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DIRECTED BY: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou. WRITTEN BY: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou. WITH: Jacques Perrin (narrator). 1996. 80 min. France/Switzerland/Italy. Color. French. Rated G; suitable for ages 6+. DCP.
The Wild Thornberrys Movie Sat, Apr 15 | 11am | TMT The animated TV series about a family of wildlife
documentary filmmakers inspired this feature-length big-screen spinoff, with Eliza, the daughter who can talk to animals, attempting to rescue a cheetah cub from poachers. The TV voice cast reunited for the film including Lacey Chabert as Eliza and Tim Curry as her father, Sir Nigel Archibald Thornberry, and Paul Simon was nominated for his original song “Father And Daughter.” DIRECTED BY: Jeff McGrath, Cathy Malkasian. WRITTEN BY: Kate Boutilier. WITH: Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, Cree Summer, Tim Curry. 2002. 79 min. USA. Color. English. Rated PG; suitable for ages 6+. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
Ernest & Celestine
Ernest & Celestine Sat, Mar 18 | 11am | TMT
Selected by Madeleine Hiller, Visitor Experience Associate. “A film reminiscent of a warm blanket on a cold night, Ernest & Celestine is a movie welcoming to all. The heartwarming story and beautiful watercolor-esque hand- drawn animation are what brought this film to mind as a perfect Family Matinees choice.” A young mouse finds unexpected friendship with a bear in this charming animated feature based on the illustrated children’s book series by Belgium’s Gabrielle Vincent. When the orphaned Celestine ventures out from the underground rodent world, she ends up embarking on a life of crime with the starving Ernest, and the disapproval of society and the law only brings them closer together. The original French- language version was nominated for an Animated Feature Film Oscar; we are screening the English-language dubbed version with a stellar voice cast including Forest Whitaker and Mackenzie Foy in the title roles, plus Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti, William H. Macy, and Jeffrey Wright. DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier. WRITTEN BY: Daniel Pennac. WITH: Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti. 2012. 80 min. France/Belgium/Luxembourg. Color. English dubbed. Rated PG; suitable for ages 6+. DCP. APRIL: EARTH DAY FernGully: The Last Rainforest Sat, Apr 1 | 11am | TMT A group of fairies try to save an endangered Australian rainforest in this animated fantasy directed by Bill Kroyer. The rare Hollywood family film to openly address environmental issues, FernGully benefits from an impressive voice cast including Tim Curry as the film’s villain, performing the song “Toxic Love,” and Robin Williams, voicing an animated character for the first time in a feature film, as the manic Batty Koda. DIRECTED BY: Bill Kroyer. WRITTEN BY: Jim Cox. WITH: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams. 1992. 72 min. USA. Color. English. Rated G; suitable for ages 6+. Digital.
WALL-E
WALL-E Sat, Apr 22 | 11am | TMT
A lonely waste-collecting robot on the abandoned Earth in the year 2815 CE unexpectedly falls in love with another robot and manages to save the human race in this hilarious and touching computer-animated feature from writer-director Andrew Stanton. One of the most unusual and ambitious films in the Pixar filmography, it won an Animated Feature Film Oscar and earned nominations for its original screenplay, sound mixing, sound editing, score, and the Peter Gabriel song “Down To Earth.” DIRECTED BY: Andrew Stanton. WRITTEN BY: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon. STORY BY: Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter. WITH: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard. 2008. 97 min. USA. Color. Scope. English. Rated G; suitable for ages 5+. 35mm. Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
MAY: JEWISH STORIES Hand in Hand Sat, May 6 | 11am | TMT
Microcosmos Sat, Apr 8 | 11am | TMT
A carefree tale about the friendship between Michael, who is Catholic, and Rachel, who is Jewish, set against the backdrop of postwar London. The film revels in Michael and Rachel’s fantasy world of royal encounters and exotic journeys. Directed by Canary Island-born Phillip Leacock, younger brother of groundbreaking documentarian Richard Leacock, Hand in Hand shares the similar immediacy and intimacy of the senior Leacock’s films. Surprisingly and effortlessly shot by Freddie Young, the Oscar-winning cinematographer of
Oscar nominee Jacques Perrin ( Winged Migration, Z ) produced this eye-popping look at a world rarely seen by human eyes. Directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou used groundbreaking macroscopic photography equipment to make a big-screen spectacle out of the tiny plant and animal life of a French meadow. This immersive visual experience features narration by Perrin as well as an eclectic score by Bruno Coulais ( Coraline ).
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