Saturday, 27th March, 2010
7.30pm - The FeckenOdeon Cinema
1954 - Dir David Lean (35mm print)
Temporary membership* for this show only is available for a fee of £4.50
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You can apply in person only at The Rose & Crown, High Street, Feckenham, Worcs.
No telephone reservations can be accepted. You can also apply in advance by post
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must enrol you as a temporary member and that we cannot take money at the door.
NB: numbers are strictly limited - early application is advised
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BBFC Classifications
U - Suitable for Universal Exhibition
PG - Parental Guidance. May contain scenes some parents may consider unsuitable for
children
12 A - Children under the age of 12 may attend only if accompanied by an adult
15 - No-one under the age of 15 can be admitted
18 - No-one under the age of 18 can be admitted
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the British Board of Film Classification.
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*Tickets confer Temporary Membership of the FeckenOdeon Cinema Society and must be
purchased in advance. This is a non-theatrical performance open to Members and Temporary
Members only. By purchasing Temporary Membership you agree to be bound by the rules
of The FeckenOdeon Cinema Society. The Society reserves the right to refuse Membership
or admission and to vary the programme should circumstances change.
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The last show of the current FeckenOdeon Season has a real classic as its main feature.
David Lean had the opportunity of directing one of the screen’s biggest characters
in the form of Charles Laughton - and grabbed the chance with both hands. In “Hobson’s
Choice” Laughton has a whale of a time playing a drunken bootmaker at odds with his
family. When his eldest daughter decides to marry his shop assistant AND set up a
rival boot shop the cat is well and truly among the pigeons. Based on the novel by
Harold Brighouse, it’s a strongly told tale with a great vein of British comedy running
all the way through. There are great performances from John Mills and Brenda de Banzie
and appearances from a very young Prunella Scales and a ludicrously youthful Richard
Wattis
1992 - Dir.: Terence Davis (35mm print)
Growing up in the wreckage of post-war Liverpool should be a grim experience for
sensitive eleven-year-old Bud. He lives in rain-drenched, lice-ridden impoverishment
with his mother and hordes of siblings. The secondary school he's just started attending
is a breeding ground for bigots and bullies and Bud's the punch-bag. Yet this film
is an ode to childhood bliss. It evokes the confused thrill of sexual awakening,
the addictive buzz of a favourite pop tune, the warmth of a doting mother's embrace,
the happiness of a family sing-song. And, most effectively, the wide-eyed wonder
inspired by cinema itself as Bud bunks off church to worship Hollywood's idols at
his local picture house.
