************************************** COMMUNITY RADIO 2XX PRESENTS ************************************** STAND UPON THE MOUNTAINS followed by MCLIBEL - TWO WORLDS COLLIDE (for people who didn't see it last time) with a talk by FRANNY ARMSTRONG, writer and director of McLibel (out from London). 6.30pm Tuesday 28 September Copeland Lecture Theatre, ANU Entry by gold coin donation. For more information phone 6247 0164. A five-week tour of Australia has exploded into a media feeding frenzy as 'McLibel' director Franny Armstrong launches the film's first ever theatrical releases and accidentally becomes a chat-show regular. c i n e m a r e l e a s e s SYDNEY. The film celebrated the launch of its world-first theatrical run last night (Sat 26th). The film's director introduced the doc to a packed house at the Chauvel Cinema at 5pm. Forty people were turned away at the door and so an extra screening was hastily arranged for 9pm, when the film moved to the largest auditorium. It will now play daily for a week. Box office 9361 5398. Website: http://www.chauvelcinema.com.au MELBOURNE. Franny will be launching the Melbourne season at the Nova Cinema, 380 Lygon St, Carlton on Thursday 7th October at 7.30pm. Tickets should be booked in advance from the box office, 9347 5331. Dates and times of other Nova screenings TBC. t e l e v i s i o n & r a d i o After a superb article in the Sydney Morning Herald (see below) Franny was an early morning guest on the 'Today' show (Channel 9, 23rd Sept) and is booked to appear on the top current affairs show, 'Foreign Correspondent' early next week (ABC, 28th Sept). She's also been rabitting away to anyone else who will listen. The complete documentary has almost definitely been sold for broadcast on one of the main networks in the near future. More details as soon as contracts are signed. Don't want to count our chickens. r e v i e w s __The Sydney Morning Herald 'an often hilarious expose of big business arrogance' 'a very spunky British documentary' 'an extraordinary example of independent film-making'. __The Sunday Telegraph 'watching this very adroit documentary is an inspiring event' 'take your children to see it' four stars out of five. ___The Drum 'the notoriously outlawed 'McLibel', which everyone claims to have seen at some cafe or environmental festival' o t h e r s c r e e n i n g s The film is being screened at various locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns and Newcastle over the next three weeks. Franny will also be taking part in the Media Circus in Melbourne http://antimedia.net/mediacircus/ and Electrofringe'99 in Newcastle. http://www.octapod.org.au/ef99.html. LL.AI -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
