Kimball Film Series Fall 2003 Schedule

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public.

"Chicago" Wed., Sept. 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger. Queen Latifah and Richard Gere. The re-creation of the movie musical as music, murder and all that jazz combine for an audience-pleasing hit.

"X2: X-Men United" Fri., Sept. 5 and Sat., Sept. 6: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Brian Cox, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry. Somebody is trying to destroy our favorite mutants. Will he succeed?

"The Pianist" Wed., Sept. 10: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Adrien Brody. The true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a classical Jewish pianist, who survived the Holocaust hiding under the noses of the Germans in Warsaw.

"The Matrix Reloaded" Fri., Sept. 12 and Sat., Sept. 13: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss. Neo and friends are fighting the evil forces trying to destroy Zion. They have less than three days to stop 250,000 probes digging for their fortress.

"Gangs of New York" Wed., Sept. 17: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz. Martin Scorsese gives an epic treatment to ethnic violence in mid-19th-Century New York.

"Finding Nemo" Fri., Sept. 19 and Sat., Sept. 20: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring a whole lot of fish. Nemo doesn't listen to Dad and ends up in a dentist's fishbowl. Will Dad and his buddy Dory find and rescue him?

"The Quiet American" Wed., Sept. 24: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser in Graham Greene's moral thriller. It's Indochina in 1952 and a naïve American idealist gets involved in a country and circumstances he doesn't understand. We all know the eventual tragic consequences. This is the film W and the Neocons don't want you to see.

"Bruce Almighty" Fri., Sept. 26 and Sat., Sept. 27: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Jim Carrey and Morgan Freeman. God gives his power to whiny Bruce to see if he can do a better job with it. Will Bruce use this power for good? See it to find out.

"Bend It Like Beckham" Wed., Oct. 1: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Parminder K. Nagra. A Sikh teenager in London plays for a women's soccer team, much to the horror of her traditional family.

"The Italian Job" Fri., Oct. 3 and Sat., Oct. 4: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Edward Norton. A caper film remake of a 1969 British film. The object is to get back millions of dollars worth of gold bullion from a turncoat.

"A Mighty Wind" Wed., Oct. 8: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara and Parker Posey. A critically acclaimed mockumentary, the film fictitiously documents a tribute/reunion for a legendary folk manager.

"28 Days Later" Wed., Oct. 15: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson and Megan Burns. It's the summer's surprise hit, a horror film with serious moral implications. What if everyone you knew was infected by a virus that turned them into raging, killing monsters in just minutes? What would you do?

"City of God" Wed., Oct 22: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Matheus Nachtergaele. Reminiscent of "GoodFellas," this critically acclaimed film tells the story of the violent slum gangs of Rio de Janeiro.

"The Hulk" Fri., Oct. 24 and Sat., Oct. 25: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Eric Bana, Nick Nolte and Jennifer Connelly. When a genetic experiment goes awry, a cocky scientist is cursed with the uncontrollable ability to become a powerful manifestation of his own demons when under extreme stress. As the Hulk he must use his powers to stop convicts who were also mutated in the accident.

"Seabiscuit" Wed., Oct. 29: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Tobey McGuire, Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper. It's the story of the depression-era racehorse/folk icon who symbolizes the gutsy never-say-die attitude of the depression-era working class.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" Fri., Oct. 31 and Sat., Nov. 1: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Keira Knightly. A pirate loses all pleasure when his enemy steals his ship. Can he regain it and capture the heart of the governor's daughter? A swashbuckling, rollicking adventure.

"Together" Wed. Nov. 5: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Yun Tang, Peiqi Liu and Hong Chen. Xiaochun has been playing the violin ever since he was able to hold it. Now, a prodigy at 13, with several awards to his name, he is the pride and joy of his father, a chef who has put all of his hope into his son's success. Father and son set out for Beijing, where the boy will further his studies.

"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" Fri., Nov. 7 and Sat., Nov. 8: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu. The Angels - Natalie Cook, Dylan Sanders, and Alex Munday - prepare to strike without warning as they go undercover to retrieve two missing silver bands. These are no ordinary rings. They contain valuable encrypted information that reveal the new identities of every person in the Federal Witness Protection Program.

"L'Auberge Espagnole" Wed., Nov. 12: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Roman Duris and Cecile de France. A rambunctious comedy about European exchange students sharing a flat in Barcelona and squabbling over all kinds of minor matters.

"Johnny English" Fri., Nov. 14 and Sat. Nov. 15: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich and Natalie Imbruglia. When her majesty's crown jewels are stolen by a conniving Frenchman, who also plans to steal the queen's throne, spy Johnny English, a bit unseasoned but intensely enthusiastic, is thrown onto the case. What will he do when he meets double agent Lorna Campbell?

"Rabbit-Proof Fence" Wed., Nov. 19: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Kenneth Branagh and Evelyn Sampi. This story describes the official Australian government policy that said that half- or quarter-caste indigenous children were to be taken from their families and raised as "white" children in orphanages, where they would be trained to work as domestic servants or laborers.

"Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde" Fri., Nov. 21 and Sat. Nov. 22: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Sally Field. Elle is juggling a demanding career as a rising young lawyer as well as preparations for her wedding to the man of her dreams. But when she stands up for the rights of the other guy in her life - Bruiser, her Chihuahua - Elle is fired from her job. She's devastated, but you can't keep an optimist down.

"Sweet 16" Wed. Dec. 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Starring Martin Compston. An adolescent boy in a desperately poor Scottish town uses street smarts to get ahead in the local drug trade. He hopes to buy his jailbird mother a trailer by the sea.

"Terminator 3" Fri., Dec. 5 and Sat., Dec. 6: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristanna Lokan and Claire Danes. The Future is still trying to destroy John Connor and he must once again rely on help from the Terminator that is now his only ally against the Rise of the Machines.

"Bad Boys 2" Fri., Dec. 12 and Sat., Dec. 13: Showing at 7 p.m. Starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The "baddest" of the bad boys are back and they are fighting against a designer Ecstasy ring in Miami. Will they be able to thwart the evil kingpin who wants to take over the City's violent drug trade?