Films
Margaret Faulkner
First Friday of each month at 7pm.
Millennium Room, East Horsley Village Hall
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The Films group meets monthly at 7pm for refreshments prior to a 7.30 start, when we show a variety of different types of film, chosen in advance by the group members. We show a mixture of classical, arthouse greats and modern films. Our current programme is shown below. A £2.00 charge per person is currently made to cover expenses.
The following films will be shown in 2026:
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Date |
Film Title |
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6th March |
The Great Gatsby { 2013 Romance/Musical 2h 23m - Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton } A writer and 'Wall Street' trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbour, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age. |
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3rd April |
My Uncle (Mon Oncle) { 1958 Comedy/Drama 1h 57m - Stars: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servant } The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, 'Monsieur Hulot' visits the technological world of his sister, brother-in-law and nephew, but does not really manage to adapt to this environment. |
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1st May |
Kramer vs. Kramer { 1979 Drama/Legal drama 1h 45m - Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander } After his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple's young son deepens the wounds left by the separation. |
| 5th June |
Tea with Mussolini { 1999 War/Comedy1h 57m - Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright } An Italian orphan is adopted by his father's secretary, Mary who lives in a slightly eccentric British refugee community of pre-WWII Florence. Mary and her friends live a sheltered existence that they feel is protected by Mussolini himself. Until Italy joins Germany and changes their status to enemies. |
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3rd July |
Freedom Writers { 2007 Crime/Drama 2h 03m - Stars: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey } Erin Gruwell, a young teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school, inspires her students, deemed incapable of learning, to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education after leaving. |
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7th August |
The 'Maggie' { 1954 Comedy/Drama 1h 32m - Stars: Paul Douglas, Alex Mackenzie, James Copeland } An American businessman in Scotland is conned into shipping a valuable load of cargo to a Scottish island via a coal-powered boat. |
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4th September |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest { 1975 Drama/Comedy drama 2h 18m - Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman } A rebellious convict is sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in 1963 Oregon, and encourages his docile companions to take more control of their lives and defy the tyrannical head nurse. |
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2nd October |
The Penguin Lessons { 2024 Comedy/Drama 1h 50m - Stars: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Bruno Blas } A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from the beach.
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