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2008 Movie Plots


© MGM

Tuesday, July 29 9pm
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Run time: 120 minutes

Directed by Victor Fleming
Starring
Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley
Rated G
Kansas girl Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked by a tornado into the magical land of Oz in this much loved musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic novel. Dorothy joins the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion on an adventure down the Yellow Brick Road to persuade the Wizard to help her find her way home.


© Paramount Vantage

Wednesday, July 30 9pm
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Run time: 100 minutes

Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Staring Al Gore
Rated PG

This documentary presents Al Gore’s campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. Intertwining simple but harrowing statistics with personal reflections, Gore explains that the tools and methods to reverse the damage we have done are at hand and that the economic consequences of tackling the problem are positive rather than negative.


© MGM

Thursday, July 31 9pm
Annie Hall (1977)

Run time: 93 minutes

Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Rated PG
Annie Hall is about a comedian, Alvy Singer (Allen), that falls in love with Annie Hall (Keaton).Annie and Alvy are completely different but both entertaining and unusual. Alvy is an extreme pessimist who has very sarcastic and cynical views about the world and the people around him. Annie is a ditsy and clumsy singer and photographer. When Alvy and Annie meet for the first time they are instantly attracted to each other and as a result, their conversations are awkward but nevertheless adorable. 

©New Line Cinema

Friday, August 1 9pm
Hairspray (2007)

Run time
: 117 minutes
Directed by Adam Shankman
Starring John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer
Rate
d PG

In this screen version of the Broadway play, Tracy Turnblad is a heavyweight teenager with huge hair who is obsessed with Link Larken on the Corny Collins Show. She sings and dances her way into his heart and onto the show. However, Tracy decides that the segregation of the show is not fair, so she and her friends fight to integrate the show.  


© Paramount Pictures
Saturday, August 2 9pm
Mission Impossible (1996)

Run time: 110 minutes

Directed by Brian DePalma
Starring
Tom Cruise, Emanuelle Beart, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames
Rated PG-13
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Based on the long-running television series about a specialized group of U.S. anti-terrorist agents who rely on split-second timing, this electrifying action-thriller stars one of Hollywood’s biggest superstars Tom Cruise in an explosive motion picture experience.

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