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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

It is New York in 1936, and some of the world's leading scientists have disappeared in a major World of Tomorrow event. Where are they, and for what purpose have they disappeared? A dream team led by Sky Captain and Polly Perkins was set up to recover the missing scientists, reveal the megalomaniac plan and save the world. This action film is packed with Academy Award names; Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribishi, and Angelina Jolie.

Alexander

Oliver Stone is ever-ambitious in trying to capture the life and achievements of Alex- ander the Great into film here. This is about the man who at 22 led his outnumbered men to victory over the great Persian army, and in the course of eight years conquered over 90% of the world's populated places. It also explores the relationship with the people close to him: mother, father, friends and lover. Alexander stars Colin Farrel, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Some scenes were shot in Thailand.

AUA

The real film freak can get him/herself to AUA on Rajdamnern Road, just up from Pratu Thapae. There, in Chiang Mai’s coolest, most convenient little English-language library, you can take your pick of close to 200 of the choicest videos going. You want Five Easy Pieces, Trainspotting, Leaving Las Vegas, Das Boot, Apocalypse Now, La Haine, Mon Oncle, Men in Black, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, Wild Strawberries, Cyrano de Bergerac, Blade Runner, The Simpsons, The Bicycle Thieves, etc. etc. etc? You do? Well, they got it. And for a smallish charge you can either take it home or see it on the premises. And now - DVDs too!

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE CHIANG MAI
November 2004 film programme

Friday, November 5, 20h00
RUE DES PLAISIRS (2001)

A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and her romantic life.

Friday, November 12, 20h00
L'APPAT (1994)

Three adolescents, a girl who serves as the bait and two boys, kill two men in cold blood just for their money. With it, the trio want to open a clothing shop in the US. But their dream turns out to be more difficult to realize than the assassination...

Friday, November 19, 20h00
THE THIRD MAN (1949)

An American pulp writer arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who should have been waiting for him has been killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend...

Friday, December 3, 20h00
LA GRANDE VADROUILLE (1966)

An British bomber is shot down over Paris by the Germans. Its crew (Terry Thomas as a flight captain) land there by parachute. With the help of some French civilians (Louis de Funes in the role of a conductor and Bourvil as a house painter) they try to escape over the demarcation line into the southern part of France, still not occupied by the Germans...