This is an offer for free WW2 themed feature films from BBC America Worldwide that are not on video and not for sale ( thus posting on videolib) I posted this a few weeks ago but had to be kind of cryptic and not list titles but I can now.
August marks the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2 and BBC America Worldwide will be working with theatrical venues around the country to show 4 free films ( we did this highly successfully last year for 100th anniversary of WW1) and I figured we could open this up to libraries in cities where a theater was not showing them.If you are interested, let me know and I will check if there is any conflict with another venue. Films are free,no admission can be charged, must be open to the public and outreach/publicity is encouraged. All copies MUST be returned after showing. They are available for August shows only and library must show at least three ( sorry no single shows) Here are the available films, only one has been available in the US and it has been out of print for 12 years, the others are all new. None of these are actually military war films" but involve a variety of fascinating issues behind the World War Two . All run about 90 minutes and the IMDB listing is linked Copenhagen <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0340057/?ref_=nv_sr_2> Made by BBC in 2002 and based on the award winning play ( which I saw on Broadway) by Michael Frayn it is about the 1941 meeting of Danish physicist Neils Bohr and his former protégé Werner Heisenberg now the top physicist in Nazi Germany and Bohr’s wife Margrethe. Stars Daniel Craig, Stephen Rea and Francesca Annis. Aired on PBS in 2002 not seen since, DVD out of print for over a decade. Very good and star studded though hardly new it is long unavailable <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3311900/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1> Castles in the Sky <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3311900/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1> starring Eddie Izzard as Robert Watson Watt the pioneer of radar who fought the scientific establishment to get radar working in time to spot Nazi attacks. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2735760/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1> Wodehouse in Exile <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2735760/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1> Stars Tim-Piggot Smith (a truly underrated actor everything from The Jewel in the Crown to Bloody Sunday) to as P.G Wodehouse who was initially interned by the Nazi’s when they invaded France where he was living and later used by the Nazi’s for propaganda. Whether he understood what he was doing remains a controversy to this day. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1949551/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1> Hitler on Trial <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1949551/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1> True story about a Jewish Lawyer who forced Hitler to testify in a 1933 trial. Very good but FAR from a happy end. Stars Ed Stoppard . Ian Hart and Bill Patterson. Best to respond directly to BBC EMAIL Regards Jessica Rosner [email protected] But will respond to my other email [email protected]
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