The Legend:

Clint Eastwood

PIFS Theme Month: The legend: Clint Eastwood ( 奇連依士活 )

The PolyU International Film Society (PIFS) is pleased to announce the following 3 screenings of our theme month.

The legend: Clint Eastwood

With a career that spans over six decades, from television, to hit movies, to winning Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood has established himself as one of the greatest and most respected actors and directors Hollywood and the world has ever seen. Although he is aging now, he continues to thrive and will undoubtedly continue to surprise audiences.

The following three award-winning movies directed by Clint Eastwood are going to be shown:

First Screening: Gran Torino (驅．逐)

Category: Drama and Crime

Class: IIB
Date: 9^th October 2009 (Friday)
Time: 7:00p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theatre (Near Core A)

Plot:
In Michigan, the grumpy widower Walt Kowalski is a Korean War veteran full of prejudice that has just lost his beloved wife Dorothy. He is one of the last Caucasian Americans in his neighborhood and does not have good relationship with his sons and their families; therefore he is a lonely man. When his teenager neighbor Thao Vang Lor is pressed by his cousin Smokie to join his Hmong gang, he is assigned to steal the Gran Torino of Walt as part of his initiation in the gang……

故事內容:

一個固執的韓戰老兵（奇連依士活飾），他的退休生活就是每天修房子喝啤酒，雖然已過世的妻子總希望他不要這麼固執，但他除了愛犬黛西外，他誰都不相信！
多年過去，他的鄰居不是死了就是搬離這個社區，漸漸地，這個社區被東南亞移民佔據，他對這些黃皮膚的人事事都看不順眼，尤其還有一些不良少年，天天在安靜的社區裡閒逛，更是讓他痛恨。
華特有一輛1972年福特老爺車「Torino」，這輛車雖然年代久遠但是依然光可鑑人，華特從它出廠的那一天就悉心照料。有一天，這群不良少年把歪腦筋動到他的經典老爺車上...。

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHRiP6TRtnE

Second Screening: Mystic River (懸河殺機)

Category: Mystery, Drama and Crime

Class: IIB
Date: 16^th October 2009 (Friday)
Time: 7:00p.m. – 9:15 p.m.

Venue: DE306

Plot:
During a summer in 1975, Dave Boyle and two friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on a sidewalk in Boston when Dave is abducted by two men and subjected to sexual abuse over a period of several days. Eventually escaping, but haunted into adulthood by his trauma, Dave becomes a primary suspect when Jimmy's daughter, Katie, is found murdered. Sean, assigned to investigate the crime, finds himself facing both demons from the past and demons in the present as the circumstances surrounding Katie's death are uncovered.

故事內容:

三名兒時玩伴西恩、大衛與吉米，在25年後於波士頓重逢，卻是因一樁悲劇而起：吉米的女兒凱蒂死於一場謀殺。 西恩是負責偵辦此案的警探。

大衛由於童年的曾遭性侵害而導致心理偏差，成為此案的頭號嫌疑犯。

吉米曾有前科，為了愛女的慘死，他誓言要親手為她討回公道……

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmiA24jwlbM

Third Screening: Letters from Iwo Jima (硫磺島戰書)

Category: Drama, History and War

Class: IIB
Date: 23^th October 2009 (Friday)
Time: 7:00p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theatre (Near Core A)

Plot:
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.

故事內容:

六 十多年前，美軍與日軍在硫磺島上激烈交戰。多年後，人們在小島的泥土裏翻出數百封信件。這些信件記載了一班曾經在那裏奮勇作戰的軍人的內心世界，亦讓後人 認識一位曾在那裏指揮大局的日本將軍。被派駐硫磺島的日本軍人，都知道他們不會再有機會回家。他們當中包括一等兵西鄉昇（二宮和也飾），一位只想看看新生 女兒容貌的麵包師傅；伊藤大尉（中村獅童飾），一位寧可切腹自盡也誓死不肯投降的嚴肅軍人。美軍原本以為可以迅速攻克硫磺島，不過因為栗林中將和日軍寧死 不降的戰意，令這戰役變成一場長達四十天的血腥拉鋸戰......

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr59K1j-P44

For all movies:

Limited free entry; seats will be available on a first-come-first-served basis for PolyU students and staff. Early comers might need to wait outside.

Light refreshments will be served in the post screening discussion session. For the screening of Letters from Iwo Jima, the venue of discussion will be held at theater lounge.