The Tucker Foundation and the Dartmouth Film Department have collaborated to create the Loew Thursday Film Series during the Spring term. The series, titled "Upstairs / Downstairs," is part of Tucker's year-long examination of social class relations. Faculty members are encouraged to use these films in conjunction with courses relevant to this theme. Each film raises questions about social justice, our place in our own tribes, and our personal responsibility for defining and extending these communities. From TRADING PLACES to a future of physical perfection in GATTACA, this series is a frank and varied look at the prejudices and tensions between members of different economic, social and ethnic groups.
Thursday, April 9 7:00 PM
TRADING PLACES
D: John Landis, USA, 1983, 118 minutes - Nature or nurture? That is the question raised in this hilarious comedy about two billionaire brothers who wager that anyone will rise or fall given the right surroundings. They throw their rich nephew (Dan Aykroyd) into the streets and give his life and job to a poor black hustler (Eddie Murphy). This cruel experiment backfires when their "guinea pigs" unite and teach never to judge a book by its cover.
Thursday, April 16 7:00 PM
GERMINAL
D: Claude Berri, Bel./Fr./It., in Fr., Eng. subtitles, 1993, 158 minutes - This superb adaptation of Emile Zola's 19th-century novel recounts the painful struggle of French coal miners whose occupation is both supporting them and killing them. When greedy investors lower wages, Gerard Depardieu incites his fellow workers to strike. GERMINAL is a searing investigation of the tumultuous relationship among management, labor and the Earth.
Thursday, April 23 7:00 PM
BREAKING AWAY
D: Peter Yates, USA, 1979, 100 minutes - A lighthearted coming-of-age drama about a young man's addiction to bike racing. Four friends enter the annual "Little Indy" race to defeat the snobby and rich college boys from nearby Indiana University who disparagingly refer to them as "cutters" because many of them work in the quarries. Local pride is on the line when the townies and the frat boys take to the track.
Thursday, April 30 7:00 PM
GANDHI
D: Richard Attenborough, UK, 1982, 188 minutes - Winner of eight Oscars including Best Picture, GANDHI has the rare ability to paint an unforgettable human story on a very large canvas. An Indian spiritual leader who not only preached a more sophisticated and forceful version of the pacifist ethic than ever flowered later in the '60s, Gandhi also succeeded in using it to help free his country and change its political history.
Thursday, May 7 7:00 PM
ROGER & ME
D: Michael Moore, USA, 1989, 91 minutes - Termed a "docucomedy" by writer-director Michael Moore, ROGER & ME traces the decline of his hometown of Flint, Michigan after GM closed down plants and laid off thousands of workers. Interspersed with Moore's sly commentary are interviews with locals and celebrities. But the heart of the film is the way it reveals the cumulative effects of industrial ruthlessness on small- town American life.
Thursday, May 14 7:00 PM
THE HOLY INNOCENTS
D: Mario Camus, Sp., in Sp., Eng. subtitles, 1984, 108 minutes - In Franco's Spain of the '60s, life for the poorest workers on the estates is feudal and brutal. A young soldier returns to the town of his youth to visit his prematurely aging peasant parents. While the director places his sympathy firmly with these innocents rather than with their morally impoverished employers, his mood is nevertheless one of elegant restraint.
Thursday, May 21 7:00 PM
GATTACA
D: Andrew Niccol, USA, 1997, 112 minutes - Education and economics traditionally have served to widen the class chasm. GATTACA examines a new division between the haves and have-nots. In the future, two distinct and separate classes of people now exist: those created in a petri dish and those conceived in a Buick Riviera. GATTACA is a serious and intelligent film promising that one day our genes will truly decide our future.
Thursday, May 28 7:00 PM
THE FIELD
D: Jim Sheridan, UK, 1990, 113 minutes - Richard Harris stars as a tenant farmer who has lavished all his love upon a field which he hopes to leave to his son in the belief that a man is nothing without his land. His dream is shattered, however, when the owner puts the land up for auction, and Harris is outbid by a wealthy developer. Harris' uncompromising stand divides the community in this glowing adaptation of John B. KeaneÕs classic play.
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium located below the Hood Museum of Art.
Individual Program Admission (except as noted): General Public $6.00, Dartmouth IDs $5.00. On sale at the Loew Box Office immediately preceding show time.
Loew Term Passes (for Thursday and Saturday films only): General Public $25.00, Dartmouth IDs $20.00. Sold only at the Hopkins Center Box Office during regular business hours.
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