Lapworth
A warwickshire Village
Lapworth Cinema Club
February film: "Jane Eyre"
Welcome to the page of the Lapworth Cinema Club, which shows family films, recent and classic, in Lapworth Village hall.
The attraction of showing films in the Village hall is that it is a community event which draws people as much for the social gathering as seeing a film. Some people do not wish to drive to neighbouring towns at night but would enjoy seeing a film, and the Cinema Club meets their needs on their doorstep.
There is always an interval in the film so that people have an opportunity to meet and chat. We aim to show five or six films a season from the autumn through to spring.
The club is newly formed and we have shown two films at the end of February and March. The turnout was good and feedback from the audiences very favourable, so it is our intention to continue in the autumn.
Previously have hired the neccessary equipment and DVDs from Stratford on Avon Council Moving Pictures. This has been a good arrangement to start with because all of the equipment was tried and tested and the Council organised the required licensing.
We have now purchased, with the generous help of "Arts On Our Doorstep" our own projection and sound equipment and we are all set for a good season.
FILMS AT THE VILLAGE HALL
"Jane Eyre"
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
Starring Mia Waskowska, Michael Fassbender and Jamie Bell.
Feb 27th 7:15 for 7:45pm (film starts at 7:45pm)
Tickets £5
7:15 for 7:45pm (film starts at 7:45pm). Tickets £5
The story of an unlikely friendship between a single mother, a misanthropic author and a gay artist. Comedy starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt, who gained Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively.
28th Nov: It's a Wonderful Life
7:15 for 7:45pm (film starts at 7:45pm)
1946 Christmas classic directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart.
31st Oct: Oranges & Sunshine
7:15 for 7:45pm admission: £5
The story of a social worker from Nottingham who exposed the scandal of a UK scheme to forcibly relocate poor children to Australia and Canada. She reunites estranged families and brings worldwide attention to the issue.
30th Oct: Kung Fu Panda 2
2:15pm admission £3 adult £2 child
Computer animated comedy action film set in ancient China. "Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon".
26th Sept: The King's Speech
7.15 p.m. for 7.45 p.m.
A historical drama directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother abdicates the throne, the new King relies on Logue to help him make a radio broadcast on Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.
Last Winter's films were:
28th Feb: Made in DagenhamA dramatisation of the 1968 strike at the Ford car plant where female workers walked out in protest at sexual discrimination. Directed by Nigel Cole who also directed Calendar Girls, it has Geraldine James, Miranda Richardson and Bob Hoskins in the cast.
28th Mar: The Ghost Writer
An adaptation of Robert Harris's novel The Ghost, Staring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Olivia Williams and directed by Roman Polanski. A political thriller in which a ghost writer agrees to work for a British Prime Minister, but finds events becoming increasingly sinister after discovering his predecessor has died in questionable circumstances. Resemblances to Tony and Cherie Blair are pronounced.