LISTOWEL PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEATURE
PLANET TERROR
CLASSIC CINEMA, LISTOWEL 7:30 PM
Director - Robert Rodriguez
USA 105mins
Starring: Freddy Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Michael Biehn Robert Rodriguez, Co-Director of Sin City, brings you Planet Terror, a retro-futuristic vision of horrors that’s been weathered, stripped and aged to perfection.
In planet terror married doctors William and Dakota Block, Josh Brolin and Marley Shelton, find their graveyard shifts inundated with townspeople ravaged by gangrenous sores and a suspiciously vacant look in their eyes. Among the wounded is Cherry (Rose McGowan) a go-go dancer whose leg was ripped from her body during a roadside attack. Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) her former significant other, is at her side and watching her back. Cherry may be down but she hasn’t danced her last number. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and Wray, lead a team of accidental warriors into the night, hurtling towards a destiny that will leave millions infected, countless dead and a lucky few struggling to find the last safe corner of Planet Terror.
THURSDAY NIGHT FEATURE
DEATH PROOF
CLASSIC CINEMA, LISTOWEL 7:30 PM
Director - Quentin Tarantino
USA 114 mins
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
When Quentin Tarantino exploded out of the Sundance Film Festival and onto the world stage in 1992 fans and critics alike sat bolt upright and began to take notice. Since then films like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and the Kill Bills have cemented as the most influential director of the past twenty years. Now comes Death Proof.
For Austin’s hottest DJ, Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) dusk offers an opportunity to unwind with two of her closest friends, Shanna and Arlene (Jordan Ladd and Vanessa Ferlito). This three fox posse sets out into the night turning heads from Guero’s to the Texas Chilli Parlor. Not all of the attention is innocent, covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) a scarred, weathered rebel who leers from behind the wheel of his muscle car. As the girls settle into their beers, Mike’s weapon, a white-hot juggernaut, revs just feet away…