PARKING, ACCESS, HOW TO GET HERE AND ADVANCE

PARKING, ACCESS,
HOW TO GET HERE
ANDADVANCE BOOKING
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PARKING
Parking is available around the cinema, on the forecourt or on
Hyde Park corner.
Audio Description available
on all performances
IN PERSON
Tickets can be purchased in advance from the cinema. Our
box office is normally manned from 6 - 10pm however outside
of term time these opening hours may reduce depending on
our programme (please call between show times for prompt
service).
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ACCESS
Please note that we do what we can at the cinema to provide
facilities for the disabled. Access to the stalls is currently
available via the Brudenell Road fire exit (full assistance
provided), there are four wheelchair spaces available in the
auditorium.Toilets sadly are inaccessible by wheelchair. Audio
Description and subtitles are available for certain films.
BY BUS You can catch the 56 which leaves regularly from the city
centre and stops right outside the cinema, Alternatively, take
the 1, 28, 95, 96, 97, or 97A from the city centre and get off at
Hyde Park Corner or take the 18 or 18A from the city centre
and get off at Cardigan Road, then follow the map to find us.
Some subtitled
performances available
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onto Cardigan Road. Just a 5 -10 minute walk on foot to the
cinema – just follow the map
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From the city centre: Follow signs A660 to Skipton (which
turns into Woodhouse Lane about a mile outside the centre)
and follow the map. From North Leeds: Follow signs to A660
(Otley Road). Hyde Park is in-between Headingly and Leeds
city centre. Parking is available around the cinema, on the
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03
New releases
The Imaginarium of
Doctor Parnassus
THE
CONTENTS
AT A
GLANCE
New releases
3-6
Strangeways music films
7
Repeats
8
Special screenings
8
Calendar
10 - 12
Classic films
14 - 16
Olsen
17
Films for young People
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BYOB - parent and baby screenings
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Friends of Hyde Park Picture House
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Cinema information
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12A
16th - 22nd October
FR/CA/UK, 2009, 123mins
Dir. Terry Gilliam/Starring: Heath Ledger,
Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp
Dr Parnassus has a secret: he traded his soul with
the devil for endless youth, on the condition that
he surrender his first born on her 16th birthday. As
that date approaches for Valentina, Parnassus
enters into a new deal with the devil: in a duel over
five people’s souls, if Parnassus can prevent them
from going over to the side of evil, the devil will
release her from her fate. And so begins a race
for Parnassus and Valentina’s suitor Tony, against
time and against a series of surreal obstacles in
which Parnassus has to face, and undo, the moral
mistakes of his endless past.
Thirst
18
Pontypool
15
23rd - 29th October
CA 2008, 93mins
Dir. Bruce McDonald/Starring: Stephen McHattie,
Georgina Reilly, Lisa Houle Digibeta
Anyone familiar with GREMLINS or Orson Welles’
War of the Worlds broadcast will know that
every disaster needs a DJ. Cue down-on-his-luck
shock jock Grant Mazzy, banished to the small
Canadian town of Pontypool. Whilst doing his
radio show, disturbing reports of bloody riots filter
in from callers – and soon the zombie-like hordes
are laying siege to his studio. Director McDonald
toys with the horror genre, fashioning something
fresh in the process. Based on screenwriter Tony
Burgess’s novel this is horror with a great, big,
verbose difference – not least in character actor
Stephen McHattie’s motormouth performance.
Home
15
23rd - 29th October
KR 2009, 134mins
Dir. Park Chan-wook/Starring: Kang ho Song,
st
Ok Vin Kim, Hae Sook Kim
24th and 25th October
FR/BE/CH 2008, 98mins
Dir. Ursula Meier/Starring: Isabelle Huppert,
st
Olivier Gourmet
THIRST is a vampire film with a twist from the
director of OLDBOY. A devout, good-natured priest
volunteers to take part in a medical experiment
seeking to cure a terrible disease. The experiment
fails, and, after seemingly coming back from the
dead and being heralded as a hero, the priest
begins to suffer a craving for human blood. As
changes in his mind and body lead him further
and further into acts of depravity and a complete
transformation from an agent of good to a being
of evil he can only cling desperately to his final
shreds of humanity.
A family’s peaceful existence is threatened when
a busy highway is opened only meters away from
their isolated house in the middle of nowhere.
Refusing to move, Marthe, Michel and their three
children find innovative ways to adapt to their new
environment. They continue their happy-go-lucky
routine despite the daily stress of hundreds of noisy
speeding cars. But suspicions about the highway’s
unknown long-term dangers cause family tension.
Remaining in the disrupted household might not
be so easy, but it’s still their home.
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New releases
An Education
05
New releases
12A
The Vanishing of the Bees
12A
Bunny and the Bull
15
The Cove
12A
30th October - 05th November UK 2009, 100mins
Dir. Lone Scherfig/Starring: Carey Mulligan,
Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson
28th October
UK/US, 2009, 97mins
Dir. George Langworthy/Documentary
Showing on a digital format
27th November - 03rd December UK 2009, 101mins
Dir. Paul King/Starring: Edward Hogg,
Simon Farnaby, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt
28th, 19th Nov & 02nd Dec
US 2009, 90mins
Dir. Louie Psihoyos/Documentary
Sixteen-year-old Jenny entertains fantasies of a
Francophile future while conscientiously pursuing
the education that her father Jack hopes will get
her into Oxford. But the typical ‘60s family dynamic
is rent asunder with the arrival of charismatic
thirty-something David, who introduces her to an
exciting new world of music, art and nightclubs. In
the hands of Danish director Lone Scherfig (ITALIAN
FOR BEGINNERS) and writer Nick Hornby (HIGH
FIDELITY), AN EDUCATION is a charming, funny yet
provocative coming-of-age movie that reflects a
staid post-war Britain that was on the uncertain
brink of a cultural revolution.
Honeybees pollinate one third of the food we
consume, from apples to tea, but populations across
the globe are declining dramatically. The causes are
unknown, with theories ranging from poor weather
and pests to pesticides. THE VANISHING OF THE BEES
investigates this potentially catastrophic problem
through interviews with scientists and beekeepers, in
the process asking wider questions about modern
intensive agricultural processes. Presented by The
Co-operative as part of their Plan BEE programme.
Find out after the screening what you can do to help
halt the decline. For more information visit www.vanishingbees.co.uk
The highly anticipated first feature by Mighty
Boosh director Paul King is unlikely to disappoint
fans of their surreal, anarchic comedy, and has
enough imagination and invention to win some
converts too. Stephen hasn’t left his house in months,
since a disastrous trip around Europe with his best
friend Bunny. When an infestation of mice throws
his obsessive domestic routine into chaos, he starts
to reflect on the adventure that his pal concocted,
allegedly to help Stephen recover from a broken
heart. But Bunny’s idea of a rollicking good time proved
at odds with Stephen’s yen for cultural improvement and before long things took a turn for the bizarre.
THE COVE is an astounding piece of investigative
journalism with the heart of an action thriller.
Led by Louie Psihoyos, leader of the Ocean
Preservation Society, and Richard O’Barry, an
internationally recognized authority on dolphin
training, this eco-pic follows a high-tech dive
team on a mission to discover the truth about the
international dolphin capture trade as practised
in Taji, Japan. Utilizing state-of-the-art techniques,
including hidden microphones and cameras, the
team uncovers how a small seaside village serves
as a horrifying microcosm of massive ecological
crimes happening worldwide.
The Men Who Stare at Goats
CERT TBC
Bright Star
PG
Me and Orson Welles
12A
A Serious Man
15
20th - 26th November
US/UK 2009, 93mins
Dir. Grant Heslov/Starring: George Clooney,
Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey
20th - 26th November
UK/FR/AU 2009, 119mins
Dir. Jane Campion/Starring: Abbie
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Cornish, Kerry Fox, Ben Whishaw
04th - 10th December
UK 2009, 114mins
Dir. Richard Linklater/Starring: Ben Chaplin,
Claire Danes, Zac Efron
11th - 17th December
FR/BE/CH 2008, 95mins
Dir. Ethan and Joel Coen/Starring: Michael
Stuhlbarg, Sari Wagner Lennick, Richard Kind
Based on Jon Ronson’s bestseller, this funny, eyeopening story reveals a bizarre secret US military
unit trained in paranormal techniques. Reporter
Bob Wilton stumbles across the story of a lifetime
when he meets Lyn Cassady, a Special Forces
operator on a mind-boggling mission in Iraq.
Cassady claims to be a former psychic soldier,
part of a squad of new age ‘warrior monks’. Their
powers include the ability to read the enemy’s
thoughts, pass through solid walls and kill goats
just by staring at them. Now the founder of
the squad, Bill Django, has gone missing, and
Cassady’s mission is to track him down.
London 1818: a secret love affair begins between
a 23-year-old poet, John Keats, and the girl
next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student
of fashion. They were initially at odds with one
another, he thinking her a stylish minx, and she
unimpressed by literature in general. But when
Keats’ younger brother falls ill, he is touched by
Fanny’s efforts to help and the two grow close. By
the time her alarmed mother finds out about their
attachment, the relationship has an unstoppable
momentum. A sumptuous and wholly triumphant
return to filmmaking for Jane Campion (THE PIANO).
Seventeen-year-old Richard Samuels spends his
days skipping school and dreaming of the bright
lights of Broadway. He gets his big break when
he happens upon Orson Welles and his fledgling
Mercury Theatre company. Richard impresses
Welles with an impromptu audition and lands a
bit part in the Mercury’s forthcoming run of Julius
Caesar. With Welles’s womanizing taking priority
over rehearsals, chaos and calamity mark the
production from the start. Before long, opening
night has arrived and Richard will discover the
terrible secrets of show business.
A SERIOUS MAN is more of a FARGO affair than BURN AFTER READING FOR Joel and Ethan Coen as
they bring their famously wicked sense of humour
to an everyday tale about a moral man who sees
the world inexplicably turn against him in this darkest
of comedies. Larry Nidus is a good man. He is a
loving husband, a committed father, and a dedicated
professor who always does the fair and just thing in the
face of daily temptations. But one day, everything starts
to go wrong. Faced with the challenge of watching this
it is impossible not to laugh as we contemplate Larry’s
plight in a world with no silver linings that might just seem uncomfortably familiar to us all…
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New releases
Tales From The Golden Age
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MUSIC FILMS
12A
05th, 06th & 09th December RO/FR 2009, 131mins
Dir. Loana Uricaru, Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu
Starring: Tania Popa, Liliana Mocanu
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE is an unconventional
personal history (from the people behind
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS) of the late
communist period in Romania, told through its
urban myths. Comic, bizarre, surprising, these
myths drew on the often surreal events of everyday
life under the communist regime and display the
bold humor that kept Romanians alive through it’s
darker years. TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE aims to
re-capture that mood, portraying the survival of a
nation having to face every day the twisted logic
of a dictatorship.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
PG
27th and 31st December
US 2009, 86mins
Dir. Wes Anderson/Featuring the voice of: George
Clooney, Bill Murray, owen Wilson, Meryl Streep
FANTASTIC MR FOX see visionary director Anderson
bring to life Roald Dahl’s bestselling children’s story
with his own unique voice and some fantastic stop
motion animation. Mr and Mrs Fox live an idyllic
life with their son Ash but after 12 years the bucolic
existence proves too much for Mr Fox’s wild animal
instincts. He slips back into his old ways as a sneaky
chicken thief and in doing so, endangers his
beloved family and the whole animal community.
Trapped underground and running out of food,
the animals band together to fight against the
evil farmers who are determined to capture the
audacious Mr Fox at any cost.
Presents
Who Killed Nancy?
Thursday 29th October - 7pm
Music
Films
Dir. Alan G Parker, UK 2009, 100mins
Documentary/Showing on Digibeta
On October 12th 1978 Nancy Spungen, an ex-prostitute, sometime stripper and heroin addict,
was found dead in a bathroom at the Chelsea Hotel
in New York. Being the girlfriend of the Sex Pistols’
bassist Sid Vicious, he was quickly accused of her
murder. The case was closed six months later when
he died of a heroin overdose. Rock author and punk
expert Alan Parker has devoted himself to discovering
WHO KILLED NANCY? By interviewing 182 people and
re-examining NYPD evidence, he investigates what
really happened that night in room 100.
The Posters Came From The Walls
Thursday 03rd December - 8:40pm (screening tbc)
Dir. Jeremy Deller & Nick Abrahams, UK 2008, 72mins
Documentary/Showing on a digital format
In Russia, May 9 is Victory Day, a national holiday. It’s
also the birthday of Dave Gahan, lead singer with
Depeche Mode, and a group of Muscovite fans
have declared it Dave Day, gathering together to
celebrate the group with homemade banners, mass
sing-alongs and club nights. In Russia and countries
of the former Soviet Union, the band’s music has
been treasured since it was only available on illegal
bootlegged cassettes in the 1980s, and it formed
the soundtrack of the march toward freedom those
countries embarked upon following the fall of the
Berlin Wall. In the UK, the church of St Edward King
and Martyr in Cambridge holds services for goths
where they play Depeche Mode records. Turner
Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and filmmaker
Nicholas Abrahams tell these and other stories of faith
and devotion from around the world in this fascinating
and inspired documentary about fandom, which is at
turns bizarre, funny, sad and often touching.
New York Doll
Friday 27th November - 11pm
Dir. Greg Whiteley, US 2006, 12A, 74mins
Documentary
NEW YORK DOLL is a rock documentary about the
2004 reunion of Arthur “Killer” Kane with his former
band-mates from 70’s glam-rock group The New York
Dolls. Following the band’s split in 1975, former bassist
Kane drastically changed his lifestyle and converted
to Mormonism. His reunion with his former bandmates at Morrissey’s Meltdown festival in 2004 makes
this a moving and poignant documentary. Featuring
interviews with many rock luminaries including
Chrissie Hynde, Bob Geldof and Morrissey, NEW YORK
DOLL is director Greg Whiteley’s first feature film.
An exhilarating and moving documentary about
one of rock’s great unsung heroes. UNCUT
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Special Events and Repeats
The Room
CERT TBC
17th October
Dir. Tommy Wiseau/Starring: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero
US 2003, 99mins
We must admit we scoffed a tad when first asked
about THE ROOM. The fact is we were wrong. THE ROOM has been screening to sell out
audiences in LA for the last six years. At its recent
UK premier at the Prince Charles Cinema in
London celebs like Graham Lineham and Charlie
Brooker could be spotted catching their fix of what
The Guardian called a mix of “Tennessee Williams,
Ed Wood and R. Kelly’s TRAPPED IN A CLOSET”.
Sculpture
in Painting
Visit www.theroomuk.net to find out more.
An American black comedy about love and
passion, betrayal and lies. It depicts the depths of
friendship and relationships in one’s life and raises
life’s real and most asked question: “Can you
ever really trust anyone?...Are you ready to see
reflections of your life? A successful banker, Johnny,
is madly in love with his fiancé, Lisa, and plans to
be married next month. His plans take a horrid turn
when he finds the truth about Lisa and the people
surrounding him.
Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1
15
10 October 2009–
10 January 2010
Free entry
Starsuckers
CERT TBC
17th, 18th and 21st October
FR 2008, 133mins
Dir. Jean-Francois Richet/Starring: Vincent
st
Cassel, Ludvine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric
01st November
Dir. Chris Atkins
Documentary
Part Two of the César-winning modern gangster
classic starring Vincent Cassel (LA HAINE). As
Mesrine continues to evade and frustrate the
law, he becomes increasingly burdened by his
own bloated celebrity, and begins to question
his thrilling but lonely existence. In a continuation
of his Raging Bull-style metamorphosis, Cassel
concludes his world-class performance that propels
Richet’s ultra-stylish films into the same league as
benchmark gangster classics such as ONCE UPON
A TIME IN AMERICA and THE GODFATHER 1 and 2.
STARSUCKERS (the latest film from the BAFTAnominated director of the Blair-baiting TAKING
LIBERTIES) is a dark, satirical polemic that examines
the psychological reasons behind our irrational
obsession with fame. Rather than being a film
about celebrities, it’s a journey through the
problems that over-consumption of celebritydominated media has inflicted on us. This is
no hectoring rant or long slow meditation, it’s
a blisteringly paced, anarchic ride which uses
humour and mischief to expose the immoral,
corrupt and illegal practices of some of the
biggest names in the media industry.
In case you missed it there’s another chance to see Part One (KILLER INSTINCT) on the 12th, 13th and 16th September.
UK 2009, 100mins
Henry Moore Institute
The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AH
www.henry-moore.ac.uk
Limited edition
free book bag for the
first 500 student visitors
Free book bag offer valid until 10 January 2010 on production of
this advertisement. Proof of student status required. Offer limited
to first 500 student visitors only. Not to be used in conjunction with
any other offer. Full terms and conditions on request.
WB 11DECEMBER
WB 18DECEMBER
Fri11
Fri18
The Godfather
7:00
KIDS FILM: Title TBC
The Godfather
It’s A Wonderful Life
12:00
5:00
8:40
It’s A Wonderful Life
6:30
A Serious Man
6:15
A Serious Man
8:40
Sat12 KIDS FILM: Title TBC
12:00
Citizen Kane 3:45
A Serious Man
6:15
A Serious Man
8:40
Sun13 Citizen Kane 3:45
A Serious Man
6:15
A Serious Man
8:40
Mon14 A Serious Man
6:15
A Serious Man
8:40
Tue15 A Serious Man
6:15
A Serious Man
8:40
Wed16 A Serious Man
4:00
A Serious Man
6:15
Friends of Hyde Park Picture House
Christmas Showing!
Doors: 8:15
Film: 8:45
Thu17 A Serious Man
6:15
A Serious Man
8:40
WB 25DECEMBER
Fri25 CHRISTMAS DAY - CINEMA CLOSED Sat26 BOXING DAY - CINEMA CLOSED
Sun27 An Education
5:45
The Fantastic Mr. Fox 8:00
Mon28 An Education
8:00
Tue29 North By Northwest
6:30
Wed30 North By Northwest
8:00
Thu31 NEW YEARS EVE
The Fantastic Mr. Fox 6:00
Sat19
Sun20
7:00
Mon21 A Streetcar Named Desire
Les Demoiselles De Rochefort
8:00
Tue22
Les Demoiselles De Rochefort
6:30
Wed23
CHRISTMAS EVE - CINEMA CLOSED
Thu24
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CLASSIC FILMS
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CLASSIC FILMS
CLASSIC
FILMS
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Louis Le Prince Film History Series
The
Louis
Le
Prince
Film
History
Series
Destiny
Tuesday 20th October
Dir. Fritz Lang, DE 1921, 78mins
DESTINY (Der Müde Tod), Lang’s first big critical
success, is an allegorical tale of love, fidelity and
death. The heroine who in her dreams is confronted
by Mr. Death, argues for the life of her beloved, but is
unable to make the personal sacrifices that Death
insists upon.
Waterloo Road
Tuesday 27th October
Dir. Sidney Gilliat, UK 1945, 73mins, PG
Starring: John Mills, Alastair Sim, Stewart Granger
London 1940: Tillie Colter, lonely during her husband
Jim’s army service, falls for the local charmer
Ted Purvis, who has dodged the army. When Jim
discovers the relationship he deserts the Army to
return home.
Odds Against Tomorrow
Tuesday 3rd November
Dir. Robert Wise, US 1959, 92mins, 12A
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters
A black nightclub singer is in trouble with huge
debts. He decides his only option is to join with a
racist ex-convict and a corrupt former policeman to
carry out a bank robbery.
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS
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FAMILIES AT Hyde Park PICTURE HOUSE
BYOB –
BringYour Own Baby
Parent and Baby Screenings
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Friends of Hyde Park Picture House
BYOB screenings are a chance for the parents and carers of babies up to 15months old to get to
the cinema without leaving the little one at home. With raised lighting levels, baby changing and
bottle warming facilities and free tea or coffee for
each grown-up we aim to make these screenings
as comfortable for you as possible.
If you’d like any more information why not email
us on info@hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk or call 0113 2752045 to speak to a member of staff.
Home
2008, 98mins, 15
Wednesday 28th October
An Education
2009, 100mins, 12A
Wednesday 04th November
Bright Star
Wednesday 25th November
Me and Orson Welles
Wednesday 09th December
Saturday
Matinees
12!
Every Saturday at
£1 for kids and £3.50 for adults!
2009, 119min, PG
2009, 113mins, 12A
G-Force 2D
Saturday 17th October
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Saturday 24th October
Home on the Range
Saturday 31st October
2009, 88mins, PG
2005, 115mins, PG
2004, 76mins, U
Meet the Robinsons
Saturday 07th November
2007, 101ming, U
Aliens in the Attic
Saturday 14th November
2009, 86mins, PG
Chicken Run
Saturday 21st November
2000, 84mins, U
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Saturday 28th November
2009, 94mins, U
Howl’s Moving Castle
Saturday 05th December
2004, 119mins, U
Saturday 12th December - TITLE TBC
Saturday 19th December - TITLE TBC
Boxing Day – Cinema closed
Saturday 26th December
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Screening
Wednesday 16th December
Doors 8:15 with the film to start at 8:45
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Christmas screening is still a hotly debated topic
but we’ve got a date and a time and we know
there’ll be mince pies and as ever it’s free to
members of the friends so we hope to see you
there, whatever it is we show!
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