Programme For Paramount Cinema
25 Courtenay Place, Po Box 6232 Wellington. Ph 384 4080. Fax 384 4408.www.paramount.co.nz
PROGRAMME 16th November – 22nd November Thu
16th Fri
17th Sat
18th Sun
19th Mon
20th Tue
21st Wed
22nd
BODY ART ROCKS ALL DAY
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
(SNEAK PREVIEWS) (R16) 91 minutes 12.10pm
10.30pm 8.15pm
BEYOND THE SEA (M) 125 minutes 1.40pm
3.50pm
6.00pm
8.20pm 1.40pm
3.50pm
6.00pm
8.20pm 12.15pm
6.45pm 1.40pm
3.50pm
8.20pm 1.40pm
3.50pm
6.00pm
8.20pm 1.40pm
3.50pm
6.00pm
8.20pm
KOKODA (M) 100 minutes 12.35pm
5.00pm
6.40pm 12.35pm
5.00pm
6.40pm 2.25pm 12.35pm
5.00pm
6.40pm 12.35pm
5.00pm
6.40pm 12.35pm
4.35pm
6.40pm
BRICK (M) 112 minutes 4.15pm 4.15pm 4.15pm 4.15pm 4.15pm
MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT (M) 117 minutes 12.55pm 12.55pm 12.55pm 12.55pm 12.55pm
SOPHIE SCHOLL (M) 123 minutes 2.15pm
8.30pm 2.15pm
8.30pm 6.50pm 2.15pm
8.30pm 2.15pm
8.30pm 2.15pm
8.30pm
BEOWULF & GRENDEL (R16) 105 minutes 2.55pm 2.55pm 2.55pm 2.55pm 2.55pm
RENAISSANCE (M) 112 minutes 8.25pm 8.25pm 2.10pm 8.25pm 8.25pm 8.25pm
JUNEBUG (M) 112 minutes 6.20pm 6.20pm 12.10pm 6.20pm 6.20pm 6.20pm
WELLINGTON FILM SOCIETY:
BARBARELLA (R16) 98 minutes 6.15pm
KOKODA In 1942 Japanese fighters landed on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea intending to capture Port Moresby and
invade Australia. The only Australian soldiers available to face the onslaught are a small force of untrained volunteers
ridiculed as the Chocolate Soldiers, or Chocos as they are expected to melt in the heat of battle. Sustained bombardment
from the Japanese cuts them off from supply lines and communication. Isolated they survive without food, carrying their
wounded for three days as they fight their way through some of the most perilous and unforgiving terrain on earth: the
Kokoda track. The ensemble cast is uniformly excellent and first time director Grierson handles the action with economy
and confidence. Jules O’Loughlin’s cinematography evocatively captures the mud and blood as well as the lush beauty of
the tropical landscape. John Gray’s score gives the film an appropriate profundity. Occasionally harrowing (how could it
be anything else?) this film is not only a stirring and valuable tribute to the soldiers, but an awe inspiring,
thrillingly original piece of cinema. BEYOND THE SEA Kevin Spacey's buoyant biography of Bobby Darin is an off-beat
portrait of the crooner. From 50s bubblegum pop icon to his heyday as a lounge headliner in the 60s to his hippy
comeback in the 70s, Spacey contrasts real life drama with musical set pieces to create a whimsical and colourful
portrait of this lesser known artist. As a young boy Darin was told he wouldn't see fifteen, something which sparked his
quest for immortality as an artist. Supported by his loving mother and sister (there is no father in the picture), young
Bobby found himself shooting to teen-idol stature with the pop ditty