6 September 2005
Date Palm Film Festival
Thurs: In Casablanca the Angels Don’t Fly 7.30pm
Fri: Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land 6pm
A Man in Our House 8pm
Sat: Return to the Land of Wonders 2pm
Until When… 4pm Mama’s Guest 6pm
Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 8pm
Mon: Mama’s Guest 8.15pm
Tues: Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land 6pm
Until When… 8pm
Wed: Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets 6pm
Private 8pm
YOUNG ADAM (R18) 98 minutes
Thurs-Sat: 2.30pm,4.30pm, 6.30pm, 8.30pm
Sun: 1.45pm, 3.45pm, 5.50pm, 7.50pm
Mon-Wed: 2.30pm,4.30pm, 6.30pm, 8.30pm
FESTIVAL EXPRESS (M) 90 minutes
Thurs-Sat: 4.15pm, 8.45pm Sun: 3.55pm, 8.15pm
Mon-Wed: 4.15pm, 8.45pm
THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY (M) 137 minutes
Thurs-Sat: 1.45pm, 6.15pm Sun: 1.15pm, 5.45pm
Mon-Wed: 1.45pm, 6.15pm
HEIGHTS (M) 93 minutes
Thurs & Fri: 2.00pm, 4.00pm Sun: 2.00pm
Mon-Wed: 2.00pm, 4.00pm
FOR INFORMATION ON FILMS IN THE DATE PALM FESTIVAL, SEE THE BROCHURE.
YOUNG ADAM Young Adam is a thriller that is not really a thriller. Ewan McGregor plays Joe, a seemingly harmless young
man who prefers reading a book to drinking at the pub.
He is currently employed by husband and wife Les and Ella (Mullan and Swinton) on their barge that they pilot through
the rivers and canals of Scotland. The film opens with Joe and Les dragging the scantily clad body of a woman from the
water.
Within hours Les is down the pub boasting about the find, which has made the local papers. Joe stays on the barge with
the intention of seducing Ella. The pair are soon embroiled in an intensely sexual relationship which leads to Ella
announcing her intention to divorce Les. Joe then cools their relationship and turns his attentions to Ella’s newly
widowed sister. Meanwhile the investigation into the body Joe and Les discovered takes an unsettling turn.
FESTIVAL EXPRESS In 1970 a Canadian music promoter organized a series of concerts across the country. With unique
insight he hired a train to move the entire event from one city to the next, throwing together some of the greatest
musical talent of all time. It was evident from the start that the concerts would be a financial disaster, but the
organizers kept going, allowing the musicians a unique opportunity to meet and jam together. Outside the concerts
protesters demanded that the music be given free and clashed with police. But the concerts went on and the film shows
performances from such legends as The Grateful Dead, The Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers. But the highlight is
Janis Joplin, two months before her death, giving a performance of Cry Baby for the ages.
THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY "Bui Doi", meaning less than dust, is a term used for Vietnamese children with American fathers.
Binh (Damien Ngyuen) is one of these unfortunates. In a small Vietnamese village Binh is treated like a slave by his
foster family. When a relative lets slip that his mother is still alive in Saigon, he packs his bags and sets off. Armed
only with a photograph of her and his American father in front of a distinctive building, Binh amazingly manages to find
his mother and half brother, Tam. But a tragic accident makes staying impossible, and Binh embarks on what turns out to
be an epic journey to find his American father.
HEIGHTS Over 24 hours five central characters are involved in each other's lives, if only they knew it. Diana (Glenn
Close), an actress currently portraying Lady Macbeth is the mother of Isabel (Elizabeth Banks), a photographer who is
engaged to Jonathan (James Marsden).
Meanwhile, Jonathan has been contacted by Peter (John Light), who is interviewing the subjects of a British photo
exhibition in which a photograph of Jonathan suggests that Isabel should think twice, or three times, before marrying
him. At an audition, Diana meets Alec, (Jesse Bradford) a young actor who lives in the same building as Isabel and
Jonathan...
ENDS