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‘ESCAPE PLAN’: ARNIE AND SLY AT THE FILM GROUP!
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High profile films are increasingly bypassing theatrical releases in Australia and going straight to DVD/Blu-Ray due to local distributors finding it difficult to recoup their theatrical release costs.
There are countless examples, but one of the more controversial films to receive this treatment recently was ESCAPE PLAN. The prison break action flick starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger was originally intended for release here late last year, but was pulled at the last minute for undisclosed reasons, much to the outrage of action fans across the country.
Fortunately, for those wanting to see two action legends team up on the big screen, the ANU Film Group is proudly putting on one of only two theatrical screenings of the film in Canberra! (The other was last week at the NFSA’s Arc Cinema)
ESCAPE PLAN screens on Friday 29 March at 9:45 PM, as the second feature following Formula 1 rivalry drama RUSH.
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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
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Oscar nominees, dysfunctional families, Nelson Mandela, on-and-off-screen rivalries and unusual mother-and-son relationships head up a star-studded week at the Film Group. Don’t miss out!
• Wed 26 Mar @ 7:30 PM: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
The women of the Weston family are reunited by a family crisis, returning them to the house they grew up in and the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Meryl Streep).
• Thu 27 Mar @ 7:30 PM: MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's (Idris Elba) life journey from his childhood in a rural village, his fight against segregation, through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
• Fri 28 Mar @ 7:30 PM: RUSH followed by ESCAPE PLAN
Director Ron Howard’s RUSH tells the true story of the legendary Formula 1 rivalry -- both on and off track -- between reckless English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and methodical Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl).
Then, in ESCAPE PLAN (at approx. 9:45 PM), a prison security expert (Sylvester Stallone) finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secure prison and must recruit a fellow inmate (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to help him escape.
• Sat 29 Mar @ **7 PM**: PHILOMENA followed by ADORATION
In PHILOMENA, a world-weary journalist (Steve Coogan) investigates the story of a woman's (Judi Dench) search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Then, in ADORATION (at approx. 8:45 PM), two lifelong friends (Naomi Watts, Robin Wright) who are spending the summer at an idyllic beach town find themselves falling for each other’s adult sons.