Glasgow Film Festival 2016

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Con Air (Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Simon West; Writer: Scott Rosenberg; Stars: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Danny Trejo)
A recently paroled former cop is among high security felons being transported by plane when they seize control.
The Man Who Fell To Earth (Country: UK; Year: 1976; Director: Nicolas Roeg; Writer: Paul Mayersberg, based on the book by Walter Tevis.; Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane)
The spectacular yet melancholy story of an alien from a dying planet who comes to Earth in search of water but indulges a little too much.
The Parallax View (Country: US; Year: 1974; Director: Alan J Pakula; Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Dan)
A reporter going undercover to investigate the assassination of a presidential candidate discovers a deadly conspiracy.
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark) (Country: US; Year: 1981; Director: Steven Spielberg; Writer: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Philip Kaufman; Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins, Vic Tablian, Don Fellows, William Hootkins, Bill Reimbold, Fred Sorenson, Patrick Durkin)
Indiana Jones races the Nazis to find the lost Ark of the Covenant.
The Silence Of The Lambs (Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: Jonathan Demme; Writer: Ted Tally, based on the novel by Thomas Harris; Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine, Frankie Faison, Kasi Lemmons, Brooke Smith, Paul Lazar, Dan Butler, Lawrence T. Wrentz)
Outstanding thriller about serial killer mind games.
The Man Who Fell To Earth The Man Who Fell To Earth
The Man Who Fell To Earth and William Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet
Sweet And Lowdown (Country: US; Year: 1999; Director: Woody Allen; Writer: Woody Allen; Stars: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson, Anthony LaPaglia, James Urbaniak, Gretchen Mol, John Waters, Brad Garrett, Woody Allen, Ben Duncan)
Imaginary biopic of a jazz musician.
Sunset Boulevard (Country: US; Year: 1950; Director: Billy Wilder; Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder; Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb)
A fading star, an exploitative journalist, murder and madness in the dark side of Hollywood.
Thelma And Louise (Country: US, France; Year: 1991; Director: Ridley Scott; Writer: Callie Khouri; Stars: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky, Timothy Carhart, Lucinda Jenney, Jason Beghe), Official Site
Two women go on the run when a road-trip vacation goes tragically wrong...
William Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet (Romeo + Juliet) (Country: US; Year: 1996; Director: Baz Luhrmann; Writer: Baz Luhrmann, based on the play by William Shakespeare; Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Dash Mihok, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd)
Star crossed teenage lovers in Hawaiian shirts, under neon lights.
Wild At Heart (Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: David Lynch; Writer: David Lynch, based on the novel by Barry Gifford; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, J E Freeman, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Zabriskie, Crispin Glover, Calvin Lockhart)
Sailor and Lula go on the run, after Lula's mum bids to kill her daughter's beau.
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