December Films

5^th December Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton’s Wonderland starring Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham Carter

12^th December Zorba the Greek

Anthony Quinn as a shy, inhibited writer from England befriended by Zorba, a boisterous, gregarious peasant with an astonishing love for life.

19^th December Titanic Swing Night

Winslet and Dicaprio star as the ill-fated young lovers aboard the majestic Titanic.

Accompanied by flair cocktails, swing pianist and dapper dress compulsory

26^th December Mary Poppins

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2^nd January Casino Royale

Mad-cap Bond spoof starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen & Orson Wells

November films

7^th November Genevieve

1953 comedy. Two young couples participate in the Vintage Car Rally form London

to Brighton.

14^th November Pretty Woman

Fairytale classic chick-flick, although the boys seem to love this more!

21^st November A Hard Day’s Night

presents a fictionalized day in the life of The Beatles as they give a performance on a live television show.

28^th November Life Is Beautiful

An inspired, award-winning story about the power of love and the human spirit.

October Silver Screen

3rd October – O Brother, Where Art Thou

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring George Clooney, Set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression, the film's story is a modern satire loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey. Sometimes, you have to lose your way to get back home.

10^th October – Whisky Galore

In association with “Taste of the Cairngorms” Scottish cheese & oatcakes on arrival and cranachan during the interval.

Filmed on Barra in the outer Hebrides, Whisky Galore was based upon a true incident, the foundering of a cargo ship off the Isle Of Eriskay with 50,000 cases of Scotch aboard.

17^th October –Trainspotting

1996 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh. The movie follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life

24^th October - Ben Hur
Capture the splendor and might of Rome, the cruelty of slave ships, and the famous chariot race. From prince to slave and his rise to ultimate victory, this is the enduring story of Ben-Hur. Charlton Heston, star of the classic 1959 film, voices the title character.

31^st October Halloween – The Lost Boys

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire.

Followed by a torch-lit procession to the Old Bridge Inn

August & September Silverscreen

29th August – Centurion – Locally filmed epic. Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon

5^th September – Warriors – Private screening

12^th September – Man on Wire - A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century.

19th September – The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American western film directed by John Sturges about a group of hired gunmen protecting a Mexican village from bandits. It is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film, Seven Samurai.

26th September – La Dolce Vita (Italian for "the sweet life" or "the good life") is a 1960 film by the critically acclaimed director Federico Fellini. The film is a story of a passive journalist's week in Rome, and his search for both happiness and love that will never come. Cited as the film that signals the split between Fellini's earlier neo-realist films and his later art films, it is considered one of the great achievements in world cinema.

August Silvercreen

1^st of August South Pacific

This is a private screening for a birthday party... great idea but fully booked I'm afraid!

8^th of August Where the Wild Things Are

The story follows Max, a young boy who wears his wolf suit, behaves badly and is sent to bed without any supper. Once there, he escapes to a forest where he is joined by the monstrous-yet-cuddly wild things for their wild rumpus. Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story.

15^th of August Burn after Reading

An all star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder and blackmail. Coen Brothers.

22^nd of August Ivor Cutler – Looking for Truth with a pin

An enthralling presentation of one of the true greats of British song and poetry

July Silverscreen

4th July Easy Rider

Our racy tribute to Dennis Hopper, starring Jack Nicholson & Peter Fonda

Live Free, Ride Free, Die Free

11th July Little Miss Sunshine

Comic mayhem on the road with the unconventional yet enduring Hoovers. A runaway hit at the Sundance Flim Festival where it played to standing ovations.

18th July Cinema Paradiso

Sicily, at the end of the 2^nd Wold War, a young boy learns of love, loss and loyalty from his mentor, the old projectionist in the village cinema. Subtitled

25th July Nowhere Boy

A chronicle of John Lennon’s early years.

6th of June Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

For the good of all men and the love of one woman, he fought to uphold justice by breaking the law. YES! Back to the old school. Kevin Costner & Morgan Freeman

13th of June The Blues Brothers

Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi star in this hysterical classic with help from James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles

20th of June - no silver screen.. all to the Insider please!

27th of June Deep Blue

From the same crew as 'Blue Planet" comes this incredible documentary filmed over 200 locations and at depths of up to 5000 metres covering the oceans and it's indigenous life.

Movies in May

2nd of May The Wicker Man

Weird yet wonderful

9th of May How to Marry a Millionare

Marilyn Monroe on her Brooklyn rooftop, dreaming over cocktails, in ultimate technicolour and floaty frocks

16th of May Concert for Bangladesh

Documentary from 1971 benefit concert in Madison Square Gardens featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and Ringo Star

23rd of May Whisky Galore

Filmed in Barra and based on a true incident, the Scottish Islanders by-pass war time rationing and delight in smuggling 50,000 cases of whisky ashore

30th of May Amelie

Beautifully filmed and heart warming tale of Amelie Poulin as she glides through the streets of Paris discovering minor miracles each day.

Forthcoming silver screen films at ord ban

28th March - Top Gun

80's epic starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis - aviators and flying suits essential

"hit the brakes, he'll fly right by!"

4th April - Restless Natives

This cult Scottish comedy follows the clown and wolfman as they hold up American

tour buses in the highlands with toy guns and quirky charm

11th April - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Unconventional romance told in the abstract and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter

Charlie Kaufman. Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and Kirsten Dunst.

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Opening night Sunday 14th March.

Please check back for further information and future listings for the ord ban silverscreen.

We hope to see you soon!

The ord ban team.