SESSION: Saturday 22nd October at 11am

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the British Film Festival presented by Palace Cinemas. For full festival program see here. All films open to patrons 18 years and over unless otherwise noted.



Dr. No

(1962, dir. Terence Young, w/ Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord)

James Bond (007) is Britain's top agent and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal CIA agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, "fire breathing dragons" and a trio of assassins, known as the three blind mice. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 4444(Astor rating)

From Russia with Love

(1963, dir. Terence Young, w/ Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya)

From Russia with Love will start at approximately 1:16pm, and finish at approximately 3:17pm.

James Bond 007 is on the search for a Russian decoding machine, known as "Lektor". Bond needs to find this machine, before the evil S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organization discovers it. While being romantically linked with Russian girl, Tatiana Romanova, Bond sneaks his way around Istanbul, while each S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent tries to pick him off, including the over powering Donald "Red" Grant and ex K.G.B. Agent Rosa Klebb, who knows all of the tricks in the book, and even possesses an incredible poison tipped shoe. (IMDB)

FILM INFO 4444(Astor rating)