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All films listed below will be shown in the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland Street and are free of charge. (See below for more information on each film being shown.)
Thursday Afternoon Film Series
Free films every Thursday of each month.
Call Adult Services for more information at (757) 259-4050.See our monthly calendar for the Thursday films.
(Click the current calendar on the Programs page.)
Celtic Film Series
The Celtic Film Series is presented by the Williamsburg Regional Library in cooperation with the local chapters of the St. Andrew Benevolent Association and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004, rated R)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
In Dublin, the crippled rebel Rory O'Shea moves to a home for the disabled, affecting the lives of the residents. He and Michael, who has cerebral palsy, become close friends and move to a Dublin apartment where they hire the gorgeous Siobhan to assist them. With them Michael faces a new world, finding friendship, love and freedom and learning to survive by his own.
Once
Wednesday, February 3, 7:00 p.m.
Presented with the College of William and Mary's Global Film and Music series and introduced by W&M's Director of Women's Studies, Christie L. Burns. The 2007 Best Song Academy Award went to this movie about a Dublin street busker who meets, falls in love, and makes music with a young Czech immigrant. (2006, rated R)
The Last September
Wednesday, March 3, 7:00 p.m.
Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, David Tennant and Keeley Hawes star in this drama of Anglo-Irish life in 1920s Ireland. (1999, rated R)
The Dawning
Wednesday, April 7, 7:00 p.m.
An IRA gunman on the run from the government. He meets up with an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her support for his cause. Stars Anthony Hopkins, Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard and Hugh Grant. (1990, rated PG)
The Brylcreem Boys
Wednesday, May 5, 7:00 p.m.
A portrayal of life in a World War II POW camp holding both British and German prisoners in 1941 neutral Ireland. Stars Gabriel Byrne and Bill Campbell. (1998, rated PG)
Closing the Ring
Wednesday, June 2, 7:00 p.m.
In 1943, a dying gunner in an American B-17 gives a ring to a local to return to his girlfriend in the U.S. Fifty years later, a man finds the ring and tracks down the girlfriend and the history of this ring. Stars Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer. (2007, rated R)
Italian Film Series
Incantato (2003, unrated)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Set in Rome and Bologna in the 1920s, it is the story of Nello, 35, a shy and clumsy bookworm in search of a soul mate.
GENERAL MOVIE LINKS
The Library of Congress
Clamen's Movie Information Collection - an eclectic collection of film sites
The Internet Movie Database - virtually every aspect of film with hyperlinks to related categories
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