Dir. David Barras / UK / 2011 / 1h 38m With: Toby Manley, Mark McKirdy, Fish
Sat 14 Jan 14:30 (+ intro) Sun 15 Jan 14:30
Fri 2 Mar 19:30 (with Q&A) Sun 4 Mar 19:30 (with Q&A)
The Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema It’s back! With live musical accompaniment and special events for all the family, the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema returns in 2012 for a very special weekend as part of the 100th birthday celebrations for Scotland’s first cinema. Dinnae haud yer wheesht! Register for more information by emailing: hippodrome@falkirk.gov.uk Friday 16th March Sunday 18th March 2012
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Jeely Jar Screenings 16
Arthur Christmas
The Snowman / Father Christmas
A happy holiday treat for young and old, a brand new, joyous and very funny animation from Aardman revealing the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'How does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?'
Book your tickets for this delightful double bill of animations faithfully recreating the children’s Christmas tales by author Raymond Briggs'.
Dir. Sarah Smith / 2011 / 1h 37m
Dir. Jackson & Murakami + Unwin / 1982 + 1991 / 26m + 25m
Sat 10 Dec 11:00
Sat 24 11:00 (also screening Fri 23 Dec 11:00)
A Christmas Carol
Peter Pan
An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions with a voice cast including Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman and Colin Firth.
Visually impressive and faithful live-action adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic children’s play in which the Darling family children are visited by Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land, home to Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys and evil Pirate Captain Hook.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis / 2009 / 1h 36m
Dir. P.J. Hogan / 2003 / 1h 53m
Sat 17 Dec 11:00
Sat 7 Jan 11:00
Look out for a visit from our very own Hippodrome Santa – the perfect Christmas outing for little ones.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Even better than the original, this sequel finds the New York escapees desperate to return to their Central Park zoo but stranded instead on the untamed plains of Africa. All your favourite characters, not least the team of wise-cracking penguins.
The Chipmunks and Chipettes end up marooned in a tropical paradise where they discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems. Check out their inimitable renditions of Lady Ga Ga and Destiny’s Child numbers!
Dir. Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath / 2008 / 1h 29m
Dir. Mike Mitchell / 2011 / dur tbc
Sat 14 Jan 11:00
Sat 28 Jan 11:00
Millions
Hugo (cert tbc)
A must-see family film from UK director Danny Boyle (‘Slumdog’) about a young Irish boy who finds a stash of pounds just days before the currency switches to Euros. An excellent fable about humanity, charity and doing the right thing.
The exquisitely crafted tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station, caught up in a magical adventure and trying to keep one step ahead of Sasha Baron Cohen’s hilarious constable.
Dir. Danny Boyle / 2004 / 1h 38m
Dir. Martin Scorsese / 2011 / dur tbc
Sat 21 Jan 11:00
Sat 4 Feb 11:00
Jeely Jar Screenings
Chip-wrecked (cert tbc)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
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Jeely Jar Screenings 18
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Bridge to Terabithia
Top notch animation and a pacy story featuring Manny, Diego and Sid… When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.
Faithful adaptation of a beloved children's novel and a powerful portrayal of love, loss, and imagination. Two mis-fit children develop an unlikely friendship and together create an imaginary land where they can escape the bullying and loneliness of their lives at home and school.
Dir. Peter Ackerman / 2009 / 1h 34m
Dir. Gabor Csupo / 2007 / 1h 36m / scary scenes & scenes of emotional distress
Sat 11 Feb 11:00
Sat 25 Feb 11:00 ** jeely jar special **
Jurassic Park
The Goonies
Spielberg's phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller with state-of-the-art special effects and a cracking story about two dinosaur experts invited by an eccentric millionaire to preview his new ‘jurassic’ amusement park on a remote island, with his grandchildren in tow.
Spielberg-influenced adventure about a group of kids who find a pirate treasure map and set off on a search for buried treasure in true mini-Indiana Jones style. A must for kids and ‘80s nostalgiaseeking grown-ups.
Dir. Steven Spielberg / 1993 / 2h 7m
Sat 18 Feb 11:00
Dir. Richard Donnar / 1985 / 1h 55m
Sat 3 Mar 11:00
Sat 17
A Christmas Carol (PG)
J 11:00 16
Thu 1
Tyrannosaur (18) + intro
19:30
Ghostbusters (PG)
14:30 3
Fri 2
Fantomas + live music
20:00
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
19:30 3
Sat 3
Judy Moody (PG)
Sun 18
Ghostbusters (PG)
14:30 3
J 11:00
The Adventures of Tin Tin (PG)
14:30
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
19:30 3
The Help (12A)
19:30
Mon 19 It’s A Wonderful Life (U)
C 11:00 11
Sun 4
The Adventures of Tin Tin (PG)
14:30
Wed 21 The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
19:30 3
The Help (12A)
19:30
Thu 22
It’s A Wonderful Life (U)
19:30 11
Mon 5
The Help (12A)
C 11:00
Fri 23
The Snowman / Father Christmas (U)
11:00 11
Wed 7
Hippodrome for Schools - screening
Happy Feet Two (U)
14:30 9
The Adventures of Tin Tin (PG)
19:30
Sat 24
The Snowman / Father Christmas (U)
Thu 8
The Help (12A)
20:00
Cinderella (Royal Ballet)
Fri 9
Hippodrome for Schools - screening
25 – 27
CLOSED
Hippodrome for Schools - screening
Wed 28
Happy Feet Two (U)
11:00, 14:30 9
The Awakening (15)
Thu 29
Happy Feet Two (U)
11:00, 14:30 9 11:00, 14:30 9
20:00 3
J 11:00 11
14:30 14
Sat 10
Arthur Christmas (U)
J 11:00 10
Fri 30
Puss in Boots (U)
Arthur Christmas (U)
14:30 10
Sat 31
CLOSED
The Awakening (15)
19:30 3
January
Sun 11
Arthur Christmas (U)
14:30 10
1 – 3
CLOSED
The Awakening (15)
19:30 3
Wed 4
Puss in Boots (U)
11:00, 14:30 9
Mon 12
Nativity! (U)
C 11:00 10
Thu 5
Puss in Boots (U)
11:00, 14:30 9
Fri 6
Sherlock Holmes
20:00 4
Wed 14 Hippodrome for Schools - screening
At A Glance
December
The Awakening (15)
20:00 3
Sat 7
Peter Pan (PG)
Thu 15
The Awakening (15)
19:30 3
Sherlock Holmes
14:30, 19:30 4
Fri 16
The Deep Blue Sea (12A)
20:00 3
Sun 8
Sherlock Holmes
14:30, 19:30 4
J 11:00 16
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Recent At Releases A Glance
Mon 9
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
C 11:00 4
Wed 11 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
19:30 4
Mon 30 Resistance (PG)
Thu 12
Jack Goes Boating (15)
19:30 4
February
Fri 13
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
20:00 4
Wed 1
The Iron Lady
19:30 5
Sat 14
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (PG)
J 11:00 17
Special Event: Wuthering Heights (15)
The Iron Lady
19:30 5
Sun 15
C 11:00
Thu 2
The Iron Lady
20:00 5
14:30 15
Fri 3
War Horse
19:30 6
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
19:30 4
Sat 4
Hugo
Wuthering Heights (15)
14:30 15
War Horse
14:30, 19:30 6
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
19:30 4
Sun 5
War Horse
14:30 19:30 6
Mon 16 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
C 11:00 4
Mon 6
War Horse
C 11:00 6
Wed 8
War Horse
19:30 6
Wed 18 Hippodrome for Schools - workshop
20
Sun 29
J 11:00 17
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
20:00 4
Thu 9
Travelling Light (NT Live)
19:00 12
Thu 19
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
19:30 4
Fri 10
Mother and Child (15)
20:00 6
Fri 20
Hippodrome for Schools – workshop
Sat 11
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Sat 21
Millions (12A)
Mission Impossible
Sun 22
The Well-Diggers Daughter (PG)
14:30 5
Mon 13 Mother and Child (15)
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
19:30 5
Wed 15 Hippodrome for Schools - screening
Mon 23
The Well-Diggers Daughter (PG)
20:00 5 J 11:00 17
14:30, 19:30 5
C 11:00 5
J 11:00 18
Mother and Child
14:30, 19:30 6
Sun 12
Mother and Child
14:30 6
Coriolanus (15)
19:30 6 C 11:00 6
Mother and Child (15)
19:30 6
Wed 25 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
20:00 5
Thu 16
Coriolanus (15)
19:30 6
Thu 26
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
19:30 5
Fri 17
The Artist (PG)
19:30 7
Fri 27
The Iron Lady
20:00 5
Sat 28
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-wrecked
The Iron Lady
Sun 29 Resistance (PG)
Sat 18
Jurassic Park (PG)
J 11:00 17
Red Dog (PG)
14:30 9
14:30, 19:30 5
The Artist (PG)
19:30 7
Sun 19
Red Dog (PG)
14:30 9
14:30
J 11:00 18
The Artist (PG)
Mon 20 Red Dog (PG)
19:30 7
C Cuppa screenings Café opens at 10:30 for tea/coffee and cake. Screening starts at 11:00. Ticket price £5.55 includes refreshments. £2.75 for film only.
C 11:00 9
Wed 22
Phantom of the Opera (PG)
19:30 14
Thu 23
Amélie (15)
19:30 7
Fri 24
Man on a Ledge (12A)
20:00 7
Sat 25
Bridge to Terabithia (PG)
Man on a Ledge (12A)
14:30 7
Shame (18)
19:30 8
Sun 26
Man on a Ledge (12A)
14:30 7
Shame (18)
19:30 8
J Jeely Jars start at 11:00. All tickets £2.25. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. In the Hippodrome’s heyday youngsters could get their cinema ticket in exchange for a jeely jar. We have named our Saturday morning screenings of well-loved family films and kids’ classics in honour of this tradition. Once a season we’ll give you the chance to revive the custom (see below).
**J * 11:00 18
Mon 27 Man on a Ledge (12A)
C 11:00 7
Wed 29 Man on a Ledge (12A)
19:30 7
March Thu 1
Comedy of Errors: NT Live
19:00 13
Fri 2
Special Event: Electric Man (with Q&A)
Sat 3
The Goonies (PG)
J. Edgar
14:30 8
W.E.
19:30 8
Sun 4
W.E.
14:30 8
Special Event: Electric Man (with Q&A)
19:30 15
Recent At Releases A Glance
Sun 19
Look out for the Jeely Jar Special** when you can bring a clean jeely jar with matching lid and get two tickets for the price of one. The jars will be re-used for jam-making in the Georgian Kitchen at Callendar House. This season: Bridge to Terabithia pg. 18.
AD Audio Description service for blind or partially sighted people which supplies a spoken description of action not revealed by the film’s dialogue. Pick up your headphones from the Hippodrome staff.
19:30 15 J 11:00 18
Mon 5
J. Edgar
Wed 7
W.E.
C 11:00 8
20:00 8
Thu 8
W.E.
19:30 8
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Information
Tickets (unless otherwise stated) Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5.55 Concessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £4.25 Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £15.20 (2 adults + 2 children or 1 adult + 3 children)
Super Saver Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £19.00 Super Saver Concession . . . . . . . . . £14.40 Cuppa with refreshments . . . . . . . . £5.55 Cuppa film on its own . . . . . . . . . . . £2.75 Jeely Jar Screenings . . . . . . . . . . . £2.25 Concessions Concession tickets are available for children under 16 years, unemployed in receipt of benefits, full-time students, OAPs, Young Scot Card Holders and Falkirk Community Trust Leisure Card holders. Proof of concession eligibility must be shown before purchase. Super Saver Tickets Four tickets to four films £19.00 (£14.40 concessions). All four tickets must be purchased together in advance (this offer excludes Jeely Jar Screenings, Cuppas, Baby Friendly, Special Events, Live and Encore Screenings). Please Note: Smoking is not permitted in the Hippodrome. 22
Orange Wednesdays
Refunds
Orange Wednesdays give you 2 cinema tickets for the price of 1, at Wednesday screenings.
Tickets will not be exchanged or money refunded after purchase except in the event of cancellation of screening/activity by Falkirk Community Trust.
From your Orange phone: Text ‘FILM’ to 241 and Orange will send you your ticket by text (cost of text 35p); call 241 from your Orange phone; go to Orange World, select ‘Film’ then ‘Orange Wednesdays’. Also available for Orange home broadband or dial-up customers and Orange mobile broadband customers. For full terms and conditions and more information please go to www.orange.co.uk/orangewednesdays Box Office and Booking Information The Hippodrome Box Office is open Saturdays 10:15am - 2:30pm, and also opens 45 minutes before, and closes 15 minutes after the start of each screening. There is usually no need to book, but tickets can be booked in advance during the open hours OR from the Steeple Box Office (Tel: 01324 506850), Monday to Saturday, 9:30am - 4:45pm. Telephone bookings are subject to a 50p booking fee. Reserved tickets must be paid for within 3 days, or no later than 30 minutes prior to the screening. Tickets will be released for re-sale otherwise
Refreshments The Hippodrome Café and Licensed Bar opens 45 minutes before each screening and closes at the start of the screening. Popcorn, ice-cream, sweets, tea, coffee and soft drinks are available from the Café. Beer, wine, and spirits are available from the Licensed Bar. Please note: Children and young people are not permitted to approach the bar. No person under the age of 18 years is permitted to purchase alcohol. Proof of age may be requested. Only food and drink purchased on the premises may be consumed. Access • 3 wheelchair spaces on lower floor • accessible toilet • infra red sound transmission • induction loop (in cinema and at box office) Please advise Box Office staff of any access requirements when booking. Baby changing facility A baby changing room is located on the ground floor.
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By Train: The nearest station to Bo’ness is Linlithgow, which is served by trains from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling/Dunblane. Details of services are available from National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or www.nationalrail.co.uk.
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By Car: Bo’ness lies on the south bank of the Firth of Forth. Travelling from the west, exit the M9 at J5 onto the A905 then take the A904 into Bo’ness. From the east, exit at J3 onto the A803 then take the A904 into Bo’ness. By Bus: There are bus services to Bo’ness from Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Bathgate, Falkirk, Stirling, Cumbernauld and Glasgow. The services are operated by First Edinburgh. Call Traveline Scotland on 0871 200 22 33 for bus timetables or visit www.travelinescotland.com
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