Unless otherwise noted all programs will be presented in English. All programs and events are free and open to the public.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - De LovelyDe Lovely (2004, 125 minutes)
Starring Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, and Allan Corduner, De-Lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - SavedSaved (2004, 92 minutes)
Mandy Moore, Jena Malone, Macaulay Culkin star in film about a young girl at a conservative Southern Baptist high school who becomes pregnant while trying to “save” her gay boyfriend, and finds herself the victim of persecution as all of her friends ostracize her.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - American GraffitiAmerican Graffiti (1973, 110 minutes)
This film from director George Lucas was selected by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest 100 movies ever made. Four California teenagers who are unsure of their futures spend one last night cruising their small town before leaving for college. A nostalgic look at life in the early 60’s.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - Foul PlayFoul Play (1978, 116 minutes)
“Beware of the Dwarf," is the strange warning to a San Francisco librarian played by Goldie Hawn. Suddenly she is propelled into a world of wild chases, bizarre attempts on her life, and deadly encounters with an assortment of underworld characters known as the Albino, Scarface, Stiltskin, and the Turk. Hawn is joined by Chevy Chase who plays a federal agent trying to unravel the clues.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - Escape from AlcatrazEscape from Alcatraz (1979, 112 minutes)
A fascinating account based on the true events of the one and only successful escape from the maximum security prison at Alcatraz in 1962. Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) and a couple of fellow prisoners break out of Alcatraz. They are never heard from again.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - MephistofeleMephistofele (60 minutes)
By Arrigo Boito
The San Francisco Opera’s 2000 production with Samuel Ramey as Mefistofele, Gabriela Benacková as Margherita and Elena, Dennis O'Neill as Faust, and Judith Christin as Marta. The conductor is Maurizio Arena.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - FalstaffFalstaff
By Giuseppe Verdi
The 2009 production from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. With Bryn Terfel as Sir John Falstaff, Roberto Frontali as Ford, Barbara Frittoli as Alice Ford, Desirée Rancatore was Nannetta and Kenneth Tarver as Fenton. Bernard Haitink directs and Claudio Abbado conducts."Falstaff' by Giuseppe Verdi, Royal Opera House Covent Garden 2009 production with Bryn Terfel
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - Flying DutchmanFlying Dutchman
By Richard Wagner
This 1975 filmed version stars Donald McIntyre as Der Hollander, Catherina Ligendza as Senta, Bengt Rundgren as Daland, Hermann Winkler as Erik, Ruth Hesse as Mary, and Harald Ek as Stevermann, with Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian State Orchestra.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - Madama ButterflyMadama Butterfly
By Giacomo Puccini
The 2011 production from the Metropolitan Opera. With Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San, Maria Zifchak as Suzuki, Marcello Giordani as Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, and Dwayne Croft as Sharpless. Patrick Summers is the conductor.
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Thursdays @ Noon Film - Show BoatShow Boat
By Jerome Kern
We will show the full-length 1951 MGM feature film directed by George Sidney, starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel .
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*Funded by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.
