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Tarka The Otter (PG) (David Cobham, UK, 1978) Peter Bennett, Edward Underdown, Brenda Cavendish, John Leeson. 91 mins. Episodic adaptation of Henry Williamson’s famous novel describing the adventures of an otter whose parents are killed by hunters, but survives to establish a family of his own. A little too twee for twec’s sake. Edinburgh: Lumiere. Tarzan (U) (Kevin Lima and Chris Buck, US, 1999) Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Nigel Hawthorne. 88 mins. Disney has finally turned its attention to the second most filmed character in Western cinema (Dracula is the first) and has created some astonishing images. Storytelling-wise, Tarzan remains reasonably faithfully to Edgar Rice Burrough's original. Shipwrecked on a tropical island, baby Tarzan looses his human parents to a terrifying tiger and is adopted by an ape clan. All grown up, the Ape Man is reunited with man and womankind when a trophy hunting/anthropological expedition arrives and Tarzan meets Jane. General release. Taxi (15) (Gerard Pirés, France, 1999) Samy Nacéri, Fre’déric Diefenthal, Marion Cotilard. 86 mins. Arrested for speeding by mummy’s boy cop Emilien, taxi driver Daniel is forced to be his chauffeur and chase a group of German bank robbers who are terrorising Marseilles. Mismatched buddy movie, written and produced by Luc Besson, whose swiftly knocked-out screenplay is notable only for its inanity, high speed car chases, pile-ups and shoot- outs. Glasgow: GET, Odeon Quay, Showcase. Edinburgh: Filmhouse, Virgin Megaplex.
Tea With Mussolini (PG) (Franco Zcffirelli, ltaly/UK, 1999) Cher, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith. 117 mins. Zeffirelli’s film is partly autobiographical, partly fictitious, and concerns the effect on his own upbringing and education by a group of English ladies living in Florence at the time of ll Duce’s rise to power. This particular brew by Zefferelli and John Mortimer has a melange of flavours and is deftly poured in the most idyllic of settings, yet it seems oddly lacking in zest. Edinburgh: Odeon.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (18) (Tobe Hooper, US, 1974)) Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Allen Danziger. 84 mins. A group of kids travel to a broken-down house in the middle of nowhere and meet cannabalistic degenerates who pick off the cast one by one.
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The Third Man (PG) (Carol Reed, US/UK, 1949) Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles. 100 mins. Set in an unstable post-World War 11 Vienna, Holly Martins has been invited to the city by his old chum Lime, who is now in the grand- scale drug-dealing business, only to discover that he is dead. Except, he isn’t of course, and a multi-layered cat and mouse scenario is triggered. So, what’s so good about it? Well, you have a stirring zither score by Anton Karas, the ferris wheel and the ‘cuckoo clock’ speech yet possibly it’s greatest triumph is to cram so much wonder into so little time. Edinburgh: Lumiere.
Throne of Blood (15)(Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1957) Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki. 110 mins. lt’s Shakespeare’s Scottish play, Japanese-style, as samurai Mifune is spurred on by his wife and the spirits to murder his best friend and then his master. Although the barest plot and striking images remain from the original, Kurosawa’s atmospheric settings in mist- shrouded forests give the film a brooding power. Edinburgh: Filmhouse.
Tin Pan Alley (U) (Walter Lang, US, 1939) Alice Faye, Betty Grable, John Payne. 95 mins. Snazzy musical about a pair of sisters who help a pair a couple of struggling singer-songwriters along the road to fame. Alfred Newman's score won an Oscar. Screening with a short film, The Fabulous Musicals. Edinburgh: Lumiere.
The Trench (15) (William Boyd, UK, 1999) Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, Danny Dyer. 98 mins. Naivete might be the word. But it cannot capture the innocent ignorance that engulfed the British teenagers who flocked to enlist in World War One. Boyd traces the demolition of this innocence amongst a group of front-line volunteers preparing for the infamous Battle of the Somme. As the bloody outcome is well established, plot is secondary, and the narrative focuses on character development. The stylisation seems at odds with the bulk of the film. Nevertheless, worthy stuff. Wishaw: Arrow. Wonderland (15) (Michael Winterbottom, UK, 1999) Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Shirley Henderson. 98 mins. This ironically- titled portrait of London - focusing on three sisters, their family, friends and lovers - pictures life in the big city as largely desperate and alienating. Winterbottom employs a plethora of stylistic tricks to achieve the effect, all shot widescreen and driven along by Michael Nyman’s score. Anyone who’s spent time in any metropolis will identify with Wonderland. Edinburgh: Lumiere.
The World Is Not Enough (12) (Michael Apted, US/UK, 1999) Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards. 128 mins. A nuclear scientist with shapely curves, an international terrorist impervious to pain, a slick British spy who delivers his innuendo with a touch of apology in his voice. The nineteenth Bond movie is distinguished by a number of plot twists not usually squeezed in between spectacular but uninspired action set pieces, which increases involvement with the peripheral characters. General release.
Yellow Submarine (U) (George Dunning, UK, 1967) The voices and music of the Beatles. 90 mins. The Fab Four save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies. A real period piece these days, this exercise in garish psychedelic animation still remains a colourful (and safely non-addictive) trip for the kiddies, while everyone can sing along with the tunes. Edinburgh: ABC Multiplex.
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Film Listings are listed by city, then alphabetically by cinema. Film Listings compiled by Helen Monaghan.
ABC, MUIREND: GLASGOW
380 Clarkston Road, Muirend, 0141 633 2123. Info: 0141 637 2641. £2.80 (£2 before 5pm Mon-Fri). Student: £2.20 (Mon-Thu). Child/OAP: £2.
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The Sixt Sense(15) 5.40, 8.35.
The World Is Not Enough (12) 5.35, 8.25.
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Guest House Paradiso (15)
Daily: 12.30, 6.00, 8.40.
Also matinee Sat & Sun: 3.00.
Tarzan (U)
Matinee Sat & Sun: 12.55, 3.25.
The Sixth Sense (15)
Daily: 5.40, 8.35.
The World Is Not Enough (12)
Daily: 5.35, 8.25.
Also matinee Sat & Sun: 11.45am, 2.40.
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Programme likely to be similar to the previous week. Phone 0141 637 2641 for details and times. v
GLASGOW FILM THEATRE
12 Rose Street, 0141 332 8128. Cafe/bar. All performances bookable. [D]. [E]. Sun-Fri matinees: £3.50 (£2.25); Sun—Fri evenings £4.50 (£3.25). Sat matinees: £3.50 (£2.25); Sat evenings £4.50 (no concessions). Saver tickets available, call box office.
THURSDAY 2 DEC
1.Taxi(15) 1.00, 3.00, 6.30.
Being John Malkovich (15) 8.30. 2.Ratcatcher(15) 2.15, 4.15, 6.30, 8.45.
FRIDAY 3 DEC
1.0negin(l2) 3.00, 6.00, 8.30. 2. Kes (PG) 2.00, 6.30.
Taxi (15) 4.30, 9.00.
SATURDAY 4 DEC
1.The Slipper And The Rose (U) 12.30. 0negin(12) 3.30, 6.00, 8.30.
2. Charles Laughton Event (PG) 1.00. Kes (PG) 6.30.
Taxi (15) 9.00.
SUNDAY 5 DEC 1. My Best Fiend 8: Nosferatu (15) 1 30
0negin (12) 6.00, 8.30. 2. Taxi (15) 2.30, 9.00. Kes (PG) 4.15, 6.30.
MONDAY 6 DEC
1.0negin(12) 3.00, 6.00, 8.30. 2.Kes(PG) 2.00, 8.45.
Taxi (15) 4.30, 6.30.
TUESDAY 7 DEC
1.0negin(12) 3.00, 6.00, 8.30. 2. Taxi (15) 2.30, 9.00.
Kes (PG) 4.15, 6.30.
WEDNESDAY 8 DEC
1.0negin(12) 3.00, 6.00, 8.30. 2. Taxi (15) 2.30, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00.
THURSDAY 9 DEC
1.0negin(12) 1.00, 3.15, 8.30. 2.Taxi(15) 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.00, 9.00.
FRIDAY 10 DEC
1.The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 3.00, 5.45, 8.15.
.One in (12) 3.30, 8.30. Ernie ehr Programme 1 (18) 6.30.
SATURDAY 1 1 DEC
1.8alto U) 1.30.
The Chil ren Of The Marshland (PG) 3.15, 5.45, 8.15.
2. One in (12) 1.15, 3.30, 8.30. Ernie ehr Programme 2 (18) 6.30.
SUNDAY 12 DEC
1. The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 3.00, 5.45, 8.15. 2.0negin(12) 3.30, 6.00, 8.30.
MONDAY 13 DEC
1. The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 1.00, 8.15.
Movie Music Masterclass 4.00. The Ring (PG) 6.15.
2. 0negin(12) 3.30, 6.00, 8.30.
TUESDAY 14 DEC
1. The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 3.00, 8.15.
2. Onegin (12) 3.30, 8.30.
The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 6.00.
WEDNESDAY 15 DEC
1.The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 3.00, 5.45, 8.15. 2.0negin(12) 2.30, 6.00, 8.30.
THURSDAY 16 DEC
1. The Children Of The Marshland (PG) 3.00, 8.15. 2. Onegin (12) 1.15, 3.30, 6.00, 8.30.
GROSVENOR: GLASGOW
Ashton Lane, Hillhead, 0141 339 4298. CC booking: 0141 339 4298. £4 (£3.50 daily 4.30—6.30pm & all day Mon). Students/UB40: £3. Child £2; OAP: £2.50. Seats can be booked in advance for all screenings. Box office open 11am—7pm (Sun: 1—7pm).
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The Sixth ense(15) 8.50.
The World Is Not Enough (12) 2.20, 5.20, 9.00.
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Guest House Paradiso (15)
Daily: 2.40, 5.10, 7.30.
Also late Fri & Sat: midnight. Tarzan (U)
Matinee Sat & Sun: 11.50am.
The Indian In The Cupboard (PG) Matinee Sat: 11.00am.
The Sixth Sense (15)
Daily: 9.40.
The World Is Not Enough (12)
Fri & Sat, Mon—Thu: 5.00, 8.30. Also matinee Fri & Sat, Mon, Wed & Thu: 2.00.
Also late Fri & Sat: 11.30.
FRIDAY 10—THURSDAY 16
Programme likely to be similar to the previous week. Phone 0141 339 4298 for details and times.
ODEON AT THE I UAY: GLASGOW
Off Paisley Road opposite Harry Ramsden’s, 0141 418 0111. Info and CC booking: 0870 5050 007. [D]. [E]. Executive adult after 5pm: £5 (£4 before 5pm). Executive child/senior citizen: £3.50. Standard adult after 5pm: £4.50 (£3.50 before 5pm). Standard student/UB40: £3.25. Standard child/senior citizen: £3. Standard tickets before noon: £2.50. Family ticket: £12 (up to 5pm).
IHQBSDALZ Bowfinger(12) 12.30, 2.45, 5.00, 7.15.
Dreaming Of Joseph Lees (12) 12.15, 2.30, 4.45, 7.00, 9.15.
East Is East(15) 12.15, 2.30, 4.45, 7.00, 9.15.
Fight Club(18) 1.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00,
Random Hearts(15) 2.15, 6.00, 9.00. Taxi(15) 1.00, 3.00, 5.00, 7.30, 9.30. The Blair Witch Project (15) 9.30.
The Sixth Sense(15) 1.30, 2.00, 4.00, 4.30, 6.30, 7.00, 9.00, 9.30.
The World Is Not Enough (12) 12.15, 2.45, 3.15, 5.45, 6.15, 8.45, 9.15.