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January Film Mini-Festival - 2004
"A.I. Films of the Early 1980's"
A Trifecta of Artificial Intelligence

Series hosted by: Robert Landsman & Mike Carlisle, CUNY GC Mathematics Ph.D. Program

All screenings will be held in the Film Screening Room on the "C" level (Rm. C419) of the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC.

There are 3 films in this mini-series. Each film will be shown on a Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM, January 6th, 13th, and 20th. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Early arrival is suggested as seating is limited. The running time of each film is indicated in the table to the right following the year in which the film was released.

Click on each title for additional information within this website.  Clicking on a director's name or a title heading a film's description will take you to further information on that particular film at the IMDb [the Internet Movie Database], the web's premiere movie site. Some of you may prefer, however, to wait until after you have seen the film to read about the plot and analyze the reviews.

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Date
Film
Year
Runtime
Director
1
Tue, Jan 6
1983
1:54
2
Tue, Jan 13
1982
1:36
3
Tue, Jan 20
Blade Runner (Director's Cut)
1982
1:57

These films will be projected from DVD when possible. Seating is limited; first-come, first-served. Admission is free. Fresh popcorn and other snacks will be available!

The upcoming film in the series is indicated by the highlighted row in the film grid. A film's name in the grid links to a synopsis below; a director's name links to the IMDb's listing of that director's filmography. A film's name next to a synopsis links to the IMDb's main page for that film.



IMDb poster image 1) Wargames (1983)

Director: John Badham
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy

JOSHUA: "Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?"



IMDb poster image 2) Tron (1982)

Director: Steven Lisberger
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, Barnard Hughes, Peter Jurasik

DUMONT: "Yes I'm old. Old enough to remember when the MCP was just a chess program!"



IMDb poster image 3) Blade Runner (Director's Cut) (1982)

Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah

TYRELL: "Ridiculous. Knight takes Queen. Ha! Tell him to go home."
Tyrell smirks.
SPEAKER: "Bishop to King Seven. Mate!"





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