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SEPTEMBER 2012
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NEW AT MACROBERT Each month, macrobert brings you some of the biggest blockbusters to hit the screen along with some outstanding foreign films and even some touching documentaries.
DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda / USA 2012 / 86 min (U) Contains no material likely to offend or harm
SAT 1 SEP 2.00PM SUN 2 SEP 2.00PM
From the creators of Despicable Me comes Dr Seuss’ The Lorax, the story of a 12 year-old boy Ted, who will do anything to get the attention of the girl of his dreams. When he finds out about her fascination with trees, Ted decides he simply has to get her one. The only thing standing in his way is a grumpy little creature called the Lorax that will do anything to protect the world he has created for himself.
360 Fernando Meirelles / USA 2012 / 110 min / (15) Contains strong language and sex
SAT 1 SEP 8.00PM SUN 2 SEP 5.00PM MON 3 SEP 7.30PM WED 5 SEP 2.00PM**
With an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rachel Weisz and inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, 360 is a dynamic and moving roundelay of love in the 21st century, taking in various cities across the globe as it seeks to show how relationships and sex can transgress social boundaries.
**Midweek Matinee Screening
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN Rupert Sanders / USA 2012 / 127 min / (12A) Contains moderate violence and threat TUE 4 SEP 7.30PM WED 5 SEP 7.30PM THU 6 SEP 7.30PM
The famous fairytale takes a new twist in Snow White and the Huntsman. This time the evil queen gets more than she bargained for as her adversary Snow White teams up with the huntsman the queen had dispatched to kill her.
THE FLOWERS OF WAR Zhang Yimou / China 2012 / 136 min / (15) Contains strong bloody violence, sexual threat and violence
FRI 7 SEP 7.30PM SAT 8 SEP 5.00PM SUN 9 SEP 8.00PM WED 12 SEP 2.00** **Midweek Matinee Screening
Set in 1937, Nanking stands at the forefront of a war between China and Japan. As the invading Japanese Imperial Army overruns China’s capital city, an American mortician, John Miller, arrives at a catholic church and immediately finds him thrust into the unwanted role of being the protector of a group of schoolgirls and prostitutes seeking shelter in the church.
LE PETIT NICOLAS Laurent Tirard / France/Belgium 2009 / 91 min (PG) Contains mild comic violence
SAT 8 SEP 2.00PM SUN 9 SEP 2.00PM WED 12 SEP 7.30PM
A delightful comedy about a mischievous little boy in 1950s France, with a family that loves him, Nicolas believes he lives the perfect life. However, suspecting his mother maybe thinking about having another child he and his friends arrange an elaborate plan to ensure any new arrival does not ruin his ideal life.
TED Seth McFarlane / USA 2012 / 106 min / (15) Contains strong sex references, language, drug use and brief nudity
SAT 8 SEP 8.00PM SUN 9 SEP 5.00PM MON 10 SEP 7.30PM
From the creator of Family Guy, comes the story of Ted, the childhood teddy bear of John Bennet that magically came to life. The problem is, now that John is no longer a child, Ted has become a bit of a liability with his ludicrous antics and if John wants to move on with his life he will have to make some tough decisions regarding his furry friend.
SOUND OF MY VOICE Zal Batmanglij / UK 2012 / 85 min / (15) Contains strong language
FRI 14 SEP 7.30PM SAT 15 SEP 5.00PM SUN 16 SEP 8.00PM
Two documentary filmmakers join a cult, hoping to expose its fraudulent leader who claims to be from a future in 2054, but following a series of brainwashing exercises, find themselves under the sway of their charismatic host.
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS David Bowers / USA 2012 / 94 min / (U) Contains mild rude humour and brief scary moments SAT 15 SEP 2.00PM SUN 16 SEP 2.00PM
Based on the fourth book in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days sees Greg return, looking forward to the summer break. That is until his well-planned vacation turns into a holiday from hell when his plans disintegrate. Along with best friend Rowley, he embarks on a series of madcap schemes to try and salvage his summer and make it the best one ever.
THE BOURNE LEGACY Tony Gilroy / USA 2012 / TBC min / (TBC)
SAT 15 SEP 8.00PM SUN 16 SEP 5.00PM MON 17 SEP 7.30PM WED 19 SEP 2.00PM**
The fourth instalment of the hugely successful Bourne series introduces a new hero as assassination expert Aaron Cross whose own story is triggered by the event of the first three films.
**Midweek Matinee Screening
JACKPOT Magnus Martens / Norway 2012 / 85 min / Norwegian with English subtitles / (15) Contains strong violence, gore, language and sex references TUE 18 SEP 7.30PM WED 19 SEP 7.30PM THU 20 SEP 7.30PM
Based on a novel by Jo Nesbo, Jackpot tells the story of ex-con Oscar and how he ended up as the sole survivor of a winning football pools syndicate that no one wanted to share.
THE EXPENDABLES 2 Simon West / USA 2012 / TBC min / (TBC)
FRI 21 SEP 7.30PM SAT 22 SEP 5.00PM SUN 23 SEP 8.00PM
The Expendables team are hired for a seemingly simple mission but things take a turn for the worst when one of the team is killed. Not just that but the entire world is put in danger when six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium have been stolen. Now, with the world at risk from nuclear attack, they must overcome the odds and save the day.
STEP UP 4: MIAMI HEAT Scott Speer / USA 2012 / TBC min / (TBC)
SAT 22 SEP 2.00PM SUN 23 SEP 2.00PM
When aspiring dancer Emily arrives in town she soon falls for Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew with a difference. However, when a property developer threatens to level their neighbourhood, they have to use their dance moves to try and save the area.
THE HUNTER Daniel Nettheim / Australia 2011 / 101 min / (15) Contains strong language
SAT 22 SEP 8.00PM SUN 23 SEP 5.00PM MON 24 SEP 7.30PM WED 26 SEP 2.00PM**
Martin David is a tracker assassin hired by a large biotech organisation to hunt the fabled Tasmanian tiger. He poses as a university researcher to try and procure the animal’s DNA that the company he is working for wants to procure at any cost.
** Midweek Matinee Screening
TAKE THIS WALTZ Sarah Polley / Canada 2012 / 116 min / (15) Contains strong sex, sex references and language
FRI 28 SEP 7.30PM SAT 29 SEP 5.00PM SUN 30 SEP 8.00PM
When happily married Margot finds herself inexplicably attracted to her new neighbour her world is thrown into turmoil as she is torn between her loyalty to her husband and the allure of the handsome stranger.
THE THREE STOOGES Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly / USA 2012 / 91 min / (PG) Contains dangerous behaviour, but in a slapstick context
SAT 29 SEP 2.00PM SAT 29 SEP 8.00PM SUN 30 SEP 2.00PM SUN 30 SEP 5.00PM MON 1 OCT 7.30PM
When the orphanage that Curly, Larry and Moe where brought up in is threatened with closure they jump to the rescue to try and save it in true slapstick fashion.
SPECIAL EVENTS Each month macrobert brings you a range of special event screenings, ranging from post show discussions to genre specific films and everything in between.
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL John Dove / 138 min
WED 26 SEP 7.30PM
In the first of three special events, macrobert presents All’s Well That Ends Well direct from the home of Shakespeare, The Globe Theatre. Some of Shakespeare’s most inventive language gives life, not just to his singled minded heroine and her churlish lover but also to a fantastic cast of frauds, cynics and buffoons.
KIDS FILM CLUB Join us at macrobert at 11.00am on Saturday and Sunday mornings for the all new Kids Film Club. Kids and adults alike only have to pay £1.50 or you can select four films in the month for £5. Become a member and you can also pick up a bag full of goodies like popcorn and juice for only £1.50.
Kids Film Club is sponsored by:
WE BOUGHT A ZOO Cameron Crowe / USA 2012 / 124 min / (PG) Contains mild language
SAT 1 SEP 11.00AM SUN 2 SEP 11.00AM
We Bought a Zoo is an incredible true story of a father who moves his young family to the countryside to restore and re-open a struggling zoo. In an attempt to bring them all closer, he relocates, along with his two children, to the rundown menagerie where the family embark on a soul-restoring journey to return the zoo to its former glory.
TOP CAT Alberto Mar / USA 2012 / 90 min / (U) Contains mild slapstick violence and rude humour
SAT 8 SEP 11.00AM SUN 9 SEP 11.00AM
The cool cat and chums are back on the block, this time facing a hard-line regime laid down by a new Police Chief intent on ridding the city’s alleyways of their feline feistiness. With their easy life under threat as Dibble is forced to get tough, are TC’s nine lives finally over?
MEN IN BLACK 3 Barry Sonnenfeld / USA 2012 / 105 min / (PG) ontains mild language, innuendo and fantasy violence
SAT 15 SEP 11.00AM SUN 16 SEP 11.00AM
Will Smith is back as Agent J, accompanied as always by Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K. This time, the mission takes J back in time to the 1960s to save K from an assassination that would change the course of history. Working alongside young Agent K, he uncovers the truth behind his partner and the agency, whilst helping to secure the future of the human race.
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Joss Whedon / USA 2012 / 142 min / (12A) Contains moderate fantasy violence
SAT 22 SEP 11.00AM SUN 23 SEP 11.00AM
Based on the classic Marvel comic series, action adventure Marvel Avengers Assemble follows Nick Fury, director of an international peacekeeping agency and the elite team of superheroes he assembles to deal with a terrifying extra-terrestrial threat to global safety and security.
BRAVE Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman / USA 2012 / 100 min / (PG) Contains some scary scenes
SAT 29 SEP 11.00AM SUN 30 SEP 11.00AM
Brave is the story of Merida, a skilled archer and impulsive daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor. Determined to carve her own path in life Merida’s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom and when she turns to an eccentric old Wise Woman for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late.
SECOND CHANCE AND CLASSIC CINEMA macrobert gives you a second chance to see some of the biggest hits of the past few months and revisit some classic films.
THE ANGELS’ SHARE Ken Loach / UK 2012 / 101 min / (15) Contains very strong language and strong violence
FRI 31 AUG 7.30PM SUN 2 SEP 8.00PM
After swearing that his new-born son won’t take the same path as himself, Robbie meets three men during community service who like him can’t find work because of their criminal past. Together the band of friends take an adventurous risk and discover that turning to drink might just change their lives forever.
YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED Anthony Baxter / USA 2011 / 95 min / (PG) Contains mild language
TUE 11 SEP 7.30PM THU 13 SEP 7.30PM
Funny, inspiring, shocking and even heartbreaking at times, You’ve Been Trumped follows the conquest of Donald Trump’s golf course over an area of natural beauty on the Aberdeenshire coast. The film also offers a rare and revealing glimpse of the unfiltered Donald Trump, as he considers standing as a candidate for President of the United States.
CHARIOTS OF FIRE Hugh Hudson / UK 1981 / 123 min / (U) Passed ‘U’ with brief, mild bad language
TUE 25 SEP 7.30PM THU 27 SEP 7.30PM
Fresh of the back of this year’s 2012 Olympic Games comes the chance to see Hugh Hudson’s Academy Award winning classic. Re-mastered for a new generation, Chariots of Fire tells the story of two British runners competing in the 1924 games in Paris.
THE MIDWEEK MATINEE Each Wednesday at 2.00pm we bring you one of the months’ movie highlights for only £2.50. Not only that but we will throw in a free tea or filter coffee to help you relax that little bit more. We hope you can join us soon and enjoy a nice relaxing afternoon with us. Why not come a little earlier and have a delicious lunch beforehand, check out www.macrobert.org/cafebar for our menus.
360 (15) WED 5 SEP 2.00PM
THE FLOWERS OF WAR (15) WED 12 SEP 2.00PM
THE BOURNE LEGACY (TBC) WED 19 SEP 2.00PM
THE HUNTER (15) WED 26 SEP 2.00PM
PARENT AND TODDLER SCREENINGS Wednesday mornings are now accessible to the whole family at macrobert. Bring your kids along and enjoy family films on the big screen in a child friendly, relaxed atmosphere with the lights dimmed and the sound at a comfortable level. Screenings start at 10.30am each Wednesday and tickets are priced at ÂŁ1.50 or free to any baby under 12 months.
WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) WED 5 SEP 10.30AM
TOP CAT (U) WED 12 SEP 10.30AM
MEN IN BLACK 3 (PG) WED 19 SEP 10.30AM
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (12A) WED 26 SEP 10.30AM
BRAVE (U) WED 3 OCT 10.30AM
KIDS FILM CLUB Join macrobert at 11.00am on Saturday and Sunday mornings for the all new Kids Film Club. Kids and adults alike only have to pay £1.50 or you can select four films in the month for £5. Become a member and you can also pick up a bag full of goodies like popcorn and juice for only £1.50. Sponsored by:
FIND US University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA Park for free on the University Campus. There are frequent buses from Stirling town centre and the train station to the University Campus. For all public transport options call Traveline Scotland at 0871 200 22 33.
TICKET PRICES Screenings before 4.00pm: friends £3.80/full price £4.75/concession £4.25 Screenings after 4.00pm: friends £4.60/full price £5.75/concession £5.25 Kids Film Club 11.00am screenings: £1.50 each/£5 (four films from this brochure; tickets must be bought at the same time) Film Four Pack (four films from this brochure; tickets must be bought at same time): full price £17.20/concession £13.20 Concessions apply to full-time students, under 18s, senior citizens, people with a disability (plus carer), Young Scot Card holders and benefit claimants. Proof of eligibility is required.
BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS Mon - Fri 10.00am to 7.45pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Sat 9.00am to 8.15pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Sun 10.00am to 8.15pm (phones close at 7.00pm) Please note: Lines will close up to half an hour before busy performances.
ACCESS INFORMATION macrobert welcomes all disabled visitors. Our building is fully accessible for wheelchairs, and we offer hearing loops at the box office and bar. Audio description and subtitling are available for selected cinema screenings (see diary). Concession tickets are available for people with a disability plus carer.
For a large print version please email marketing@macrobert.org or call 01786 466666 Tickets cannot be refunded, except in the event of cancellation of a screening by macrobert / (TBC) means that the film is awaiting BBFC or local authority licensing approval / The use of cameras and recording equipment is not permitted / Screen advertisements and trailers are shown before all films / All information is correct at time of print and is subject to change without prior notice / macrobert cannot be held liable for any arrangements made due to changes to the brochure
MACROBERT THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR SUPPORT
Main funders
macrobert arts centre limited is a Scottish charity, no SC039546. To support us with donations please go to www.macrobert.org/donate
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SEPTEMBER 2012
THE ANGELS’ SHARE 7.30PM WE BOUGHT A ZOO 11.00AM THE LORAX 2.00PM 360 8.00PM WE BOUGHT A ZOO 11.00AM THE LORAX 2.00PM 360 5.00PM THE ANGELS’ SHARE 8.00PM 360 7.30PM SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN 7.30PM WE BOUGHT A ZOO 10.30AM* 360 2.00PM** SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN 7.00PM SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN 7.30PM THE FLOWERS OF WAR 7.30PM TOP CAT 11.00AM LE PETIT NICOLAS 2.00PM THE FLOWERS OF WAR 5.00PM TED 8.00PM TOP CAT 11.00AM LE PETIT NICOLAS 2.00PM TED 5.00PM THE FLOWERS OF WAR 8.00PM TED 7.30PM YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED 7.30PM TOP CAT 10.30AM* THE FLOWERS OF WAR 2.00PM** LE PETIT NICOLAS 7.30PM YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED 7.30PM SOUND OF MY VOICE 7.30PM MEN IN BLACK 3 11.00AM DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS 2.00PM SOUND OF MY VOICE 5.00PM THE BOURNE LEGACY 8.00PM MEN IN BLACK 3 11.00AM DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS 2.00PM THE BOURNE LEGACY 5.00PM SOUND OF MY VOICE 8.00PM THE BOURNE LEGACY 7.30PM JACKPOT 7.30PM MEN IN BLACK 3 10.30AM* THE BOURNE LEGACY 2.00PM** JACKPOT 7.30PM JACKPOT 7.30PM THE EXPENDABLES 2 7.30PM AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 11.00AM STEP UP 4: MIAMI HEAT 2.00PM THE EXPENDABLES 2 5.00PM THE HUNTER 8.00PM AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 11.00AM STEP UP 4: MIAMI HEAT 2.00PM THE HUNTER 5.00PM THE EXPENDABLES 2 8.00PM THE HUNTER 7.30PM CHARIOTS OF FIRE 7.30PM AVENGERS ASSEMBLE 10.30AM* THE HUNTER 2.00PM** ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 7.30PM CHARIOTS OF FIRE 7.30PM TAKE THIS WALTZ 7.30PM BRAVE 11.00AM THE THREE STOOGES 2.00PM TAKE THIS WALTZ 5.00PM THE THREE STOOGES 8.00PM BRAVE 11.00AM THE THREE STOOGES 2.00PM THE THREE STOOGES 5.00PM TAKE THIS WALTZ 8.00PM
* PARENT & TODDLER SCREENING ** MIDWEEK MATINEE SCREENING