CineVegas Screening Schedule

Monday, Nov. 27, 2000 | 5:12 a.m.

SCREENINGS

Noon: "Girls About Town," a 1931 film starring Kay Francis and Lilyan Tishman. Theatre Des Arts.

2 p.m.: "Missing Boy" (Sweden), a man returns to his country to face his past problems after living 27 years in India. Versailles Room.

3 p.m.: "Burning Man: Burning Sensation," the Burning Man experience in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Versailles Room.

5 p.m.: "Nosferatu" (German), a 1922 silent horror film, accompanied by the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra. Theatre Des Arts.

7:30 p.m.: "Shadow of the Vampire," fictional account of events that occurred during the making of "Nosferatu." Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich. Theatre Des Arts.

9:30 p.m.: "Dead Sure" (Philippines), a woman in poverty sells life-insurance policies and other favors to the wealthy. Preceded by "Anino," a Cannes award-winning short, 2000. Theatre Des Arts.

10 p.m.: "Ene Bene" (Czech Republic), a funny tale about what happens to a Czech town during the days set aside for the democratic elections. Versailles Room.

Noon: Complicated Women's Series: "A Free Soul," a 1931 film starring Norma Shearer. Theatre Des Arts.

12:30 p.m.: "Dreamland," a retiree moves to Las Vegas to gamble. Versailles Room.

2 p.m.: "Alaske.De" (Germany), a film about alienated youth in present-day East Berlin. Theatre Des Arts; "Legacy," documentary, an inner-city Chicago family living in the projects, starring Nikole Pierre Collins and Alaissa Collins, who will attend. Versailles Room.

3:45 p.m.: "Trade Off," the story behind the World Trade Organization movement in Seattle. Versailles Room.

4 p.m.: "The Sentimental Teaser" (Chili), a tragi-comedy in three parts held together by a radio talk-show host. Director Pepe Vargas will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

5 p.m.: "Oriundi" (Brazil), a film about an Italian patriarch and his family in Brazil, starring Anthony Quinn. Theatre Des Arts.

5:30 p.m.: "The Week That Girl Died," three lifelong friends in an East-coast fishing town risk their hearts after a chance encounter with three women. Actor Robert Longstreet with attend. Versailles Room.

7 p.m.: "Daily Grind," a series of award-winning short films. Versailles Room.

7:15 p.m.: "Electric Horseman," starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Producer Sydney Pollack and actor Wilford Brimley will attend. Preceded by "The Last Real Cowboy," a short by local filmmmaker, Jeff Lester. Theatre Des Arts.

9 p.m.: "We All Fall Down," (Canada), a film loosely based on filmmaker Martin Cummins' experiences living in Vancouver's bleak inner-city world. Cummins will attend. Versailles Room.

10 p.m.: "Shadow Hours," a noir thriller exploring the underbelly of Los Angeles life. Actor Peter Weller will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

11 p.m.: "Lea's Story," (Philippines), starring Vilma Santos, the film explores controversial issues in contemporary Filipino society. Versailles Room.

Noon: "Animal Kingdom," Myrna Loy stars in this 1932 film about a sophisticated publisher who marries a manipulative middle class woman. Theatre Des Arts.

12:30 p.m.: "I Was Born a Black Woman," (U.S., Brazil), portrait of the Afro-Brazilian woman who rose out of poverty to be elected to Brazil's Senate. Producer Kit Miller will attend. Versailles Room.

1:30 p.m.: "Blossoms of Fire," (U.S., Mexico), a film celebrating the lives of Zapotec women in Oaxaca, Mex. Nevada director/ producer Maureen Gosling will attend. Versailles Room.

2 p.m.: "Punitive Damage," (New Zealand), documentary, journalist Helen Todd testifies against Indonesia's military for killing her son during the Dili Massacre. Versailles Room.

3 p.m.: "Outsiders," a series of award-winning shorts. Versailles Room.

4 p.m.: "A La Place Du Couer," (France), interacial coming of age tale in Marseiles. Producer Gilles Sandoz will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

5 p.m.: "Far Away From Here," (Peru), a travel diary as a parable where South looks North. Festival Programmer Bynar Bjerkem will attend. Versailles Room.

6 p.m.: "Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," documentary on Jewish baseball star and activist Hank Greenberg. Versailles Room.

7 p.m.: "Venus Beauty Institute," (France), the world of a Parisian spa and beauty salon and the lives of four beauticians. Director Tonie Marshall will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

7:45 p.m.: "The Hi-Line," a girl is trapped in a dead-end life in a small town when a mysterious outsider appears. Versailles Room.

9 p.m.: "Childhood's End," set in Minneapolis, this film explores the emotional connections that unites people. Director Jeff Lipsky will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

10 p.m.: "Live Nude Girls Unite!," a first-person narrative of a stand-up comedian turned stripper who helps to organize the first exotic dancers union in the United States. Co-director/dancer Julia Query will attend. Versailles Room.

11:30 p.m.: "Johnny Greyeyes," (Canada), an American Indian woman in prison finds freedom through the love of another woman. Director Jorge Manzano will attend. Versailles Room.

Noon: "Design For a Living," 1933, Miriam Hopkins sets up a household with the men who love her. Theater Des Arts; UNLV Student Showcase, films curated by Francisco Menendez at UNLV.

1 p.m.: "Color of Paradise," (Iran), story of an eight-year-old boy who studies at a school for the blind in Tehran. Versailles Room.

1:30 p.m.: "Paradise Under the Stars," (Cuba), a musical romantic comedy set in the Tropicana nightclub in Havana. Actor Enrique Molina from Cuba will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

2:30 p.m.: "Humanite," (France), a detective agonizes over the evil in a small town. Versailles Room.

3:30 p.m.: "Bunny," immigrants to La-La land take jobs as bunnies, director Mia Trachinger will attend. Versailles Room.

5:15 p.m.: "Innocence," (Australia), two lovers meet again after 50 years. Theatre Des Arts.

5:30 p.m.: "Intimate Relations," series of award-winning short films, Versaille Room.

7:30 p.m.: "Boesman and Lena," (South Africa/France), starring Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, adaption of play that takes place during the time of Apartheid. Glover will attend. Theatre Des Arts; "Bel Air," Lou Rawls, Jennifer Rubin and Barbara Bain star in this digital feature. Director Chris Coppola and actors will attend. Versailles Room.

9:15 p.m.: "The Riff," conflicts between a music manager and the talent he represents. World Premier. Producer Bernie Pollack will attend with actors Nia Peeples, Joe McBride. Theatre Des Arts.

9:45 p.m.: "The Solid Ones," three guys rob a bingo parlor to get out of town. Director Brent Florence and producer Lloyd Silverman will attend. Versailles Room.

11 p.m.: "In China They Eat Dogs," (Denmark), a killing spree comes from unexpected impulses. Theatre Des Arts.

11:30 p.m.: "Superstarlet AD," the lost city of Femphis. Director John Michael McCarthy will attend with the stars. Preceded by "Elvis Meets the Beatles." Versailles Room.

1:45 p.m.: "Swedish Beauty," coming of age story about a boy, his fantasy girl and a Super-8 camera. Director Daniel Frideil in attendance. Versailles Room.

2 p.m.: Youth In Film screenings and Nevada Filmmakers. UNLV CBC A106.

3:30 p.m.: "Chac," after the fall of Saigon, director Kim-Chi Tyler returns home. Versailles Room.

5 p.m.: "Flesh and Blood," a series of award-winning short films. Versailles Room.

7 p.m.: "Bible and Gun Club," social commentary separating saints from sinners. Preceded by "Mutual Love Life." Versailles Room.

7:30 p.m.: "Wild About Harry," a romantic comedy about an eccentric TV chef. U.S. premiere. Theatre Des Arts.

8:45 p.m.: "La Sonambula," (Argentina), sci-fi thriller. Versailles Room.

9:30 p.m.: "Chunhyang," (Korea), a love story between royalty and courtesan. Theatre Des Arts.

11 p.m.: "Lady In the Box," Noir thriller about man asked to dump a truck that may contain the body of his girlfriend, in a lake. Director Chris Otjen will attend. Versailles Room.

Midnight: "Terror Firmer," a director's experience making bizarre and exploitive cinema. Theatre Des Arts.

Noon: "Houdini," starring and introduced by Tony Curtis. Theatre Des Arts.

2 p.m.: "Well-Founded Fear," documentary about the INS and political asylum process. Directors Robertson and Camerini will attend. Theatre Des Arts; "Les Glaneurs Et La Glaneuse," (France), art, aging and heart-shaped potatoes.

4:30 p.m.: "Our Song," three teenage girls growing up in Brooklyn. Producer Diana Williams and actress Kerry Washington will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

5 p.m.: "Paragraph 175," (U.S, Germany), gay people in Europe during the Nazi era. Regal Cinemas Village Square.

6:30 p.m.: "The Last Days," (U.S., Hungary), five Hungarians who fell victim to Hitler's final genocidal push. Director James Moll will attend. Theatre Des Arts.

7:30 p.m.: "Yana's Friends," (Israel), Israeli immigrants get trapped in room during scud missile attacks. Regal Cinemas Village Square.

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