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Bicycle Thieves
Sat, May 21 | 5pm | TMT
The heartbreaking story of a struggling working man in post-war Italy is a classic of neorealist cinema and the recipient of a 1949 Special Foreign Language Film Award. Cesare Zavattini wrote the Oscar-nominated screen- play, and Lamberto Maggiorani, a factory worker with no previous acting experience, was cast as Antonio, whose efforts to retrieve the stolen bicycle he needs to help support his family strain his relationship with his young son.
DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Sica.
WRITTEN BY: Cesare Zavattini.
CAST: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri.
1948. 89 min. Italy. B&W. Italian. 35mm.
He Got Game
Sat, May 21 | 7:30pm | TMT
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunited for the first time since 1992’s Malcolm X for this searing family drama. Washington plays an ex- con who pins his hopes on his estranged son, a high school basketball star (real-life NBA pro Ray Allen). Lee’s unusually eclectic music choices for the film feature both new songs by Public Enemy and the classic orchestral Americana of Aaron Copland.
DIRECTOR: Spike Lee.
WRITTEN BY: Spike Lee.
CAST: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson. 1998. 136 min. USA. Color. English. 35mm.
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