Metropolis Amistad To Live
ElizabethModern TimesThe Patriot
The Birth of A Nation Traffic
Vatel The Grape of Wrath Triumph of The Will

 

 

History @ WFU


History and Film Series
Wake Forest University     Fall 2001

102 Scales Fine Art Center || All films start at 7:00 pm || Free and open to the public
An informal discussion will follow each film || For further information, call Susan Rupp
at (336)758-4396

     Tuesday, September 11
     THE DEVILS
       Year released: 1971. Running time: 109 minutes. Director: Ken Russell. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed

     Tuesday, September 18
     THE BIRTH OF A NATION

       Year released: 1915, Running time: 175 minutes. Director: D.W. Griffith. Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh

     Tuesday, September 25
     MODERN TIMES

       Year released: 1936. Running time: 87 minutes. Director: Charlie Chaplin, Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard

     Tuesday, October 2
     THE PATRIOT
       Year released; 2000. Running time; 165 minutes. Director: Roland Emmerich. Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger

     Tuesday, October 9
     THE GRAPES OF WRATH

       Year released: 1940. Running time: 129 minutes. Director: John Ford. Cost: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell

     Tuesday, October 16
     ELIZABETH

       Year released: 1998. Running time: 124 minutes. Director: Shekhar Kapur. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush

     Tuesday, October 23
     AMISTAD

       Year released: 1997. Running time: 152 minutes. Director: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Dijmon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins

     Tuesday, October 30
     METROPOLIS

       Year released: 1926. Running time: 115 minutes. Director: Fritz Lang. Cast: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel

     Tuesday, November 6
     TRIUMPH OF THE WILL

       Year released: 1934. Running lime: 115 minutes. Director: Leni Riefensfahl. Documentary

     Tuesday, November 13
     TO LIVE

       Year released: 1994. Running time: 130 minutes. Director: Zhang Yimou. Cast: Gong Li, Ge You

     Tuesday, November 27
     VATEL

       Year released: 2000. Running time: 117 minutes. Director: Roland Joffe. Cast: Uma Thurmon, Tim Roth

     Tuesday, December 4
     TRAFFIC

       Year released: 2000. Running time: 147 minutes. Director: Stephen Soderbergh. Cost: Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro