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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, February 07, 2009
5:24 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Charles Theatre Mailing
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Cinema Sundays 2/8,
"Beaufort" With Guest Speaker Identity!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ladies and Gentlemen…I am delighted to report
that our speaker for tomorrow’s screening of Beaufort is <span
style='background:yellow'>Mark Steiner from WEAA</span>. It’s a pleasure
to welcome him back to Cinema Sundays. In case you missed the previous Beaufort
letter here is the information once again….<br>
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<br>
Cinema Sundays Winter 2009 Series 44!<br>
<br>
Sunday February 8, 2009<br>
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<br>
Cinema Sundays at the Charles continues its 44th series on February 8th with
Beaufort. Directed by Joseph Cedar. Written by Joseph Cedar and Ron Leshem.
Starring Oshri Cohen, Itay <st1:place w:st="on">Tiran</st1:place>, Eli Eltonyo,
Itay Turgeman. <br>
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2008 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Running time 131 minutes.<br>
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Synopsis<br>
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Lebanon War veteran Joseph Cedar (CAMPFIRE) directs a harrowing, often haunting
account of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>'s 2000
withdrawal from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and the Beaufort mountain fortress. Built by Crusaders in the 12th century, the
fort was captured by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in 1982 at the start of
the Lebanon War. Eighteen years later, increasing criticism at home and abroad
has led to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region>'s decision
to withdraw completely from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Charged with managing the fort's defense and its evacuation is 22-year-old
commander Liraz Liberti (Oshri Cohen). Eager to lead but emotionally untested,
Liraz must maintain his bare-bones troop's discipline between bouts of
claustrophobic tedium and increasing harassment by Hezbollah mortar attacks.
That tenuous balance threatens to unravel with the arrival of bomb-disposal
specialist Ziv (Ohad Knoller), as well as an unexpectedly sophisticated
Hezbollah strike that reveals the limits of Liraz's abilities. Director Cedar
and co-screenwriter Ron Leshem (on whose novel the film is based) eschew
political statements and side-taking to instead examine the complexities of
individuals bound by duty to a seemingly lost cause. <br>
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Click on the following for official site and trailer.<br>
<br>
http://www.kino.com/beaufort/index.html<br>
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Cinema Sundays continues its 44th series with Beaufort. Nominated for Best
foreign film, winner of Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival and winner of
numerous Israeli awards, This meditative and thoughtful document on war (88%
positive on RottenTomatos.com) should be a welcome addition to Cinema Sundays.
Screened to great success at the Baltimore Jewish Film Festival I have w anted
to bring Beaufort to Cinema Sundays for quite a while and I am delighted that
we have the opportunity. Needless to say current events make this story from
almost three decades ago ever more poignant.<br>
<br>
Right now our fabulous guest speaker is TBA but I am hard at work to find the
perfect Beaufort speaker. I want to thank Mike Giuliano for sitting in for me
last week and also Max Weiss for speaking. <br>
<br>
And now some important bagel news for CSC members and guests. Sadly our bagel
provider went out of business a couple of weeks ago and we have switched to a
new baker! If by chance your favorite bagel isn’t present this Sunday we
are working to fix the problem. Bear with us during these difficult times. <br>
<br>
Looking forward to a fascinating morning at the Charles on February 8, hope you
can make it.<br>
<br>
Jonathan Palevsky<br>
Jpalevsky@aol.com<br>
<br>
<br>
If you’ve never been to Cinema Sundays before, see below for our
stimulating, updated, yet official description.<br>
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<br>
Precisely at 9:45 on a given Sunday morning, while birds chirp in the most
musical manner, the doors at the Charles Theatre swing open to reveal a lobby
replete with tasty bagels, hot coffee and friendly volunteers ready to serve
them to you. All of our volunteers have been pre-tested for a complete lack of
morning grouchiness and provide the nicest service. <br>
<br>
Guarded carefully by the enormous lobby penguin (which desperately needs a
name) bagels, coffee and scintillating yet improvised conversation continues
until 10:30. At precisely 10:30:07 some brief opening remarks by yours truly
will be followed by a few remarks from our guest speaker who will never do
either of two things. First he or she will never ever give away the plot of the
film and second the speaker will not go on too long…especially if the
film is one of those 2.5 hour Soviet era documentaries on the Romance of the
Seven Tractor Drivers. <br>
<br>
Following a brief admonition not to talk during the film and a recommendation
to sublet your cell phone to a starving student from the third world the
screening will take place. Upon completion of the screening a robust question
and answer session featuring our guest speaker will include your fascinating
observations upon the recently screened movie.<br>
<br>
This flowery description barely describes the sublime joy and excitement which
is Cinema Sundays. If there is a better way to spend Sunday mornings it simply
hasn’t occurred to me….yet!<br>
<br>
Jonathan Palevsky<br>
Host of Cinema Sundays and completely reachable at JPalevsky@aol.com<br>
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Please feel free to visit us at… Http://www.cinemasundays.com<br>
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Tickets: $15 at the door.<br>
Or buy a mini-membership.<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1711 N. Charles St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<br>
410-727-3464<br>
info: Karen@cinemasundays.com<br>
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