LSC Events for Wednesday, November 05 through Tuesday, November 11

Friday, November 07 and Sunday, November 09

Kolya (1996) Frantisek Louka (Zdenek Svera'k) is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. Desparate for money, he agrees to marry a Russian woman so she can leave her homeland. Soon, however, she disappears, leaving behind her five-year-old son, Kolya (Andrej Chalimon). Winner of the 1996 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Picture.
105 min, rated PG-13
Times:
7 & 10pm on 11/7 in 26-100
4:00pm on 11/9 in 26-100

Friday, November 07

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Richard Shaw (Laurence Harvey) returns home from Korea to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after selflessly saving his platoon. his commanding officer, Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra), cannot reconcile Richard's cold, distant demeanor with his own memories of event. Seeking answers, Marco uncovers a deadly conspiracy of nightmarish proportions involving Raymond's domineeting mother (Angela Lansbury). Lansbury won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in this movie.
126 min, rated NR
Times:
7:30pm in 10-250

Saturday, November 08 and Sunday, November 09

Contact (1997) Jodie Foster stars as Ellie Arroway, a radio astronomer who receives mankind's first communication from an extraterrestrial intelligence: instructions for building a gigantic Machine for interstellar travel. As the world restles with the financial and religious questions raised by her discovery, Ellie must fight for the opportunity to be the Earth's first messenger on a mission to make Contact. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan, directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Matther McConaughey, Angela Bassett, James Woods, John Hurt, Rob Lowe, and Tom Skerritt.
150 min, rated PG, with Dolby Spectral Recording sound
Times:
7 & 10:30pm on 11/8 in 26-100
7:00pm on 11/9 in 26-100

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