| Enron: The Smartest
Guys in the Room - September 30, 7:30 PM |
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Directed by Alex Gibney, this is the inside story of one of history’s
greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America’s
7th largest company walked away with over one billion dollars while
investors and employees lost everything. Based on the best-selling
book The Smartest Guys in the Room by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean
and Peter Elkind and featuring insider accounts and incendiary corporate
audio and videotapes, Gibney reveals the almost unimaginable personal
excesses of the Enron hierarchy and the utter moral vacuum that posed
as corporate philosophy. The film comes to a harrowing dénouement
as we hear Enron traders’ own voices as they wring hundreds
of millions of dollars in profits out of the California energy crisis.
As a result, we come to understand how the avarice of Enron’s
traders and their bosses had a shocking and profound domino effect
that may shape the face of our economy for years to come. |
"A nimble investigative workout that leaves you with the exhilarated
sensation of understanding the defining financial scandal of the virtual
era." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
" **** SPELLBINDING! As real life stories go, this is as riveting and revealing
about the dark side of American business as they come." - David Sterritt,
Christian Science Monitor |
| Winged Migration -
October 1, 7:00 PM |
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Long one of France's most respected producers,
Jacques Perrin has had a highly successful career creating films
about nature (“Microcosmos”). Now with "Winged Migration" Perrin takes on his
greatest challenge yet: exploring the mystery of birds in flight. Five teams
of people (more than 450 people, including
17 pilots and 14 cinematographers) were necessary to follow a variety of bird
migrations through forty countries and each of the seven continents. The film
covers landscapes that range from the Eiffel Tower and Monument Valley to the
remote reaches of the Arctic and the Amazon. Numerous innovative techniques
and ingeniously designed cameras were utilized to allow the filmmakers to fly
alongside,
above, below and in front of their
subjects. The result is a film of staggering beauty that opens one's eyes to
the
ineffable wonders of the natural world. |
| "For eighty million years, birds have ruled the skies, seas and earth. Each spring, they
fly vast distances. Each Fall, they fly the same route back. This film is the result of four
years following their amazing odysseys..."
— Jacques Perrin (from “Winged Migration”) |
| Spellbound - October
1, 9:00 PM |
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Spellbound follows the lives of eight young Americans who share one goal: to win the National Spelling Bee.
Think this sounds boring? Prepare to be blown away. The Bee is as intense a competition as any Olympic match, and for the spellers and their families, the stakes are just as high. The unbearable pressure becomes even more extraordinary as it is felt by ordinary teenagers.
Watch as the Bee becomes a dramatic backdrop for the bigger story about kids and families today as we discover that within the roller coaster ride of the National Spelling Bee can be found the heart of America. |
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| Grandpa's Still in
the Tuff Shed - September 29, 7:30 PM |
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An updated, feature-length version of the award-winning cult classic
documentary. The original film was funded by Michael
Moore ("Bowling for Columbine", "Roger and Me"), won seven awards and
toured the world with the Banff Festival of Mountain Film.
The remastered, updated version will include new and never-before-seen footage
of the story of former Nederland resident Trygve Bauge, a hapless
Norwegian who attempted to bring cryonics to the masses. The
story is told by
the puzzled townfolk of the high mountain town of Nederland,
CO, as they attempt to deal with Trygve's bizarre legacy. |
