Glasgow Film Festival 2017

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Secretary and Dirty Dancing
The Big Easy (Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Jim McBride; Writer: Daniel Petrie Jr; Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Ebbe Roe Smith)
A homicide detective investigating gang violence falls for a dangerous woman.
Dirty Dancing (Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Emile Ardolino; Writer: Eleanor Bergstein; Stars: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker, Kelly Bishop, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Charles 'Honi' Coles, Neal Jones)
A lonely girl finds romance with a dance teacher at a holiday resort, but her strict parents disapprove.
The Lost Boys (Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: Joel Schumacher; Writer: Janice Fischer, James Jeremias; Stars: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Edward Herrmann, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth)
Cult brat pack movie about a boy trying to save his big brother from becoming a vampire.
Lost In France (Country: Ireland, UK ; Year: 2016; Director: Niall McCann)
Story of a tour by musicians on the Chemikal Underground Records label.
Raving Iran (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2016; Director: Sue Meures)
An unexpected invitation offers a taste of freedom to Iranian underground DJs risking imprisonment for pursuing their passion.
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Lost In France and The Lost Boys
Rock Dog (Country: China, US; Year: 2016; Director: Ash Brannon; Writer: Ash Brannon, Kurt Voelker; Stars: Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, JK Simmons, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon, Sam Elliott, Will Finn, Ash Brannon, Liza Richardson, Jennifer Hale, Maddie Taylor, Julie Craig)
A Tibetan Mastiff dreams of becoming a musician.
Secretary (Country: US; Year: 2002; Director: Steven Shainberg; Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson, based on a story by Mary Gaitskill; Stars: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau, Jessica Tuck)
An unhappy young woman discovers purpose and passion when her boss dishes out spanking sessions.
The Thing (Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: John Carpenter; Writer: Bill Lancaster; Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites, Norbert Weisser, Larry J. Franco, Nate Irwin)
A group of scientists at an Antarctic research station discover a killer alien that can mutate into any life-form it touches. See it in all its glory in big-screen re-release.
The Wee Govan Pipers (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Paul Cameron)
The story of a group of young Scottish, Nigerian and Chinese pipers from Govan.
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