Film Societies
Film Societies lists films being shown in Oahu art theaters. Movies are rated on a four-star scale. "Film Societies" appears on-line every week, and Thursdays in the Star-Bulletin's "Community Calendar." Send notices to: Film Calendar, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu 96802. Or fax to 523-8509. Or send e-mail to citydesk@starbulletin.com.

Thursday, July 11, 1996



Folly To Be Wise

Mukkinese Battlehorn (Star rating unavailable)

Amusing nonsense by two British films made in the 1950s. Army chaplain Alastair Sim tries to enliven service life with various unique entertainment programs in "Folly." "Battlehorn" stars Peter Sellers. At 5:30 and 8 p.m. Monday; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

In the Shadow of the North Pole (Star rating unavailable)

Feature-length color film travelogue of eastern Canada and Greenland will be narrated by Willis Moore. At 7:30 p.m. July 18; $4. Call 538-3952 for details. (Unrated)

Theater: St. Andrew's Cathedral

Murder, My Sweet

Hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) becomes involved in homicide and blackmail, in an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's "Farewell My Lovely." Also starring Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley and Otto Kruger. At 8 p.m. July 18 and at 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. July 21; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

One Deadly Summer

Isabelle Adjani gives an astonishing performance as a young sexpot with an elaborate plan for revenge. Characters take turns narrating the story based on Sebastien Japrisot's novel. Cast includes Alain Souchon, Francois Cluzet and Suzanne Flon. At 2, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday; $5. (R)

Theater: Movie Museum

Pygmalion

Superb filmization of George Bernard Shaw's witty play about a self-assured professor (Leslie Howard) who would transform a Cockney flower seller (Wendy Hiller) into a lady. The story was transformed into Lerner and Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady" in 1964. At 8 p.m. Friday and at 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; $5. (Unrated)

Theater: Movie Museum

Stalingrad (Star rating unavailable)

Director Joseph Vilsmaier delves into the brutal realities of modern warfare from the vantage point of a small German platoon in what would be the first major defeat for Hitler's Third Reich. At 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday; $4. (Unrated)

Theater: Academy Theater




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