Summer 1999 Film Schedule
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| At First Sight | |
Date: |
July 15 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Building 45, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland |
| Guest Speaker: | Scott M. Whitcup, M.D.
Clinical Director, National Eye Institute, NIH |
| Medical Theme: | Blindness, Recovery of Eyesight, Experimental Surgery |
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| When stressed-out Amy (Sorvino) goes for a relaxing weekend at a spa, a handsome masseur (Kilmer) not only relieves her tension...he also becomes her new boyfriend! Insightful, compassionate and like no other guy she's met before, Virgil has a unique way of seeing the world...he's blind. And, when a miraculous operation promises to restore Virgil's sight, he and Amy belive they'll be able to see the world together. But, after the bandages are removed, the two discover that even the most wonderful of life's gifts can come with a price and that both of them must now look at the world in a whole new light. |
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| Starring: | Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Run Time: | 2 hours, 9 minutes |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
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| Permanenet Midnight | |
Date: |
July 22 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Building 45, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland |
| Guest Speaker: | Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH |
| Medical Theme: | Drug Addiction, Rehabilitation |
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| Ben Stiller delivers a thought-provoking, electrifying performance in this true story of a successful TV writer who plunges into the permanent midnight of addiction. Elizabeth Hurley is his wife, too beautiful and too understanding to stop his head-on collision with catastrophe, while his family and friends are swept into an emotional roller coaster ride through the tortured glamour of Hollywood and beyond. |
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| Starring: | Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Run Time: | 1 hour,28 minutes |
| Rating: | Rated R |
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| Mask | |
Date: |
July 29 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Building 45, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland |
| Guest Speaker: | Harold C. Slavkin, D.D.S., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH |
| Medical Theme: | Congenital Facial Deformity |
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| This extraordinary film is based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis, a disfigured teenager whose face resembles a bizarre mask. Cher, in her first leading role, is his mother, Rusty. With the help of Rusty's uncompromising love and fierce dtermination, Rocky overcomes pain, loneliness and prejudice to emerge as an outstanding young man who becomes and inspiration to his classmates and teachers. |
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| Starring: | Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz as Rocky Dennis |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Run Time: | 2 hours |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
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| Hillary and Jackie | |
Date: |
August 5 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Building 45, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland |
| Guest Speaker: | Henry F. McFarland, M.D., Chief, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH |
| Medical Themes: | Multiple Sclerosis |
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The incredible true story of two sisters joined by music and torn apart by love for the same man. Hilary (Rachel Grifiths) and Jacqueline du Pre (Emily Watson) grow up as musical prodigies in England in the 1950's. While Hilary chooses to start a family, Jackie quickly rises to international fame and fortune. She dazzles audiences with unbridled passion for her music and soon marries renowned pianist and conducterDaniel Barenboim. Although they are treated as musical royalty, the constant touring becomes a strain on jackie. She longs for the simpler life that Hilary built and more. On an unannounced visit, a lonely and depressed jackie reveals the unthinkable: that she also longs for her sister's husband.
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| Starring: | Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Run Time: | 2 hours |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
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| Lust for Life | |
Date: |
August 12 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Building 45, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland |
| Guest Speaker: | Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
| Medical Theme: | Genius Relationships |
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| Kirk Douglas plays Vincent Van Gogh in producer John Houseman's first class teatment of the tormented artist's life. A failure as an evangelist, and a loser in the game of love, the everdriven Van Gogh turns to painting. His devoted brother, Theo (James Donald) finances and encourages him, and the excitement of late 19th century Paris-when Impressionists were changing the art world-spurs his efforts. So, too, does his stormy friendship with the painter Paul Gauguin (Anthony Quinn). Van Gogh's genius, however, is marred by epilepsy and madness, which send him out of control. |
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| Starring: | Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald and Pamela Brown |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1956 |
| Run Time: | 2 hours, 3 minutes |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
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| Longtime Companion | |
Date: |
August 19 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Building 45, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland |
| Guest Speaker: | Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infecctious Diseases, NIH |
| Medical Theme: | Kaposi's Sarcoma, Cancer, AIDS |
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| A group of friends support eachother through the heartbreak and gradual decline of AIDS. |
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| Starring: | Bruce Davison, Stephen Caffrey, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Mark Lamos, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker, Scott Campbell |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Run Time: | 1 hour, 40 minutes |
| Rating: | Rated R |
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