UP Film Institute's Forthcoming Screenings

Please watch UP Film Institute's forthcoming screenings. Featured
films screen in celebration of the anniversary of the movies which
was invented more than a hundred years ago in September. Pertinent
descriptions and details of concerned screenings are as follows:

THEY TROT THE GLOBE
Around-the-World- in-Cinema Special for the Anniversary of Movies
Aug 23 Thu 5 p.m.
Borat
A 20th Century Fox Release through Warner Bros. Pictures
Presented by UP Batangan
Kazakhstan's leading TV journalist is dispatched to the United
States to make a documentary about the greatest nation in the world.
Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay—2007 Academy Awards;
Winner of Best Comedy Movie—2007 Annual Awards, Broadcast Film
Critics Association; Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for Sacha
Baron Cohen—2007 Golden Globe Awards among some 22 awards and
distinctions
Direction: Larry Charles. Screenplay from the Television Character:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Naynham, Dan Mazer. Cast:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Kenneth Davitian, Luenell, Pamela Anderson, Pat
Haggerty.
2006 84 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with pervasive strong crude and sexual content
including graphic nudity and language

Aug 27 Mon 2/7 p.m.; Aug 28 Tue 5 p.m.; Aug 29 Wed 2/7 p.m.; Sept 1
Sat 2/7 p.m.; Sept 3 Mon 5 p.m.; Sept 4 Tue 2 p.m.
Spy Game
A Sky Films Release
A retiring CIA agent recalls his training of a onetime protégé
jailed on espionage charges in Beijing as the former seeks to free
the latter from his Chinese captors.
Direction: Tony Scott. Screenplay: Michael Frost Beckner, David
Arata. Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack,
Stepehen Dillane, Larry Bryggman
2001 126 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with language, some violence and brief sexuality

Aug 27 Mon 5 p.m.; Aug 28 Tue 2 p.m.; Aug 29 Wed 5 p.m.; Sept 1 Sat
5 p.m.; Sept 3 Mon 2 p.m.; Sept 4 Tue 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo Soldiers
A Sky Films Release
A criminal subculture operates among United States soldiers
stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.
Best Screenplay—2004 Evening Standard British Film Awards,
Nomination for Best British Independent Film—2004 British
Independent Film awards among more awards and distinctions
Direction: Gregor Jordan. Screenplay from Robert O'Connor's book:
Gregor Jordan, Eric Weiss, Nora Maccoby. Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna
Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Elizabeth McGovern
2003 98 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with violence, drug content, strong language and
some sexuality

Sept 4 Tue 5 p.m.
Blood Diamond
A Warner Bros. Pictures Release
Presented by UP Batangan
Tha fates of a mercenary, a fisherman and an American lady
journalist are entwined as they hunt for a priceless diamond in
Sierra Leone.
Oscar nominations for Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Sound Editing,
Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Djimon
Hounsou—2007 Academy Awards among over 20 awards and distinctions
Direction: Edward Zwick. Screenplay: Charles Leavitt. Cast: Leonardo
DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Micahel Sheen, Arnold
Vosloo
2006 143 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with strong violence and language

Sept 5 Wed 2/5/7 p.m.; Sept 6 Thu 2/7:30 p.m.; Sept 8 Sat 2/5/7 p.m.
The Holiday
A United International Pictures Release through Solar Entertainment
A trailer editor from Los Angeles with man problems jaunts over to
England in a distinct exchange deal with a lady journalist from
Surrey who has similar troubles.
Direction and Screenplay: Nancy Meyers. Cast: Kate Winslet, Cameron
Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black.
2006 140 minutes 35mm color

Sept 6 Thu 5 p.m.
Babel
A Viva International Pictures Release
Presented by Geography Society-UP
Two children curious about just how far a bullet will travel in the
remote sands of the Moroccan desert set into motion a tragedy that
ripples across six families around the world.
Official Selection for Golden Palm, Winner of Best Director,
Technical Grand Prize, Ecumenical Jury Prize—2006 Festival de
Cannes; Oscar winner for Best Music and nominations for Best
Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best
Supporting Actress for Adriana Barraza, Best Supporting Actress for
Rinko Kikuchi—2007 Academy Awards; Best Motion Picture-Drama— 2007
Golden Globe Awards among over a hundred awards and distinctions
Direction: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu. Screenplay: Guillermo
Arriaga. Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Elle
Fanning, Koji Yakusho.
2006 143 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing with violence, some graphic nudity, sexual
content, language and some drug use

Also in the Series: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; Wide
Sargasso Sea; Donsol; Mr. Bean's Holiday; The Lover; Fantastic Four—
Rise of the Silver Surfer; Transformers

Here is a rundown for the full slate of UP Film Institute's current
and next attractions:
Aug 23 Thu
Borat 5 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay 7 p.m.

Aug 24
Friday Film Bar 6:30 p.m.
(Featured Performer: Agaw Agimat; Free Films: Bingit/Manila By Night)

Aug 25 Sat
Batad 5/7 p.m.

Aug 27 Mon
Spy Game 2/7 p.m.
Buffalo Soldiers 5 p.m.

Aug 28 Tue
Buffalo Soldiers 2 p.m.
Spy Game 5 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay 5:30 p.m.
Kubrador 7 p.m.

Aug 29 Wed
Spy Game 2/7 p.m.
Buffalo Soldiers 5 p.m.

Aug 30 Thu
@ the Videotheque: Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay 5/7 p.m.

Aug 31
Friday Film Bar 6:30 p.m.
(Featured Performer: Heber Bartolome; Free Films: Nasaan ang Katawan
ni Baklesh/Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag)

Sept 1 Sat
Spy Game 2/7 p.m.
Buffalo Soldiers 5 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: Imahenasyon 4 p.m.

Sept 3 Mon
Buffalo Soldiers 2 p.m.
Spy Game 5 p.m.
Premiere: Ang Lalake sa Parola 7:30 p.m.

Sept 4 Tue
Spy Game 2 p.m.
Blood Diamond 5 p.m.
Buffalo Soldiers 7:30 p.m.

Sept 5 Wed
The Holiday 2/5/7 p.m.

Sept 6 Thu
The Holiday 2/7:30 p.m.
Babel 5 p.m.

Sept 7
Friday Film Bar 6:30 p.m.
(Featured Performer: Kontra-Gapi; Free Films: Kumpas/Batch '81)

Sept 8 Sat
The Holiday 2/5/7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: Imahenasyon 4 p.m.

Sept 10 Mon
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2/7 p.m.
Mass Media Awareness: Thank You for Smoking 5 p.m.

Sept 11 Tue
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2/7 p.m.
Mass Media Awareness: Thank You for Smoking 5 p.m.

Sept 12 Wed
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 p.m.
Kabayanihan ni Sakay Centennial 5 p.m.
Mass Media Awareness: Thank You for Smoking 7:30 p.m.

Sept 13 Thu
Mass Media Awareness: Thank You for Smoking 2/7 p.m.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 5 p.m.

Sept 14
Friday Film Bar 6:30 p.m.
(Featured Performer: Bayang Barrios; Free Films: The Tear
Stealer/Mababangong Bangungot)

Sept 15 Sat
@ the Videotheque: Imahenasyon 4 p.m.

Sept 17 Mon
Wide Sargasso Sea 2 p.m.
Donsol 5/7 p.m.

Sept 18 Tue
Wide Sargasso Sea 2/7 p.m.
Fantastic Four—Rise of the Silver Surfer 5 p.m.

Sept 19 Wed
I-Witness Documentary Festival 2 p.m. onwards
Mr. Bean's Holiday 7 p.m.

Sept 20 Thu
Mr. Bean's Holiday 2/5/7 p.m.

Sept 21
Friday Film Bar 6:30 p.m.
(Featured Performer: Cynthia Alexander; Free Films: Misteryo ng
Hapis/Todo Todo Teros)

Sept 22 Sat
The Lover 2/7 p.m.
@ the Videotheque: Imahenasyon 4 p.m.
Wide Sargasso Sea 5 p.m.

Sept 24 Mon
Mr. Bean's Holiday 2/7:30 p.m.
Transformers 5 p.m.

Sept 25 Tue-Sept 27 Thu
Korean Film Festival 2007

Sept 28
Friday Film Bar 6:30 p.m.
(Featured Performer: Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa and the Alun-Alun
Dance Circle; Free Films: Pirouette/Ang Magpakailanman/ Anino)

Sept 29 Sat
@ the Videotheque: Imahenasyon 4 p.m.

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