The Cinema Field
Welcome to the Cinema Field, Glastonbury Festival's film venue, where you can catch up on all the very best movies and documentaries the moving pictures industry has to offer; from old classics to the very latest releases. No Festival can be complete without it's all night open air screens and there's no sitting in stuffy crammed tents watching grainy, dim videos on postage stamp screens. We offer plenty of room for all and, best of all, it's free! In 2008 we have many cinematic treats both new and old in store, and when I say old, I mean old; but more of that later.
In the Marquee, showing films throughout the day, we have The Bourne trilogy and Quentin Tarantino's martial arts epics, Kill Bill 1 & 2 as well as a plethora of major films from the past year or so. The Outdoor screen kicks off on Thursday night with the timeless time travel classic, Back to the Future. Other treats in store for the outdoor screen include full-on comic book action in the shape of Iron Man and Transformers, as well as much more. This year, we will be keeping a careful eye on the age groups watching certain films and that film certificates are adhered to both in the Marquee and outdoor screen. THere are plenty of family-friendly films being shown throughout the Festival, however.
This year we will be hosting two advance preview screenings; The Wackness, courtesy of Revolver Entertainment, which screens at midnight on Sunday in the Marquee. Set in New York in the sweltering summer of 1994, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer (Josh Peck), who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist, brilliantly played by Sir Ben Kingsley. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. Set against the backdrop of the greatest year in hip hop history, this is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music - and what it takes to be a man. The Wackness is in cinemas on August 29th. For more information, click here. The other is a U certificate film which will be advertised extensively on site and starts at 10pm on Sunday night.
At 1am every night over the Festival weekend, we will be showing three silent era classics on the Park Stage. Friday's film is The General. On Saturday it's Metropolis, Fritz Lang's silent sci-fi classic. On Sunday it's the astonishing vampire classic, Nosferatu.
Its been several years since we had fine weather, so please be sure to wrap up warm if you're watching the outdoor films. If it’s a clear night, the outside air temperature can drop surprisingly low in the early hours, so if you're coming in early and staying for the long haul, you are strongly urged to bring blankets and sleeping bags.
Last year we ran Digital Cinema on four of the outdoor films for the first time. It proved to be such a success that this year we have dispensed with the traditional 35mm projectors that have done us proud since 1985 and plumped for a state of the art NEC2500 projector and a Dolby show store/Show Player courtesy of Dolby Laboratories. The marquee has also seen a switch from 35mm to HD video projection, this year screening from HDDVD and Blu-Ray discs through an HD projector. Both venues have Dolby 5.1 surround sound systems.
And now to the program:-
Cinema Listings 2008
Wednesday
Marquee
Shrek The Third
National Treasure
Thursday
Marquee
Open Season
The Amityville Horror (2005)
Kill Bill
The Bank Job
Outdoor Screen
Back to the Future
Fools Gold
Freebird
Friday
Marquee
Over the Hedge
Stardust
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Cloverfield
Kill Bill 2
The Bourne Identity
Outdoor Screen
Horton Hears a Who
Transformers
Control
Park Field
The General
Saturday
Marquee Screen
Ant Bully
The 11th Hour
Simpsons Movie
30 Days of Night
Superbad
The Bourne Supremacy
Outdoor Screen
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Iron Man
No Country for Old Men
Park Field
Metropolis
Sunday
Marquee Screen
Charlotte's Web
Jungle Book
Becoming Jane
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The Wackness
The Bourne Ultimatum
Outdoor screen
Special
Juno
Shine a Light
Park Field
Nosferatu
Synopses
Shrek The Third Cert U, Marquee, Wed 25th June 21:30pm
When his new father-in-law, King Harold, falls ill, Shrek is expected to act as the heir of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey and Puss in Boots to install the rebellious Artie as the new king. Princess Fiona, however, rallies a band of royal girlfriends to fend off a coup d'etat by the jilted Prince Charming.
National Treasure Cert PG, Marquee Wed 25 June 23:59pm
A treasure hunter is in hot pursuit of a mythical treasure, while his employer-turned-enemy is following the same path in equally hot pursuit of the treasure.
Open Season Cert PG, Marquee Thur 26th June 18:00pm
Boog, a domesticated 900lb Grizzly bear, finds himself stranded in the woods three days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army to defeat the hunters.
The Amityville Horror (2005) Cert 15, Marquee Thur 26th June 21:30pm
George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into a house that was the site of a horrific murder a year before. They decide to keep the house and try to keep the horror in the past. This is until, George starts to behave weirdly and their daughter, Chelsea, starts to see people. What follows is 28 days of sheer terror for the family.
Back to the Future Cert PG, Outdoor, Thurs 26th Jume 22:00PM
Classic sci-fi family fun. Marty McFly helps out his friend Doc Brown, and ends up being taken back in time by Doc's time machine. Marty, a boy of the 80's, has to come to grips with being in the 50's and get his parents to fall in love to set straight the damage his presence has done to the events of the past.
Kill Bill Vol 1, Cert 18, Marquee Thur 26th June 23:59pm
Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, The Bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss, Bill, and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish! Loaded with explosive action and outrageous humor, this is a must-see motion picture event that had critics everywhere raving.
Fool's Gold (2008) Cert 12A, Outdoor, Thurs 26th June 23:59pm
A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure as well as their sense of romance.
Freebird (2008) Cert 15, outdoor,Thurs 26th June 2:00am
Freebird is an independent British comedy that uses the world of motorcycles and rock music as its backdrop. Fred (Gary Stretch), Tyg (Geoff Bell) and Grouch (Phil Daniels), three London motorcycle couriers, set off from London in search of an elusive hippy and his cannabis farm in the Welsh mountains. Fred has found himself making a promise to his old friend The Chairman (Peter Bowles) that whatever situations arise he will not return empty-handed. What was originally intended as a nice weekend in the country becomes a mission.
Deja Vu (2006)
In Algiers, New Orleans, after the explosion of a ferry transporting the sailors from the USS Nimitz and their families with 543 casualties, lonely AFT agent Doug Carlin is assigned to investigate the terrorist attack. Without any lead, he is informed by Sheriff Reed about a corpse of a woman that was found one hour before the explosion, but burnt with the same explosive. He is invited by FBI Agent Pryzwarra to join the surveillance team leaded by Jack McCready in the investigations, using a time window and Einstein-Rosen bridge through seven satellites to look back four and half days in time. He discloses the identity of the mysterious dead woman called Claire Kuchever and decides to follow her last moments trying to find the criminal. Along the way, Doug falls in love for Claire and tries to change destiny, saving her life.
Over the Hedge (2006) Cert U, Marquee, Fri 27th 11:00am
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating... and learns a lesson about family himself.
Stardust (2007) 27-Jun-08 Cert PG 15:00 Marquee
The passage from this world to the faerie kingdom of Stormhold is through a breach in a wall beside an English village. In the 1800s, Tristran ventures through the breach in pursuit of a fallen star, to prove his love for the village beauty. The star is no lump of rock, it's a maiden, Yvaine. Tristran is not the only one looking for her: three witches, led by Lamia, want her heart to make them young; and the sons of the dead king of Stormhold want her because she holds a ruby that will give one of them title to the throne. Assisting Tristran are his mother, the victim of a spell, and a transvestite sky pirate. Will Tristan win his true love and become a man?
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Cert PG 27-Jun-08 18:00PM Marquee
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is back in action in the second Indy film. He teams up with a nightclub singer and a 12 year old named Short Round. They end up in an Indian village, where the people believe evil spirits have taken their children away after a sacred stone was stolen. Indy agrees to try and retrieve the stone for the villagers. Classic family adventure romp.
Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Cert U 27-Jun-08 22:00 Outside
One day Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home, but this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors, who refuse to believe that anything could survive on the speck. Still, Horton stands by the motto that "After all, a person is a person, no matter how small."
Transformers (2007) Cert 12A 27-Jun-08 23:45 Outside
High-school student Sam Witwicky buys his first car, which is actually the Autobot Bumblebee. Bumblebee defends Sam and his girlfriend Mikaela Banes from the Decepticon Barricade, before the other Autobots arrive on Earth. They are searching for the Allspark, and the war on Earth heats up as the Decepticons attack a United States military base in Qatar. Sam and Mikaela are taken by the top-secret agency Sector 7 to help stop the Decepticons, but when they learn the agency also intends to destroy the Autobots, they formulate their own plan to save the world.
Cloverfield (2008) Cert 15 27-Jun-08 21:30 Marquee
Cloverfield follows five New Yorkers from the perspective of a hand-held video camera. The movie is exactly the length of a DV Tape and a sub-plot is established by showing bits and pieces of video previously recorded on the tape that is being recorded over. The movie starts as a monster of unknown origin destroys a building. As they go to investigate, parts of the building and the head of the Statue of Liberty come raining down...
Kill Bill Vol 2 Cert 18 27-Jun-08 23:59PM Marquee
The murderous Bride is back and still on her quest for vengeance against her ex-boss, Bill, taking aim at Bill's younger brother Budd and Elle Driver, the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill, the Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution.
The General (1927) Cert U 28-Jun-08 01:00AM Park Field
Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves.
Control (2007) 28-Jun-08 02:00 Outside
Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad man who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, which has just been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgian photographer Annik, whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.
The Bourne Identity (2002) 28-Jun-08 02:30 Marquee
Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, The Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fisherman who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and begins to try to rebuild his memory based on clues such as the Swiss bank account, the number of which is implanted in his hip. He soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with Marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted.
Ant Bully 28-Jun-08 11:00 Marquee
Lucas (Tyler) is fed up with being picked on for being small. So he kills the only thing smaller than him: ants. None too pleased about this, a magically powered ant shrinks him down to their size to spend some time in their tiny world, teaching him to think before he stamps.
The 11th Hour PG 28-Jun-08 15:00 Marquee
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
The Simpsons Movie (2007) U 28-Jun-08 18:00 Marquee
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons family are declared fugitives.
30 Days of Night (2007) Cert 15 28-Jun-08 21:30 Marquee
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) U 28-Jun-08 22:00 Outside
In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, find their tree cut down and sent to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet the frustrated songwriter David Seville, and despite a poor, house-wrecking first impression, they manage to impress him with their singing talent. Seeing the opportunity for success, both human and chipmunks make a pact in which the chipmunks sing David's songs. After a frustrating struggle with the difficult trio, David's dream comes true. However, success presents its own trials as their unscrupulous record executive, Ian Hawke, plans to break up the family to exploit the trio. Can Dave and the Chipmunks discover what they really value amid the superficial glamor around them?
Iron Man (2008) 12A 28-Jun-08 23:59 Outside
When wealthy industrialist and weapons manufacturer Tony Stark is kidnapped and forced to build a super-weapon for terrorists out of parts of weapons his company has sold, he instead builds an armored suit and escapes, deciding along the way to use his new found power to fight against evil.
Superbad (2007) 18 28-Jun-08 23:59 Marquee
Seth and Evan are inseparable best friends, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with new experience and skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell, who falls in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage to be had or worth having?
Metropolis PG 29-Jun-08 01:00 Park Field
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
No Country for Old Men (2007) 15 29-Jun-08 02:00 Outside
In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars for himself. This puts psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentless intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) 12A 29-Jun-08 02:30 Marquee
After escaping from the emotional and physical pain he previously encountered, Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie begin a new life as far away as possible. But when an assassination attempt on Bourne goes horribly wrong, Bourne must re-enter the life he wanted to leave behind, in order to find out the truth and why his pursuers are still after him.
Charlotte's Web (2006) U 29-Jun-08 11:00 Marquee
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
The Jungle Book (1967) U 29-Jun-08 15:00 Marquee
Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s "Mowgli" stories, The Jungle Book follows the ups and downs of the man-cub as he makes his way back to the human village with wise panther Bagheera to escape ruthless tiger Shere Khan. Along the way, he meets unforgettable friends and foes including mad King Louie of the Apes, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the loveable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli “The Bare Necessities” of life and the true meaning of friendship.
Becoming Jane (2007) PG 29-Jun-08 18:00 Marquee Scope
The year is 1795 and Jane Austen is a feisty 20-year-old and emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was then nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appointed husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. They are eyeing Mr. Wisley, nephew to the very formidable, not to mention very rich, local aristocrat Lady Gresham, as a prospective match. But when Jane meets the roguish and decidedly non-aristocratic Tom Lefroy, sparks soon fly along with the sharp repartee. His intellect and arrogance raise her ire - then knock her head over heels. Now, the couple, whose flirtation flies in the face of the sense and sensibility of the age, is faced with a terrible dilemma. If they attempt to marry, they will risk everything that matters - family, friends and fortune.
Advance preview Screening U 29-Jun-08 22:00 Outside
National Tresure 2 (2007) Book of Secrets PG 29-Jun-08 21:00 Marquee
Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary.
Juno (2007) 15 29-Jun-08 23:59 Outside
A tale told over four seasons, starting in autumn when Juno, a 16-year-old high-school junior in Minnesota, discovers she's pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend, Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic, the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds a suitable couple in the Pennysaver personals, contacts them, tells her dad and step-mother, and carries on with school. The chosen parents, upscale yuppies (one of whom is cool and laid back, the other meticulous and uptight), meet Juno, sign papers, and the year unfolds. A sharp and witty comedy.
The Wackness (Advance preview screening) 15 29-Jun-08 23:59 Marquee
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy.
Nosferatu PG 30-Jun-08 01:00 Park Field
An unauthorized production of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Stoker's legal heirs didn't give their permission, so the names had to be changed. But this wasn't enough; the widow of Bram Stoker won two lawsuits (in 1924 and 1929) in which she demanded the destruction of all copies of the movie. Fortunately, copies of the movie were already too widespread to be entirely eradicated. Later, the Universal studios could break her resistance against this movie. Count Orlok's move to Wisburg (Obviously the real "Wismar") brings the plague traceable to his dealings with the Realtor Thomas Hutter, and the Count's obsession with Hutter's wife, Ellen the only one with the power to end the evil.
Shine a Light (2008) 12A 30-Jun-08 02:00 Outside
Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. A host of great cinematographers were on hand to capture the raw energy of the legendary band.
Bourne Ultimatum (2007) 12A 30-Jun-08 02:30 Marquee
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar - an upgrade to Project Treadstone - in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him.
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