Ennio Morricone’s theme to the spaghetti western Fistful of Dollars is as recognisable as Clint Eastwood’s poncho from the movie. It’s John Kelleher’s classic choice for this week, but if Westerns aren’t your thing, we have plenty else to keep you entertained. In the cinema this week is the Mary Poppins story Saving Mr. Banks as well as a remake of the horror Carrie.
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CLASSIC CHOICE:
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964)
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Mariane Koch
PLOT: A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
What John says:
If Western’s aren’t your thing, we actually have a second classic choice and this is the 1989 Shirley Valentine
SHIRLEY VALENTINE (1989) 12.05a.m Friday RTE 1
Director:
Lewis Gilbert
Writer:
Willy Russell (play)
Stars:
Pauline Collins (was nominated for Best Actress in the Oscars and won the Bafta for best Actress that year) Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie , Joanna Lumley
PLOT: Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels she's stagnated and in a rut. But when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light
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SAVING MR. BANKS
Director:
John Lee Hancock
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson
Release date:
29/11/2013
SYNOPSIS:
When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. It is only when Walt reaches into his own childhood that he discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.
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CARRIE 2013 
Director:
Kimberly Peirce
Cast:
Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer
Release date:
29/11/2013
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (CHLOË GRACE MORETZ), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (JULIANNE MOORE), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
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