LSC Weekly Schedule
LSC Events for Wednesday, November 19 through Tuesday, November 25
- Thursday, November 20
- Media and Imagination: Readings in Science Fiction
Readings and discussions with Orson Scott Card (author of Ender's Game)
and Allen Steele (author of Orbital Decay). This is a free event.
Times:
7:00pm in 26-100
- Friday, November 21
and Sunday, November 23
- Air Force One (1997)
James Marshall, the President of the United States (Harrison Ford),
delivers a stirring speech outlining the U.S.A.'s new "Zero Tolerance"
policy for dealing with terrorism. On the flight home, Air Force One
is highjacked, and the passengers, including the President's family,
become the pawns in a high-stakes plan to win the release of the
terrorists' leader. But Medal of Honor winner James Marshall has
other plans...
Also starring Glen Close and Gary Oldman.
124 min, rated R, with Dolby Spectral Recording sound
Times:
7 & 10pm on 11/21 in 26-100
4:00pm on 11/23 in 26-100
- Friday, November 21
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock's favorite "doubles" theme is throroughly explored in
this story of two men who meet on a train and whose destinies are
henceforth linked together. Bruno, a psychopathic killer, proposes to
exchange murders with his new friend, Guy, thus binding the two in a
web of guilty secrets that is only resolved by death.
100 min, rated PG
Times:
7:30pm in 10-250
- Saturday, November 22
and Sunday, November 23
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
This critically acclaimed film is Quentin Tarantino's follow-up to his
first film Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino creates the ultimate crime drama
through the stories of a series of people whose paths intertwine as
the story progresses. The explosive violence provides for great
action, and the crafty dialogue is the source for many enertaining
one-liners and conversations between characters. Starring Samuel
L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, and
Uma Thurman.
154 min, rated R, with Dolby Spectral Recording sound
Times:
7 & 10:30pm on 11/22 in 26-100
7:00pm on 11/23 in 26-100
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