Movie Theology
Second or Third Fridays of the Month – 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
In a slight departure from previous years, the movies chosen for this next season of Movie Theology are not connected by any over-arching theme. Rather, each of the selections has been chosen because it inspired real interest and excitement among several parishioners, and because it touched people in a spiritual way. We believe these movies will provoke interesting, entertaining, and meaningful discussions regarding issues that are important to us as a community of faithful people. Each movie is worth seeing and discussing, regardless of whether you react to it spiritually or artistically.
Additionally, we’ve changed the venue for watching the movies this season. Instead of the movies being shown in the Parkinson Room once a month, different parishioners will be hosting viewers in their homes. We believe this change will make for a more casual and inviting setting for watching and discussing the movies selected – and you can still bring your favorite beverage!
The movie will start at 7:00 p.m. and discussion will immediately follow.
Contact Anita Lisk at 355-1779, ext. 13 or e-mail alisk@doers.org for information and to sign up to be on the email reminder list.
October 10 Juno (2007)
November 21 The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (2007)
December 12 Network (1976)
13 Conversations About One Thing (2001)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Amazing Grace (2007)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Big Fish (2003)
Blade Runner (1982)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Crash (2004)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Dogma (1999)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Life of Brian (1979)
Millions (2004)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1995)
Places in the Heart (1984)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Tender Mercies (1983)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Village (2004)
Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Whale Rider (2002)
Last Year's Movie
Theology selections
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October 10, 2008 |
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Juno (2007)
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November 21, 2008 |
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The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (2007) |
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December 12, 2008 |
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Network (1976) |
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October 12, 2007 |
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A
Man For All Seasons (1966)
A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly
repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux
of the film is the staunchly Catholic More’s refusal
to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)’s break
from the church to divorce his first wife and marry Anne
Boleyn (an unbilled Vanessa Redgrave). Sir Thomas willingly
goes to the chopping block rather than sacrifice his ideals.
(2 hours) |
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November 9, 2007 |
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An
Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Al Gore’s Oscar-winning environmental documentary
covers the effect of human behavior on global climate.
(96 minutes) |
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December 14, 2007 |
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Amazing
Grace (2007)
William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) was the real-life
18th-century Member of Parliament who attempted to end
the British Empire’s role in the slave trade. At
the age of 21, Wilberforce was elected to the House of
Commons and took on all the elder statesmen to bring about
real justice in the world. (1 hour, 56 minutes) |
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January 11, 2008 |
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Stranger
Than Fiction (2006)
Karen Effiel is an author writing her latest novel about
an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know
is that her fictionalized character is real. The real
Harold Crick is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence
and one day begins to hear Karen’s voice as she
narrates what she puts on paper to what Harold has and
is doing. Because of this Harold enlists the help of a
literary professor to find out what is happening and ends
up changing things about his life. Harold, however, finds
trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him. (1
hour, 53 minutes) |
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February 8, 2008 |
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Sliding
Doors (1998)
Young Helen is fired from her job at a London PR company
and, as she runs down to the Underground, we suddenly
see her life split off. When the sliding doors of the
tube car close, we start to see what would have happened
if she’d made the train, and if she hadn’t.
In one version, she catches the train and in the second,
she misses it. Throughout the rest of the film we see
what would have happened in each scenario. Her whole life
changes in that split second. The viewer see the two realities
move forward in tandem. (1 hour, 48 minutes) |
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April 11, 2008 |
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The
Truman Show (1998)
He’s the star of the show – but he doesn’t
know it. Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in this movie from
director Peter Weir about a man whose life is a nonstop,
top-rated TV show. Truman doesn’t realize that his
quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary
producer/director/creator “Christof” (Ed Harris);
that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors;
that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player.
Gradually, Truman gets wise. And what he does about his
discovery will have you laughing, crying and cheering.
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May 9, 2008 |
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Big
Fish (2003)
Big Fish tells of Edward Bloom (Albert Finney), a braggart
who has always exaggerated his exploits and experiences
as a young man (played by Ewan McGregor), when he left
his small town in Alabama for adventures near and far.
Nearly everyone has been spellbound by Edward’s
terrific tall tales over the years — everyone but
his estranged son (Billy Crudup), who has come home to
take care of his dying dad and separate fact from fiction.
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