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Friday Film Festival - Fall 2004 "Biopics" [Biographical Films] |
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Series hosted by:
The CUNY Ph.D. Program in Mathematics & the Doctoral Student Council's Culture Club. |
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Friday Film Festival - Fall 2004 "Biopics" [Biographical Films] |
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Series hosted by:
The CUNY Ph.D. Program in Mathematics & the Doctoral Student Council's Culture Club. |
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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 7 films in this series. Each film will be shown on a Friday evening at 6:00 PM between August 27th and December 3rd. 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. Seating is limited; first-come, first-served. Admission is free. Popcorn and other snacks will be available! * Beginning this semester, GC students and guests can see first-run films in a Manhattan cinema on alternate Fridays through the "Friday Film Club." GC students will receive an admission discount. See the Friday Film Club website for details. |
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1)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Director: Arthur Penn
Starring:
Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Gene Wilder
The story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, notorious and charismatic bank robbers who terrorized the American southwest during the Great Depression.
2) The Elephant Man (1980)
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud,
and Wendy Hiller
The story of John Merrick, who, due to a disfiguring congenital disease, was exhibited as a carnival freak in Victorian England. With the help of concerned physician Frederick Treves who rescued him, Merrick attempted to regain his dignity. A powerful meditation on voyeurism, ethics, and the strength of the human spirit.
Director: David Anspaugh
Starring: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind, Scott Benjaminson, Mary Ann Thebus,
Charles Dutton, and Lili Taylor
The story of Rudy Ruettiger who, always told that he was too small to play college football, was nevertheless determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Vincent D'Onofrio,
and Bill Murray
The story of the man voted the worst film director of all time, and his strange group of friends and actors in 1950's Hollywood.
5)
October Sky (1999)
Director: Joe Johnston
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, and Chris Owen
The story of Homer Hickam, a West Virginia coal miner's son who, against his father's wishes, was inspired to take up rocketry in the late 1950s after the Soviet Union's successful "Sputnik" space launch.
6)
Men of Honor (2000)
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook,
Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, and David Keith
The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who reluctantly trained him.
7)
American Splendor (2003)
Director: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, James Urbaniak, Judah Friedlander, and Hope Davis
The story of Harvey Pekar, a Cleveland file clerk who writes a series of comic books based on his everyday adventures. The tale is told using several post-modern techniques.
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GC Friday Film Festival - Fall 2004