SESSION: Sunday 6th December at 7pm



This Sporting Life

(1963, dir. Lindsay Anderson, w/ Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell)

In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.953.953.953.95(IMDB rating)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

(1962, dir. Tony Richardson, w/ Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Alec McCowen)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner will start at approximately 9:40pm, and finish at approximately 11:30pm.

A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 3.853.853.853.85(IMDB rating)