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James and the Giant Peach
Sat, Nov 12 | 11am | TMT
Following the success of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Henry Selick’s next feature was an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children's novel about an English orphan boy who flies away to New York City on a giant enchanted peach to escape the wrath of his wicked aunts with the help of magical anthropomorphic insects. Mixing live action and stop-motion animation, this zany offbeat adventure, while visually surreally grim and macabre, is equally chock-full of magic and hope.
DIRECTOR: Henry Selick.
WRITTEN BY: Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom.
STORY BY: Roald Dahl.
CAST: Paul Terry, Pete Postlethwaite, Susan Sarandon, Miriam Margolyes. 1996. 79 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG; suitable for ages 7+. 35mm.
The NeverEnding Story
Sat, Nov 26 | 11am | TMT (Accommodative Screening)
Wolfgang Petersen’s interpretation of Michael Ende’s novel of the same name was his English-language film debut. The story of a boy immersed in a magical fantasy book that follows a child warrior tasked with saving the land of Fantasia from The Nothing—a representation of the human world’s loss of hopes and dreams. But little does he know his own importance in saving Fantasia from destruction. The film is a timeless enchanting tale that denotes the power of imagination and magic and persists in the psyche of audiences who grew up with it.
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Petersen.
WRITTEN BY: Wolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel. CAST: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach. 1984. 102 min. West Germany. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated PG; suitable for ages 7+. DCP.
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